Analogy, a powerful instrument in the hands of the medical philosopher,
6;
the numerous fallacies to which it is exposed, 6.
An Analytical inquiry into the more remarkable causes which have, in
different ages and countries, operated in producing the revolutions
that characterise the history of medicinal substances, 3.
Analysis of the objects of medicinal combination, 146.
Analysis of vegetables by the French academicians;
its unsatisfactory nature, 52.
Anasarca, sometimes cured by diaphoretics, 101.
Ancient charms, frequently chaunted, 7.
Ancient empirics, reason why their labours proved so barren, 6.
Andes, a journey over them furnishes a good illustration of the effect
of heat and cold upon the animal body, 5.
Antacids, remarks upon the action of, 114;
under what circumstances they may be advantageously administered in
conjunction with tonics, 166.
Anthelmintics, their modus operandi considered, 138.
Anthemis Nobilis, essentially changed by cultivation, 60.
Antidotes, derivation and meaning of the term, 125.
_Antidotum Mithridatium_, the history of, 28.
Anti-hectic mixture of Dr. Griffith, the composition of the, 85.
Antilithics and Lithonthryptics, definition of, 115;
—belong to the class of vital as well as chemical agents, 115.
Antimonial Remedies, the unjust prejudices against, 51;
proscribed by the Supreme Council of Paris, 51.
Antimony, a case related by Dr. James, wherein it occasioned
salivation, 188;
a conjecture respecting the origin of the term, 48.
Antimony and Opium accelerate the effects of Mercury upon the system,
152.
Antimony, experiments concerning, by Basil Valentine, 48;
restored to public favour by a French decree, 51;
its sudorific powers increased by Opium, 153.
Antiseptics, origin of remedies so called, 75.
Antispasmodics, how they differ from Narcotics, 78;
must be considered as both absolute and relative agents, 78;
may be frequently combined with Tonics, or Narcotics, 164.
Antispasmodics, definition of, 78.