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Excerpt from A Syllabus of Lectures on Materia Medica and Therapeutics: Delivered in the Atlanta Medical College Local Action is the result of contact of the remedy with the part ultimately to be impressed. The effect of irritants when placed in contact with parts, whether acting chemically, vitally or mechanically, is called local action. Escharotics, demul cents, and various other excitants and mechanical agents for internal or external application, afford examples of this mode of action. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.