ON THE THERAPEUTIC FORCES: AN EFFORT TO CONSIDER THE ACTION OF MEDICINES IN THE LIGHT OF THE MODERN DOCTRINE OF THE CONSERVATION OF FORCE
Book Details + Condition: Lindsay & Blakiston (Philadelphia). Very scarce First Edition, 1878. Hardcover. Original dark purple boards with gilt on front and on spine. 143 pages. From the Preface: I endeavor in the following essay to give a brief and incomplete outline of the principles which underlie the action of some of our most important therapeutic agents in the light of the modern doctrine of the conservation or persistence of force. Chapters Include: General Law of the Action of Forces on the Animal Body; Mechanical Stimulants; Chemical Stimulants; Narcotics. A clean and solid copy of a very scarce work: tight binding; lightly rubbed corners and edges, and spine ends; light fading to spine; interior is clean and free of markings save a bit of foxing to last few pages.
