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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... VIPER , Of the ASPIC , Of the POLYPUS , b Of OPIUM , - A Comparison betwixt the EFFECTs produced by the animal and vegetable Poifons , { In a Note , on the Cause of Convulfions , 376 ib . 378 ib . ib . · 380 ib . All { All Poifons ...
... VIPER , Of the ASPIC , Of the POLYPUS , b Of OPIUM , - A Comparison betwixt the EFFECTs produced by the animal and vegetable Poifons , { In a Note , on the Cause of Convulfions , 376 ib . 378 ib . ib . · 380 ib . All { All Poifons ...
Page 255
... , ib . When an Animal is bit by a VIPER , with the Lofs of IRRITABILITY , there is a De- ftruction of the RIGHT BALANCE of the Principles of the Body , - C ib . The - The Blood diffolved and partly coagulated , from being CONTENTS .
... , ib . When an Animal is bit by a VIPER , with the Lofs of IRRITABILITY , there is a De- ftruction of the RIGHT BALANCE of the Principles of the Body , - C ib . The - The Blood diffolved and partly coagulated , from being CONTENTS .
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... Viper , ib . A COMPARISON made betwixt the Poison of the Viper and the Ticunas , - ib . A ftrong Proof , of the Tenacity of Life in the Viper and Adder , and of the fuperior Power of the Ticunas , · Four Drops of an aqueous Solution of ...
... Viper , ib . A COMPARISON made betwixt the Poison of the Viper and the Ticunas , - ib . A ftrong Proof , of the Tenacity of Life in the Viper and Adder , and of the fuperior Power of the Ticunas , · Four Drops of an aqueous Solution of ...
Page 258
... Viper in being quite INNOCENT When applied to either TENDON or NERVE , The Nerve was feparated going to the Thigh , but the Venom applied to the Muf- cle of the Leg , nevertheless extended its influence over that Limb to the Rest of the ...
... Viper in being quite INNOCENT When applied to either TENDON or NERVE , The Nerve was feparated going to the Thigh , but the Venom applied to the Muf- cle of the Leg , nevertheless extended its influence over that Limb to the Rest of the ...
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... Vipers that were torpid to the Heat of 67 Degrees only they died , though during SUMMER they bear a much greater Degree of Heat without the leaft Injury , PAGE Thus precifely it is with the vegetable Tribe , for they fleep in Winter ...
... Vipers that were torpid to the Heat of 67 Degrees only they died , though during SUMMER they bear a much greater Degree of Heat without the leaft Injury , PAGE Thus precifely it is with the vegetable Tribe , for they fleep in Winter ...
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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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