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... voyage to the North Pole , in 1819 , there was only one death from disease of the lungs . Even this was not occasioned by Phthisis , but by inflammation , complicated with scurvy ; Mr. Edwards , the surgeon , stating that , on examining ...
... voyage to the North Pole , in 1819 , there was only one death from disease of the lungs . Even this was not occasioned by Phthisis , but by inflammation , complicated with scurvy ; Mr. Edwards , the surgeon , stating that , on examining ...
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... ; there are other diseases to which strangers are more especially liable . One of these is mucous , or pituitous , fever , * Voyage aux Alpes Maritimes . Vol . 2 , p . 256 . In a form of fever in which relapses are very 42.
... ; there are other diseases to which strangers are more especially liable . One of these is mucous , or pituitous , fever , * Voyage aux Alpes Maritimes . Vol . 2 , p . 256 . In a form of fever in which relapses are very 42.
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... voyage , in 1742 , captured a Spanish galleon , with a crew of 550 men ; of these , 67 were killed and 84 wounded . With the exception of the officers and the wounded , all the prisoners — in number about 380 - were placed in the hold ...
... voyage , in 1742 , captured a Spanish galleon , with a crew of 550 men ; of these , 67 were killed and 84 wounded . With the exception of the officers and the wounded , all the prisoners — in number about 380 - were placed in the hold ...
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... voyage ; the result of an accident , not disease . " * Now if it were possible to generate Phthisis in the atmosphere of between - decks of a man - of- war , it would have been produced in the above instance , but not a case , as we ...
... voyage ; the result of an accident , not disease . " * Now if it were possible to generate Phthisis in the atmosphere of between - decks of a man - of- war , it would have been produced in the above instance , but not a case , as we ...
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... voyage , but , also , because more than a fourth died after leaving Madeira . The most remarkable circumstance , however , is , that of the 56 invalids with tubercles in their lungs , 30 died before leaving the island ; thus showing ...
... voyage , but , also , because more than a fourth died after leaving Madeira . The most remarkable circumstance , however , is , that of the 56 invalids with tubercles in their lungs , 30 died before leaving the island ; thus showing ...
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A. K. H. B. Crown 8vo atmosphere attacked Cabinet Edition cause of Phthisis chest climate cloth cold College consumptive patients Crown 8vo D.D. Bishop DICTIONARY disease districts effect endemic England English engraved on Wood ESSAYS extent fact fever Fourth Edition GEORGE HARTWIG HISTORY Illustrations inflammation inhabitants invalids Isle of Sheppey Italy J. G. WOOD JAMES ANTHONY FROUDE Jean d'Acre JOHN STUART MILL JOHN TYNDALL LL.D Lord lungs M.A. Crown 8vo M.A. late Madeira malaria Maps MAX MÜLLER Mediterranean Medium 8vo Mentone Miss SEWELL mountains Nice Oxford Phthisis Phthisis prevails Plates pleurisy Post 8vo prevalence of Phthisis price 12s price 21s R. A. PROCTOR ratio of mortality remarks result Revised Edition Rome Rugby School Second Edition ship sirocco soils Square crown 8vo STEPPING-STONE temperature Third Edition THOMAS ARNOLD tion town tramontane Translated TREATISE troops tubercles vicissitudes vols voyage warm wind winter Woodcuts writer
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