The British Encyclopedia: Or, Dictionary of Arts and Sciences. Comprising an Accurate and Popular View of the Present Improved State of Human Knowledge, Volume 10Mitchell, Ames, and White, 1818 - Natural history |
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... various diseases into the human frame , as syphilis , hydrophobia , inoculated small - pox , & c .; and in other instances act in a curative manner by tak- ing up extravasated blood , by reducing swollen parts , & c . The circulation ...
... various diseases into the human frame , as syphilis , hydrophobia , inoculated small - pox , & c .; and in other instances act in a curative manner by tak- ing up extravasated blood , by reducing swollen parts , & c . The circulation ...
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... various fluids of the animal body are formed in the pro- cess of secretion . The various arrangements of these pro- ducts are , in a great measure , arbitrary . Milk seems to be formed by the most easy process , as it resembles so ...
... various fluids of the animal body are formed in the pro- cess of secretion . The various arrangements of these pro- ducts are , in a great measure , arbitrary . Milk seems to be formed by the most easy process , as it resembles so ...
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... various proensities , & c . of the human species ; and that these are accompanied by corresponding irregularities of the skull , discernible by external inspection . The whole fabric of his speculations is , however , too visionary for ...
... various proensities , & c . of the human species ; and that these are accompanied by corresponding irregularities of the skull , discernible by external inspection . The whole fabric of his speculations is , however , too visionary for ...
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