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... TAINTS AND TENDENCIES . BY JAMES WHITEHEAD , M.D. , F.R.C.S. , M.R.I.A. , ETC. ETC. EDICIN THE ARTY LANE MEDICAL LIBRARY 17521 SAN FRANCISCO SECOND EDITION . LONDON : JOHN CHURCHILL , NEW BURLINGTON STREET . MDCCCLVII . B LONDON ...
... TAINTS AND TENDENCIES . BY JAMES WHITEHEAD , M.D. , F.R.C.S. , M.R.I.A. , ETC. ETC. EDICIN THE ARTY LANE MEDICAL LIBRARY 17521 SAN FRANCISCO SECOND EDITION . LONDON : JOHN CHURCHILL , NEW BURLINGTON STREET . MDCCCLVII . B LONDON ...
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... taints , the existence of which is scarcely , if at all recog- nisable by external phenomena , are also communicable through sexual , if not through other media , and thence liable to be continued in the offspring . The recent ...
... taints , the existence of which is scarcely , if at all recog- nisable by external phenomena , are also communicable through sexual , if not through other media , and thence liable to be continued in the offspring . The recent ...
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... tainted , or who was allied to an unsound husband , was seen to produce an unhealthy child ; such women were also found , upon careful inquiry , to abort more frequently than others ; and in many cases of barrenness , the taint was ...
... tainted , or who was allied to an unsound husband , was seen to produce an unhealthy child ; such women were also found , upon careful inquiry , to abort more frequently than others ; and in many cases of barrenness , the taint was ...
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... taint from parents to their children , even from those parents in whom all external evidence of the disease had ceased to exist , the inquiry may also contribute towards the further elucidation of another fact of equal importance ; that ...
... taint from parents to their children , even from those parents in whom all external evidence of the disease had ceased to exist , the inquiry may also contribute towards the further elucidation of another fact of equal importance ; that ...
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... taint remains to a certain extent as a constitutional evil , destined to stamp its character upon generations to come . On comparing the morbid phenomena thus brought about , the history of which has been carefully traced from the ...
... taint remains to a certain extent as a constitutional evil , destined to stamp its character upon generations to come . On comparing the morbid phenomena thus brought about , the history of which has been carefully traced from the ...
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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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