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Plethora, 39

Pneumatism, 38, 56, 58

Political Economy, 166-7

Polypharmacy, 324

Poppy, 323

Population, 176

Post-mortems, 156-9

Pravaz, C. (1791-1853), 329

Preventive Medicine, 192-203

Priestley, Joseph (1733-1804), 154-5, 189-90

Pringle, Sir John (1707-82), 169-70, 171, 180

Prison Medicine, 171-2

Prophylaxis, 265

Proteids, 215

Proteins, 206, 311

Protoplasm, 221-2

Prout, W. (1785-1850), 148

Psyche, the, 31-3, 133

Psycho-analysis, 293-5

Psychology, 293-5

Ptomaine, 259

Ptolemy, 36, 40

Public Health, 192-203

Puerperal Fever, 243

Pulmonary Tuberculosis, 341-3

Pulse Watch, 159

Pulsimeter, 109

Putrefaction, 225-8, 231-2, 239

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