14 GENERAL PRINCIPLES. 



ANTEROTIC, sedatives of venery, 



ANTISEPTIC or ANTIFUTRID, Tonic useful to prevent 

 external or internal mortification. 



ANTALKALINE, neutralizing alkalies. 



APERIENT, promoting excretions. 



APHRODISIAC, stimulating Venery. 



AROMATIC, diffusible stimulant,heatlng the stomach and body. 



ASTRINGENT, permanent stimulant, corrugating the fibres. 



ATTENUANT, or DEOBSTRUENT, local stimulant, remoy- 

 ing obstructions of the glands, liver, See. 



BALSAMIC, mild healing stimulant. 



CALEFACIENT, local stimulant, heating the parts. 

 ^ CAR>UNATIVE, or RUCTANT, local stimulant, expelling 



winds. 



CARDIAC or CORDIAL, acting on the heart, and increasing 



its muscular action- 



CATHARTIC or PURGATIVE, local stimulants cleaning the 



bowels. 

 CAUSTIC, local stimulants, burning the parts. 



Cephalic, curing the head ache- 

 CHOLOGOGUE, purging the bile. 



CONSOLIDANT, a kind of tonic, repairing defects in solids- 

 CORROBORANT, a kind of stomachic, giving strength. 

 COSMETIC, smoothing or lubricating the skin. 

 DEMULCENT, mechanical remedy, shielding the surfaces 

 from acrid matter, and lubricating the organs. 

 DEPILATORY, removing the hair. 



DIAPHORETIC, increasing the insensible exhalation of the 

 skin and lungs. 



DIFFUSIBLE, spreading through the -whole frame. 



DILUENTS, diluting and expelling morbific matter, increas' 

 ing the ftuidity of the bloody Stc. 



DISCUTIENT, healing sores of the skin. 



DIURETIC, stimulant, increasing the discharge from the 

 bladder and kidneys, expelling accumulated fluids, and promoting 



dropsical discharges, 



DRASTIC, cathartics purging with violence and pain. 



EFf LUYIAL, producing gazeous emanations which affect the 

 skin. 





