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quiring their insertion in like manner in other 
classes. 
In ouger to the clear understanding of the termi- . ; 
nolog the science of Materia Medica, (for 
terminology it may with propriety be termed:) I _ 
shall enter at once into a therapeutic general lec- 
ture on each of the classes designated by this ter- _ 
_ minology. These therapeutic lectures properly — 
_ precede the alp abetical disposition and consid-_ 
eration of the medicaments themselves. 
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Subsection «. 
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An enquiry into the nature and effect of asti mulant; | 
the grounds on which it is so denominated ; the phy- 
siological subserviency to its impulses, and perma- — 
nent or transient susceptibility of its impressions. In g 
how far astimulant impulse may be considered within _ 
the compass of the healthy performance of functions 
—when the approach of stimulant impulse to dan- 
serous or fatal disproportion to the powers of life — 
commences—how this point of jeopardy is guarded — 
or entrenched by habits, idiosyncracy, or neutrali- _ 
zed by counter stimulants applied to less danger- 
_ ous parts of the system. oe 
Subsection >. 
LOCAL STIMULANTS. 
Aconsideration of what they are; in what they | 
may legitimately be distinguished from stimulants of “ 
