Medico-Chirurgical Transactions, Volume 3Longmans, Green and Company, 1812 - Medicine |
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Page 343 - To the suspected fluid, previously filtered, add, first, a little dilute nitric acid, and, afterwards, m'trat of silver, till it shall cease to produce any precipitate. The muriatic acid being thus removed, whilst the arsenious acid (if any, and in whatever state) remains in the fluid, the addition of ammonia will instantly produce the yellow precipitate in its characteristic form.
Page 27 - I had, in the course of this service, an opportunity of observing the extent to which the noxious exhalations extended, which -was found to be less than is, I believe, generally known. Not only the crews of the ships in the road of Flushing were entirely free from this endemic; but also the guardships which were stationed in the narrow channel between this island and Beveland.
Page 203 - ... in the soluble combinations. The nitric acid, in which the yellow -substance has been formed, has a bright yellow colour: it holds in solution a portion of the yellow substance with a quantity of malic acid. Mixed with alkali in excess, it assumes a very dark yellowish brown colour. 7- In caustic alkali fibrin increases in bulk, becomes transparent and gelatinous, and at length is completely dissolved. The solution is yellow with a shade of green. Acids occasion in it a precipitate which gradually...
Page 322 - In the latter, the mucous membrane of the larynx and trachea is inflamed, and a layer of coagulated lymph is formed on its internal surface, from the extremity of the epiglottis to an indefinite extent within the trachea, by which the tube itself is narrowed, or actually closed. A puriform fluid, instead of mucus, is found in the trachea and bronchi ae.
Page 70 - ... brain, which was not at all suspected during life. An account of this case was published in No. 132 of the Medical and Physical Journal. I consider the termination of this case as a good illustration of the gradual loss of power in the brain, when labouring under the effects of disease. It is first incapable of transmitting its influence to the extreme parts of the body, as the disease advances its powers gradually diminish, and the extent of its influence diminishes in proportion, those parts...
Page 58 - No diseased appearance was seen in this part near to the coecum ; but about an inch of its extremity was considerably enlarged and thickened, its internal surface ulcerated, and an opening from ulceration, which would have admitted a crow quill, was found at the commencement of the diseased part, about the middle of the appendix, through which it appeared, that a thin dark-coloured and highly fetid fluid, had escaped into the cavity of the abdomen. Upon opening the appendix, a piece of hardened...
Page 6 - I suggested the use of stoves in the barracks as well as the hospitals, in order to promote the dryness, warmth, and purity of the air. I also represented, that considerable benefit might arise from the men being supplied with a hot breakfast. It may likewise be remarked, that those who slept in the upper stories of houses, were less liable to the disease, and had it in a milder form, than those who slept on the ground floors.
Page 93 - ... and to convince him of this, previously thrust his hand and arm into it, there was a very extensive vesication produced. His hands are never free from blisters, which he gets by inadvertently putting them too near the fire ; and he has met with several severe burns, without being aware of it. No degree of pressure is felt by him; but a blow produces a slight degree of tingling. He has a general uneasy sensation in the extremities, which warmth rather relieves. His skin, in general, heals very...
Page 116 - I determined not merely by the fact of a precipitation, but by examining the precipitate, which, in all its characters, answered to oxalate of lime." To Dr. Lewin's sagacity in detecting the nature of the disease in this early stage, we may consider ourselves as indebted for the important fact, that a small quantity of sugar can exist in urine along with a large quantity of urea*. The case is almost * The fact here stated is precisely the converse of that advanced by Dr.
Page 88 - ... cartilage.* The dyspnoea was much relieved by the operation. He now lay passive, breathing by the natural and artificial apertures, and the inordinate action of the muscles of respiration had ceased. He swallowed some nourishment with a painful effort. In th',.