The physiological action of medicines : a paper read at the meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science, at Nottingham / by William Sharp... August 23rd, 1866.

  • Sharp, William, 1805-1896.
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1866
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Credit: The physiological action of medicines : a paper read at the meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science, at Nottingham / by William Sharp... August 23rd, 1866. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    healthy, or upon those which are affected by disease. The former of these raethods has been longest in use; the latter, in my judgment, presents the most successful results. Both these methods rest upon the same fact, namely, the local action of medicines; both may be theoretically explained; both have observation to justify them; and there cannot be a, more in- teresting, or a more useful problem for the younger medical men of the present generation to seek to solve, than this :—the investigation of the physiological action of medicines, with the view to determine their therapeutic use. HoETON House, Rugby, July 27th, 1866. The reading of this paper was followed by an interesting discussion, in which several medical men took part, and which was closed by the President, Professor Humphreys, who observed that the paper had been weU characterised as a suggestive one, for that, in reality, our knowledge upon the subject was as yet small. W. DAVY ANU SON, PIlINTEnS, GILBEU'l' STREET, W.