The Medical Works of Dr. Richard MeadA. Donaldson and J. Reid, 1765 - Medicine |
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... to the ufual order obferved in medical trea- tifes ; for at my leifure - hours I have perufed my loofe papers , and from them have extracted fuch things as VOL . III . B I I thought might prove useful hereafter ; at the fame.
... to the ufual order obferved in medical trea- tifes ; for at my leifure - hours I have perufed my loofe papers , and from them have extracted fuch things as VOL . III . B I I thought might prove useful hereafter ; at the fame.
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... things . Wherefore I fhall not in- quire into the very conftitution ( if the expreffion may be allowed ) of the medical art ; nor enter into the difpute , bow far it is either rational or empirical : on which topics I refer my readers ...
... things . Wherefore I fhall not in- quire into the very conftitution ( if the expreffion may be allowed ) of the medical art ; nor enter into the difpute , bow far it is either rational or empirical : on which topics I refer my readers ...
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... things out of the writings of the Greek phyficians and furgeons , and rendered the whole into most pure and elegant Latin ? To conclude , the reader is defired to take notice , * Ὁ μὲν γὰς ἰπρὸς ὁρέει τα δεινὰ , θι [ γάνει τε ἀδέων ...
... things out of the writings of the Greek phyficians and furgeons , and rendered the whole into most pure and elegant Latin ? To conclude , the reader is defired to take notice , * Ὁ μὲν γὰς ἰπρὸς ὁρέει τα δεινὰ , θι [ γάνει τε ἀδέων ...
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... thing be narrowly looked into , it will manifeftly appear , that the reafon why thefe vital motions feem not to be governed by the mind , is , becaufe being inceffantly ac- cuftomed to them , we perform them fo quick , and without ...
... thing be narrowly looked into , it will manifeftly appear , that the reafon why thefe vital motions feem not to be governed by the mind , is , becaufe being inceffantly ac- cuftomed to them , we perform them fo quick , and without ...
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... things relating to the different forts of fevers , I have explained in another place * , and at the fame time fhewn , in what fenfe phyficians , and particularly Sydenham faid , that a difeafe is nothing elfe , but a ftruggle of nature ...
... things relating to the different forts of fevers , I have explained in another place * , and at the fame time fhewn , in what fenfe phyficians , and particularly Sydenham faid , that a difeafe is nothing elfe , but a ftruggle of nature ...
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