Poulsson's Text-Book of Pharmacology and Therapeutics

1st Edition - January 1, 1938
Author: Stanley Alstead
Language: English
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Poulsson’s Text-Book of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Second English Edition covers the considerable progress in understanding the basic principles, applications, and classifications of drugs and other organic compounds of therapeutic interest. This text is divided into six chapters, each dealing with a specific classification of drugs. The first chapter describes the so-called protoplasmic poisons, which are organic substances that are characterized by their specific effects after absorption on the nervous and muscular systems, while local effects are altogether absent or insignificant. The second chapter examines the organic remedies that principally act locally, such as at the point of application, while the action after absorption is unimportant or is not utilized in medicine. The third and fourth chapters explore the main groups containing the inorganic bodies. These chapters demonstrate that the inorganic compounds differ from the organic, whose activity is due to the unchanged entire molecules, and they are subjected to dissociation. The fifth chapter considers the digestive ferments and foodstuffs, while the sixth chapter is concerned with antitoxins and bacterial products. This book will be of value to pharmacologists, pharmacists, researchers, and pharmacology and pharmacy students.

IntroductionI.-Organic Remedies Acting After Absorption 1. Narcotics of the Methane Series General Characters Ether and Chloroform Other Anresthetics Hypnotics Alcohol 2. Nitrous Oxide 3. Prussic Acid Carbon Monoxide 4. Curarine 5. Strychnine 6. Hydrastis Alkaloids 7. Opium Alkaloids 8. Cannabinol (Oannabis Indica) 9. The Cocaine Series 10. Atropine 11. Agaricine 12. Muscarine and Pilocarpine 13. Physostigmine 14. Nicotine and Lobeline 15. Coniine and Sparteine 16. Colchicine 17. Aconitine 18. Veratrine 19. Apomorphine 20. Emetine 21. Saponins 22. Camphor 23. The Picrotoxin Group 24. The Digitoxin Group (Digitalis) 25. Purine Derivatives (the Caffeine Group) 26. Adrenaline and Ephedrine 27. Ergot 28. The Pituitary Body. Sex Hormones 29. Insulin 30. Liver Preparations 31. Thyroid Gland 32. Nitrites (Amyl Nitrite) 33. Quinine 34. The Antipyrine Group 35. Antiseptics of the Aromatic Series General Characteristics Aromatic Hydrocarbons Phenol (Carbolic Acid) Cresols Thymol Bivalent Phenols Trivalent Phenols Chrysarobin Naphthol Creosote Tar and Ichthyol Benzoic and Cinnamic Acids Salicylic Acid Other Aromatic Acids 36. FormaldehydeII.—Organic Substances Acting Locally 1. Mucilaginous Drugs 2. Sweetening Agents 3. Fats 4. Volatile Oils General Characteristics Aromatic Volatile Oils used principally as Perfuming and Flavouring Agents Malodorous Volatile Oils used as Nerve Remedies Volatile Oils used as Genito-urinary Disinfectants 5. Bitters 6. Skin-Irritants Oil of Mustard The Turpentine Group Cantharidin 7. Astringents (the Tannic Acid Group) 8. Vegetable Purgatives General Remarks Castor Oil and Croton Oil The Anthracene Derivatives The Jalap and Colocynth Group 9. AnthelminticsIII.—Salts of Light Metals, Alkalies, Acids, Halogens, Oxidizers, Etc. 1. Ion-Action and Salt-Action 2. Salt-Action (continued). Water and Common Salt 3. Salts with Tardy Absorption. Saline Purgatives 4. Potassium 5. Hydrates and Carbonates of the Alkalies (Alkalies) 6. Soap 7. Sulfur, Hydrogen Sulphide and Alkaline Sulphides 8. Ammonia and Ammonium 9. Metals of the Alkaline Earths. Calcium and the Parathyroid Hormone 10. Acids 11. Carbon Dioxide (Carbonic Acid) 12. Oxalic Acid 13. Boracic Acid and Borax 14. Chlorates 15. Nitrates 16. Sulfurous Acid and Sulfites 17. Hypophosphites 18. Halogens 19. Iodoform 20. Iodides 21. Bromides 22. The Oxygen Group (Oxidisers)IV.—The Heavy Metals and Metalloids 1. General Properties 2. Arsenic 3. Bismuth 4. Mercury 5. Antimony 6. Iron 7. Silver 8. Copper 9. Zinc 10. Lead 11. Aluminium 12. Chromium 13. Phosphorus 14. Metals Less Frequently EmployedV.—Ferments and Food-Stuffs 1. Ferments 2. Food-Stuffs Including Vitamins Albuminous Preparations Carbohydrates Fats (Cod-Liver Oil)VI.—Antitoxins and Bacterial Products 1. General Remarks 2. Diphtheria Antitoxin 3. Tetanus Antitoxin 4. Other Kinds of Serum 5. Prophylactic and Diagnostic Agents