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Page ii
... proved to be of value as a therapeutic and diagnostic agent . No similar treatise , it is believed , exists in the English language . PART II . , illustrated by chromo - lithographs and numerous wood - cuts , is preparing . Medical ...
... proved to be of value as a therapeutic and diagnostic agent . No similar treatise , it is believed , exists in the English language . PART II . , illustrated by chromo - lithographs and numerous wood - cuts , is preparing . Medical ...
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... proved value in therapeutics , as an agent , not to be indis- criminately advocated as a panacea , nor , on the other hand , neglected by the inexperienced , but in appropriate cases to be regarded as one of the most powerful and ...
... proved value in therapeutics , as an agent , not to be indis- criminately advocated as a panacea , nor , on the other hand , neglected by the inexperienced , but in appropriate cases to be regarded as one of the most powerful and ...
Page 18
... proved to be reliable and not inordinately expensive , and how to keep them in good working order ( a point of no little importance ) ; and then , in full detail , how to use them . Afterwards I shall very briefly discuss their ...
... proved to be reliable and not inordinately expensive , and how to keep them in good working order ( a point of no little importance ) ; and then , in full detail , how to use them . Afterwards I shall very briefly discuss their ...
Page 26
... proved a very effective and trust- worthy instrument , and from the simplicity of its construction it can be cleaned , re - charged , and re- paired with facility by an ordinarily intelligent artisan . Giving off no fumes or odours , it ...
... proved a very effective and trust- worthy instrument , and from the simplicity of its construction it can be cleaned , re - charged , and re- paired with facility by an ordinarily intelligent artisan . Giving off no fumes or odours , it ...
Page 108
... proved to be by many experiments , and not only so , but also that the opposite charge of negative electricity is less favorable . It was shown . in fact that irritability may be long preserved , and renewed more than once by the ...
... proved to be by many experiments , and not only so , but also that the opposite charge of negative electricity is less favorable . It was shown . in fact that irritability may be long preserved , and renewed more than once by the ...
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