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Page xii
... effect when sickness cometh . I commend rather some diet for certain seasons , than frequent use of physic , except it be grown into a custom ; for those diets alter the body more , and trouble it less . " - BACON . MANAGEMENT OF THE ...
... effect when sickness cometh . I commend rather some diet for certain seasons , than frequent use of physic , except it be grown into a custom ; for those diets alter the body more , and trouble it less . " - BACON . MANAGEMENT OF THE ...
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... effects which may arise from neglect of adequate sustenance . An artist of eminence I had occasion to prescribe for under these circumstances . A few days before , he had suddenly dropped down when in his studio , and lost his senses ...
... effects which may arise from neglect of adequate sustenance . An artist of eminence I had occasion to prescribe for under these circumstances . A few days before , he had suddenly dropped down when in his studio , and lost his senses ...
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... effects of vicious excess and habitual intemperance , which , in their proper pu- nishment , in the helpless palsy of stomach , and sickness and headach which follow , find a tem- porary remedy . The aim of physic is not to pro- vide ...
... effects of vicious excess and habitual intemperance , which , in their proper pu- nishment , in the helpless palsy of stomach , and sickness and headach which follow , find a tem- porary remedy . The aim of physic is not to pro- vide ...
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... effect of a meal has been to produce comfortable bodily feelings ; and these , indeed , after a meal , he could prolong by continuing to excite the stomach by new in- gesta ; so by drinking wine , and then hot tea , after dinner , he ...
... effect of a meal has been to produce comfortable bodily feelings ; and these , indeed , after a meal , he could prolong by continuing to excite the stomach by new in- gesta ; so by drinking wine , and then hot tea , after dinner , he ...
Page 36
... effect , he therefore took , but ineffec- tually , the decoction of broom - tops with the ace- tate of potass , then decoction of taxaracum . then gave him extract of elaterium , combined with blue pill ; this acted and forced the ...
... effect , he therefore took , but ineffec- tually , the decoction of broom - tops with the ace- tate of potass , then decoction of taxaracum . then gave him extract of elaterium , combined with blue pill ; this acted and forced the ...
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Page xii - THERE is a wisdom in this beyond the rules of physic : a man's own observation, what he finds good of, and what he finds hurt of, is the best physic to preserve health...