Anesthesia, ether, drop method in, 313 care of patient in operating room, chloroform in, 304 drugs used to cause, 109, 284 nitrogen monoxide in, 313 hiccough in, 298 ethyl chloride in, 325 holocaine hydrochloride in, 324 novocaine in, 325 procaine in, 325. scopolamine and morphine in, 319 stovaine and alypin in, 325 for removal of dressings, 302 contraindications for, 292 spinal, 320 Anesthetics, 109, 259 choice of, 289 general, 284 local, drugs used to cause, relative repeated administration of, 288 purified, 564 Aquæ, definition, 23 as escharotic, 139 Argyria, 147 Argyrol, 148 Antidote for arsenic poisoning, 69, 386 | Argyrism, 147 in poisoning, atropine as, 256 Antidysenteric serum, 569 Antifebrin, 46, 333 Antimeningococcic serum, 573 Antimony and potassium tartrate, 52 Antipneumococcic serum, 568 Antipyrine, 52 action, 337 administration, 337 Antipyretics, 109, 325, 332 in fever, 330 purified, 565 Antitoxic serums, official, 564 Antitoxin, 564 bacillus botulinus, 767 treatment of diphtheria, 566 Antrum disease, nasal douching for, 519 Aortic insufficiency, digitalis in, 222 Aphorisms, drug, 803 drugs used to increase, 106 Apple, bitter, as irritant purgative, 172 Apomorphinæ hydrochloridum, 53 action, 157 administration, 157 as emetic, 156, 157 uses, 157 Aposthesine as local anesthetic, 325 Aqua camphoræ, 60, 256 cinnamomi, 78 hamamelidis, 53 mentha piperitæ, 80 Aristol, 98 Aromatic elixir, 67 fluidextract of cascara, 62 as germicide, 389 as stimulant to metabolism, 382, to production of blood corpuscles, to skin, 183, 389 as tonic, 388 in metabolism, 382, 388 over-action, 385 acute, treatment, 386 treatment, 388 springs, 709 toxic action, 385 uses, 388 water, 709 Arsenous acid, 53, 382 Arsphenamine as specific, in syphilis, in locomotor ataxia, 347 intravenous injection of, epinephrine conclusions concerning, 349 Art of prescription writing, 17 Schäfer method, 752 Asafetida, 54 Ascaris lumbricoides, 175 Aspidium, 54 for tape-worms, 175, 176 Aspidosperma, 54 in poisoning, 252, 256 as cerebral stimulant, 250 in asthma, 253 in bladder irritability, 253 in eye inflammations, 255 poisoning, treatment, 252 to dilate pupils and paralyze accom- modation, 252, 255 to dry up secretions, 252, 253 Atropine to stimulate brain and heart and raise blood-pressure, 252, 254 smooth muscle tissue, 252, 254 Auricular fibrillation, digitalis in, 224 Autogenous vaccines, 556 BACILLARY dysentery, treatment, 569 Bacillus acidophilus, 616 cultures of, to change intestina in intestinal putrefaction, 174 bifidus, 616 botulinus, 766 antitoxin, 767 bulgaricus in intestinal putrefaction, Bacteria, growth of, in kidneys and on body, drugs used to inhibit, 105 protective power of blood against, putrefactive, in intestines, 616 treatment for, 618 Baking, body, cabinets for, 662 Balsam of Peru, 55 Balsamum Peruvianum, 55 as laxative, 615 1 pound, calories in, 591 action, 282 as hypnotic, 271, 282 poisoning, treatment, 283 Barbital-sodium, 282 Barium sulphate for roentgen-ray Bark, calisaya, 63 Peruvian, red, 63 yellow, 63 Basal metabolism in Graves' disease, Bass' detoxication treatment of mala- |