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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... leg was shaky , and felt almost too weak to support me . My movements appeared clumsy to myself , and it seemed ... legs , with a tendency to drop forward on his knees . This will be associated with some giddiness , and a feeling of ...
... leg was shaky , and felt almost too weak to support me . My movements appeared clumsy to myself , and it seemed ... legs , with a tendency to drop forward on his knees . This will be associated with some giddiness , and a feeling of ...
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... legs . The giddiness and diminution of motor power con- tinued to increase for the next fifteen minutes . An hour and a half after taking the dose , these effects attained their maximum ; and at this time I was cold , pale , and totter ...
... legs . The giddiness and diminution of motor power con- tinued to increase for the next fifteen minutes . An hour and a half after taking the dose , these effects attained their maximum ; and at this time I was cold , pale , and totter ...
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... legs as rendered the patient incapable of walking ; and he was obliged to lie down . There was an aching pain across the eyebrows , and mistiness of vision . He could hardly raise the eyelids , which seemed pressed down with a heavy ...
... legs as rendered the patient incapable of walking ; and he was obliged to lie down . There was an aching pain across the eyebrows , and mistiness of vision . He could hardly raise the eyelids , which seemed pressed down with a heavy ...
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... legs . An hour after taking the medicine , there was nearly complete muscular paralysis ; the eyelids were closed , the pupils widely dilated ; and the mind clear , calm , and active , and she expressed herself quite comfortable . She ...
... legs . An hour after taking the medicine , there was nearly complete muscular paralysis ; the eyelids were closed , the pupils widely dilated ; and the mind clear , calm , and active , and she expressed herself quite comfortable . She ...
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... legs , and continued for the next twenty minutes in the same state of dulness and perfect quietude as before , excepting that now and then , a fore or hind leg gave way , and he was obliged to exert himself to regain his equilibrium ...
... legs , and continued for the next twenty minutes in the same state of dulness and perfect quietude as before , excepting that now and then , a fore or hind leg gave way , and he was obliged to exert himself to regain his equilibrium ...
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