114 CLASSIFICATION 



Section III. — Drugs acting chiefly on the motor nerves. 



Class 1. Depressing the motor nerves ; Tobacco and Conium, 



Section IV. — Drugs acting on the sensory nerves. 



Class 1. Depressing the sensor)' nerves ; Cocaine, Eucain, Holocain. 

 Section V. — Drugs acting on the secretory nerves. 



Class 1. Stimulating the secretory nerves ; Pilocarpus. 

 Section VI. — Drugs acting on the heart. 



Class 1. Increasing the force and decreasing the frequency of the 



heart ; Digitalis, Strophanthus, ConvaUaria and Squill. 

 Class 3. Decreasing the force and frequency of the heart ; Aconite, 

 Veratrum Viride and Album, Veratrine. 



Section VII. — Drugs acting on the respiration. 

 Ipecac. 



Section VIII. — Vegetable Antipyretics and Antiseptics. 



Class 1. Cinchona and its Alkaloids. 



Class 2. Salicylic Acid, Salicin, Salol, Oil of Gaultheria and Methyl 

 Salicylate. 

 Section IX. — Volatile Oils or Drugs containing them. 



Class 1. Used mainly for their action on the skin : Turpentine, Oil 

 of Turpentine, Terebene, Terpin Hydrate, Burgundy 

 Pitch, Canada Turpentine, Resin, Tar, Pitch, Oil of Cade, 

 Balsam of Peru, Balsam of Tolu, Benzoin, Benzoic Acid, 

 Black and White Mustard, Eucalyptus, Arnica, Myrrh. 



Class 2. Used mainly for their stomachic and carminative action 

 upon the digestive tract : Capsicum, Ginger, Peppermint, 

 Menthol, Spearmint, Anise, Cardamon, Coriander, Fennel, 

 Fenugreek. 



Class 3. Used mainly for their antispasmodic action in stimulating 

 the nervous system : Valerian, Ammonium, Ferric and 

 Zinc Valerianates, Asafoetida and Ammoniacum. 



Class 4. Used mainly for their stimulant and diuretic action on the 

 genito-urinary tract : Buchu and Oil of Juniper. 



Class 5. Used mainly for its emmenagogue action on the ferriale 

 generative organs ; Savin. 



Class 6. Tallianine. 

 Section X. — Vegetable Bitters.— Gentian, Quassia, Cascarilla, Calumba^ 



Taraxacum, Hydrastis, Calamus. 

 Section XI. — Vegetable Cathartics. 



Class 1. Simple Purgatives.— Aloes, Linseed OQ, Castor Oil, Rham- 

 nusPurshiana, Frangula, Rhamnus Catharticus, Rhubarb 

 (Chrysarobin), Senna. 



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