Man and his maladiesHarper, 1889 - 593 pages |
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acute affected albumen alcohol anæmia arrest arteries attack become bile biliousness blood blood-stream blood-vessels bodily body bowel brain Bright's disease bronchitis called cause cells chronic common congestion consequences consumption course crystalloid cure death debility degeneration derangement diet dietary digestive disorder doses drachms drug dyspepsia eczema epilepsy excess failure fermentation fever fluid food system force fuel-foods functions gastric glands glucosuria gout gouty grape-sugar heart hepatic artery inflammation inflammatory intestine irritation kidneys liver lungs lymphatic system marked matter meat medicine membranes ment mental micro-organism milk muscles muscular nature necessary nerve nervous system ordinary organs ounce oxygen pain patient pleuræ pleurisy poison present produce rarely recovery result rheumatic fever rheumatism salts scarlet fever scrofulous simple skin disease sometimes stage starch stimulants stomach sufferer sugar supply symptoms syphilis tion tissue-food tissues treatment urea uric acid usually variety vegetarian
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Page 180 - But just disease to luxury succeeds, And every death its own avenger breeds; The fury-passions from that blood began, And turned on man a fiercer savage, man.
Page 45 - All nature is but art, unknown to thee; All chance, direction, which thou canst not see; All discord, harmony not understood; All partial evil, universal good. And, spite of pride, in erring reason's spite, One truth is clear,