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... disorder its workings that it is often no easy matter to determine the seat of the original mischief . Nor is this all ; but many important consequences result from the period of childhood being one of unceasing development . In the ...
... disorder its workings that it is often no easy matter to determine the seat of the original mischief . Nor is this all ; but many important consequences result from the period of childhood being one of unceasing development . In the ...
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... disorder of the nervous system was considerable , even though that disorder depended on congestion of the brain which called for depletion to relieve it . It seems as if in these cases , just as in some of comparatively slight disease ...
... disorder of the nervous system was considerable , even though that disorder depended on congestion of the brain which called for depletion to relieve it . It seems as if in these cases , just as in some of comparatively slight disease ...
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... disorder than that of the adult , owing to the far wider variations . of which the cerebral circulation is ... Disorders of the Cerebral Circulation , & c . 8vo , Lond . 1846. The general accuracy of Dr. Burrows's conclusions , though ...
... disorder than that of the adult , owing to the far wider variations . of which the cerebral circulation is ... Disorders of the Cerebral Circulation , & c . 8vo , Lond . 1846. The general accuracy of Dr. Burrows's conclusions , though ...
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... disorder of his intellectual powers even before it has become ob- servable to others , and , thus timely warned , we can often take measures to prevent the advance of disease , and to ward off that impairment of the motor powers which ...
... disorder of his intellectual powers even before it has become ob- servable to others , and , thus timely warned , we can often take measures to prevent the advance of disease , and to ward off that impairment of the motor powers which ...
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... disorder of the bowels in young infants , and have been described by writers under the name of " inward fits . " A child thus affected lies as though asleep , winks its imperfectly closed eyes , and gently twitches the muscles of its ...
... disorder of the bowels in young infants , and have been described by writers under the name of " inward fits . " A child thus affected lies as though asleep , winks its imperfectly closed eyes , and gently twitches the muscles of its ...
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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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