On obscure diseases of the brain and disorders of the mindChurchill, 1860 - 721 pages |
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... look upon such as the seat of the higher powers . I have found , " con- tinues the same authority , " at different times all the internal parts of the brain diseased , without loss of sense , but I have never seen disease general on the ...
... look upon such as the seat of the higher powers . I have found , " con- tinues the same authority , " at different times all the internal parts of the brain diseased , without loss of sense , but I have never seen disease general on the ...
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... looks on me . Their march , I thought , continued for five hours , and they were fol- lowed by an immense number of artillery wagons , full of bleeding corpses , whose limbs still quivered . A dis- gusting smell of blood and bitumen ...
... looks on me . Their march , I thought , continued for five hours , and they were fol- lowed by an immense number of artillery wagons , full of bleeding corpses , whose limbs still quivered . A dis- gusting smell of blood and bitumen ...
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... look out through the window , all the objects assume confused , but not yet fantastic shapes . The itchings do not leave me ; they are very troublesome , and make me worse . Cannot taste any food , and this day abstain from taking ...
... look out through the window , all the objects assume confused , but not yet fantastic shapes . The itchings do not leave me ; they are very troublesome , and make me worse . Cannot taste any food , and this day abstain from taking ...
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... looks uneasy . I am sitting between both of them , watching their motions in deep silence . At last , I avail myself of the first opportunity to pick up the obnoxious black lump , and I thrust it into my overcoat pocket . I am trembling ...
... looks uneasy . I am sitting between both of them , watching their motions in deep silence . At last , I avail myself of the first opportunity to pick up the obnoxious black lump , and I thrust it into my overcoat pocket . I am trembling ...
Page 80
... look at my feet and hands , which , to my great wonder , bear not one single mark of a scratch , although I have been running for two full hours , shoeless , treading on sharp stones , and often obliged to jump over ditches or to force ...
... look at my feet and hands , which , to my great wonder , bear not one single mark of a scratch , although I have been running for two full hours , shoeless , treading on sharp stones , and often obliged to jump over ditches or to force ...
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aberration abscess acute affection amaurosis apoplexy appeared attack attention became blood brain disease cause cerebellum cerebral circulation cerebral disease cerebral hemorrhage cerebral softening cerebrum character cloth commencement complained condition consciousness consequence continued death delusion detected dream Edition epilepsy epileptic exaltation excitement exhibited existence eyes faculty fancy Fcap feeling frequently friends functions gentleman head headache hemiplegia ideas imagination impaired impressions incipient symptoms insanity intellect irritation lady lesion loss lunatic manifested medulla oblongata membranes memory meningitis ment mental derangement mental disorder mind months moral morbid Morbid Phenomena muscular nature nerve nervous night objects observed occasionally occurred organic disease pain paralysis paroxysmal attacks paroxysms Pathology patient period person physical physician pia mater Post 8vo premonitory previously psychical racter recognised recollection recovered relation remarkable says sensation sensibility sight singular sleep softening speaking speech suffering thought tion treatment tumours vertigo vision voice whilst words
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