The Old Vegetable Neurotics: Hemlock, Opium, Belladonna and Henbane; Their Physiological Action and Therapeutical Use, Alone and in Combination; Being the Gulstonian Lectures of 1868, Extended and Including a Complete Examination of the Active Constituents of OpiumMacmillan, 1869 - 355 pages |
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... equal quantities of the urines of three patients passed immediately before administering conium to them , and the other composed of the same quantities of their urine secreted during the operation of an aggregate dose of fl . 3 xvij ...
... equal quantities of the urines of three patients passed immediately before administering conium to them , and the other composed of the same quantities of their urine secreted during the operation of an aggregate dose of fl . 3 xvij ...
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... equal truth that it is inversely as the activity of the respiratory function , or , in other words , the more active the breathing the greater the resistance to the action of hemlock . One thing is clear , that a given dose of conium ...
... equal truth that it is inversely as the activity of the respiratory function , or , in other words , the more active the breathing the greater the resistance to the action of hemlock . One thing is clear , that a given dose of conium ...
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... equal physiological effects - viz . 3ivss . This is a very remarkable and interesting observation . It would appear therefrom , that simultaneously with the acquirement of the power requisite for running and freely exercising 26 CONIUM ...
... equal physiological effects - viz . 3ivss . This is a very remarkable and interesting observation . It would appear therefrom , that simultaneously with the acquirement of the power requisite for running and freely exercising 26 CONIUM ...
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... equal degree of activity in the same space of time . 2. John C. , aged 23 years , a pallid slightly - developed child , had always enjoyed good health up to the seventh month , when he suffered from an attack of measles , and the irrita ...
... equal degree of activity in the same space of time . 2. John C. , aged 23 years , a pallid slightly - developed child , had always enjoyed good health up to the seventh month , when he suffered from an attack of measles , and the irrita ...
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... infants and young children we must remember that mxv . of the succus conii by the skin , which is equal to mxlv . by the mouth , is only sufficient to paralyse a mouse E for an hour or two ( see p . 9 IN DERANGEMENTS OF THE VAGUS NERVE .
... infants and young children we must remember that mxv . of the succus conii by the skin , which is equal to mxlv . by the mouth , is only sufficient to paralyse a mouse E for an hour or two ( see p . 9 IN DERANGEMENTS OF THE VAGUS NERVE .
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