PHARMACOPCEIA. 



Abluents. Medicines that were sup- 

 posed to purify the blood, by carrying off 

 any noxious matter that may be mixed with 

 it. 



It has been proved that noxious matter 

 does sometimes exist in the blood*, but we 

 do not know any medicine that has the power 

 oi washing it away, or expelling it, as the 

 term abluent implies. The glanders of 

 horses seems to arise from the introduction 

 of a peculiar poison into the mass of blood, 

 like the venereal disease, but the effect of this 

 poison is produced upon the solids: the 

 blood serving merely as a vehicle for it. It 

 is generally known that mercury is a rem.edy 



* The blood of a glandered horse was transfused 

 into the jugular vein of a healthy ass, by Mr. Cole- 

 man ; after a short time the ass was completely 

 glandered. 



