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... give his readers the full result of his experience , without troubling them much with theory . The student is therefore left to himself to compare what was written two thousand two hundred years ago with what daily passes under his own ...
... give his readers the full result of his experience , without troubling them much with theory . The student is therefore left to himself to compare what was written two thousand two hundred years ago with what daily passes under his own ...
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... give a brief outline of that branch of medical science which may with propriety be termed Iatro- meteorology , and show to those interested in studying it how the great Hippocrates anticipated them in their appreciation of its value as ...
... give a brief outline of that branch of medical science which may with propriety be termed Iatro- meteorology , and show to those interested in studying it how the great Hippocrates anticipated them in their appreciation of its value as ...
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... give a short detail of these obser- vations , and for the sake of easy reference will place them in a tabular form ( see opposite page ) . First Constitution . - The observations grouped within the first three tables were made at Thasos ...
... give a short detail of these obser- vations , and for the sake of easy reference will place them in a tabular form ( see opposite page ) . First Constitution . - The observations grouped within the first three tables were made at Thasos ...
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... give some idea of the effect of temperature on the number of deaths from phthisis : - The Year . Annual Mean Temperature . Number of Deaths . 1846 51 ° .3 6890 1852 50 ° .6 6935 1848 50 ° .2 6556 1849 49 ° .9 6317 1843 49 ° .4 7104 1851 ...
... give some idea of the effect of temperature on the number of deaths from phthisis : - The Year . Annual Mean Temperature . Number of Deaths . 1846 51 ° .3 6890 1852 50 ° .6 6935 1848 50 ° .2 6556 1849 49 ° .9 6317 1843 49 ° .4 7104 1851 ...
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... give them an opportunity of outgrowing the enemy that lies lurking in their lungs , ever ready to take advantage of the slightest indiscretion committed at a time when the weather becomes its ally . Pro- bably the same atmospheric ...
... give them an opportunity of outgrowing the enemy that lies lurking in their lungs , ever ready to take advantage of the slightest indiscretion committed at a time when the weather becomes its ally . Pro- bably the same atmospheric ...
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