Hufeland's Art of prolonging lifeLindsay & Blakiston, 1867 - 298 páginas |
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Termos e frases comuns
aconitum agreeable animals arsenic attained attended become bed-chamber bodily body carbonic acid CHAPTER chervil cold cold fever consequently consider continual corruption cure daily dangerous deadly nightshade death degree destroy destructive digestion dreadful drink effects employed enemies enjoyment exalted excess excited exercise exertion exhausted existence external fever give Glanders Glauber's salts greater guard henbane hurtful hypochondriacal imagine infection infectious poisons instances internal irritation juices kind of poisoning labor Lastly less living lolium temulentum longer lungs mankind manner means measles medicine melancholy mental mezereon mind Nature necessary never nourishment occasion old age one's organs particles particular perfect period physical poisons physician prejudicial present principal produce prolonging proper quackery quantity regard render restoration secret sensation sensibility sensual world shorten skin sleep small-pox specting stomach strong strong poison substance suffer sufficient tion Tulpius vessels violent vital consumption vital power weak weaken white lead whole wine youth
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