The philosophy of the bath; or, Air and water in health and disease1873 |
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... mercury , iodine , colchicum , antimony , drastic pur- gatives , and excessive blood - letting , are frightfully misused in this manner . " In January , 1861 , the Medico - Chirurgical Review said : - “ Would that some physician of ...
... mercury , iodine , colchicum , antimony , drastic pur- gatives , and excessive blood - letting , are frightfully misused in this manner . " In January , 1861 , the Medico - Chirurgical Review said : - “ Would that some physician of ...
Page 80
... Mercury , Antimony , and Opium into active use in Medical practice . He was an accomplished proficient in all the arts of quackery and knavery , and the Drug School of Physic has reason to venerate its founder and head . He was truly ...
... Mercury , Antimony , and Opium into active use in Medical practice . He was an accomplished proficient in all the arts of quackery and knavery , and the Drug School of Physic has reason to venerate its founder and head . He was truly ...
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... mercury . After some time , the digestive function becomes disordered , the appetite fails , the blood becomes thinner and darker colored , and loses its power of spontaneous coagulation when drawn from the body ; the whole system , and ...
... mercury . After some time , the digestive function becomes disordered , the appetite fails , the blood becomes thinner and darker colored , and loses its power of spontaneous coagulation when drawn from the body ; the whole system , and ...
Page 249
... em- ployment of it , even in small doses , has occasionally ( ? ) proved hurtful . " Mercury has long been regarded by the profession as the king or queen of medicine — a sovereign Drug under IN RELATION TO DISEASE . 249.
... em- ployment of it , even in small doses , has occasionally ( ? ) proved hurtful . " Mercury has long been regarded by the profession as the king or queen of medicine — a sovereign Drug under IN RELATION TO DISEASE . 249.
Page 250
... Mercury . It matters not , however , in powder or pill , com- bined or sublimated , it destroys life rapidly , or by protracted agony , accordingly as it is administered , while it has the pe- culiar merit of being the prolific parent ...
... Mercury . It matters not , however , in powder or pill , com- bined or sublimated , it destroys life rapidly , or by protracted agony , accordingly as it is administered , while it has the pe- culiar merit of being the prolific parent ...
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