PHYSIOLOGICAL ACTIONS OF DRUGS ON THE SECRETION OF BILE. 
Introduction, : : : : 
Reasons for Uncertain Knowledge regarding 
the Action of Drugs on the Liver, 
The Methods of Therapeutical Research, 
Value of a Precise Knowledge of the Actions 
of Drugs, 3 : 
Previous Investigations regarding Mean of 
Drugs on Bile Secretion— . 
Scott’s Experiments, : 
The Experiments of Bennett’s Com- 
mittee, 3 
Rohrig’s Experiments, 4 
Method of Experiment in the present re- 
search— : : 
Normal Secretion of Bile ina F asting 
Dog curarised, 
Composition of Bile thus seed 
Secretion of Bile per Kilogramme of 
Body-weight per hour, 
| Action of Croton Oil, 
Podophyllin, 
Water, 
Bile, . 
Aloes, 
Rhubarb, 
Senna, 
Colchicum, 
Magnesium Sulphate, . 
Castor Oil, 
Ammonium Chloride, . 
Scammony, 
Euonymin, 
Tridin, 
Leptandria, 
Sanguinarin, 
Ipecacuan, 
Colocynth, 
Jalap, 
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Dilute N. cinohydrecblons Acid, 
Sodium Chloride, 
Rochelle Salt, 
Sodium Phosphate, 
Sodium Sulphate, 
Potassium Sulphate, 
Sodium Bicarbonate, 
Potassium Bicarbonate, 
Potassium Iodide, 
Calabar Bean, 
Atropia Sulphate, 
Menispermin, 
Baptisin, 
Phytolaccin, 
Hydrastin, 
Juglandin, 
Benzoic Acid, 
Sodium Benzoate, 
Ammonium Benzoate, . 
Sodium Salicylate, 
Ammonium Phosphate, 
Tannic Acid, 
Acetate of Lead, 
Jaborandi, 
Manganese Sulphate, . 
Morphia, 
Hyoscyamus, 
Alcohol, 
Calomel, 
Mercuric Chloride (conesve Sub- 
limate), 
General Summary of Results, 
General Table of Coefficients of ae 
tion, . 
Mode of Action of ecatic eine 
Hepatic Depressants, ‘ 4 
Concluding Observations, . . . 
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