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Page xi
... former , the ornament and sym- metry of science , in the latter the practical wisdom of unchained genius . Midway between these extremes bright and safe appeared the course of rea- son , great and enduring the improvements to which it ...
... former , the ornament and sym- metry of science , in the latter the practical wisdom of unchained genius . Midway between these extremes bright and safe appeared the course of rea- son , great and enduring the improvements to which it ...
Page xx
... former the less . were neither those of Allopathy , nor those of Thomsonism or Beachism ; they were peculiarly " his own . " He organized new associations of physicians , and moulded a system of successful medical empiricism into the ...
... former the less . were neither those of Allopathy , nor those of Thomsonism or Beachism ; they were peculiarly " his own . " He organized new associations of physicians , and moulded a system of successful medical empiricism into the ...
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... former term to the designation of similar symptoms , when the cause is some general and not well understood influence upon the physical system . It would be well now for the interests of medical science , if the pro- fession would favor ...
... former term to the designation of similar symptoms , when the cause is some general and not well understood influence upon the physical system . It would be well now for the interests of medical science , if the pro- fession would favor ...
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... former of these modes Dr. C. J. B. Williams calls that of congestion ; the latter , that of determination of the blood . Both causes , may , indeed , exist at the same time . The vessels may morbidly relax and arterial excitement may ...
... former of these modes Dr. C. J. B. Williams calls that of congestion ; the latter , that of determination of the blood . Both causes , may , indeed , exist at the same time . The vessels may morbidly relax and arterial excitement may ...
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... former are discoid in shape and have no nuclei . Be- sides a proteine compound , they contain iron and the various incidental and stimulating elements of the blood ; and their spec- ial office seems to be to convey oxygen from the ...
... former are discoid in shape and have no nuclei . Be- sides a proteine compound , they contain iron and the various incidental and stimulating elements of the blood ; and their spec- ial office seems to be to convey oxygen from the ...
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Thoracic Diseases: Their Pathology, Diagnosis and Treatment (Classic Reprint) Calvin Newton No preview available - 2017 |
Thoracic Diseases: Their Pathology, Diagnosis and Treatment Calvin Newton,Marshall Calkins No preview available - 2015 |
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acute adhesion aorta appearance areolar tissue arising arterial auscultation become blood bronchi bronchial tubes bronchitis cancer globule capillaries cardiac cause cavity cells changes character chest chronic circulation condition congestion constitutional corpuscles cough course degree deposit diagnosis diaphoresis diaphoretic dilatation doses dullness dyspnoea effect effusion egophony emetics emphysema endocarditis excitement existence expectoration favorable feeble fever fibrine fluid frequently gives rise granules hæmoptysis heard heart hemorrhage hypertrophy increased inflammation irritation lesion less liquid lobelia lungs lymph matter membrane millimetre morbid mucous mucous membrane mucus murmur nervous obstruction occurs organs pain parenchyma pathological patient peculiar percussion pericarditis phthisis physical signs pleura pleuritis pneumonitis pneumothorax portion produced prognosis pulmonary pulse quantity rale remedies resonance respiration respiratory result secretion serous serum side sometimes sound sputa stage surface symptoms termination thorax tion tonics treatment tubercle tubercle globule tubercular tumors ulceration usually valves vesicles vesicular vessels vital
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Page 346 - Is phthisis contagious ? No, I verily believe it is not. A diathesis is not communicable from person to person. Neither can the disease be easily (if at all) generated in a sound constitution. Nor is it ever imparted, in my opinion, even by one scrofulous individual to another.
Page 378 - The apex beats between the cartilages of the fifth and sixth left ribs, at a point about two inches below the nipple and one inch on its sternal side.
Page 309 - The clavicular regions are nearly immoveable during respiration; and when the patient attempts to make a full inspiration, the upper part of the thorax, instead of expanding with the appearance of spontaneous ease peculiar to the healthy state of the lungs, seems to be forcibly dragged upwards at each effort to accomplish it.
Page 306 - ... parts of the palms of the hands and soles of the feet. The nucleus is often not apparent.
Page 298 - So that, at this rate, pneumonia is more than twice as common on the right side as on the left ; and does not occur on both sides together so often as once in eight times.
Page 330 - I think it is more than probable that hardly any person is carried off by a first attack of phthisis. Since I was first led to adopt this opinion on anatomical grounds, it has frequently appeared quite clear to me, from carefully comparing the history of my patients with the appearances on dissection, that the greater number of those first attacks are mistaken for slight colds...
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