Stimulants and narcotics, their mutual relations : with special researches on the action of alcohol, aether, and chloroform, on the vital organism / by Francis E. Anstie.

  • Anstie, Francis Edmund, 1833-1874.
Date:
1864
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Credit: Stimulants and narcotics, their mutual relations : with special researches on the action of alcohol, aether, and chloroform, on the vital organism / by Francis E. Anstie. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    PACE vii. —Support of the organism by stimulants in the absence of common articles of nutriment 142 Objections to the ordinary explanation of this phenomenon 143 Food action of coca 143 tobacco 144 alcohol 146 opium 147-150 viii. —Local increase of nutrition, caused by stimulants— By opium 160 By strychnia . 150-152 The stimulant action of atmospheric oxygen shown to be an epitome of the above-described “ genuine effects ” of medicinal stimulation 153 Objections to the common arguments for a complete physiological distinction between stimulants and foods. “Temporary” character of stimulant action 154 Stimulus is not followed by a “ recoil,” as usually stated . 155 Fallacious appearances which give plausibility to the common opinion 157 Counter-irritation, when beneficial, not followed by any recoil 158 Tobacco-smoking, when moderate, not followed by any recoil 159 Small doses of opium not followed by any recoil . . .159 Foods are not all transformed in the body 160 Proposals as to the use which shall in future be made of the word “stimulant,” &c 161 Chapter IV.—The Definition op Narcosis. Origin of the word (Hippocrates, Erotian, Aristotle, Homer, Plato, Galen) 163-4 Sir W. Hamilton’s opinion as to the ancient sense of the word Narcosis; and objections to this opinion . . .164 Proper distinction of the words “Nepenthes,” “ Anodyne,” from “Narcotic” by the ancients, especially Galen 165-168 Discussion of the distinction commonly made between “Narcotics” and “Sedatiyes,” and rejection of the same 168-172 Hypnotism is no part of true narcosis 172 Definition of narcosis proper 173-174