...should be inclined to come to the conclusion that stimulation was not produced by means of the brain at all, but through some other portion of the nervous...erroneous estimate of their value and uses in disease, aud to give what may be called a practical turn to the manner in which we employ them. His work is...

...physiologist's labour will be lightened by the possession of such a definition as this — that stimulants " are agents which by their direct action tend to rectify...deficient or too redundant natural action or tendency," which is not much more than saying that stimulants are successful remedies ; or by the assurance that...

...considerations advanced is the present chapter go far to justify the following | roposals:— 1. That the use of the word "stimulant" be restricted to agents which, by their direct action, tend to rectify wim''ff^lfHt or too redundant natural action or tendency. "2. That agents which produce excessive and...

...always be followed by a depressive recoil, and contends that the use of the word stimulant should bo restricted ' to agents which by their direct action...deficient 'or too redundant natural action or tendency.' Their action on the system, he contends, is analogous to that of food, and is attended only with beneficial...

...stimulus to express the cause of excessive action in the body. Hence the use of the word stimulus should be restricted to agents, " which, by their direct action, tend to rectify deficient or too redundant natural action or tendency." The real affinity of stimulants to food is,...

...stimulus to express the cause of excessive action in the body. Hence the use of the word stimulus should be restricted to agents, " which, by their direct action, tend to rectify deficient or too redundant natural action or tendency." The real affinity of stimulants to food is,...

...instances " where the support of the organism, in the absence of ordinary food, by stimulants, (that is, agents which, by their direct action, tend to rectify some deficient or too redundant material action or tendency,) is one of the most remarkable phenomena which can be offered to the attention...

...true stimulant will reduce it, and when below par will bring it to its proper level ; he proposes " that the word stimulant be restricted to agents which,...deficient or too redundant natural action or tendency." I believe that the action of Digitalis when properly investigated will confirm these views ; and at...

...excitement and activity in various organs and tissues of the body. In medicine stimulants are defined as agents which by their direct action tend to rectify some deficient or excessive natural action or tendency. Hence they are used for the relief of pain, to produce healthy...

...must always be followed by a depressive recoil, and contends that the use of the word stimulant should be restricted ' to agents which by their direct action...deficient ' or too redundant natural action or tendency." Their action on the system, he contends, is analogous to that of food, and is attended only with beneficial...