Transactions of the Pharmaceutical Meetings, Volume 2J. Churchill, 1843 - Pharmacy |
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... applying leeches , and drawing teeth , and we have seldom heard any objection raised by the medical profession against this custom . It is , however , chiefly in country towns or in the out- skirts of cities that this practice occurs to ...
... applying leeches , and drawing teeth , and we have seldom heard any objection raised by the medical profession against this custom . It is , however , chiefly in country towns or in the out- skirts of cities that this practice occurs to ...
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... applied for the purpose of vesication , must prove a source of extreme irritation to the skin . 55 , George Street , Edinburgh , 16th April , 1842 . * Vide Duncan's Dispensatory , page 276 . + Vide Christison's Dispensatory , page 264 ...
... applied for the purpose of vesication , must prove a source of extreme irritation to the skin . 55 , George Street , Edinburgh , 16th April , 1842 . * Vide Duncan's Dispensatory , page 276 . + Vide Christison's Dispensatory , page 264 ...
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... applying the criteria , and have even arrived at a method of determining by a direct test , the quantity of sugar in diabetic urine . I dissolve a weighed portion of sulphate of copper in a mea- sured quantity of water , and make the ...
... applying the criteria , and have even arrived at a method of determining by a direct test , the quantity of sugar in diabetic urine . I dissolve a weighed portion of sulphate of copper in a mea- sured quantity of water , and make the ...
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... applied to sugars ; that of the cane and beet root is 1.577 , not 1.6065 as given by Berzelius and others ; that of starch sugar , in crystalline tufts , is 1.39 , or perhaps 1.40 , as it varies a little with its state of dryness . At ...
... applied to sugars ; that of the cane and beet root is 1.577 , not 1.6065 as given by Berzelius and others ; that of starch sugar , in crystalline tufts , is 1.39 , or perhaps 1.40 , as it varies a little with its state of dryness . At ...
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... applied in a thousand different ways in the service of man . Papilionaceous flowers , as those of the pea , bean , clover , and vetch , indicate a tribe of plants which are universally wholesome and nutritious , with a single exception ...
... applied in a thousand different ways in the service of man . Papilionaceous flowers , as those of the pea , bean , clover , and vetch , indicate a tribe of plants which are universally wholesome and nutritious , with a single exception ...
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