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... instance , or even " an ounce " of a medicine , and so , for convenience , we order them to measure the quan- tity to be taken in certain utensils in common domestic use . These utensils are accredited with measuring tolerably correct ...
... instance , or even " an ounce " of a medicine , and so , for convenience , we order them to measure the quan- tity to be taken in certain utensils in common domestic use . These utensils are accredited with measuring tolerably correct ...
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... instances to which I will now ask your careful atten- tion . If you desired to prescribe acidum hydrochlo- ricum , you might possibly write " acid . hydroc . " — an abbreviation which would equally stand for acidum hydrocyanicum , and ...
... instances to which I will now ask your careful atten- tion . If you desired to prescribe acidum hydrochlo- ricum , you might possibly write " acid . hydroc . " — an abbreviation which would equally stand for acidum hydrocyanicum , and ...
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... instances of the errors which might ensue from the careless or injudicious use of abbreviations . I trust that they will demonstrate forcibly the necessity of carefully considering the significance which might be attributed to every ...
... instances of the errors which might ensue from the careless or injudicious use of abbreviations . I trust that they will demonstrate forcibly the necessity of carefully considering the significance which might be attributed to every ...
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... instance , when the infusion and tincture of the same substance are ordered , a combination which is indicated when all the active principles are not soluble in the same vehicle . Another means of increasing the action of a substance is ...
... instance , when the infusion and tincture of the same substance are ordered , a combination which is indicated when all the active principles are not soluble in the same vehicle . Another means of increasing the action of a substance is ...
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William Handsel Griffiths. substances which effect the same ends by different means we may instance the admixture of ... instances of the combination of medicines having different actions , and intended to obviate diffe- rent symptoms ...
William Handsel Griffiths. substances which effect the same ends by different means we may instance the admixture of ... instances of the combination of medicines having different actions , and intended to obviate diffe- rent symptoms ...
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