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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... hand has engrafted , and , thus isolated and reduced to its natural simplicity , let us choose it as the special object of our study and care . Life may be long enough to know this single individual ; and if we each one effect so much ...
... hand has engrafted , and , thus isolated and reduced to its natural simplicity , let us choose it as the special object of our study and care . Life may be long enough to know this single individual ; and if we each one effect so much ...
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... hands , and was unable to walk ; and she was placed in the recumbent posture . These symptoms came on with alarming swiftness , and the pulse went up to 120 from emotional excitement ; but in a few minutes the heart regained its usual ...
... hands , and was unable to walk ; and she was placed in the recumbent posture . These symptoms came on with alarming swiftness , and the pulse went up to 120 from emotional excitement ; but in a few minutes the heart regained its usual ...
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... hand , fall to the ground . Again , many patients experi- ence when the action of hemlock is at its height , a dull aching pain across the brows , over the roofs of the orbits , and at the back of the eyeballs ; sensations manifestly ...
... hand , fall to the ground . Again , many patients experi- ence when the action of hemlock is at its height , a dull aching pain across the brows , over the roofs of the orbits , and at the back of the eyeballs ; sensations manifestly ...
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... hand . He took a meal of tea , bread and butter , with a little fish , at 5.30 P.M. , and emptied the bladder at 7.30 P.M. At 7.45 he emptied the bladder a second time , and took fl . 3j . of the succus conii . Half an hour after , he ...
... hand . He took a meal of tea , bread and butter , with a little fish , at 5.30 P.M. , and emptied the bladder at 7.30 P.M. At 7.45 he emptied the bladder a second time , and took fl . 3j . of the succus conii . Half an hour after , he ...
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... hand ; the left leg could be farther extended . From this time his progress was rapid and uniform ; and with the exception of occasional twitchings and grinding of the teeth during sleep , and a single fit to be mentioned hereafter ...
... hand ; the left leg could be farther extended . From this time his progress was rapid and uniform ; and with the exception of occasional twitchings and grinding of the teeth during sleep , and a single fit to be mentioned hereafter ...
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