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... quantity and character of their food and drink . Many probably , from inherited weakness of various organs , would suffer more or less under any circumstances , and it is our duty to study the many ordinary slight ailments , in order ...
... quantity and character of their food and drink . Many probably , from inherited weakness of various organs , would suffer more or less under any circumstances , and it is our duty to study the many ordinary slight ailments , in order ...
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... quantities of various medicines supposed to amount to a millionth of a grain or less . We maintain that the dicta ... quantity as the decillionth of a grain acts in any way is impossible , any attempt to do so would be foolish , since ...
... quantities of various medicines supposed to amount to a millionth of a grain or less . We maintain that the dicta ... quantity as the decillionth of a grain acts in any way is impossible , any attempt to do so would be foolish , since ...
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... quantity of the drug he had ordered the patient to take , and after some calculation he said , " The decillionth of a grain . " Now , I shall no doubt be con- sidered by some who prescribe millionths and decillionths a very prej- udiced ...
... quantity of the drug he had ordered the patient to take , and after some calculation he said , " The decillionth of a grain . " Now , I shall no doubt be con- sidered by some who prescribe millionths and decillionths a very prej- udiced ...
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... quantity of fluid taken up by the blood . If the nutrient fluid is habitually deficient in water , more especially if it be surcharged with only slightly soluble materials , there will be slow molecular circulation and a tendency to the ...
... quantity of fluid taken up by the blood . If the nutrient fluid is habitually deficient in water , more especially if it be surcharged with only slightly soluble materials , there will be slow molecular circulation and a tendency to the ...
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... quantity , phenomena totally unlike those characteristic of the healthy state are induced . Many an infant has suffered from the extraordinary development of bacteria in its alimentary canal , and some children die from the state of ...
... quantity , phenomena totally unlike those characteristic of the healthy state are induced . Many an infant has suffered from the extraordinary development of bacteria in its alimentary canal , and some children die from the state of ...
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