A CLASSIFICATION OF EXPECTORANTS,
According to their supposed Modes of Operation.
CL: I—MEDICINES WHICH INCREASE PULMONARY EXHALATION, AND THEREBY DILUTE THE MUCUS IN THE FOLLICLES OF THE LUNGS.
a. By removing constriction of the Pulmonary Exhalant vessels.
Blisters.
Venesection.
Nauseants.
b. By stimulating these vessels by the actual contact of a medicinal substance.
Allium.
Scilla?