Elements of medicineBlanchard and Lea, 1859 - 24 pages |
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... taken out from England to work the mines of Real del Monte , in Mexico , suffered much from this form of dyspnoea , and their dogs were found , from the same cause , useless in hunting . At still greater heights , the parietes of the ...
... taken out from England to work the mines of Real del Monte , in Mexico , suffered much from this form of dyspnoea , and their dogs were found , from the same cause , useless in hunting . At still greater heights , the parietes of the ...
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... by debility and emaciation . Salted meats and fish , taken without the admixture of fresh vegetables , are surely injurious in the end . Hence sailors on long voyages suffer from scurvy ; but this is sometimes , too , 50 ETIOLOGY .
... by debility and emaciation . Salted meats and fish , taken without the admixture of fresh vegetables , are surely injurious in the end . Hence sailors on long voyages suffer from scurvy ; but this is sometimes , too , 50 ETIOLOGY .
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... taken . The diet should have some relation to climate and season . In summer we may not dispense with fruits and green vegetables ; in winter animal food and oils are suitable . Some articles are more readily liable than others to ...
... taken . The diet should have some relation to climate and season . In summer we may not dispense with fruits and green vegetables ; in winter animal food and oils are suitable . Some articles are more readily liable than others to ...
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... taken daily and in great quantities without apparent disadvantage ; but the tendency is unquestionably as I have affirmed , and it is found difficult to avoid excess on the one hand , while on the other , frequent injury is done even by ...
... taken daily and in great quantities without apparent disadvantage ; but the tendency is unquestionably as I have affirmed , and it is found difficult to avoid excess on the one hand , while on the other , frequent injury is done even by ...
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... taken in poisonous quantities by certain persons in Middle Europe for various purposes , and not only like tobacco , with impunity , but , as they allege , with advantage ; im- proving the complexion , fattening the body , and ...
... taken in poisonous quantities by certain persons in Middle Europe for various purposes , and not only like tobacco , with impunity , but , as they allege , with advantage ; im- proving the complexion , fattening the body , and ...
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abdomen acid action affected affirmed affusion anasarca animal ascribed atmosphere attack become bilious remittent blood body bowels calomel catarrhal cause character cholera cinchona circumstances cold condition congestion constitution contagion contagious continued costive death debility degree derangement diaphoretic diarrhoea diffused disease disorder diuretics doses dropsy dysentery dyspepsia dyspnoea effusion endemic epidemic epigastrium excitement exhibit fatal favorable febrile fluid fomites frequent gastric heat hemorrhage hydrocephalus inflammation inflammatory influence injurious instances intermittent intestinal irritation known lesion less liable lungs malady malignant matter membrane modes morbid mucous mucous membrane muscular nature observed occasionally occur opium oppression ordinary organs pain paroxysm patient peculiar perhaps period phenomena physicians poison present proportion protracted ptyalism pulse quantity quinine reference regard remedies says scrofulous seems serous skin smallpox sometimes specific stage stimulants stomach suffering surface symptoms tion tissue typhoid typhus ulceration usually vascular vegetable vessels viscera vomiting yellow fever
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