A Manual of practical therapeutics, considered with reference to articles of the materia medicaBlakiston, 1886 - 666 pages |
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Page ix
... treatment of disease . Thus pharmacology may be taken as a knowledge of the physiological action of agents used in the treatment of dis- ease - i .. , their action upon the healthy organism - while thera- peutics comprehends the ...
... treatment of disease . Thus pharmacology may be taken as a knowledge of the physiological action of agents used in the treatment of dis- ease - i .. , their action upon the healthy organism - while thera- peutics comprehends the ...
Page x
... treatment of disease must be symptomatic . Whether we understand the true pathology of the disease or not , we cannot fail to recognize that the patient's main distress reveals itself in his symptoms . If we recognize these , and are ...
... treatment of disease must be symptomatic . Whether we understand the true pathology of the disease or not , we cannot fail to recognize that the patient's main distress reveals itself in his symptoms . If we recognize these , and are ...
Page xi
... treatment promises the best chance of ultimate recovery . And this example not only illustrates that two cases of the same disease may call for quite different treatment , but further indicates the danger likely to arise if the ...
... treatment promises the best chance of ultimate recovery . And this example not only illustrates that two cases of the same disease may call for quite different treatment , but further indicates the danger likely to arise if the ...
Page xix
... treatment , or evince improvement under precisely identical lines of manage- ment . In like manner , it will be found that epidemics differ very widely in their general features , and so call for diverse . treatment . In some outbreaks ...
... treatment , or evince improvement under precisely identical lines of manage- ment . In like manner , it will be found that epidemics differ very widely in their general features , and so call for diverse . treatment . In some outbreaks ...
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... treatment . The inflammatory stage has to be combated by remedies such as would be of little or no service later on , and so throughout the progress of the disease . In this connection we may again insist upon the extreme importance of ...
... treatment . The inflammatory stage has to be combated by remedies such as would be of little or no service later on , and so throughout the progress of the disease . In this connection we may again insist upon the extreme importance of ...
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