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Page 12
... weeks , he was sent to Bath , where he was again cupped , purged , and restricted to an innutritious diet and water . He returned to town after two months , much reduced in strength . Almost immediately upon his arrival in London , he ...
... weeks , he was sent to Bath , where he was again cupped , purged , and restricted to an innutritious diet and water . He returned to town after two months , much reduced in strength . Almost immediately upon his arrival in London , he ...
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... week , kept him in health . The least deviation from this strict rule , and headach , sickness , and vomiting of bile at the worst , supervened . Calomel or blue pill added to his purgative dose , imvariably made him worse , MANAGEMENT ...
... week , kept him in health . The least deviation from this strict rule , and headach , sickness , and vomiting of bile at the worst , supervened . Calomel or blue pill added to his purgative dose , imvariably made him worse , MANAGEMENT ...
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... weeks , coming on and leaving him gradually . During these attacks , he has been well and free from all uneasiness , as long as the stomach has been empty ; and the immediate effect of a meal has been to produce comfortable bodily ...
... weeks , coming on and leaving him gradually . During these attacks , he has been well and free from all uneasiness , as long as the stomach has been empty ; and the immediate effect of a meal has been to produce comfortable bodily ...
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... week , the ancles be- come swollen and oedematous ; in another week , the increased action of the kidneys subsided , but the legs continued to fill with water more rapidly than at first . At the same time , the digestion , which had ...
... week , the ancles be- come swollen and oedematous ; in another week , the increased action of the kidneys subsided , but the legs continued to fill with water more rapidly than at first . At the same time , the digestion , which had ...
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... week , then ceased , leaving the legs very much reduced in size , and the dropsy cer- tainly lessened . He felt , however , more weak than before , but his digestion was tolerable . What practice was now to be pursued ? It was the ...
... week , then ceased , leaving the legs very much reduced in size , and the dropsy cer- tainly lessened . He felt , however , more weak than before , but his digestion was tolerable . What practice was now to be pursued ? It was 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...