The Medical Works of Dr. Richard MeadA. Donaldson and J. Reid, 1765 |
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... increased by the ill state of air now defcribed ; and especially from the putrefaction of animal fubftances . It is very plain , that animal bodies are capable of being altered into a matter fit to breed this difeafe : because this is ...
... increased by the ill state of air now defcribed ; and especially from the putrefaction of animal fubftances . It is very plain , that animal bodies are capable of being altered into a matter fit to breed this difeafe : because this is ...
Page 42
... increased : fuch are thofe of the mouth and skin . From these therefore the air will be impregnated with peftiferous atoms : which being taken into the body of a found perfon will , in the nature of a ferment , put the fluids there into ...
... increased : fuch are thofe of the mouth and skin . From these therefore the air will be impregnated with peftiferous atoms : which being taken into the body of a found perfon will , in the nature of a ferment , put the fluids there into ...
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... increased : but the fecond of the forementioned causes , namely , goods from infect- ed places , extends the mifchief much wider . By the preceding caufe , the plague may be fpread from per- fon to perfon , from house to house , or ...
... increased : but the fecond of the forementioned causes , namely , goods from infect- ed places , extends the mifchief much wider . By the preceding caufe , the plague may be fpread from per- fon to perfon , from house to house , or ...
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... increased by the daily conquefts it makes , it is impoffible but the air fhould become tainted in fo e minent a degree , as to fpread the infection into the neighbourhood upon the first outlet . The thutting up houses in this manner is ...
... increased by the daily conquefts it makes , it is impoffible but the air fhould become tainted in fo e minent a degree , as to fpread the infection into the neighbourhood upon the first outlet . The thutting up houses in this manner is ...
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... increased by the heat of the fummer , and on the con- trary checked by the cold in winter ; undoubtedly , whatever increases that heat , will fo far add force to the difeafe as Mercurialis takes notice , that fmiths , and all those who ...
... increased by the heat of the fummer , and on the con- trary checked by the cold in winter ; undoubtedly , whatever increases that heat , will fo far add force to the difeafe as Mercurialis takes notice , that fmiths , and all those who ...
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Page 248 - In the beginning," he observes, (Medical Works, Dublin, 1767, p. 332,) " as it flowed out of the orifice of the wound, it might be seen to run in different shades of light and dark streaks. When the malady was increased, it ran thin, and seemingly very black ; and after standing some time in the porringer, turned thick, of a dark muddy colour, the surface in many places of a greenish hue, without any regular separation of its parts. In the third degree of the disease it came out as black as ink ;...
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