 | 1823 - 272 pages
...such a doctor reminds our author of the Chinese Mandarin, who, upon being taken sick, sends for twelve physicians, and swallows, in one mixture, all the potions which each separately prescribes. The young practitioner, however, should be reminded, that unless the mutual actions of bodies upon... | |
 | 1823 - 508 pages
...such a doctor reminds our author of the Chinese Mandarin, who, upon being taken sick, sends for twelve physicians, and swallows, in one mixture, all the potions which each separately prescribes. The young practitioner, however, should be reminded that unless the mutual actions of bodies upon each... | |
 | 596 pages
...practitioner being asked by his patient why he put so many ingredients into his prescriptions, is said to have answered, more facetiously than philosophically,...swallows in one mixture all the potions which each one separately prescribes. What Dumoulin, the famous French physician, thought of physic, and the ingenious... | |
 | William Sharp - 1853 - 286 pages
...not hit the mark.' A patient in the hands of such a practitioner has not a much better chance than a Chinese mandarin, who upon being attacked with any...one mixture all the potions which each separately prescribe ! " Let not the young practitioner however be so deceived ; he should remember that unless... | |
 | William Sharp - 1856 - 384 pages
...not hit the mark.' A patient in the hands of such a practitioner has not a much better chance than a Chinese mandarin, who upon being attacked with any...exert upon each other, and upon the living system (which no one, as yet, is acquainted with,) it may be laid down as an axiom, that in proportion as... | |
 | 1859 - 472 pages
...not hit the mark." A patient in the hands of such a practitioner, has not a much better chance than a Chinese mandarin, who, upon being attacked with any...disorder, calls in twelve or more physicians, and swallows all the potions which each separately prescribe. On no other ground can the love of their complicated... | |
 | William Sharp - 1874 - 838 pages
...not hit the mark.' A patient in the hands of such a practitioner has not much better chance than a Chinese mandarin, who upon being attacked with any...deceived ; he should remember that unless he be well MEDICINE. [ESSAY acquainted with the mutual actions which bodies exert upon each other, and upon the... | |
 | William Sharp - 1874 - 848 pages
...not hit the mark.' A patient in the hands of such a practitioner has not much better chance than a Chinese mandarin, who upon being attacked with any...all the potions which each separately prescribes! acquainted with the mutual actions which bodies exert upon each other, and upon the living system,... | |
 | Edward Harris Ruddock - 1874 - 380 pages
..." has not a much better chance than a Chinese Mandarin, who, «pon being attacked with any disease, calls in twelve or more physicians, and swallows in...all the potions which each separately prescribes." In Homoeopathy we only give one medicine at a time ; its action upon the system is then simple and... | |
 | Samuel A. Jones - 1880 - 104 pages
...Paris, namely, that the young practi*Op. tit., p. 366. SD tioner must be chary of mixing medicines, "unless he be well acquainted with the mutual actions...exert upon each other and upon the living system." This has a very wise sound, and it is only sound. Where does Dr. Paris propose to look for a knowledge... | |
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A patient in the hands of such a practitioner has not a much better chance than a Chinese mandarin, who upon being attacked with any disorder, calls in twelve or more physicians, and swallows in one mixture all the potions which each separately prescribes... 
