Physiological therapeutics : a new theory / by Thomas W. Poole.

  • Poole, Thomas W.
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1879
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    INDEX. Abortion, a suggested cause ot, 95. Aconite, 120, 159, 161. and vaso-motor theories, 161. spasms produced by, 162. ^ther Sulphuric, as a narcotic, 199. as a stimulan J, 229. excitement under, apparent, not real, 199. flushing, &c., from, 199. compared with chloroform, 199. (See chloroform, chloral, alcohol, etc.) After pains, 94, 164. Albumen, a source of fibrin, 27. and muscle, 26. Alcohol, as a narcotic, 48, 126, 192, 197, 225. as a stimulant, 126, 214, 220, 228, two stages of action, 193, 195. paralyzing effects of, 48, 126, 195 197, 225. delirium tremens of, 196. use of brom. potass, in, 196. and vaso-motor theories, 126, 196, 197, 228. spasms, etc., from, 197. oxydized in the body, 215,216,219. quasi food action of, 126, 215, 221, 222. in fever, 126, 127, 215, 217, 221, and shock, 216. effect on bioplasm, 217, 227. effect on blood, 196, 226, 227. effect on temperature, 126, 196, 215, 218, 219, 220. effect on circulation, 196, 215, 223, 225, 227. and sleep, 116. in spasms, etc., 49, 54, 57. in weak digestion, 222. j effects of, in health and disease, I differ., 127, 198, 215, 221, 225. j effects of, modified by food, 221. \ sudden death from, 216, 226. Medical Declaration regarding, 229. Ammonia,. 53, 206. chloride, uses of, 207. Amyl Nitrite, 95, 203. Anaesthesia, (See chloroform) Anaemia, and wakefulness, 11^, 116. of brain in epilepsy, 44, 45, 50, 51, favors delirium and coma, 168. Angina pectoris, 203. Antispasmodics are stimulants, 60, 229, Antidotes to strychnia, 57, 58. to belladonna, 214. Antidotes to chloral, 58. to calabar bean, 58. to quinine, 124. Apomorphia, 166. and theory of vomiting, 167. Arsenic, as a poison, 211. a quasi food, 360, 213, 221. a tissue irritant, 211, 213. Arteries, muscular coat of, 97, 98. controlled by symnathetic, 98,101, 102, 105, 107, 161, 203. effects of pithing on. 111, 130. contracted after death, 98,106,115. of brain in convulsion, 50, 51. in sleep, 115. in malaise, cholera, etc., 114,115. drugs which contract, 161. drugs which dilate, 203. torsion and vaso-motor nerves, 119. effects of cold on, 110. coronary and cardiac motor pow- er, 130, 133, 173. thrombosis of 134,227. Asthma, chloroform in, 230. arsenic in, 212. nitrite of amyl in, 203. Asthenic states, treatment, 114. Atrophy of muscle, 34, 80, 82. electricity in, 76, 77, 80, 81, 83, 87, 90. Atropia, 128, 170. Baths in fever, 123. Belladonna, 137, 167. effects on iris, 137. on vaso-motor nerves, 168. in constipation, 168,169. various uses of, 170. an antagonist to, 214. Blisters, action of, 149. Blood, quantity in body, 27, coagulation of, 26, 226. fibrin not in living, 27, 226. effects of strychnia on, 55. nitrite of amyl on, 204. cathartics on, 151. mercury on, 190. alcohol on, 226, 227. impure, not stimulating, 24, 52. in epilepsy, 52. determination to the head, 45, 46, 50,53. in pregnancy, 52. in Bright's disease, 53. circulation of regulated, (see vaso- motor action.) drugs which quicken circulation of, 203.