THE
ACTION OF MEDICINES
IN
THE SYSTEM;
OR,
"ON THE MODE IN WHICH THERAPEUTIC AGENTS INTRODUCED
INTO THE STOMACH PRODUCE THEIR PECULIAR
EFFECTS ON THE ANIMAL ECONOMY."
Being the Prize Essay
TO WHICH THE MEDICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON AWARDED THE
FOTHERGILLIAN GOLD MEDAL FOR MDCCCLII.
BY
FREDERICK WILLIAM HEADLAND, B.A.,
M. R. C. S., ETC.
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PHILADELPHIA:
LINDSAY AND BLAKISTON.
1853.
WM. S. YOUNG PRINTER
TO
THE PRESIDENT, OFFICERS, AND FELLOWS
OF THE
MEDICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON,
This Essay
IS RESPECTFULLY INSCRIBED, BY THEIR VERY OBLIGED
FRIEND AND SERVANT,
THE AUTHOR.
CONTENTS.
CHAPTER I.
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