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... instances are familiar to us in common life , -in history and books , —and yet more especially and frequently in the practice of medicine . I have , indeed , been led to put together these remarks on the subject , from the numerous ...
... instances are familiar to us in common life , -in history and books , —and yet more especially and frequently in the practice of medicine . I have , indeed , been led to put together these remarks on the subject , from the numerous ...
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... instances at least of individuals of the same species , tending ever to recur to it , when the causes of change are modified or withdrawn . This manner of pursuing the inquiry , through the unity or analogy of structure in corresponding ...
... instances at least of individuals of the same species , tending ever to recur to it , when the causes of change are modified or withdrawn . This manner of pursuing the inquiry , through the unity or analogy of structure in corresponding ...
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... instances indeed , these may appear more numerous ; but as the diffi- culty of observation is much greater in the latter case , it is enough to rest in the fact that both the great divisions of life are liable to this general law , and ...
... instances indeed , these may appear more numerous ; but as the diffi- culty of observation is much greater in the latter case , it is enough to rest in the fact that both the great divisions of life are liable to this general law , and ...
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... instance is known to me of hydrocele occurring in three out of four successive generations , in one family ; — the omis ... Instances of hereditary defects of this kind are far from infrequent . * I have known squinting to occur in every ...
... instance is known to me of hydrocele occurring in three out of four successive generations , in one family ; — the omis ... Instances of hereditary defects of this kind are far from infrequent . * I have known squinting to occur in every ...
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... instances of the pecu- liar tremor tendinum of the hands and arms , which is some- times called the shaking palsy ... instance , which I note here , as having most recently occurred to me , I find three cases 24 ON HEREDITARY DISEASE .
... instances of the pecu- liar tremor tendinum of the hands and arms , which is some- times called the shaking palsy ... instance , which I note here , as having most recently occurred to me , I find three cases 24 ON HEREDITARY DISEASE .
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