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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... the Frog , 348. - North American Hemlock , 348. Variability of the Succus Conii , 348. - Continuation of Case XVI . ( albuminuria ) , 349 . INDEX PAGE 341 347 351-355 CONIUM MACULATUM . CHAPTER I .. THE HE history of X CONTENTS .
... the Frog , 348. - North American Hemlock , 348. Variability of the Succus Conii , 348. - Continuation of Case XVI . ( albuminuria ) , 349 . INDEX PAGE 341 347 351-355 CONIUM MACULATUM . CHAPTER I .. THE HE history of X CONTENTS .
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... succus conii of the ' British Pharmacopoeia , ' I set out walking ; and three - quarters of an hour after the dose , I felt a heavy clogging sensation in my heels . There was a distinct impairment of motor power . I felt , so to speak ...
... succus conii of the ' British Pharmacopoeia , ' I set out walking ; and three - quarters of an hour after the dose , I felt a heavy clogging sensation in my heels . There was a distinct impairment of motor power . I felt , so to speak ...
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... succus conii , on raising my eyes from the object upon which they had been fixed to a more dis- tant one , the vision was confused , and a feeling of giddiness suddenly came over me . That these symptoms were due to impairment of power ...
... succus conii , on raising my eyes from the object upon which they had been fixed to a more dis- tant one , the vision was confused , and a feeling of giddiness suddenly came over me . That these symptoms were due to impairment of power ...
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... succus conii , in doses increased from three drachms to an ounce . The medicine produced no appreciable effect until the quantity was increased to six drachms . This dose was followed , twenty minutes after taking it , by sudden ...
... succus conii , in doses increased from three drachms to an ounce . The medicine produced no appreciable effect until the quantity was increased to six drachms . This dose was followed , twenty minutes after taking it , by sudden ...
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... succus . Twenty minutes afterwards , and while attending to her usual duties , she experienced nausea and giddiness . She dropped an inkstand which she was holding in her hands , and was unable to walk ; and she was placed in the ...
... succus . Twenty minutes afterwards , and while attending to her usual duties , she experienced nausea and giddiness . She dropped an inkstand which she was holding in her hands , and was unable to walk ; and she was placed in the ...
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