The British Journal of Homoeopathy, Volume 29

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1871
 

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Page 632 - ... had aimed at but failed to make good. The one true and only living matter — called by Beale germinal matter, or bioplasm — is described as ' always transparent and colorless, and, as far as can be ascertained by examination with the highest powers, perfectly structureless ; and it exhibits those same characters at every period of its existence.
Page 58 - I am inclined to believe that we do not have catechumens taught to say "to do my duty in that state of life into which it has pleased God to call me" until we have the beginning of movements of individuals away from their birth positions in society.
Page 407 - ... ever so great, takes note of nothing in every individual disease, except the changes in the health of the body and of the mind (morbid phenomena, accidents, symptoms) which can be perceived externally by means of the senses; that is to say, he notices only the deviations from the former healthy state of the now diseased individual, which are felt by the patient himself, remarked by those around him and observed by the physician. All these perceptible signs represent the disease in its whole extent,...
Page 562 - If the whole bulk of the urine be to the urate of ammonia formed not less than about 2700 to 1, the secretion will, at the ordinary temperature of the air, remain clear, but if the bulk of fluid be less, an amorphous deposit of the urate will occur. On the other hand, if an excess of uric acid be separated by the kidneys, it will act on the phosphate of soda of the double salt, and hence, on cooling, the urine will deposit a crystalline sediment of uric acid sand, very probably mixed with amorphous...
Page 439 - Yesterday, when walking, pain in both ovaries, worse in the left, extending down the anterior and inner aspect of the left thigh, as if it would be impossible to take another step ; as soon as she extended the limb she must immediately flex it again and then, because of a restless discomfort, must again extend it. At length she went to sleep on the back with knees and thighs flexed. She cannot tell which pelvic pain is the worse, that in the back or that in the pubic region. The whole contents of...
Page 227 - Act to grant Qualifications, to impose upon any Candidate offering himself for Examination an Obligation to adopt or refrain from adopting the Practice of any particular Theory of Medicine or Surgery, as a Test or Condition of admitting him to Examination or of granting a Certificate, it shall be lawful for the said Council to represent the same to Her Majesty's most...
Page 431 - Pain in the coccyx, which becomes a burning pain when the parts are touched. Pressing, bearing-down pain in the coccyx, as if the part were bruised. Pain as from subcutaneous ulceration in this region, mostly when sitting or lying down.
Page 574 - A very hard dry pill of extract of belladonna produces in a robust, perfectly healthy countryman or labourer usually no effect. But from this it by no means follows that a grain of this extract would be a proper, or too weak a dose for this or a similar stout man if he was ill, or if the grain were given in solution,— certainly not ! On this point let the pseudo-empiricism of the compendiums hold its tongue ; let us hear what experience says.
Page 563 - ... remain clear, but if the bulk of fluid be less, an amorphous deposit of the urate will occur. On the other hand, if an excess of uric acid be separated by the kidneys, it will act on the phosphate of soda of the double salt, and hence, on cooling, the urine will deposit a crystalline sediment of acid sand, very probably mixed with amorphous urate of ammonia, the latter usually forming a layer above the crystals, which always sink to the bottom of the vessel.*"] 82.
Page 571 - ... artificial disease), and gradually increases the dose, so that he may be sure that the intended internal changes in the organism are produced with sufficient force, although with phenomena vastly inferior in intensity to the symptoms of the natural disease : thus a mild and certain cure will be effected.

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