Physician and Surgeon: A Professional Medical Journal, Volume 4J. W. Keating., 1882 - Medicine |
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... fact , that is the influence of inflammation on the formation of tubercle . " The phlegmasiæ of the breathing apparatus , " says the author , " have a twofold effect in phthisis : They either accelerate or favor the increase or ...
... fact , that is the influence of inflammation on the formation of tubercle . " The phlegmasiæ of the breathing apparatus , " says the author , " have a twofold effect in phthisis : They either accelerate or favor the increase or ...
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... fact of congenitality is overlooked , and the disease classed as acquired , whereby this latter class is unduly increased in proportion . Congenital phthisis is some- what more amenable to treatment than the hereditary . It does not so ...
... fact of congenitality is overlooked , and the disease classed as acquired , whereby this latter class is unduly increased in proportion . Congenital phthisis is some- what more amenable to treatment than the hereditary . It does not so ...
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... fact that tuberculosis is common in lowlands having a low temperature , such as some parts of Russia , Sweden , and Nor- way . The peculiarities of climate which distinguish , in Europe at least , those elevated regions which present ...
... fact that tuberculosis is common in lowlands having a low temperature , such as some parts of Russia , Sweden , and Nor- way . The peculiarities of climate which distinguish , in Europe at least , those elevated regions which present ...
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... fact that these alterations may be observed in all cases of laryngeal phthisis ; one should , however , allow a wide space to soft oedemas , to which we may evidently apply the name scleremia . We believe in the relative frequency of ...
... fact that these alterations may be observed in all cases of laryngeal phthisis ; one should , however , allow a wide space to soft oedemas , to which we may evidently apply the name scleremia . We believe in the relative frequency of ...
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... fact from lesions of the larynx , the cough becomes harsh and concealed ; finally , in consequence of an insufficiency of the inferior vocal cords , in the last stage of the disease , it may become eructating . But it should not be ...
... fact from lesions of the larynx , the cough becomes harsh and concealed ; finally , in consequence of an insufficiency of the inferior vocal cords , in the last stage of the disease , it may become eructating . But it should not be ...
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