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... influence reaches to the future ; it not only interrupts the present function of the organ that is affected , but it puts a stop for a time to the completion of the general machinery of the body , or disarranges the due proportion of ...
... influence reaches to the future ; it not only interrupts the present function of the organ that is affected , but it puts a stop for a time to the completion of the general machinery of the body , or disarranges the due proportion of ...
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... influence our plan of treatment . Really trustworthy information on these points , however , is often difficult to be obtained , and the attempt to elicit it is almost sure to be unsuccessful , if the questions put to the patient are ...
... influence our plan of treatment . Really trustworthy information on these points , however , is often difficult to be obtained , and the attempt to elicit it is almost sure to be unsuccessful , if the questions put to the patient are ...
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... Influence of remedies modified by the age of the patient . -Rules for the practice of depletion , for the use of mer- cury , antimony , and opium , and for the employment of blisters . Suggestions as to the mode of prescribing for ...
... Influence of remedies modified by the age of the patient . -Rules for the practice of depletion , for the use of mer- cury , antimony , and opium , and for the employment of blisters . Suggestions as to the mode of prescribing for ...
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... influence on the disease . To ensure certainty and safety , however , in the employment of leeches , there are several precautions which must not be neglected . Of these , the most important is , that their application should not be ...
... influence on the disease . To ensure certainty and safety , however , in the employment of leeches , there are several precautions which must not be neglected . Of these , the most important is , that their application should not be ...
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... influence which attends the use of mercurials . In the same manner , there are many purgatives no less certain , and no less speedy in exciting the action of the bowels ; so that , before prescribing calomel or grey powder , the ...
... influence which attends the use of mercurials . In the same manner , there are many purgatives no less certain , and no less speedy in exciting the action of the bowels ; so that , before prescribing calomel or grey powder , the ...
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abdomen adult affection appearance arachnoid attack attended auscultation become blood bowels brain breathing bronchi bronchial bronchitis calomel catarrh cause cerebral character chest child childhood chorea coma condition congestion considerable constipated continued convulsions cord cough course croup death degree dentition depletion deposit diarrhoea diphtheria disease disorder disturbance doses drowsiness dura mater dyspnoea early effusion epilepsy excited existed extreme false membrane fatal fever fluid frequent glands glottis hæmorrhage head hooping-cough hydrocephalus increase infant inflammation instances intestines irritation larynx less lungs measles mischief months morbid mucous mucous membrane nature nervous system notice observed occasionally occur organs pain paroxysms patient peculiar phthisis pia mater pleurisy pneumonia present pulse quantity remedies respiration result scarlatina scarlet fever seems seldom severe side skin slight softening sometimes spinal stage stomach substance suffering supervene surface symptoms takes place tion tracheotomy treatment tubercle tubercular ulceration urine usually ventricles vomiting weeks
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