Humboldt library of science. no. 15, 1881, Брой 15Humboldt Publishing Company, 1881 |
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acid action acute aged persons albumen attacks attention bladder blood body brain bronchitis causes of premature changes cholera Cloth cold constitution debility degeneration of race diet disorders districts Double Number duration Edward Clodd effects elderly persons enteric fever epidemic eral especially Essays excrement exist fact fatal disease favor filth gout Grant Allen habits Herbert Spencer human hundred Huxley illustrations infants infection infectious diseases influence J. F. C. Hecker kidneys known less living longevity lung-disease lungs malady malignant cholera means medicine mental morbid mortality narcotics natural neglected Note observed old age organs origin pain passed patient phthisis physician podophyllin premature death prevalence produce Prof prolonged putrefying quantity relief remarks remedies rheumatic Richard Chenevix Trench sarsaparilla scarlet-fever Sir Henry Holland small-pox substances suffering sugar symptoms T. H. Huxley termed Thoms tion tive urine William Kingdon Clifford wine
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