Note 288 — ON THE THEORY AND ART OF PRESCRIBING. (continued 2)

By the use of this word I wish to be distinctly understood as expressing only certain effects, without any regard to the causes that may produce them. The phenomena of Accumulation may on some occasions depend upon the absolutely increased quantity of the substance in the body, as in the instance of mercurial action, while in others they may perhaps arise from the system becoming more and more sensible to its stimulus. The history of Poisons would afford some interesting illustrations of these views, and in another work (Medical Jurisprudence, Vol. 2, p. 148), I have proposed a subdivision of these bodies, under the title of “Accumulative Poisons.”