The British and Foreign Medico-chirurgical Review, Or, Quarterly Journal of Practical Medicine and Surgery, Volume 24Samuel Highley, 1859 |
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... persons have fallen dead on the spot from drinking cold water on a warm day , or from blows on the epigastrium , especially when the stomach is dis- tended with food ; whilst a rapid prostration , if not immediate syn- cope , is an ...
... persons have fallen dead on the spot from drinking cold water on a warm day , or from blows on the epigastrium , especially when the stomach is dis- tended with food ; whilst a rapid prostration , if not immediate syn- cope , is an ...
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... persons who have seen the fits , it will be well to try the application of a very powerful galvanic current , with dry conductors , on the various parts of the skin , when the patient expects to have a fit . 1 have in this way twice ...
... persons who have seen the fits , it will be well to try the application of a very powerful galvanic current , with dry conductors , on the various parts of the skin , when the patient expects to have a fit . 1 have in this way twice ...
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... persons are subject ( especially if they work their brains too severely ) , notwithstanding that the general circulation is by no means deficient in vigour . VI . The Influence of the Nervous System upon the Nutritive and Secretory ...
... persons are subject ( especially if they work their brains too severely ) , notwithstanding that the general circulation is by no means deficient in vigour . VI . The Influence of the Nervous System upon the Nutritive and Secretory ...
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... persons first attacked had or had not been exposed to infection or contagion , or whether they had or had not visited any port , place , or ship during the three weeks immediately preceding the outbreak , because the medical records of ...
... persons first attacked had or had not been exposed to infection or contagion , or whether they had or had not visited any port , place , or ship during the three weeks immediately preceding the outbreak , because the medical records of ...
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... person in the ship , is to suppose that it was contracted on shore at Bahia by one or more of the men , and communicated to others who had not been on shore ; whether or not it had originally been communicable or contagious there are no ...
... person in the ship , is to suppose that it was contracted on shore at Bahia by one or more of the men , and communicated to others who had not been on shore ; whether or not it had originally been communicable or contagious there are no ...
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