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... period of the first appearance , as well as the characterizing features and the mode of development of inherited specific maladies , in cases where such maladies were known to exist , or were suspected to have previously existed , in ...
... period of the first appearance , as well as the characterizing features and the mode of development of inherited specific maladies , in cases where such maladies were known to exist , or were suspected to have previously existed , in ...
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... period of teething , or after that of weaning , an eruption of vesicular or squamous character breaks out , attributed usually to error in diet or to atmospheric influences . This also may be modified , or even made to disappear , by ...
... period of teething , or after that of weaning , an eruption of vesicular or squamous character breaks out , attributed usually to error in diet or to atmospheric influences . This also may be modified , or even made to disappear , by ...
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... periods of life , especially at puberty ; or it may be brought into active existence by external agencies at any period , in form of chronic abscesses , arthritic affections or white swellings , or laryngitis terminating in fatal ...
... periods of life , especially at puberty ; or it may be brought into active existence by external agencies at any period , in form of chronic abscesses , arthritic affections or white swellings , or laryngitis terminating in fatal ...
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... period , of all the functions of life . To this state of the system the ancients , at first , applied the word temperament , signifying that the component parts of the body were temperately blended and healthily balanced . This is what ...
... period , of all the functions of life . To this state of the system the ancients , at first , applied the word temperament , signifying that the component parts of the body were temperately blended and healthily balanced . This is what ...
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... period of the Bruce - Baliol con- tentions , which serves to show the tone of popular belief in North Britain in earlier times . It refers to a physiognomical trait which was said to characterise the Red Gauntlet family , of whom all ...
... period of the Bruce - Baliol con- tentions , which serves to show the tone of popular belief in North Britain in earlier times . It refers to a physiognomical trait which was said to characterise the Red Gauntlet family , of whom all ...
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abscess afterwards appeared attack attended became birth blood blotches body cervix chancre character child cicatrix cloth colour complaint continued cured cutaneous dark-red delivery died disappeared discharge disorder doses emaciated eruptions erythema excoriated existed external Fcap fibrin fissured form of disease full term gonorrhoea guaiacum hereditary husband infant infection inflamed inflammation inoculation instances inunction ioduretted sarsaparilla irritable labia labium labouring leucorrhoea liable limbs lips lues venerea marriage medicine ment mercury months morbid mother mucous nature noticed observation occupied offspring organs orifice pain parents patches patient peculiar period poison Post 8vo practice preceding pregnancy previously primary affection psoriasis ptyalism pudendum purulent racter remarkably remedy result rheumatism scaly scrofulous Second Edition secondary syphilis similar skin sore throat specific still-born suffered supervening surface sycosis symptoms taint tion treated treatment tubercles ulcers urethra uterine uterus vagina venereal affection venereal disease vulva weeks wife
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