Linn J. Boyd

STUDIES ON THE PATHOGENIC EFFECTS OF DRUGS

In guinea pigs and rabbits the isolated intestine perfuses in Tyrodes solution showed little or no change in amplitude and frequency of contractions. The general tonicity diminished, allowing the intestines to relax. This might be an explanation of the symptom “Great distention of the abdomen.” The isolated bladder showed a similar action except that the frequency of contraction diminished until it was lost in the general relaxation.

MEDICINE BEFORE HAHNEMANN

A general unanimity exists among those best qualified to have opinions upon the medical practice of primitive peoples. They appear agreed that the treatment of illness or injury consisted for the most part in instinctive reactions, that is to say, either crude mechanical devices directed at stopping the flow of blood from a torn vessel, or pristine pharmacological procedures.