CONTENTS 



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PRELIMINARY CONSIDERATIONS 7 



Definitions 7 



Mode of Action of Drugs 7 



Absorption of Drugs 9 



Elimination of Drugs 9 



CIRCUMSTANCES MODIFYING THE ACTION OF DRUGS.... 11 



Mode of Administration 11 



Dosage 14, 



Anatomy and Physiology 15 



Time of Administration 16 



Habit 16 



Idiosyncrasy 16 



GENERAL ACTIONS OF DRUGS 17 



Drugs Acting on the Digestive Organs 17 



Drugs Acting on the Circulation 29 



Drugs Acting on the Nervous System 34 



Drugs Acting on the Respiratory Organs 39 



Drugs Acting on the Urinary Organs 4'! 



Drugs Acting on the Sexual Organs 48 



Drugs Influencing Metabolism 50 



Drugs Influencing Bodily Heat 50 



Drugs Acting on the Skin 62 



Drugs Which Destroy Microorganisms and Parasites 56 



PHARMACY 69 



INCOMPATIBILITY 68 



PRESCRIPTION WRITING :... 70 



CLASSIFICATION 97 



INORGANIC AGENTS 99 



VEGETABLE DRUGS 264 



DOSES OF DRUGS 464 



POISONS AND ANTIDOTES 475 



GENERAL THERAPEUTIC MEASURES 479 



Food and Feeding 479 



Counterirritants 491 



Cold and Heat 497 



Disinfectants, Antiseptics and Deodorants 505 



Venesection 514 



Transfusion 517 



Saline Infusion 517 



Hypodermoclysis 619 



Enteroclysis 519 



Kunsel's Treatment for Milk Fever in Cows , 521 



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