The American Materia Medica, Therapeutics and Pharmacognosy, 1919, was written by Finley Ellingwood, M.D. Chapter I. Laxatives and cathartics. Chapter II. Agents used as liver stimulants. Chapter III. Agents used as mild liver stimulants. Chapter IV. Agents used as hydragogue cathartics. Chapter V. Agents used in the neutralization of acids. Chapter VI. Agents acting as direct intestinal astringents. Chapter VII. Agents acting as gastro-intestinal astringents with marked tonic and stimulant properties. Chapter VIII. Agents used as astringents with marked styptic properties. Book Navigation ‹ Diastase - Takadiastase. up Chapter I. Laxatives and cathartics. ›