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... kind of concentrated food ex- clusively , they fatten , indeed , for the first fortnight , but then they begin to lose flesh , waste , and , after a brief period , die . A stimulating quality is im- parted to food in four ways , -first ...
... kind of concentrated food ex- clusively , they fatten , indeed , for the first fortnight , but then they begin to lose flesh , waste , and , after a brief period , die . A stimulating quality is im- parted to food in four ways , -first ...
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... kind . At the age of five - and - thirty , being of a frame slight but strongly built , he was at once living heartily , and confined constantly by business to the house . Having been for some months sen- sibly out of health through ...
... kind . At the age of five - and - thirty , being of a frame slight but strongly built , he was at once living heartily , and confined constantly by business to the house . Having been for some months sen- sibly out of health through ...
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... kind of food without its having disagreed before ; so the fault in such cases commonly is in the stomach , which is accidentally out of order , and then the least digestible part of an ordinary meal resists diges- tion , and becomes an ...
... kind of food without its having disagreed before ; so the fault in such cases commonly is in the stomach , which is accidentally out of order , and then the least digestible part of an ordinary meal resists diges- tion , and becomes an ...
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... kind of food often repeated ; in others nutritive food , but only one meal partaken of in the twenty - four hours . The following are instances in point . A gentleman ( Dr. Abercombie mentions ) accus- tomed to moderate , but very ...
... kind of food often repeated ; in others nutritive food , but only one meal partaken of in the twenty - four hours . The following are instances in point . A gentleman ( Dr. Abercombie mentions ) accus- tomed to moderate , but very ...
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... kind of pain of the stomach has been already described . When undi- gested food is retained in the stomach , it is liable to cause settled pain and uneasiness , -a symptom so far useful , that it leads to the expulsion of the offending ...
... kind of pain of the stomach has been already described . When undi- gested food is retained in the stomach , it is liable to cause settled pain and uneasiness , -a symptom so far useful , that it leads to the expulsion of the offending ...
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Management of the Organs of Digestion: In Health and in Disease (1837) Herbert Mayo No preview available - 2008 |
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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...