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DIURETICS,

Arranged according to their supposed Modes of Operation.

CL: I.—MEDICINES WHICH ACT PRIMARILY ON THE URINARY ORGANS.

1. By stimulating the secreting vessels of the kidneys, BY CONTACT.

a The medicines not undergoing any decomposition in transitu.

1. Potassa.

2. Potassæ Nitras.

3. Oleum Terebinthinæ.

4. Juniperus Communis.

5. Cantharides.

b The Medicines undergoing decomposition in transitu.

1. Potassæ Acetas.

2. Potassæ Super-tartras.

3. Scilla Maritima.

4. Colchicum Autumnale.

5. Copaifera Officinalis.

6. Spartii Cacumina.

CL: II.—MEDICINES WHICH ACT PRIMARILY ON THE ABSORBENTS, AND SECONDARILY ON THE KIDNEYS.

Mercury.

CL: III.—MEDICINES WHICH ACT PRIMARILY ON THE STOMACH AND PRIMÆ VIÆ, AND SECONDARILY ON THE ABSORBENTS.

1. By diminishing arterial action, and increasing that of Absorption.

1. Digitalis.

2. Nicotiana.

2. By increasing the tone of the Body in general, and that of the absorbent system in particular.

Bitter Tonics, &c. &c.

3. By producing Catharsis, and thereby increasing the action of the Exhalants directly, and that of the Absorbents indirectly.