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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Page 269
... says Dr. BEDDOES , Perfons who had long been riding in the Cold and Wet , experience the firft Symptoms of FE- VER upon coming into a Warm Room , fit- ing near the Fire , and drinking Spirits , ib . · Dr. BEDDOES's own Experience , and ...
... says Dr. BEDDOES , Perfons who had long been riding in the Cold and Wet , experience the firft Symptoms of FE- VER upon coming into a Warm Room , fit- ing near the Fire , and drinking Spirits , ib . · Dr. BEDDOES's own Experience , and ...
Page 354
... says Dr. PRIESTLEY , a large phial of it , and I put into it a few very fmall fish , which I had provided for the purpose of thefe experiments . They were min- nows fpiration is as effential to their existence as in any 354.
... says Dr. PRIESTLEY , a large phial of it , and I put into it a few very fmall fish , which I had provided for the purpose of thefe experiments . They were min- nows fpiration is as effential to their existence as in any 354.
Page 364
... say , any stimulus which is always prefent , and continually acting upon the fibres , produces no fenfible effect , till the exhausted irritability of the fibre fhall have accumu- lated afresh . You can scarcely touch the leaf of the ...
... say , any stimulus which is always prefent , and continually acting upon the fibres , produces no fenfible effect , till the exhausted irritability of the fibre fhall have accumu- lated afresh . You can scarcely touch the leaf of the ...
Page 394
... says FONTANA , a great change in the lungs , a vifcus very effential to life . I generally found it more For lefs fpotted ; the fpots were frequently very large and livid . This change in fo noble an organ deferves the utmost attention ...
... says FONTANA , a great change in the lungs , a vifcus very effential to life . I generally found it more For lefs fpotted ; the fpots were frequently very large and livid . This change in fo noble an organ deferves the utmost attention ...
Page 419
... says he , a glow , as if my skin had been on fire , merely from putting on dry clothes , and the exertion at- tending the change of drefs . At the fame time I have * felt felt within my noftrils the drynefs and heat that is 419.
... says he , a glow , as if my skin had been on fire , merely from putting on dry clothes , and the exertion at- tending the change of drefs . At the fame time I have * felt felt within my noftrils the drynefs and heat that is 419.
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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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