The Medico-chirurgical Review, and Journal of Practical Medicine1843 - Medicine |
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... especially on his guard against fostering the prejudices of these malcontents , and thus injuring the character of the profession at large .. We regret to say that we have known many of those who pride themselves on a high sense of ...
... especially on his guard against fostering the prejudices of these malcontents , and thus injuring the character of the profession at large .. We regret to say that we have known many of those who pride themselves on a high sense of ...
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... especially those of iron , zinc , copper , and lead ; some of the earths , also , combined with acids , as alum . The vege- table kingdom affords the greatest number of astringents ; this principle is found to depend on a peculiar ...
... especially those of iron , zinc , copper , and lead ; some of the earths , also , combined with acids , as alum . The vege- table kingdom affords the greatest number of astringents ; this principle is found to depend on a peculiar ...
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... especially into the constitution of the blood . Lecanu succeeded in isolating the colouring matter of the blood first in combination with pro- tein , and afterwards perfectly . Denis instituted numerous experiments on the chemical ...
... especially into the constitution of the blood . Lecanu succeeded in isolating the colouring matter of the blood first in combination with pro- tein , and afterwards perfectly . Denis instituted numerous experiments on the chemical ...
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... especially in diabetes and dropsies . At the com- mencement of the present century it was chiefly Berzelius and Prout who made the urine the subject of extended enquiries ; Berzelius demonstrated the existence of lactic acid , which by ...
... especially in diabetes and dropsies . At the com- mencement of the present century it was chiefly Berzelius and Prout who made the urine the subject of extended enquiries ; Berzelius demonstrated the existence of lactic acid , which by ...
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... especially into the constitution of the blood . Lecanu succeeded in isolating the colouring matter of the blood first in combination with pro- tein , and afterwards perfectly . Denis instituted numerous experiments on the chemical ...
... especially into the constitution of the blood . Lecanu succeeded in isolating the colouring matter of the blood first in combination with pro- tein , and afterwards perfectly . Denis instituted numerous experiments on the chemical ...
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Page 281 - I have referred rests on this doctrine : ' the population is increasing in a geometrical progression, the means of subsistence in an arithmetical progression, and unless wars, destructive epidemics, marshes, dense towns, close workshops, and other deadly agents, carry off the excess of the numbers born — unless the outlets of life and blood be left open — the whole people must be exposed to a slow process of starvation.
Page 435 - OWEN. - LECTURES ON THE COMPARATIVE ANATOMY and PHYSIOLOGY of the INVERTEBRATE ANIMALS, delivered at the Royal College of Surgeons in 1843.
Page 174 - It is not a question of time. It is a question of being. It is not a question of...
Page 359 - The subject here presented is one of the most important that can engage the attention of the profession. The volume should be generally read, as the subject-matter is of great importance to society.
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Page 258 - A living body has no power of forming elements, or of converting one elementary substance into another ^ ; and it therefore follows that the elements of which the body of an animal is composed must be the elements of its food.
Page 306 - Humus acts in the same manner in a soil permeable to air as in the air itself; it is a continued source of carbonic acid, which it emits very slowly. An atmosphere of carbonic acid, formed at the expense of the air, surrounds every particle of decaying humus.
Page 257 - TREATISE ON FOOD AND DIET : With Observations on the Dietetical Regimen suited for Disordered States of the Digestive Organs ; and an Account of the Dietaries of some of the principal Metropolitan and other Establishments for Paupers, Lunatics, Criminals, Children, the Sick, &c. By JON. PEREIRA, MDFRS & LS Author of
Page 304 - The proper, constant, and inexhaustible sources of oxygen gas are the tropics and warm climates, where a sky seldom clouded permits the glowing rays of the sun to shine upon an immeasurably luxuriant vegetation.
Page 308 - The process of assimilation, in its most simple form, consists in the extraction of hydrogen from water, and carbon from carbonic acid, in consequence of which, either all the oxygen of the water and carbonic acid is separated, as in the formation of caoutchouc, the volatile oils which contain no oxygen, and other similar substances, or only a part of it is exhaled.