On obscure diseases of the brain and disorders of the mindChurchill, 1860 - 721 pages |
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... whilst step- ping into his carriage , or when entertaining his friends . at the festive board , falls down either at his door in a state of unconsciousness , or quietly bows his head on his plate at the dinner table and dies ...
... whilst step- ping into his carriage , or when entertaining his friends . at the festive board , falls down either at his door in a state of unconsciousness , or quietly bows his head on his plate at the dinner table and dies ...
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... Whilst engaged in active and cheerful conversation , she suddenly complains of giddiness and sickness , and becomes deadly pale . A few minutes afterwards it is found that she could not arti- culate . She is carried home , soon becomes ...
... Whilst engaged in active and cheerful conversation , she suddenly complains of giddiness and sickness , and becomes deadly pale . A few minutes afterwards it is found that she could not arti- culate . She is carried home , soon becomes ...
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... whilst destined to perceive acutely the painful impressions of other organs , is itself not conscious , in the incipient stage of disease , of the lesions of its own struc- ture . Its sensibility , however , becomes most acute when its ...
... whilst destined to perceive acutely the painful impressions of other organs , is itself not conscious , in the incipient stage of disease , of the lesions of its own struc- ture . Its sensibility , however , becomes most acute when its ...
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... whilst suffering from this choreic type of insanity , alternately to spit , coax , bite , caress , beat , kiss , vilify , and praise , those near them ; and to utter one Without attempting to elaborate a special theory of insanity ...
... whilst suffering from this choreic type of insanity , alternately to spit , coax , bite , caress , beat , kiss , vilify , and praise , those near them ; and to utter one Without attempting to elaborate a special theory of insanity ...
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... whilst sleeping , and Condorcet recognised in his dreams the final steps in a difficult calculation which had puzzled him during the day . Condillac says that when engaged in his " Cours d'Etude " he frequently developed and finished a ...
... whilst sleeping , and Condorcet recognised in his dreams the final steps in a difficult calculation which had puzzled him during the day . Condillac says that when engaged in his " Cours d'Etude " he frequently developed and finished a ...
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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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