A New and comprehensive system of materia medica and therapeutics v. 2, Volumen2

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W. Radde, 1865
 

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Página 263 - But to nobler sights Michael from Adam's eyes the film removed, Which that false fruit, that promised clearer sight, Had bred : then purged with euphrasy and rue The visual nerve, for he had much to see ; And from the well of life three drops instill'd.
Página 681 - ... blood. The severe and peculiar dyspeptic symptoms sometimes produced by inveterate snuff-taking are well known ; and I have more than once seen such cases terminate fatally with malignant disease of the stomach and liver. Great smokers, also, especially those who employ short pipes and cigars, are said to be liable to cancerous affections of the lips.
Página 3 - She began to look upon her plumpness with suspicion, for her mother was very fat, and she was afraid of becoming like her : accordingly she consulted a woman, who advised her to drink a small glass of vinegar daily. The young lady followed her advice, and her plumpness diminished: she was delighted...
Página 3 - She was delighted with the success of the remedy and continued it for more than a month. She began to have a cough, but it was at first dry, and regarded as a cold that would subside. But from being dry, it was presently moist. A slow fever came on, with...
Página 308 - Though leafless, well attired and thick beset With blushing wreaths, investing every spray...
Página 212 - Durand, in Florida, a private in the Marine Corps laboring under symptoms not unlike those of Asiatic cholera. He had constant sero-mucous ejections and purgings resembling rice-water and thrown off with considerable force ; cramps of the abdominal muscles and of the flexors of arms and legs ; cold surface, tongue and breath ; mottled skin and bluish nails ; shrunken features, expressive of great agony ; sunken and watery eyes, with contracted pupils. I found that he had taken the day before over...
Página 432 - So very exciting to the nervous system in many individuals, is this Fungus, that the effects are often very ludicrous. If a person under its influence wishes to step over a straw or small stick, he takes a stride or a jump sufficient to clear the trunk of a tree ; a talkative person cannot keep silence or secrets ; and one fond of music is perpetually singing.
Página 432 - The most singular effect of the Amanita is the influence it possesses over the urine. It is said that from time immemorial the inhabitants have known that the fungus imparts an intoxicating quality to that secretion, which continues for a considerable time after taking it.
Página 10 - ... of the stomach, or by disease of the liver, the most marked benefit will follow the use of the remedy. Gallic acid, here, not only checks the secretion with a certainty and rapidity he has never seen follow the administration of any other remedy, but it gives general tone to the stomach, increases the appetite, and (what I very little expected when I first used it) in many cases removes constipation. This I can only account for on the supposition that the relaxed atonic state of the stomach which...
Página 487 - I could very well exert myself both mentally and physically, if I liked, but that it was more pleasant to be idle. This condition lasted about half an hour, at the end of which I was quite well, and walked home, a distance of half a mile, with perfect comfort.

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