Dr. Birley's compounds of free (or unoxidised) phosphorus : fifteen standard combinations a special remedy for each disease descriptive pamphlet and detailed list / Gordon, Murray & Co., Ltd.

  • Gordon, Murray & Co. Ltd.
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[1900?]
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Credit: Dr. Birley's compounds of free (or unoxidised) phosphorus : fifteen standard combinations a special remedy for each disease descriptive pamphlet and detailed list / Gordon, Murray & Co., Ltd. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    1 4 killed in battle, or accident, or by other violence, a much £ larger amount of Phosphorus has been discovered than is 4 ever found in the brain-matter of ordinary persons who 4 have been killed in a similar manner. ‘ 4TH.—The brain-matter of idiots contains the least * amount of Phosphorus. A little more Phosphoruses found ‘ in that of persons not completely imbecile, but physically 4 and mem ally weak, languid in action, deficient in pluck ‘ and energy, full of apprehension, weak in memory and in 4 application of thought and purpose, who hesitate in th§ir ‘ resolves, and shrink from the general bustle of commercial ‘ life. The same may be said of persons who are fretful, 4 low-spirited, anxious, fidgety, and odd-tempered, and of 4 the positively ill-tempered and disagreeable. * 5TH.—Persons who in early life have enjoyed a fair 4 amount of mental and physical power, but who have suffered 4 many years from great anxiety and sorrow consequent upon 4 family bereavement and other losses and trials, have been 4 found after death to have lost a great portion of the 4 Phosphorus which is common in the brain of similar 4 persons who have not suffered in the same way. 4 The same may be affirmed of those who, beginning life 4 with a good constitution, have excessively indulged in 4 alcoholic pieparations. Alcohol has the property of 4 dissolving and carrying away the Phosphorus of the 4 brain and nervous system. The same has been observed 4 in those who have long indulged in libidinous excesses, 4 whether naturally or artificially induced. 4 We have personally known and carefully watched the 4 career of many who in the ‘prime of life’ were brilliant, 4 energetic, first class men of business, full of dash and 4 assurance, carrying all before them, and succeeding in 4 almost every undertaking. We have observed some of 4 these to gradually wane in their mental and physical J powers; little by little to have become anxious and