On Slight Ailments: Their Nature and Treatment |
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... serious illness , or even save that particular life . You will certainly be very frequently called upon to prescribe for slight ailments , and you will often be asked how this and that bodily derangement or discomfort may be avoided ...
... serious illness , or even save that particular life . You will certainly be very frequently called upon to prescribe for slight ailments , and you will often be asked how this and that bodily derangement or discomfort may be avoided ...
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... serious cases , and , in fact , a well - informed and good practitioner . Those of you who are going to take part in country practice ought to be especially careful to try to do all you can to please as well as to help your patients ...
... serious cases , and , in fact , a well - informed and good practitioner . Those of you who are going to take part in country practice ought to be especially careful to try to do all you can to please as well as to help your patients ...
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... serious illness is really due to tem- porary and functional derangement only . Do not , therefore , be too hasty in giving an opinion concerning the import of uncertain and in- definite symptoms . You should remember that the most ...
... serious illness is really due to tem- porary and functional derangement only . Do not , therefore , be too hasty in giving an opinion concerning the import of uncertain and in- definite symptoms . You should remember that the most ...
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... serious forms of disease . You must therefore understand the nature of slight derangements , and you must know how to relieve them . You must not treat the complaining patient with contempt , and tell him there is nothing of any ...
... serious forms of disease . You must therefore understand the nature of slight derangements , and you must know how to relieve them . You must not treat the complaining patient with contempt , and tell him there is nothing of any ...
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... serious and danger- ous disease - from want of care and attention as regards the manner in which the practitioner expresses himself concerning aches and pains . But there are persons who would be easily influenced by what the quack says ...
... serious and danger- ous disease - from want of care and attention as regards the manner in which the practitioner expresses himself concerning aches and pains . But there are persons who would be easily influenced by what the quack says ...
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