| All stimulants of excretions act like pilocarpine, but few if any so thoroughly and so quickly, however, hydragogs are still effective. |
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| Salines and other hydragogs are especially indicated when intestinal secretion is deficient and when the blood is overladen with toxic substances and dropsy is present somewhere in the body. |
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| As to dropsies it is now well comprehended that the weakening from hydragogs more than counterbalances the benefit derived from the excretion of fluid. |
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| Hydragogs, such as jalap, cause diarrhea by the excretion of intracellular and intercellular water. |
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