The people's common sense medical adviser in plain English, or, Medicine simplified . erves, and increases the poWer of theheart to move the blood, at thesame time that it i)lace8 theblood-vessels in better conditionfor its passage. To fully indicatethe plausibility of this theory, Iwould call attention to the fact, the action of the heart andthe circulation of the blood, notoidy in the arteries and veins, butalso in the capillaries, is under^^ the control of the sympatheticsystem of nerves. The sameauthor says: Aconite, in smalldoses, lessens the frequency ofthe j)ulse, because it remove
The people's common sense medical adviser in plain English, or, Medicine simplified . erves, and increases the poWer of theheart to move the blood, at thesame time that it i)lace8 theblood-vessels in better conditionfor its passage. To fully indicatethe plausibility of this theory, Iwould call attention to the fact, the action of the heart andthe circulation of the blood, notoidy in the arteries and veins, butalso in the capillaries, is under^^ the control of the sympatheticsystem of nerves. The sameauthor says: Aconite, in smalldoses, lessens the frequency ofthe j)ulse, because it removesobstruction to the free flow ofblood in the vessels, and givesgreater caidiac jjower. Aconiteis indicateil, in preference to Ver-atrum, when the pulse is weak,comi)re8sible and frequent, indeedwhenever there is evidence ofgreat enfeeblement of the circu-lation. Verotruni is especiallyindicated in preferenc-e to Aco-^••- itite whenever the pulse is, not only frequent, l»ut strong, full, hard or bounding. Dos,—Thetincture or fluid extract may be given in the same manner, and. 354 COMMON SENSE MEDICAL ADVISER. in the same sized closes as directed for Veratrum, with tlie bestresults. 597. American Hellebore (Femirwm FmV?e). Alsoknown as White Hellebore, Indian Poke, Swamp Hellebore. The Fig. 138.
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