Canadian Practitioner, Volume 49Bryant Press, 1924 |
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Page ix - ... relieves the congestion by increasing the superficial circulation. The cutaneous reflexes are stimulated, causing contraction of the deep-seated blood vessels. The over-worked heart is relieved from an excessive blood pressure; pain and dyspnea are lessened, the elimination of toxins is hastened and the temperature declines.
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Page 537 - Antiphlogistine's hygroscopic property. The line of least resistance for the liquid exudate is therefore in the direction of the Antiphlogistine. In obedience to the same law, exosmosis is going on in this zone, and the excess of moisture is thus accounted for.
Page 525 - Science has no nationality because knowledge is the patrimony of humanity," said Pasteur, "the torch which gives light to the world. Science should be the highest personification of nationality because, of all the nations, that one will always be foremost which shall be first to progress by the labors of thought and intelligence. Let us, therefore, strive in the pacific field of science for the preeminence of our several countries.
Page 94 - Promotes Osmosis" Diagram represents inflamed area. In rone "C" blood is flowing freely through underlying' vessels. This forms a current away from the Antiphlogistine, whose liquid contents, therefore, follow the line of least resistance and enter the circulation through the physical process of endosmosis.
Page 494 - CATAPLASM, indicated in all superficial and deep-seated inflammatory and congestive conditions, composed of the finest Anhydrous and Levigated Argillaceous Mineral, Chemically Pure Glycerine, Compounds of Iodine, representing a small percentage of Elementary Iodine, minute quantities of Boric and Salicylic Acids and the Oils of Peppermint, Gaultheria and Eucalyptus.