Rational Pharmaceutics, Part 1

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Mercury of life original: "Mercurius vitæ"; a potent chemical medicine made from antimony, not elemental mercury, with its etiology the study of causes, page 65. The correction or refinement of the same, page 66. By what reason this and other antimonial medicines original: "stybeata" work, same page. How mercurial medicines work in our body, page 67. Mercury precipitated by itself, same page. The reason for the process, page 68. Solar precipitated mercury mercury combined with gold, same page. Its etiology, page 69. Common precipitated mercury, with its etiology, same page. How mercurial medicines work upon the stomach original: "ventriculum", page 70. Mineral Turbith original: "Turbith minerale"; a yellow mercury sulfate used as a strong emetic, same page. The reason and summary of its process, page 71. Gold of life original: "Aurum vitæ", same page. The Hercules of Bovius original: "Hercules Bovii"; a proprietary chemical medicine named after Thomas Bovius, page 72. The reasons for both processes, pages 73, 74.

SECTION II. CHAPTER III.

On the Remedy for Excessive Vomiting.

Excessive vomiting is sometimes summoned by a drug original: "Pharmaco", and sometimes by other causes, page 75. The reason and remedy for the former, page 76. The latter is either critical occurring at a turning point in a disease or symptomatic, page 77. This is again either sympathetic caused by an issue in a different organ or idiopathic original: "idiopathica"; caused by an issue in the stomach itself, same page. When the stomach is primarily affected, what must be done, same page and page 78. Remedies against the corrupted ferment the chemical agents believed to cause digestion of the stomach, page 79. When this ferment is either too acidic or too sharp, same page. Those things which are suitable against an excessively bitter ferment, page 80. How vomiting proceeding from weakness of the stomach is to be cured, page 81. There are two cases of this: namely, the weakened tone of the fibers and the obstruction of the nerves, same page. The cure for the former, same page. How paralysis of the stomach is to be cured, page 82.