An appeal to the medical profession, on the utility of the improved patent syringe, with directions for its several uses, Том 6

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Страница 179 - ... and the greenish, belong to few but the poisonous. The safe kinds have most frequently a compact, brittle texture ; the flesh is white ; they grow more readily in open places, such as dry pastures and waste lands, than in places humid or shaded by wood. In general, those should be suspected which grow in caverns and subterranean passages, on animal matter undergoing putrefaction, as well as those whose flesh is soft or watery.
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Страница 179 - Whenever a fungus is pleasant in flavour and odour, it may be considered wholesome ; if, on the contrary, it have an offensive smell, a bitter, astringent, or styptic taste, or even if it leave an unpleasant flavour in the mouth, it should not be considered fit for food. The colour, figure, and texture of these vegetables do not afford any characters on which we can safely rely ; yet, it may be remarked, that in colour, the pure yellow, gold colour, bluish...
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Страница 164 - The mucous membrane, except when inflamed, which it not unfrequently is, has an unnatural whiteness, is often soft and pulpy, and in general — especially in the stomach and small intestines — can be easily detached by scraping, in the form of a thick pulp, from the subjacent coat. These appearances are sometimes more or less partial ; but some of them are generally found throughout the whole extent of the tube. They extend, in some cases, to the mucous membrane of the bladder and ureters, and...
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