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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... patient , or , in other words , to that period of life during which the functions of nutrition and absorption are the most energetic . And it is somewhat confirma- tory of such a view of the subject , that tubercle in these organs is ...
... patient , or , in other words , to that period of life during which the functions of nutrition and absorption are the most energetic . And it is somewhat confirma- tory of such a view of the subject , that tubercle in these organs is ...
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... patient being able , under proper care , and by the exercise of discretion , to enter with so much freedom into the duties even of an active life , that , were it not for the chance of some depressing cause subse- quently reviving the ...
... patient being able , under proper care , and by the exercise of discretion , to enter with so much freedom into the duties even of an active life , that , were it not for the chance of some depressing cause subse- quently reviving the ...
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... patient's health is still declining . And we are justified in concluding that , were a similar reaction attainable in phthisis , there would be an equal chance of the like result ; the difference in this respect observable in the two ...
... patient's health is still declining . And we are justified in concluding that , were a similar reaction attainable in phthisis , there would be an equal chance of the like result ; the difference in this respect observable in the two ...
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... patient's health can be so restored that no fresh tubercle is deposited , this petrifying process may prove a completely cura- tive one . That such occasionally happens cannot be ques- tioned , as chalky bodies are sometimes found in ...
... patient's health can be so restored that no fresh tubercle is deposited , this petrifying process may prove a completely cura- tive one . That such occasionally happens cannot be ques- tioned , as chalky bodies are sometimes found in ...
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... patients seemed to have recovered . But it must be confessed that such examples are rare , and that the most successful ... patient capable of being permanently restored , there appears to be no reason why recovery should not occur as ...
... patients seemed to have recovered . But it must be confessed that such examples are rare , and that the most successful ... patient capable of being permanently restored , there appears to be no reason why recovery should not occur as ...
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