This section is from the book "A Treatise On Therapeutics, And Pharmacology Or Materia Medica Vol1", by George B. Wood. Also available from Amazon: Part 1 and Part 2.
These may be arranged under the heads of 1. depletion ; 2. repletion; 3. dilution: 4. elimination : 5. stimulation; 6. sedation; 1. revulsion; 8. supersession : 9. alteration: 10. contra-causation; 11. chemical action; and 12. mechanical action.
 
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