The Nature, Symptoms, and Treatment of Consumption: Being the Essay to which was Awarded the Fothergillian Gold Medal of the Medical Society of London |
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... their profes- sional forefathers , were in the habit of using the word phthisis or consumption , as a means of con- veniently explaining away many chronic cases , the B pathology of which was little understood ; and this error Introduction.
... their profes- sional forefathers , were in the habit of using the word phthisis or consumption , as a means of con- veniently explaining away many chronic cases , the B pathology of which was little understood ; and this error Introduction.
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... means which ex- perience has shown to be the most efficacious in remedying it . The subject , therefore , naturally ar- ranges itself into three divisions : first , the Nature -second , the Symptoms - third , the Treatment of the ...
... means which ex- perience has shown to be the most efficacious in remedying it . The subject , therefore , naturally ar- ranges itself into three divisions : first , the Nature -second , the Symptoms - third , the Treatment of the ...
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... means of their own morbid products ; the latter have the common property of being attended by peculiar secretions , innocuous to all individuals but those producing them . In the one , hereditary influences are almost inoperative , or ...
... means of their own morbid products ; the latter have the common property of being attended by peculiar secretions , innocuous to all individuals but those producing them . In the one , hereditary influences are almost inoperative , or ...
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... may still be effected by means of the calcareous trans- formation already spoken of . In proportion to the completeness of this process , the tubercle is deprived of its destructive properties , and is either CURABILITY OF CONSUMPTION . 27.
... may still be effected by means of the calcareous trans- formation already spoken of . In proportion to the completeness of this process , the tubercle is deprived of its destructive properties , and is either CURABILITY OF CONSUMPTION . 27.
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... means by which many other and more distressing symptoms are frequently kept in abeyance . Gout has a like character , and has gained , on this account , so popular a reputation , that it is often hailed rather as a boon than other- wise ...
... means by which many other and more distressing symptoms are frequently kept in abeyance . Gout has a like character , and has gained , on this account , so popular a reputation , that it is often hailed rather as a boon than other- wise ...
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