Institutes of therapeutics and materia medica / by William Saunders, M. D. Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians, and Senior Physician to Guys Hospital.

  • Saunders, William, 1743-1817.
Date:
1790
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Credit: Institutes of therapeutics and materia medica / by William Saunders, M. D. Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians, and Senior Physician to Guys Hospital. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by Royal College of Physicians, London. The original may be consulted at Royal College of Physicians, London.

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    Medicines a<ft on extraneous matter lodged in the body, 1. On worms, anthelmintics',' 2. On calculous concretions, * - LITHONTRIPTICS. I. ASTRINGEN TS. » /« i They ftrengthen the cohefion of the animal fibre ; they condenfe and contract it. They occaiion a fenfe of drvnefs in the organs of tafte. They increafe the tonic power of the fyftem. They diniinifh the capacity of the veflels. They diminifli morbid irritability and fenfibility. They refiore compadtnefs to parts mor- bidly relaxed. They diminifli fecretions morbidly in- creafed. They produce a conftridtion of the ori- fices of ruptured veflels.