The Lancet, Volume 2J. Onwhyn, 1872 - Medicine |
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... week or two ago , and she remained quite well . It is to be observed that in this and in other cases of adult eccentric paralysis voluntary motion has been per- fectly restored , while galvanic irritability has remained absent for a ...
... week or two ago , and she remained quite well . It is to be observed that in this and in other cases of adult eccentric paralysis voluntary motion has been per- fectly restored , while galvanic irritability has remained absent for a ...
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... week , for there is little prospect of the Bill actually reaching Com- mittee during the next ten days . We are , however , by no means ill - pleased that the loaf is to be divided , be- cause we believe that the other half may be ...
... week , for there is little prospect of the Bill actually reaching Com- mittee during the next ten days . We are , however , by no means ill - pleased that the loaf is to be divided , be- cause we believe that the other half may be ...
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... week . The Registrar of Rowley attended , and said that in the last twelve weeks , the first of which ended on May 1st , there were , respectively , 1 , 2 , 0 , 4 , 2 , 10 , 15 , 7 , 19 , 35 , 19 , and 20 deaths - in all , 134 deaths in ...
... week . The Registrar of Rowley attended , and said that in the last twelve weeks , the first of which ended on May 1st , there were , respectively , 1 , 2 , 0 , 4 , 2 , 10 , 15 , 7 , 19 , 35 , 19 , and 20 deaths - in all , 134 deaths in ...
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... week , in being thrown out of a Hansom cab in Parlia- ment - street . Our profession is not so strongly represented in Parliament as it ought to be ; and it is therefore with more than ordinary pleasure that we announce that Dr. Lush is ...
... week , in being thrown out of a Hansom cab in Parlia- ment - street . Our profession is not so strongly represented in Parliament as it ought to be ; and it is therefore with more than ordinary pleasure that we announce that Dr. Lush is ...
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... week , also special ophthalmic wards in most of our general while in the three preceding weeks it had been 6 , 7 , and 8. hospitals . From other epidemics the town is free , and the mortality for the quarter has only averaged 20-6 per ...
... week , also special ophthalmic wards in most of our general while in the three preceding weeks it had been 6 , 7 , and 8. hospitals . From other epidemics the town is free , and the mortality for the quarter has only averaged 20-6 per ...
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Page 187 - Till body up to spirit work, in bounds Proportion'd to each kind. So from the root Springs lighter the green stalk, from thence the leaves More aery, last the bright consummate flower Spirits odorous breathes...
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Page 187 - Man having been created after this manner, it is said, as a consequence, that man became a living soul ? whence it may be inferred (unless we had rather take the heathen writers for our teachers respecting the nature of the soul) that man is a living being, intrinsically and properly one and individual, not compound or separable, not, according to the common opinion, made up and framed of two distinct and different natures, as of soul and body, — but that the whole man is soul, and the soul man,...
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Page 187 - They are of weak and defective intellect, though excessively cunning ; and not a few of them are weak-minded and imbecile. The women are ugly in features, and without grace of expression or movement. The children, who become juvenile criminals, do not evince the educational aptitude of the higher industrial classes ; they are deficient in the power of attention and application, have bad memories, and make slow progress in learning ; many of them are weak in mind and body, and some of them actually...
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