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... Leaves . Make a potion . . Make pills . Prepare skillfully . Grain . Drops . By drops . At bed time At bed time . . An injection . Liquor . . Mix . Macerate . Pill mass . In the manner directed . . In the usual way . Mucilage . Number ...
... Leaves . Make a potion . . Make pills . Prepare skillfully . Grain . Drops . By drops . At bed time At bed time . . An injection . Liquor . . Mix . Macerate . Pill mass . In the manner directed . . In the usual way . Mucilage . Number ...
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... leaves of Artemisia absinthium . Contains a vola- tile oil and an intensely bitter principle , Absinthin , C6H2004 , which is a narcotic poison . A. increases cardiac action , pro- duces tremor and epileptiform convulsions . Dose gr ...
... leaves of Artemisia absinthium . Contains a vola- tile oil and an intensely bitter principle , Absinthin , C6H2004 , which is a narcotic poison . A. increases cardiac action , pro- duces tremor and epileptiform convulsions . Dose gr ...
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... leaves of the peach , and in the cherry laurel , from the leaves of which it is distilled . It is the most violent poison known , death from complete asphyxia being almost instantaneous . Valuable for its sedative and antispasmodic ...
... leaves of the peach , and in the cherry laurel , from the leaves of which it is distilled . It is the most violent poison known , death from complete asphyxia being almost instantaneous . Valuable for its sedative and antispasmodic ...
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... leaves pitted scars . The papules and pustules are indurated and grouped . A. Vulgaris , stone pock ; an inflam- mation of the sebaceous glands , arising from obstructed or retained secretion . Occurs mainly in children or youth . May ...
... leaves pitted scars . The papules and pustules are indurated and grouped . A. Vulgaris , stone pock ; an inflam- mation of the sebaceous glands , arising from obstructed or retained secretion . Occurs mainly in children or youth . May ...
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... leaves is astringent , and used as a gargle and as a lotion for wounds and ulcers . Dose of powdered bark gr . x . Al'oe ( ahon , gen . ahons ) . The inspissated juice of several species of aloe , of which the A. Socotrina , A ...
... leaves is astringent , and used as a gargle and as a lotion for wounds and ulcers . Dose of powdered bark gr . x . Al'oe ( ahon , gen . ahons ) . The inspissated juice of several species of aloe , of which the A. Socotrina , A ...
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Page 123 - ... between the anterior wall of the rectum and the posterior wall of the vagina. The swollen ovary feels like an enlarged gland, is convex, and sometimes throbs and pulsates beneath the finger.
Page 212 - The dissector has observed that the spermatic cord in the male and the round ligament in the female pierces the abdominal wall above Poupart's ligament.
Page 441 - Tonsils (Amygdala) are two glandular organs, situated one on each side of the fauces, between the anterior and posterior pillars of the soft palate. The tonsils are of a rounded form, and vary considerably in size in different individuals.
Page 179 - GUANO measured weight of a substance compared with that of an equal volume of another taken as a standard.
Page iii - New Medical Dictionary. Including all the Words and Phrases used in Medicine, with their proper Pronunciation and Definitions, based on Recent Medical Literature. By GEORGE M. GOULD, BA, MD, Ophthalmic Surgeon to the Philadelphia Hospital, etc., With Tables of the Bacilli, Micrococci, Leucoma'ines, Ptomaines, etc., of the Arteries, Muscles, Nerves, Ganglia and Plexuses; Mineral Springs of US, Vital Statistics, etc.