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... labor expended in these Lectures upon this shadowy system ; which , in the calm and serious judgment of many of the wisest members of the medical profession , is not entitled by anything it has ever said or done to the notoriety of a ...
... labor expended in these Lectures upon this shadowy system ; which , in the calm and serious judgment of many of the wisest members of the medical profession , is not entitled by anything it has ever said or done to the notoriety of a ...
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... labor in the pursuit of the arcana of Physic , and on the exercise of which depends his support in life , proclaim the inefficacy of his art , and recommend a remedy to his patient which the most unlettered in society can employ as ...
... labor in the pursuit of the arcana of Physic , and on the exercise of which depends his support in life , proclaim the inefficacy of his art , and recommend a remedy to his patient which the most unlettered in society can employ as ...
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... , bore their reproaches in meek silence , and left them unanswered to their fate . There were some others , however , who , believing the public to labor under a delusion , thought HOMEOPATHY AND ITS KINDRED DELUSIONS . 35.
... , bore their reproaches in meek silence , and left them unanswered to their fate . There were some others , however , who , believing the public to labor under a delusion , thought HOMEOPATHY AND ITS KINDRED DELUSIONS . 35.
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OLIVER WENDELL HOLMS. believing the public to labor under a delusion , thought it worth while to see whether the charm would be broken by an open trial of its virtue , as compared with that of some less hallowed formula . It must be ...
OLIVER WENDELL HOLMS. believing the public to labor under a delusion , thought it worth while to see whether the charm would be broken by an open trial of its virtue , as compared with that of some less hallowed formula . It must be ...
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... labor bestowed on the investigation of a very important question of evi- dence , and a statement of my own practical conclu- sions . I take no offence , and attempt no retort . No man makes a quarrel with me over the counterpane that ...
... labor bestowed on the investigation of a very important question of evi- dence , and a statement of my own practical conclu- sions . I take no offence , and attempt no retort . No man makes a quarrel with me over the counterpane that ...
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Page 410 - And she may still exist in undiminished vigour when some traveller from New Zealand shall, in the midst of a vast solitude, take his stand on a broken arch of London Bridge to sketch the ruins of St. Paul's.
Page 381 - He answered and said, Whether he be a sinner or no, I know not : one thing I know, that, whereas I was blind, now I see.
Page xv - I firmly believe that if the whole materia medica, as now used, could be sunk to the bottom of the sea, it would be all the better for mankind, — and all the worse for the fishes.
Page 167 - The woman about to become a mother, or with her new-born infant upon her bosom, should be the object of trembling care and sympathy wherever she bears her tender burden or stretches her aching limbs.
Page 322 - My Husband hath ventured himself among the Indians for corn, and can get none, as also our honored Governor hath distributed his so far, that a day or two more will put an end to his store, and all the rest, and yet methinks our Children are as cheerful, fat, and lusty with feeding upon those mussels, clambanks and other fish, as they were in England with their fill of bread...
Page 33 - Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion? Canst thou bring forth Mazzaroth in his season? or canst thou guide Arcturus with his sons?
Page 265 - The disgrace of medicine has been that colossal system of self-deception, in obedience to which mines have been emptied of their cankering minerals, the vegetable kingdom robbed of all its noxious growths, the entrails of animals taxed for their impurities, the poison-bags of reptiles drained of their venom, and all the inconceivable abominations thus obtained thrust down the throats of human beings suffering from some fault of organization, nourishment, or vital stimulation.
Page 404 - A great portion of the best writing and reading — literary, scientific, professional, miscellaneous — comes to us now, at stated intervals, in paper covers. The writer appears, as it were, in his shirt-sleeves. As soon as he has delivered his message the book-binder puts a coat on his back, and he joins the forlorn brotherhood of " back volumes," than which, so long as they are unindexed, nothing can be more exasperating.
Page 137 - In the winter of the year 1824, "Several instances occurred of its prevalence among the patients of particular practitioners, whilst others who were equally busy met with few or none. One instance of this kind was very remarkable. A general practitioner, in large midwifery practice, lost so many patients...
Page 437 - I remember calling the Voltaire of pelvic literature, — a skeptic as to the morality of the race in general, who would have submitted Diana to treatment with his mineral specifics, and ordered a course of blue pills for the vestal virgins.