Upon the whole," says this celebrated theorist, " our doctrine of fever is explicitly this. The remote causes are certain sedative powers applied to the nervous system, which, diminishing the energy of the brain, thereby produce a debility in the whole... A Treatise on Fever - Page 15by Southwood Smith - 1830 - 436 pagesFull view - About this book
| Robert Jackson - 1791 - 576 pages
...fever, according to this authour, are fedative powers, applied to the nervous fyflem, which diminilhing the energy of the brain, thereby produce a debility...functions, and particularly in the action of the extreme veffels. Such, however, is at the fame time the nature of the animal economy, that this debility proves... | |
| William Cullen - Internal medicine - 1805 - 598 pages
...doctrine of fever is explicitly this. The remote causes (36.) are certain sedative powers applied td the nervous system, which diminishing the energy of...produce a debility in the whole of the functions, (35.) and particularly in the action of the extreme vessels, (43. 44.) Such, however, is, at the same... | |
| Henry Clutterbuck - Diseases - 1807 - 474 pages
...is. The remote caufes are certain fedalivc powers applied to the nervous fyftem, which, diminiihing the energy of the brain, thereby produce a debility...functions, and particularly in the action of the extreme vcffels."— Firjl Lines of the Practice of P/iy/ic, by William Cullen, MD § 46-. offence, or proximate... | |
| William Cullen - 1808 - 516 pages
...whole system. 46. Upon the whole, our doctrine of fever is explicitly this : the remote causes (36), are certain sedative powers applied to the nervous...thereby produce a debility in the whole of the functions (35), and particularly in the action of the extreme vessels, (43, 44). Such, however, is at the same... | |
| 1808 - 510 pages
...the whole, our doctrine of fever is explicitly this : Tho remote causes are certain sedative power* applied to the nervous system, which diminishing the energy of the brain, thereby produces a debility in the whole of the functions, and particularly in the action of the extreme (and... | |
| Benjamin Welsh - Epidemics - 1819 - 430 pages
...Upon the whole, our doctrine of fever is expli" citly this: The remote causes are certain seda" five powers applied to the nervous system, which " diminishing the energy of the brain, thereby.pro" duce a debility in the whole of the functions, and " particularly in the action of the... | |
| Medicine - 1828 - 822 pages
...the first part of the 47th paragraph, to show my reader Cullen's distinct opinions. " Upon the whole, our doctrine of fever is explicitly this: — The...nervous system, which, diminishing the energy of the hrain, therehy produces a dehility in the whole of the functions, and particularly in the action of... | |
| Samuel Lytler Metcalfe - Heat - 1843 - 694 pages
...Cullen, as summed up by the author in his Practice of Physic, was, that " the remote causes of fever are certain sedative powers applied to the nervous...diminishing the energy of the brain, thereby produce debility in the whole of the functions, and particularly in the action of the extreme vessels: —... | |
| Samuel Lytler Metcalfe - Heat - 1843 - 702 pages
...sedative powers applied to the nervous system, which diminishing the energy of the brain, thereby produce debility in the whole of the functions, and particularly in the action of the extreme vessels : — but such, however, is, at the same time, the nature of the animal economy, that this debility... | |
| Chemistry - 1846 - 586 pages
...extreme vessels. After a detail of many facts in proof of his reasonings, he concludes, " Upon the whole our doctrine of fever is explicitly this : — the...certain sedative powers applied to the nervous system, wfiich, diminishing the energy of the brain, thereby produce a debility of the whole functions, and... | |
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