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... in the philosophy of medicine , or to practical good by any suggestions of value regarding the treatment of disease . Lower Brook Street , March 13. 1839 . On Medical Evidence CONTENTS . CHAPTER I. Page 1 CHAP PREFACE . vii.
... in the philosophy of medicine , or to practical good by any suggestions of value regarding the treatment of disease . Lower Brook Street , March 13. 1839 . On Medical Evidence CONTENTS . CHAPTER I. Page 1 CHAP PREFACE . vii.
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... regarding Vaccination - 397 CHAP . XXVI . On the Use of Opiates - 418 CHAP . XXVII . On Sleep - 432 CHAP . XXVIII . On the Influence of Weather in relation to Disease CHAP . XXIX . On Time as an Element in Mental Functions On Phrenology ...
... regarding Vaccination - 397 CHAP . XXVI . On the Use of Opiates - 418 CHAP . XXVII . On Sleep - 432 CHAP . XXVIII . On the Influence of Weather in relation to Disease CHAP . XXIX . On Time as an Element in Mental Functions On Phrenology ...
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... regarding the subject in its most general light , shows itself either in the anormal con- formation of particular organs or textures , or in the presence and transmission from parent to offspring of certain morbid pro- ducts , either ...
... regarding the subject in its most general light , shows itself either in the anormal con- formation of particular organs or textures , or in the presence and transmission from parent to offspring of certain morbid pro- ducts , either ...
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... regarding hereditary constitution , in its relation to disease , is , the disposition of individuals of the same family and generation to be similarly affected under any given maladies ; even such as have no apparent connexion with the ...
... regarding hereditary constitution , in its relation to disease , is , the disposition of individuals of the same family and generation to be similarly affected under any given maladies ; even such as have no apparent connexion with the ...
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... regarding a vital principle , common to physiologists of every age , —may be said to have implied in reality all the points in question . For the moment , however , without looking further into CHAP V Effects of Mental Attention on ...
... regarding a vital principle , common to physiologists of every age , —may be said to have implied in reality all the points in question . For the moment , however , without looking further into CHAP V Effects of Mental Attention on ...
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actual admitted afford alimentary canal altered analogy animal antimonial applied attention blood body bowels brain calomel cause changes character chiefly Cholera circulation circumstances Colchicum common connexion curious degree depend difficulty direct disease disorder distinct diuretic doubt dysentery dyspepsia dyspeptic effect electricity emetics epidemic equally erysipelas especially evidence excess exist experience fact familiar fever frequent functions further gout habit hereditary Hippocrates important inference inflammation influence influenza injury inquiry instances irritation kind knowledge less matter measles medicine membranes mental metastasis mind morbid actions nature nerves nervous power nervous system noticed numerous observation obvious occur opiates opium organs particular pathology patient peculiar perhaps period phenomena phrenologists physician physiology practice presumed principle probably produced proof quantity question reason regarding relation remarkable remedy respiration scarcely secretions sensations sensorium singular sleep stomach structure sudorific symptoms texture treatment vaccination various vascular vascular system vessels virus wholly
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Página 232 - When Nature rests, Oft in her absence mimic fancy wakes To imitate her; but, misjoining shapes, Wild work produces oft, and most in dreams ; 111 matching words and deeds long past or late.
Página 462 - Half our days we pass in the shadow of the earth, and the brother of death extracteth a third part of our lives," says Sir Thomas Browne ; a writer whose genius and eloquence give him a high place in English literature, as well as in that of the profession to which he belonged.
Página 259 - in maintaining their healthy structure, by keeping all the air passages duly open and pervious; secondly, in preventing congestion in the pulmonary circulation; thirdly, in providing more completely for the necessary chemical action on the blood, by changing at each act of respiration a sufficient proportion of the whole air contained in the lungs,
Página 263 - as to posture, articulation, and the avoidance of all excess, such exercises may be rendered as salutary to the organs of respiration, as they are agreeable in their influence on the ordinary voice. Even singing may for the same reasons be allowed in many of these cases; but within narrower limits, and under more cautious notice
Página 468 - variation consisting, not only in the different degrees in which the same sense or faculty is submitted to it, but also in the different proportions in which these several powers are under its influence at the same time. We thus associate together under a common principle all the phenomena, however remote and anomalous they may seem ; — from the
Página 465 - be, it is important in all our reasonings, practical and theoretical, upon sleep, to keep in mind that it is not a unity of state with which we are dealing, but a series of fluctuating conditions, of which no two moments perhaps are strictly alike. It may be affirmed that these variations extend
Página 9 - be that so ably developed by Dr. Prichard; viz. that all original or connate bodily peculiarities tend to become hereditary ; while changes in the organic structure of the individual from external causes during life, end with him, and have no obvious influence on his progeny.* I
Página 259 - emptied of air ? Though suggestions to this effect occur in some of our best works on consumption, as well as in the writings of certain continental physicians, they have hitherto had less than their due influence; and the principle, as such, is little
Página 169 - come under the description of what has been termed double consciousness; where the mind passes by alternation from one state to another, each having the perception of external impressions and appropriate trains of thought, but not linked together by the ordinary gradations, or by mutual memory. I have seen one or two singular
Página 260 - the blood, by changing at each act of respiration a sufficient proportion of the whole air contained in the lungs, and giving it more complete access to the vascular tissues;—all objects of great importance, and all capable of being promoted more or less by the means in question.*