CONTENTS 



FACE 



2. Circulatory Depressants 90 



3. Vasoconstrictors 98 



Measures of Increasing the Volume of Blood . . . 102 



4. Vasodilators 105 



Measures for Decreasing the Volume of Blood . . 109 



CHAPTER IX 



Antipyretics or Febrifuges Ill 



Cinchona and Quinine GrouiJ . Ill 



Coal Tar Antipyretics 115 



Salicylic Acid and the Salicylates 119 



CHAPTER X 



Drugs Affecting Chiefly the Nervous System 126 



A. Stimulants to Central Nervous System ... . 126 



B. Depressants to Central Nervous System .... . 135 



Hypnotics . 135 



Antispasmodics 157 



Anesthetics . . 158 



Drugs Acting Upon the Peripheral Nervous System . 173 



A. Drugs Depressing the Peripheral Nerves .... 174 



Local Anesthetics 184 



Motor Nerve Depressants 196 



B. Peripheral Nerve Stimulants 203 



Mydriatics . 212 



Myotics 214 



CHAPTER XI 



Specifics for the Alimentary Tract 215 



1. Stomachics or Bitters 215 



2. Gastric Antacids . 217 



3. Digestive Ferments 219 



4. Carminatives . 221 



5. Emetics 224 



6. Antemetics 231 



7. Purgatives 232 



A. Irritants 237 



a. Some Very "Weak Laxatives 237 



b. Fixed Oils and Their Products . . . .238 



c. Anthraeine Derivatives ..... . 241 



d. The Mercurials .246 



e. Drastics . 248 



"" ' f . Salines . . . _ 252 



B. So Called Rapid Purgatives 255 



Agents Acting upon the Rectum .... 257 



Enemata .... 257 



8. Astringents 259 



