A few observations on nervous affections

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Simpkin and Marshall, 1859 - 91 páginas

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Página 31 - He complained much of being always cold, but at night the soles of his feet and the palms of his hands were in a burning heat.
Página 35 - ... in comfort and health. Whereas, if we [transgress it, and persevere in breathing an atmosphere containing less than the requisite quantity of oxygen, and more than the usual quantity of carbonic acid, we have no more right to expect to enjoy health, energy, activity of mind and body, than to expect a fire to burn without air, or a fish to live out of water.
Página 28 - This condition might be observed on the palms of the hands as well as on the soles of the feet ; it was also often found under the diaper.
Página 48 - The vomiting produced by cerebral disease is often of the most decided character, and it is of the greatest importance that the nature of the malady should be correctly understood. To treat the stomach while the irritation is at the cerebral extremity of the nerve, is often the greatest injury to the patient. The bilious attacks of early life are very frequently to be traced to cerebral disease, and are too often overlooked till the true character of the...

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