The London Medical Review, Volume 1Longman, 1808 |
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... operation of all those causes which directly or incidentally conspire to the growth of intellect , and tend to ele- vate each succeeding century upon the shoulders of its predeces- sor sor : and the history of Therapeutics presents a ...
... operation of all those causes which directly or incidentally conspire to the growth of intellect , and tend to ele- vate each succeeding century upon the shoulders of its predeces- sor sor : and the history of Therapeutics presents a ...
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... operation of the taxis , as the direction of the pres- sure should be entirely different in the two diseases ; and it is extremely dangerous in the operation , particularly if the surgeon's usual habit of operating in inguinal hernia is ...
... operation of the taxis , as the direction of the pres- sure should be entirely different in the two diseases ; and it is extremely dangerous in the operation , particularly if the surgeon's usual habit of operating in inguinal hernia is ...
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... edge . Still the connexion between them is such , that a division of either has the same effect in the relaxation of the whole .. titioners joining issue upon the subject of an early operation 1808 . 31 Cooper on Hernia ,
... edge . Still the connexion between them is such , that a division of either has the same effect in the relaxation of the whole .. titioners joining issue upon the subject of an early operation 1808 . 31 Cooper on Hernia ,
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... operation . " At the time of writing this , " says an experienced author , ( to whose discri- minative judgment , surgery is much indebted ) , " I have per- formed the operation thirty - five times , and have often had occasion to ...
... operation . " At the time of writing this , " says an experienced author , ( to whose discri- minative judgment , surgery is much indebted ) , " I have per- formed the operation thirty - five times , and have often had occasion to ...
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... operation . A person not thoroughly ac- quainted with the structure of the parts , might have made the difficulties of which he complained . This circumstance is perhaps of itself an objection to the operation . From the recommendation ...
... operation . A person not thoroughly ac- quainted with the structure of the parts , might have made the difficulties of which he complained . This circumstance is perhaps of itself an objection to the operation . From the recommendation ...
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Page 47 - The times have been That, when the brains were out, the man would die, And there an end ; but now they rise again, With twenty mortal murders on their crowns, And push us from our stools.
Page 187 - Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians, and of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, &c.
Page 125 - It would appear that a stay for some months on the station, is almost essential for the production of the disease ; and that the greatest predisposition to it exists, when troops have been about eight or twelve months in the settlement.
Page 51 - Such, however, is, at the same time, the nature of the animal economy, that this debility proves an indirect stimulus to the sanguiferous system ; whence, by the intervention of the cold stage and spasm connected with it, the action of the heart and larger arteries is increased, and continues so till it has had the effect of restoring the energy of the brain, of extending this energy to the extreme vessels, of restoring, therefore, their action, and thereby especially overcoming the spasm affecting...
Page 403 - Remarks on the Frequency and Fatality of different Diseases, particularly on the progressive increase of Consumption, with Observations on the influence of the Seasons on Mortality.
Page 91 - Mineralogy with an account of the processes employed in many of the most important chemical manufactures, to which are added a description of chemical apparatus and various useful tables of weights and measures, chemical instruments, etc., etc.
Page 51 - The remote causes are certain sedative powers applied to the nervous system, which, diminishing the energy of the brain, thereby produce a debility in the whole of the functions, and particularly in the action of the extreme vessels.
Page 11 - When the hernia, therefore, enters the sheath, it pushes this fascia before it, so that the sac may be perfectly drawn from its inner side, and the fascia which covers it left distinct. The fascia which forms the crural sheath, and in which are placed the hole or holes for the absorbent vessels, is also protruded forwards, and is united with the other, so that the two become thus consolidated into one.
Page 92 - Treatment is supported by original observations on every period of the disease. To which is added, an inquiry, proving that the medicinal properties of the Digitalis, or Foxglove, are diametrically opposite to what they arc.