Assertion: digitalis | /r/CapableOf | operate as diuretic
Facets:
value: by promoting absorption
type: MANNER
Source sentences:
text: The opinion has been advanced, that digitalis operates as a diuretic, not by a direct action on the kidneys, but by promoting absorption; and the opinion is supported upon the ground, that it does not produce an increased secretion of urine, unless there may be dropsical effusion.