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... say , " Oh ! it is , indeed , of pretty long standing , but I was waiting to have my stomach put to rights , as I am told I am very bilious . " Next in order , blistering behind the ears is tried , in order to draw away some peccant ...
... say , " Oh ! it is , indeed , of pretty long standing , but I was waiting to have my stomach put to rights , as I am told I am very bilious . " Next in order , blistering behind the ears is tried , in order to draw away some peccant ...
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... say , " Oh ! it is , indeed , of pretty long standing , but I was waiting to have my stomach put to rights , as I am told I am very bilious . " Next in order , blistering behind the ears is tried , in order to draw away some peccant ...
... say , " Oh ! it is , indeed , of pretty long standing , but I was waiting to have my stomach put to rights , as I am told I am very bilious . " Next in order , blistering behind the ears is tried , in order to draw away some peccant ...
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... says Dr. Kramer , " I mention that the treatment of deafness ( viz . as it occurs as a func- tional disorder only of the ear , without any perceptible external alteration of the organ ) merely consists of not washing out the ear , but ...
... says Dr. Kramer , " I mention that the treatment of deafness ( viz . as it occurs as a func- tional disorder only of the ear , without any perceptible external alteration of the organ ) merely consists of not washing out the ear , but ...
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... says that he was but a compiler . Heretofore the treatment of aural diseases consisted , as already remarked , for the most part , in medicinal agents and empirical nostrums ; but in 1646 the principles of sur- gery were brought to bear ...
... says that he was but a compiler . Heretofore the treatment of aural diseases consisted , as already remarked , for the most part , in medicinal agents and empirical nostrums ; but in 1646 the principles of sur- gery were brought to bear ...
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... says he , " this has not the desired effect , and the person still remains deaf , the following in- struments are made to open the Eustachian tube ; if upon trial it should be found to be obstructed , the passage is to be lubricated by ...
... says he , " this has not the desired effect , and the person still remains deaf , the following in- struments are made to open the Eustachian tube ; if upon trial it should be found to be obstructed , the passage is to be lubricated by ...
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