The American Medical Journal, Volume 15; Volume 17Southeastern Book and Publishing Company, 1887 |
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... remedies ? They often prove more efficient than the corporeal . The influence of the mind over the body is even wonderful , as observations will prove . A person in a bad state of mind will lose flesh rapidly ; fear has been known to ...
... remedies ? They often prove more efficient than the corporeal . The influence of the mind over the body is even wonderful , as observations will prove . A person in a bad state of mind will lose flesh rapidly ; fear has been known to ...
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... remedy . Sometimes they " try , " on their own respon- sibility , like the woman who was troubled with some urinary diffi- culty . Some one told her cow urine would cure her . Unbeknown to her physician , who remained ignorant of the ...
... remedy . Sometimes they " try , " on their own respon- sibility , like the woman who was troubled with some urinary diffi- culty . Some one told her cow urine would cure her . Unbeknown to her physician , who remained ignorant of the ...
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... remedy to be ? " " What is its therapeutic value in this case ? " etc. , etc. It is not necessary that he should ... remedies . The well - informed physician has it in his power to make his opinion final among his followers ; not by ...
... remedy to be ? " " What is its therapeutic value in this case ? " etc. , etc. It is not necessary that he should ... remedies . The well - informed physician has it in his power to make his opinion final among his followers ; not by ...
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... remedy , to pump the blood back from the brain by a peculiar method of breathing , for which directions are given as follows : Having assumed the usual posture of repose , the person is to inhale , slowly and steadily , long breaths ...
... remedy , to pump the blood back from the brain by a peculiar method of breathing , for which directions are given as follows : Having assumed the usual posture of repose , the person is to inhale , slowly and steadily , long breaths ...
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... remedy , indeed a specific , for vomiting in pregnancy ; in this respect it stands above all other medicinal agents . In all that is here set forth the manufacturers claim no more than is sus- tained by medical authority of the highest ...
... remedy , indeed a specific , for vomiting in pregnancy ; in this respect it stands above all other medicinal agents . In all that is here set forth the manufacturers claim no more than is sus- tained by medical authority of the highest ...
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