Materia Medica and Therapeutics

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S.S. & W. Wood, 1848 - 411 strán (strany)

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Strana 9 - Hence the vagueness and uncertainty our science presents at this day. An incoherent assemblage of incoherent opinion.*, it is, perhaps. of all the physiological sciences, that which best shows the caprice of the human mind. What do I say ? It is not a science for a methodical mind. It is a shapeless assemblage of inaccurate ideas, of observations often puerile, of deceptive remedies, and of formulae as fantastically conceived as they are tediously arranged.
Strana 14 - For children under twelve years, the doses of most medicines must be diminished in the proportion of the age to the age increased by 12 ; thus, at two years to 4, viz.: -^ — = 4- At 21 the full dose may be given.
Strana 1 - And wi' the lave ilk merry morn Could rank my rig and lass, Still shearing, and clearing The tither stocked raw, Wi' claivers, an' haivers, Wearing the day awa : Ev'n then a wish, (I mind its power,) A wish that to my latest hour Shall strongly heave my breast ; That I for poor auld Scotland's sake, Some usefu' plan, or beuk could make, Or sing a sang at least.
Strana 255 - ... the skin should not have prevailed more universally. He is confident it would prevent a number of diseases : and he thinks there is no greater luxury, than the comfortable sensation which arises from wearing it, especially after one is a little accustomed to it. " It is a mistaken notion," says he, " that it is too warm a clothing for summer.
Strana 255 - ... at all seasons of the year without the least inconvenience arising from wearing it. It is the warm bath of a perspiration confined by a linen shirt, wet with sweat, which renders the summer heats of southern climates so insupportable ; but flannel promotes perspiration and favors its evaporation, and evaporation, as it is well known produces positive cold.
Strana 21 - BOTALLI, that one hundred thousand men perish from the want of blood-letting, or from its not being timely employed, •where one perishes from excessive bleeding, when prescribed by a physician.
Strana 311 - ... to suppose that the state of the brain which accompanies dilatation of the pupil is different from that which accompanies contraction, and if belladonna has an effect in producing that cerebral state which is attended with dilatation, it is not going too far to infer, that its administration may do much towards counteracting the opposite condition; neither is it unphysiological to conclude, that if a remedy be capable of counteracting or preventing one very remarkable effect of a certain morbid...
Strana 5 - To give the student a comprehensive and ready view of the merits of the various articles composing the materia medica, and of their relations to each other, physiologically considered : and, fourthly, to supply a convenient means of graduating the doses of medicines, &c.,'
Strana 255 - It is a mistaken notion' says he, '.that it is too warm a clothing for summer. I have worn it in the hottest climates, and at all seasons of the year ; and never found the least inconvenience from it. It is the warm bath of a perspiration confined by a linen shirt, wet with sweat, which renders the summer heats of southern climates so insupportable ; but flannel promotes perspiration, and favors its evaporation ; and evaporation, as is well known, produces positive cold...
Strana 9 - ... deficiency of caloric. The same identical remedies have been employed under different names, according to the manner in which they were supposed to act. Deobstruent in one case, relaxant in another, refrigerant in another, the same...

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