The Selected Writings of Benjamin RushPhilosophical Library, 1947 - 433 pages |
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Page 136
... called by several other names , such as , irritability , contractility , mobility , and stim- ulability . I shall make use of the term excitability , for the most part , in preference to either of them . I mean by it , a capacity of ...
... called by several other names , such as , irritability , contractility , mobility , and stim- ulability . I shall make use of the term excitability , for the most part , in preference to either of them . I mean by it , a capacity of ...
Page 183
... called " amnesia ; " false judgment upon one subject has been called " melancholia ; " false judgment upon all subjects has been called " mania ; " and a defect of all the three intellectual faculties that have been mentioned has ...
... called " amnesia ; " false judgment upon one subject has been called " melancholia ; " false judgment upon all subjects has been called " mania ; " and a defect of all the three intellectual faculties that have been mentioned has ...
Page 315
... called , the safe physician , who , absorbed wholly in the care of his own reputation , views without exertion the last conflict between life and death in a patient , in my opinion will be found hereafter to have been guilty of a breach ...
... called , the safe physician , who , absorbed wholly in the care of his own reputation , views without exertion the last conflict between life and death in a patient , in my opinion will be found hereafter to have been guilty of a breach ...
Contents
ON SLAVEKEEPING 1773 | 3 |
A PLAN OF A PEACEOFFICE FOR THE UNITED STATES | 19 |
SYLVANIA 1777 | 54 |
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