1 before they can reach the stomach, can produce any effect.
2 They argue thus-—As the stomach is the medium through
3 which we obtain everything we require to preserve
4 life, aud by means of which those substances are assimi¬
5 lated that serve to compensate for the loss caused by
6 the action of the vital functions, it requires to ^ be
7 deluged with medicines, iu order to produce any effect
8 on the system. But, experience, teaches us, that this
9 is not necessary. Small particles of medicaments, dis¬
10 solved on the tongue by the saliva, on entering the
11 stomach, mix with the chyle; and their effect is then
12 conveyed by the electric or magnetic action of the
13 nerves, to the remote parts on which they are destined
14 specifically to operate.
15 1 advise every medical man to extract from the Ma¬
16 teria Medina (in the second volume), a list of such
17 remedies as lie can procure; and to arrange them
18 alphabetically (with the diseases and symptoms I >
19 which they are applicable), that ho may be able to refer
20 to them readily. A pocket-book so arranged, would be
21 useful to families as well as physicians. The remedies
22 for different diseases (which are suggested in the first,
23 part of the second volume) are intended for those phy¬
24 sicians only, who, having time and opportunity, desire
25 to continue the train of my experiments. I have
26 arranged the various diseases or symptoms in groups,
27 many of them being closely allied. I have noticed in
28 which cases the remedies proved beneficial, and, in
29 short, I'have pointed out effects of any kind. I have
30 also retained several untried remedies, aud have marked
31 them as such. Not knowing how long I might enjoy
32 so favorable an opportunity of prosecuting my ex peri-
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