CONTENTS.

A CLASSIFICATION OF MEDICINES WHICH ACT AFTER ENTERING INTO THE

CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTORY REMARKS.

CHAPTER II. ON SOME OF THE MORE IMPORTANT CLASSIFICATIONS OF

CHAPTER III. ON THE GENERAL MODES OF ACTION OF THERAPEUTIC AGENTS INTRODUCED INTO THE STOMACH.

CHAPTER IV.

GENERAL INDEX.

FOOTNOTES:

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THE

ACTION OF MEDICINES

IN

THE SYSTEM;

OR,

"ON THE MODE IN WHICH THERAPEUTIC AGENTS INTRODUCED INTO THE STOMACH PRODUCE THEIR PECULIAR EFFECTS ON THE ANIMAL ECONOMY."

Being the Prize Essay

TO WHICH THE MEDICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON AWARDED THE FOTHERGILLIAN GOLD MEDAL FOR MDCCCLII.

BY

FREDERICK WILLIAM HEADLAND, B.A.,

M. R. C. S., ETC.