CONTENTS 



Medicines — Definition, Modes of Action 



Absorption of Medicines - 



Circumstance Modifying the Action of Medicines 



Administration of Medicines 



Forms of Medicines . . - 



Weights and Measures 



Classification of Medicines 

 Class L— CerebroSpinants ... 

 Order 1. Paralysers 



Aconite. — (Aconitum, U. S.) 



Hemlock. — (Conium, U. S.) 

 Order 2. Convulsives . - - . 



Nux Vomica, U. S. - 



Hydrocyanic Acid. — (Acidum Hydrocyanicum, U, 

 Order 3. Stupefacients or Intoxicants 



Alcohol . . . - - 



Sulphuric Ether.— (iEther Sulphuricus, U. S.) 



Opium ..... 



Lactucariuni .... 



Camphor. — (Camphora, U. S.) 



Hops.— (Humulus, U. S.) 



Bittersweet. — (Dulcamara, U. S.) . 

 Order 4. Sedative Stupefacients . 



Foxglove.— (Digitalis, U. S.) 



Tobacco.— (Tabacum; U. S.) . 



Indian Tobacco. — (Lobelia, U. S.) . 

 Order 5. Delirifacients ... 



Henbane. — (Hyoscyamus, U. S.) - 



Thornapple. — (Stramonium, U. S.) 



Deadly Nightshade.— (Belladonna, U. S.) . 

 Class II. — Stimulants ... 

 Order 1. Arterial Stimulants 



Carbonate of Ammonia. — (Ammoniae Carbonas, U 



Oil of Turpentine. — (Oleum Terebinthinee, U. S.) 

 Aromatics . . . > 



Cayenne Pepper. — (Capsicum, U. S.) 



Ginger. — (Zingiber, U. S.) 



Sweet Flag. — (Calamus, U. S.) 

 Order 2. Nervous Stimulants or Antispasmodics 



Castor. — (Castoreum, U. S.) 



Assafoetida, U. S. 



Valerian. — (Valeriana, U. S.) 



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