A text-book of pharmacology, therapeutics and materia medica / by T. Lauder Brunton ; adapted to the United States Pharmacopoeia by Francis H. Williams.
- Date:
- 1887
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Credit: A text-book of pharmacology, therapeutics and materia medica / by T. Lauder Brunton ; adapted to the United States Pharmacopoeia by Francis H. Williams. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![the nerve-centre which regulates the act of, 370; action of the brain and afferent nerves on, 371; diagram show- ing the afferent nerves by which the vomiting centre may be excited, 372 ; the action of drugs in causing, 372- 374 ; the various uses of emetics in causing, 373-376; action of the most powerful sedative in persistent, is ice, 376; gastric sedatives in relieving, 376 ; list of sedatives useful in vomit- ing arising from different causes, 377 ; the action of irritant poisons on the stomach gives rise to, 396; action of pilocarpine on, 885 W. Warburg's tincture, 948 Warm, foot, and hip baths, utility of, as indirect emmenagogues, 453; warm baths, 466 Warm-blooded animals, action of tobacco on, 992 ; of thuja on, 1063 Warm clothing, importance of, to delicate people, 256 Warmth. See Heat Warmth and moisture, importance of, in rooms occupied by patients having bronchial or chest complaints, 256 ; as an emollient, 347; poultices made of substances which retain, 348 ; action of, on the circulation of the blood and the secretion of sweat, 437 Warren, Dr., reference to his use of ether, 212 Washed sulphur, its preparation, &c., 544 Wassilieff, reference to, 106 Water, lukewarm, as a local emetic, 373 ; in large quantities, as refrigerant diu- retics, 432 Water of ammonia, 640 Waters, nature of, uses, and doses, 506 Watts's modification of Mendelejeff's tables, reference to, 592 Wax, white, 1090 Yellow, 1089 ; its characters, com- position, tests, and uses, 1089 Weber, E. H., reference to, 219 Wedenskii, reference to, 132 Wells, Mr. H., his use of nitrous oxide as an ansesthetic, 211 Wegner, reference to, 710 Wernitz, reference to, 77 Wlieaten flour, 1053 White, reference to, 142 Indian hemp, 970 Precipitate, 694 Quebracho bark, 969 Wax, 1090 Wild marjoram. See Origanum Wilhitc, Dr., reference to his use of ether, 211 WilUams's apparatus used in researches on digitalin, 303, 304 Willow. See Salix Wine, spirit of French, 776; red wine, 777, 896; white wine, 777, 896'; stronger ditto, 777; sheiTy, 776, 896 Wines, 534 Wines, strong, as cardiac stimulants, 328 Witchhazel. Sec Hamamelis Witkowski, reference to, 119 Wood, Dog-, 913 Guaiacum, 880 Log-, 908 Quassia, 892 Eed sandal-, 901 Worm-, 953 Wood, H. C, reference to, 98 Wood charcoal, its preparation and char- acte]-s, 641; its action, uses, and ad- ministration, 641, 642 Wood tar, as a stimulatingexpectorant, 255 Woorari. See Curare Worms, the three chief kinds which infest the intestines, 408 ; list of the principal vermicides, 408 ; and vermifuges, 408; and their adjuncts, 408 Wormseed, American. See Chenopodium Wormwood, nature, action, and use of, 953 ; as a stomachic tonic and anthel- mintic, 953 Wounds, value of astringents in, 350; of styptics, 350 Wourali. See Ciirare Wundt, references to, 160, 162, 174, 176 Wurrus. See Kamala X. Xanthine, action of, on muscles, 130 Xanthoxylinae, 883 Xanthoxylum (prickly ash), as an altera- tive, 413; characters and use of, 883 Xylol, action of, on bacteria, 94 Y. Yeast, beer, character and uses of, 1073 Yeasts, origin and nature of, 81 Yellow cinchona bark, 940 Calisaya bark, 940 Dock. See Kumex Jasmine, 977 Yellow wax, 1089 Yolk of egg, 1085 Young, Dr., his table for dosage, 497 Ytterbium, symbol and atomic weight of, 11 Yttrium, symbol and atomic weight of, 11; pliysiological action of, 27 Z. Zabludowsici, reference to, 131](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b2198170x_1234.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
