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In an address I had the honour to deliver before the St . Andrew ' s Medical
Graduates Association in December , 1868 , I took the opportunity briefly to direct
the attention of those practitioners of medicine who are not specially engaged in
the ...
In an address I had the honour to deliver before the St . Andrew ' s Medical
Graduates Association in December , 1868 , I took the opportunity briefly to direct
the attention of those practitioners of medicine who are not specially engaged in
the ...
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it is physical ; but if some horror come upon the man through his mind , so that ,
like poor Horatio , he is be - chilled “ Almost to jelly by the act of fear , Stands
dumb , and speaks not , ” is not that , too , physical — an action direct of mind on
...
it is physical ; but if some horror come upon the man through his mind , so that ,
like poor Horatio , he is be - chilled “ Almost to jelly by the act of fear , Stands
dumb , and speaks not , ” is not that , too , physical — an action direct of mind on
...
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The copyist , who merely records the impressions he has received , and enters
them direct on paper , is subject to little waste of force beyond that which is
expended in muscular action , and his disorders are therefore confined chiefly to
...
The copyist , who merely records the impressions he has received , and enters
them direct on paper , is subject to little waste of force beyond that which is
expended in muscular action , and his disorders are therefore confined chiefly to
...
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Not unfrequently in the very young , it gives rise to direct disease of the brain itself
, to deposit of tubercle if there be pre - disposition to that disease , to convulsive
attacks , or even to epilepsy . In less extreme cases it causes simple weakness ...
Not unfrequently in the very young , it gives rise to direct disease of the brain itself
, to deposit of tubercle if there be pre - disposition to that disease , to convulsive
attacks , or even to epilepsy . In less extreme cases it causes simple weakness ...
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There is a distinct class in which the mental shock stands out as the direct and
only cause of the malady , and there is another class in which the mental shock
or strain appears only to excite or to exaggerate symptoms of disease which pre ...
There is a distinct class in which the mental shock stands out as the direct and
only cause of the malady , and there is another class in which the mental shock
or strain appears only to excite or to exaggerate symptoms of disease which pre ...
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| Title | Discourses on practical physic |
| Author | Sir Benjamin Ward Richardson |
| Publisher | J. & A. Churchill, 1871 |
| Length | 93 pages |
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