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  1. NLM Digital Collections - The people's common sense medical adviser in plain English, or, Medicine simplified 
    Publication: Buffalo, N.Y. : World's Dispensary Printing Office and Bindery, 1883
    ... of cancer is only palliative, and should have reference to the comfort of the patient and the prolongation of life. The hygienic management consists in furnishing a bland, nutritious diet, keeping the skin clean, and using such remedies ...
  2. ... old Latin word for “ wineothers derive it from abs, “from,” and ten'eo, to “hold” or '‘keep,” « being changed to mi] Strictly, abstaining from wine; but generally ap- plied also to moderation in diet. Ab-ster'fcent. [Absiter'geiis, en'(i» ; from ...
  3. ... a fluid or solid. ABSTE'MIOUS. Abstemius; from abs, without, and temetvm, wine. Ab- staining from the use of wine. The word is also used to signify temperate living, with regard to diet, &c. ABSTERGENT. From abstergere, to cleanse. Any application ...
  4. ... the cells in bone. Abstc'mious. Abstemius; from abs, without, and temetum, wine. Abstaining from the use of wine. Also temperate living, with regard to diet, &c. Abster/gent. From abstergere, to cleanse. Any ...
  5. ... chronic diseases should be con- ducted with particular reference to the circumstances of the patient; his usual occupation, habits of living, his diet, his domestic relations, etc., should be carefully considered, ...
  6. ... Derm. u. Syph., vol. xxii (1890), p. 77. Abs. of both papers, Brit. Jour. Derm., vol. ii (1890), pp. 178, 221. § N. E Med. Jour., January 3, 1891. A highly illustrated paper, by Taylor and van Gieson, with references. || Ann. de Derm, etde Syph., vol. x (1889), ...
  7. ... tooth, but at length succumbs. Abstemious {abstemius; from abs, with- out, and temetum, wine). Abstaining from the use of wine. Also temperate living, with re- gard to diet, etc. Abstergent (from abstergens, to cleanse). Any application ...
  8. ... with the use of each species in medicine, diet, &c. 2d edition. By William Withering, M.D., F.R S. With references, <fcc., by Jonathan Stokes, M.D. The third ...
  9. NLM Digital Collections - Discourses on the elements of therapeutics and materia medica (Volume 1) 
    Publication: Philadelphia : Published by James Webster ..., 1817-1819
    ... mea- sures, such as topical bleeding, blisters, low diet, and a state of rest. I speak now, more particularly, in reference to the disease of the hip joint, which ...
  10. ... Latin word for “wine;” others derive it from abs, “from,” and ten'eo, to “hold” or “ keep,” 11 being changed to m.] Strictly, abstaining from wine; but generally ap- plied also to moderation in diet. Ab-ster'gent. [Abstcr'g,ens,en't)‘s ; ...
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