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... remarkable contrast , and that both in mind and body . The signs of degeneracy in the one are as well marked as the absence of them in the other . ] - ED . [ In the healthiest of the West India islands , especially in those longest ...
... remarkable contrast , and that both in mind and body . The signs of degeneracy in the one are as well marked as the absence of them in the other . ] - ED . [ In the healthiest of the West India islands , especially in those longest ...
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... remarkable that every individual who had any duty to perform requiring his presence in the orderly room , which was in the officers ' barrack ( pre- viously considered healthy ) , was attacked with fever ; and also that few escaped ...
... remarkable that every individual who had any duty to perform requiring his presence in the orderly room , which was in the officers ' barrack ( pre- viously considered healthy ) , was attacked with fever ; and also that few escaped ...
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... remarkable that some of the most destructive outbreaks of yellow fever have occurred amongst the troops at stations where intermittent fever is almost unknown as indigenous . Brimstone Hill , in St. Kitts , may be particularised ; Fort ...
... remarkable that some of the most destructive outbreaks of yellow fever have occurred amongst the troops at stations where intermittent fever is almost unknown as indigenous . Brimstone Hill , in St. Kitts , may be particularised ; Fort ...
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... remarkable how little the intellect was affected , or the muscular strength . The ejecta were criteria ; but neither the state of pulse , nor the feelings and perceptions of the patient . Often extreme danger existed when the patient ...
... remarkable how little the intellect was affected , or the muscular strength . The ejecta were criteria ; but neither the state of pulse , nor the feelings and perceptions of the patient . Often extreme danger existed when the patient ...
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... remarkable in a large proportion of the convalescent from yellow fever in Barbados ; seeming clearly to indicate that no serious organic lesion was connected with the attack . Recovery from remittent fever , on the contrary , is often ...
... remarkable in a large proportion of the convalescent from yellow fever in Barbados ; seeming clearly to indicate that no serious organic lesion was connected with the attack . Recovery from remittent fever , on the contrary , is often ...
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