Exciting Medicines. 
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REVIEWS. 
SYNOPTICAL TABLE OF THE CLASSIFICATION OF MEDICAMENTS. 
Debilitating 
Medicines. 
General 
Excitants. 
Emollients and Relaxants, 
which tend to soften and relax the tissues of organs. 
J Temperants and Refrigerents , 
which tend to moderate the course of the blood, the 
too great activity of organs, and the production of 
^ animal heat. 
Excitants properly so called , Diffusible Stimulants , 
which tend to accelerate the course of the blood, to 
give fresh activity to organs, and to increase the animal 
heat. 
Tonics , Strengtheners, 
which tend to augment fibrillary contractility, to 
strengthen, as a consequence, the tissue of organs, 
without at the same time producing in them morbid 
phenomenon of astriction. 
Astringent and Styptics , 
which tend particularly to augment fibrillary con- 
tractility, and to constrict the organic tissue. 
Purgatives and Laxatives, 
which act more particularly on the digestive tube, 
tending to provoke peristaltic movement, and conse- 
^ quently alvine dejections. 
Vomits, Emetics, 
which act particularly on the stomach, tending to pro- 
voke its peristaltic action, and the discharge of its con- 
tained matters. 
Diuretics. 
which act particularly on the kidneys, tending to aug- 
ment the secretion of urine. 
Special 
>» Excitants. 
Emmenagogues, improperly so called, 
which act particularly on the uterus, tending to pro- 
voke its contractions, and, as a consequence, the ex- 
pulsion of its contents. 
Narcotics, Sedatives, Antispasmodics, 
which appear to act particularly on the nervous system , 
tending to modify its action. 
Mollifiers {Fondants), 
which appear to act particularly on the capillary sys- 
tem in general, tending to promote interstitial ab- 
sorption. 
Sudorifics and Diaphoretics, 
which appear to act particularly on the skin, tending to 
modify its functions. 
Rubefacients, Epispastics, Caustics, 
which are applied particularly upon the skin and sub- 
jacent parts, in order to produce rubefaction, vesication, 
and cauterisation. 
Vermifuges, Anthelmentics, 
which act particularly in the distruction of worms, and 
^ in favouring their expulsion. 
