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I ventured to press the fact that the most scientific physicians have fallen into the
error of studying , with too exclusive a care , the observable conditions of the
body , healthy or diseased , and those agents or agencies for curing diseases
which ...
I ventured to press the fact that the most scientific physicians have fallen into the
error of studying , with too exclusive a care , the observable conditions of the
body , healthy or diseased , and those agents or agencies for curing diseases
which ...
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... mind , so that , like poor Horatio , he is be - chilled * Almost to jelly by the act of
fear , Stands darab , and speaks not , " is not that , too , physical - an action direct
of mind on matter , reversing the physics of the body , and creating disease ?
... mind , so that , like poor Horatio , he is be - chilled * Almost to jelly by the act of
fear , Stands darab , and speaks not , " is not that , too , physical - an action direct
of mind on matter , reversing the physics of the body , and creating disease ?
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various ways the practice of medicine becomes a single and simple art and
science in the hands of physicians who treat the disorders exhibited either
through the phenomena of the mind or the body . This is my primary object , but
there is ...
various ways the practice of medicine becomes a single and simple art and
science in the hands of physicians who treat the disorders exhibited either
through the phenomena of the mind or the body . This is my primary object , but
there is ...
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With regard their work , however , I believe it need never be made injurious to the
health of the body , and when it is varied and not compressed , it is one of the
healthiest of occupations . The dangers to which men of letters are exposed ...
With regard their work , however , I believe it need never be made injurious to the
health of the body , and when it is varied and not compressed , it is one of the
healthiest of occupations . The dangers to which men of letters are exposed ...
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In the members of the professional class the brain is constantly being exercised
without enthusiasm , and the body is daily being exercised without any sufficient
rest . The result is that the excitement of brain which leads to insanity is ...
In the members of the professional class the brain is constantly being exercised
without enthusiasm , and the body is daily being exercised without any sufficient
rest . The result is that the excitement of brain which leads to insanity is ...
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| Title | Discourses on Practical Physic |
| Author | Sir Benjamin Ward Richardson |
| Publisher | J. & A. Churchill, 1871 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 5 Sep 2006 |
| Length | 93 pages |
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