24 VBTERIN-AEY MATEEIA MEDIOA. 



baths, wet pack, cold drinks. (N.B. : These last thr e 

 promote heat loss.) 



Antiphlogistics include all measures adopted o 

 reduce inflammation, whether medicine internally c r 

 local applications — mercury, opium, aconite, digi- 

 talis, ergot, venesection, purgation, counter-irritation, 

 cold, ice, rest, etc. 



Antipeeiodics, agents which check or prevent the 

 return of various periodically recurring diseases — 

 quinine, arsenic, salicin, eucalyptol. 



Agents Acting on Excretion. 



Diuretics increase the activity of the kidneys, 

 stimulating them to excrete the urine more rapidly — 

 spiritus setheris nitrosi, digitalis, etc. 



Renal Depressants decrease the activity of the 

 renal cells, and diminish or suspend the excretion of 

 urine — morphine, quinine, ergot. 



Urinary Alkalizers, when taken internally, 

 cause the urine to have an alkaline reaction — alka- 

 lies, salts of potassium and lithium. 



Urinary Acidifiers render the urine of an acid 

 reaction— benzoic and salicylic acids. 



Vesical Tonics stimulate the contractile power of 

 the bladder by increasing the tone of the muscular 

 fibre composing the walls of that organ — strychnine, 

 cantharis, belladonna. 



Vesical Sedatives relieve irritability of the blad- 

 der and decrease the desire to micturate — opium, 

 cannabis, belladonna. 



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