the ventricle and duodenum, 3. As removing acidity. 4. As purging. B. By being absorbed into the system, where 5. they are found to have the power of dissolving a. the tenacious and thick bile contained in the biliary ducts, and are even capable of dissolving gall-stones which are in the course of formation; b. of removing congestion of the blood in general, but principally that in the mesenteric vein, thus accelerating the circulation of the blood in the venous system; c. of dispersing the accumulated lymph and fatty deposits in the lymphatic vessels and glandular organs of the abdomen (principally of the liver); d. of removing fatty tumours caused by fibrous inflammatory products. 6. They improve and purify the diseased state of the blood and lymph, principally when it shows itself by an accumulation of albuminous azotic compounds, and by a tendency to form urea, uric acid and stone in the bladder. They accomplish this action either by degrees, without showing any material secretion, or they are accompanied by profuse evacuations, by frequent and fetid perspirations, or by repeated secretions of fetid, clear, or viscid sedimentous urine. 7. By their diuretic influence they remove, by a mechanical process, stones from the bladder and kidneys, sometimes as large as a pea or a bean, and also free them from gravel.
