The Eclectic Journal of Medicine, Volume 4

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John Bell
Haswell, Barrington, and Haswell., 1840
 

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Page 274 - There is a wisdom which knows when to go and when to return, what is to be done and what is not to be done, what is fear and what is courage, what is bondage and what is liberation - that is pure wisdom.
Page 336 - Pillows, said they, were thought meet only for women in childbed : As for servants, if they had any sheet above them it was well : For seldom had they any under their bodies to keep them from the pricking straws that ran oft through the canvass, and rased their hardened hides.
Page 402 - Young thinks it much more simple to suppose the absence or paralysis of those fibres of the retina which are calculated to perceive red ; while Dr.
Page 16 - The dried leaves were then transferred in portions of a few pounds each to a great number of cast-iron pans, imbedded in chunam or mortar, over furnaces. At each pan stood a workman stirring the tea rapidly round with his hand, having previously added a small quantity of turmeric in powder, which of course gave the leaves a yellowish or orange tinge ; but they were still to be made green. For this purpose some lumps of a fine blue were produced, together with a white substance in powder, which from...
Page 12 - England, hath been sold in the leaf for six pounds, and sometimes for ten pounds the pound weight, and in respect of its former scarceness and dearness, it hath been only used as a regalia in high treatments and entertainments, and presents made thereof to princes and grandees till the year 1657.
Page 336 - ... and thereto a sack of chaff to rest his head upon, he thought himself to be as well lodged as the lord of the town, that peradventure lay seldom in a bed of down or whole feathers...
Page 16 - ... teaspoonful of the powder being added to the yellowish leaves, these were stirred as before over the fire, until the tea had taken the fine bloom colour of Hyson, with very much the same scent.
Page 72 - ... 5. A state of dulness of intellect, sluggishness of manner, and drowsiness, often preceded by giddiness. dimness of sight, and pain in the head; proceeding either to coma alone, or to coma accompanied by convulsions; the coma presenting the peculiar character already alluded to. With respect to the...
Page 227 - MD Resolved, That we regard the death of this estimable man as a severe loss, not only to the medical profession, but to the community at large, and above all to ourselves, who have been instructed by his precepts, and fostered by his kindness. Resolved, That an intimacy of many years continuance, has tended more and more to enhance our esteem for his many virtues, his amiable manners, and his professional skill. Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions be presented to the family of Dr. Parrish,...
Page 11 - And that the virtues and excellencies of this leaf and drink are many and great, is evident and manifest by the high esteem and use of it (especially of late years) among the physicians and knowing men...

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