American Edition of the British Encyclopedia: Or, Dictionary of Arts and Sciences ; Comprising an Accurate and Popular View of the Present Improved State of Human Knowledge, Volume 12Mitchell, Ames and White, 1821 - Natural history |
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... degree , when an irre- sistible propensity to evacuate it comes on . Here irritability of the bladder is the cause , and may be induced by bad piles , fistula in ano , & c . Opium , the warm bath , fomentations , diluting drinks , & c ...
... degree , when an irre- sistible propensity to evacuate it comes on . Here irritability of the bladder is the cause , and may be induced by bad piles , fistula in ano , & c . Opium , the warm bath , fomentations , diluting drinks , & c ...
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... degree of curvature , and with a paralytic state of the lower limbs . It is most fre- quent in children , but not peculiar to them . The affection of the limbs is first observed . There is an unwillingness to move about , and the ...
... degree of curvature , and with a paralytic state of the lower limbs . It is most fre- quent in children , but not peculiar to them . The affection of the limbs is first observed . There is an unwillingness to move about , and the ...
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... degree of confinement as a fracture . Some persons have not kept their bed for this accident , but have walked about with a high - heeled shoe . The tendon of the plantaris muscle is sometimes rup- ured , and the accident is attended ...
... degree of confinement as a fracture . Some persons have not kept their bed for this accident , but have walked about with a high - heeled shoe . The tendon of the plantaris muscle is sometimes rup- ured , and the accident is attended ...
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... degree supported by the flesh of that animal , which Moses and Mahomet decided to be unfit for the food of man ; and in most countries of Europe , it is an important and indispensable arti- cle of the food of the inhabitants . The hog ...
... degree supported by the flesh of that animal , which Moses and Mahomet decided to be unfit for the food of man ; and in most countries of Europe , it is an important and indispensable arti- cle of the food of the inhabitants . The hog ...
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... degree , and burrows in the ground , in deep recesses , which it prepares with both its hoofs and nose . It is particularly distinguish ed by a large lobe , or wattle , beneath each eye . S. baby - roussa is remarkable for the form and ...
... degree , and burrows in the ground , in deep recesses , which it prepares with both its hoofs and nose . It is particularly distinguish ed by a large lobe , or wattle , beneath each eye . S. baby - roussa is remarkable for the form and ...
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