... that when the standing water in the soil reaches a high level fewer cases occur, and when it falls to a low level or below the mean height the cases become more numerous. This dictum, however, has not as yet been conclusively proven with reference to many localities. Whilst the condition of the ...

... process of digestion will be generally understood by reference to their function of hematosis, any impediment to which, by causing imperfectly elaborated blood to circulate and reach the stomach, must modify injuriously its vitality, and ...

... process of digestion will be generally understood by reference to their function of hematosis, any impediment to which, by causing imperfectly elaborated blood to circulate and reach the stomach, must modify injuriously its vitality, and ...

... the south of Prance, where the thyme grows wild in great abundance, and is largely collected for distillation. The oil is taken from France to England, and thence reaches this country under the name of oil of ...

... but its tendency is to progress until it reaches a point beyond which life cannot be sustained. In a large number of cases, long before this limit is reached, some one of the com- plications to which reference has been made will cause death. In the ...

... below in a note.* The following remarks have reference exclusively to the ... in English commerce wild cardamom. It is the large cardamom of Guibourt. ...

... See page 429, Vol. II. MEDICAL PLANTS 859 Wild Indigo (Bafitisia Tinctoria) • The most valuable remedy known for the cure of typhoid fever. It is said to cure any case of typhoid disease. See page 436, Vol. II. Wormseed (Chenopodium Anthelminticum). This will promptly expel worms. See page ...

... experience to be the most convenient to facilitate reference and study. ABIES BALSAMEA. See Terebinthina Canadensis. ABIES CANADENSIS. See Pix Canadensis. ABIES EXCELSA. See Pix Burgundica. ABRUS.—Jequirity, or Wild Liquorice, the seeds of Abrus preca- torius. (Leguminosae.) ...

... comparatively rare instances, he gives way to a wild fury, like that of a savage beast when enraged; roars, howls, curses, strikes at persons near him, rends or breaks every thing within his reach, bites others or himself; till, exhausted at length, ...

... work for the medical student, and as a reference for prac- viii PREFACE. titioners of medicine generally, I shall feel amply repaid for the arduous labor which has brought it forth. And, finally, should it have the good fortune to reach a second edition, I shall gladly incorporate into ...