The Philosophy of the Bath: Or, Air and Water in Health and Disease ...Simpkin, Marshall, 1868 - 465 pages |
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... Death " -The Drug treatment of it on the Continent - The mal - practice of Irish Physicians despite of all experience - Effects of Temperature 351 363 373 CHAPTER XXIII . Insanity - First introduction of the Bath CONTENTS . xiii.
... Death " -The Drug treatment of it on the Continent - The mal - practice of Irish Physicians despite of all experience - Effects of Temperature 351 363 373 CHAPTER XXIII . Insanity - First introduction of the Bath CONTENTS . xiii.
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... death to patients ? Were Physic a science , or possessed of the slightest pretensions to accuracy and certainty in its theories or practices , could such discordant and destructive diversity possibly exist ? Anatomists , Physiologists ...
... death to patients ? Were Physic a science , or possessed of the slightest pretensions to accuracy and certainty in its theories or practices , could such discordant and destructive diversity possibly exist ? Anatomists , Physiologists ...
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... death to patients . By administering infinitesimal doses , paying attention to diet and regimen , and trusting to nature , Homœopathy , occupies a sort of " half - way - house " between the deadly practices of Physic on the one hand ...
... death to patients . By administering infinitesimal doses , paying attention to diet and regimen , and trusting to nature , Homœopathy , occupies a sort of " half - way - house " between the deadly practices of Physic on the one hand ...
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... death- bed- " I wish I could be sure that I have not killed more than I have cured , " and his dying declaration was- " I have no faith in Physic ! " Yet Sir Thomas still has faith , and only wants- the " multiplied experience " derived ...
... death- bed- " I wish I could be sure that I have not killed more than I have cured , " and his dying declaration was- " I have no faith in Physic ! " Yet Sir Thomas still has faith , and only wants- the " multiplied experience " derived ...
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... death ? Is not this an irre- sistible conclusion ? Nay more , it is a conclusion insisted on by the highest medical authorities ! " I am incessantly led , " said Benjamin Bush , one of the most celebrated physicians of America , " to ...
... death ? Is not this an irre- sistible conclusion ? Nay more , it is a conclusion insisted on by the highest medical authorities ! " I am incessantly led , " said Benjamin Bush , one of the most celebrated physicians of America , " to ...
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Page 201 - Lay not that flattering unction to your soul, That not your trespass but my madness speaks; It will but skin and film the ulcerous place, Whiles rank corruption, mining all within, Infects unseen.
Page 187 - I counted the perspiratory pores on the palm of the hand, and found 3,528 in a square inch. Now, each of these pores being the aperture of a little tube of about a quarter of an inch long, it follows that in a square inch of skin on the palm of the hand, there exists a length of tube equal to 882 inches, or 73£ feet.
Page 45 - Dalhousie's minute only amounts to denial of the existence of the sun by a blind man ; and there are none so blind as those who will not see.
Page 27 - Now fades the glimmering landscape on the sight, And all the air a solemn stillness holds, Save where the beetle wheels his droning flight, And drowsy tinklings lull the distant folds : Save that, from yonder ivy-mantled tower, The moping owl does to the Moon complain Of such as, wandering near her secret bower, Molest her ancient solitary reign.
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Page 9 - The science of medicine is founded on conjecture, and improved by murder.
Page 429 - Whatever, in connection with my professional practice, or not in connection with it, I see or hear, in the life of men, which ought not to be spoken of abroad, I will not divulge, as reckoning that all such should be kept secret. While I continue to keep this Oath unviolated, may it be granted to me to enjoy life and the practice of the art, respected by all men, in all times. But should I trespass and violate this Oath, may the reverse be my lot.
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Page 429 - I will follow that system of regimen which, according to my ability and judgment, I consider for the benefit of my patients, and abstain from whatever is deleterious and mischievous.
Page 189 - In human works, though labour'd on with pain, A thousand movements scarce one purpose gain; In God's, one single can its end produce; Yet serves to second too, some other use.