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      COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS.
Ill
OF THE
LECTURES AND DEMONSTRATIONS
WILLIAM JAMES MACNEVEN, M. D.
AS
PROFESSOR OF CHEMISTRY, AND MATERIA MEDICA.
          JVEW-YORK:






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CHEMISTRY.
                  DIVISION I

Of the Powers and Properties of Matter,  and the gene-
           ral Laws of Chemical Changes.

  Sect. 1.  Attraction—gavitation—cohesion—chrys-
tallization—chemical  affinity—analysis—synthesis-
laws of combination and decomposition.
  Sect. 2.  Caloric—effects in  producing the pheno-
mena of heat—in producing chemical changes—ab-
sorbed—evolved in producing  chemical changes—na-
ture of caloric.
  Sect. 3.  Light—effects in producing the phenomena
of vision—in producing chemical changes.
  Sect. 4.  Electricity—galvanism—-their relation to
chemical changes.

                  DIVISION II.

      Of Empyreal undecompounded Substances.

  Sect. 1.  Substances that support  combustion—oxi-
gene gas—chlorine—iodine.
  Sect. 2.  Inflammable and acidfiable  substances-
hydrogen—nitrogen.
  Sect. 3.  The atmosphere. 1. Physical properties-
weight—compressibility—elasticity—specific  gravity
of air and other gases. 2. Chemical properties of the
a-u-__analysis—history and use—combustion—atomic
theory__relative weight of the atoms of  gaseous sub-
stances—law of definite proportion. 
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                DIVISION III.
       Of Concrete undecompounded Substances.
  Sect. I.  Sulphur—phosphorus—carbon—boron—
j0de—further application of the atomic theory.
  Sect. 2.  Metals and their multifarious combinations
—metalloids—oxides—alkalis—acids—salts—analysis
and  assaying of ores—continued application of the
atomic theory—scale of chemical equivalents.
  Sect. 3.  Pharmaceutic chemistry—and the process-
es of the pharmaeopaeiae compared with those  of the
wholesale manufacturer.
                  DIVISION  IV.
                Vegetable Chemistry.
  Sect. 1.  Chemical physiology of  vegetables.
  Sect. 2.  Modes of analysis—ultimate and proximate
principles of vegetables.
  Sect. 3.  Fermentation and character of its products.
                   DIVISION  V.
                 Animal Chemistry.
   Sect. 1.  Composition and properties of the  solids
and fluids in health and in disease.
  Sect. 2.  Chemistry of the animal  functions.
   Sect. 3.  Application of chemical principles  to the
treatment of diseases.
                  DIVISION VI.
                Geological  Chemistry.
   Sect. 1.  Application of chemistry to agriculture—
 formation  of soils—their  analysis—principles of agri:
 cultural improvement.
   Slit. 2. Mineral waters,  methods of  ascertaining
 their contents by tests and analysis. 
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           MATERIA MEDICA*

GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS ON THE  NATURE OF  REME-
  DIES,  THEIK MODE OF OPERATION, AND THE AFFINITY
  OF VARIOUS SUBSTANCES TO THE SEVERAL SYSTEMS OF
  THE ANIMAL ECONOMY, MODIFICATION OP REMEDIES BY
  THE VITAL PRINCIPLE, BY THE CHEMICAL AFFINITIES OF
  THE ANIMAL FLUIDS AND FIBRES.

                  DIVISION I.

         Remedies of the Chylopoietic System.

  Sect. 1. Tonics—1.  vegetable—bitter—astringent
—aromatic—stimulant.  2.  Mineral—metallic oxides
—salts.
  Sect. 2.  1. Emetics—2. purgatives—3. anthelmin-
tics—4. antacids.

                  DIVISION  II.
          Remedies of the Uropoielic System.

  Sect. 1.   1. Diuretics.
  Sect. 2.   2. Lithonthryptics.

                  DIVISION III.

          Remedies of the Cutaneous System,

  Sect. 1. As an exhalant system.—1. Diaphoretics.—-
2. Expectorants.
  Sect. 2. As an  absorbent  system—1. Baths.—2.
Unctions.
  Sect. 3. As a sentient  system.—J. Rubifacients—-
2. Epispastics. 3. Electricity, 
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                  DIVISION IV.
            Remedies of the Nervous System.
   Sect. 1. General remedies—narcotics—antispasmo-
 dics.
   Sect  2.  Particular remedies of the organs of sense
 —of sight—hearing—taste—smell__touch.
                  DIVISION V.
            Remedies of the Sexual System.
   Sect.  1.  In satyriasis—priapismus—impotentia__
 gonorrhoea—syphilis.
   Sect. 2.   In amenorrhsea—menorrhagia—-leucor-
 rhaea—nymphomania-—scirrus—-cancer.
                  DIVISION VI.
         Remedies of the Sanguiferous System.
   Sect.  1. By blood-letting—-venous and arterial.
   Sect. 2. By cupping—scarification—leeches.

                 DIVISION VII.

 Specific Medications against the Circumfusa, AppUcalu,
                      Ingesla.
   Sect.  1.  Miasmata-—infection—contagion___poi-
 sons—antidotes.
                DIVISION  VIII.
                Doses of Medicines.
   Sect. 1. Influence of their physical and chemical
properties in mixture, and the form to be  regarded  in
their exhibition.
  Sect. 2. Precautions demanded by the character of
the surfaces to which  medicines are applied. 
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  The foregoing prospectus exhibits an outline of the
Lectures of Professor  Macneven during the College
Session from the beginning of November to the end
of February.
  The first of May he commences a course of practi-
cal Chemistry  and Pharmacy for his  private pupils,
which continues until the beginning of the public lec-
tures in November.  During this course, the pupil is
furnished with opportunities, instruments and materi-
als for performing experiments himself; he is taught
to prepare the Chemical tests and products,  the  acids
and alkalies in a state  of entire purity;  to make the
more difficult preparations of the pharmacopeia and
to execute the various kinds of analysis.
   The analytical  investigations  of the pupils are
published from time to time with the Names of their
Authors; more especially when they relate to native
fossils and  minerals, and when they possess a  suffi-
cient degree of interest and  merit.
   Conjointly with this course,  which  is  altogether
practical, the medical pupil is  examined  frequently
on all the branches of  his Medical studies.
   For a student of medicine commencing his studies
in this office and remaining in it during the three years
which  the  law of the State requires that  he shall
study under one or more regular practitioners of Me-
dicine or Surgery, the terms are :
   For all the courses public and private        $ 250
   For one year for the whole course            100
   For the winter Session only                    .10 
 
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