Medical Extracts: On the Nature of Health, with Practical Observations and the Laws of the Nervous and Fibrous Systems by a Friend to Improvements, Volume 31796 |
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... moft fenfible . 3. Parts when inflamed are rendered acutely fenfible . An Experiment made by Dr. BEDDOES , where VITAL AIR increased the Pain of a Blifter , and relief was immediately ob- tained by fixed , and azotic , Airs . Patients ...
... moft fenfible . 3. Parts when inflamed are rendered acutely fenfible . An Experiment made by Dr. BEDDOES , where VITAL AIR increased the Pain of a Blifter , and relief was immediately ob- tained by fixed , and azotic , Airs . Patients ...
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... moft remarkable Change is in the LUNGS , which is filled with black Blood , and exhibits every where livid Spots , - This black Appearance , especially in the Lungs , would lead one to fuppose , that the OXYGEN of the Blood , which we ...
... moft remarkable Change is in the LUNGS , which is filled with black Blood , and exhibits every where livid Spots , - This black Appearance , especially in the Lungs , would lead one to fuppose , that the OXYGEN of the Blood , which we ...
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... moft powerful Effects upon the Fibre thus delicately Irritable , - { Dr. HALE's Experiments respecting the Rifing of the Sap in the VINE , - d 2 ib . ib . 411 The PAGE The Conclufions to be drawn from his Expe- riments CONTENTS .
... moft powerful Effects upon the Fibre thus delicately Irritable , - { Dr. HALE's Experiments respecting the Rifing of the Sap in the VINE , - d 2 ib . ib . 411 The PAGE The Conclufions to be drawn from his Expe- riments CONTENTS .
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... , to make Room for thefe unfor- tunate Beings , from the Time of their leaving the Coaft of Africa , fleep for the moft Part on the Decks , 420 ib . 421 From From this Expofure at Night to Cold and heavy Dews CONTENTS .
... , to make Room for thefe unfor- tunate Beings , from the Time of their leaving the Coaft of Africa , fleep for the moft Part on the Decks , 420 ib . 421 From From this Expofure at Night to Cold and heavy Dews CONTENTS .
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... moft PREDISPOSED to this Attack , PAGE Other EXAMPLES to prove , that when the Body has been expofed to Cold , it is liable to be much more affected by Heat and other Stimuli . { Of the Manner of treating frozen Limbs , · They take Snow ...
... moft PREDISPOSED to this Attack , PAGE Other EXAMPLES to prove , that when the Body has been expofed to Cold , it is liable to be much more affected by Heat and other Stimuli . { Of the Manner of treating frozen Limbs , · They take Snow ...
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action alfo almoſt alſo animal arife arteries ASPHYXIA atmoſphere auricle becauſe BEDDOES blood body cafe Captain BLIGH CARBON cauſe ceaſes coagulated cold colour confequence confiderable contract death degree deſtroyed diſeaſe effect excited exhaufted exiſtence experiments expoſed faid fame fays FONTANA fecond feems fenfible ferved feveral fhall fhort fhould fimilar fince firſt FIXED AIR fleep fluid fmall folids fome foon ftate ftill ftimulus fubject fuch fyftem glaſs heart heat HYDROGEN ifland increaſed inflammation IRRITABLE PRINCIPLE itſelf JOHN HUNTER lacteals leaſt LUNAR CAUSTIC lungs moft moſt motion muſcles muſcular fibres muſt neceffary nerves nevertheleſs obferved occafion opium organs OXYGEN perfon phænomena philofophers poifon prefent preferve produce purpoſe quantity raiſed reaſon reſtore right auricle ſcarcely SECT ſeems ſeveral ſhall ſkin ſmall ſome ſtate ſtill SUBLIME CHEMISTRY ſuch ſyſtem thefe themſelves theſe thoſe ticunas TINAH tion uſe veffels vegetables venom Vide viper VITAL AIR
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