Medico-chirurgical Review and Journal of Practical Medicine, Volume 12S. Highley, 1828 - Medicine |
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... cavity much larger than natural . opening this cavity , a gush of air rushed out , and it did not contain any blood or coagulum . " The left auricle , on pressure between the fingers , gave a distinct sensation of crepitus , from air ...
... cavity much larger than natural . opening this cavity , a gush of air rushed out , and it did not contain any blood or coagulum . " The left auricle , on pressure between the fingers , gave a distinct sensation of crepitus , from air ...
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... cavity . The liver was studded with a crystaline miliary erup- tion , similar to what had been observed on the surface during his illness . The head was not examined , as it had shown no symp tom of disorder during life . " To avoid the ...
... cavity . The liver was studded with a crystaline miliary erup- tion , similar to what had been observed on the surface during his illness . The head was not examined , as it had shown no symp tom of disorder during life . " To avoid the ...
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... cavity of the peritoneum . In these cases the fatal train of symptoms generally commenced with abdominal pain , but the state of the brain soon rendered the patient insensible to the progress of disease in the abdomen , although he may ...
... cavity of the peritoneum . In these cases the fatal train of symptoms generally commenced with abdominal pain , but the state of the brain soon rendered the patient insensible to the progress of disease in the abdomen , although he may ...
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... cavities or in the cellular tissues . But there are many other diseases besides these more obvious ones of the three great organs alluded to , which give rise to dropsy . Certain affec- tions of the peritoneum , as tuberculation , false ...
... cavities or in the cellular tissues . But there are many other diseases besides these more obvious ones of the three great organs alluded to , which give rise to dropsy . Certain affec- tions of the peritoneum , as tuberculation , false ...
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... cavity of the chest , on this side , was filled with serum , but the lung not compressed by it . " There was some serous effusion in the abdomen . The peritoneal coat of the liver was coated with a fibrinous deposit , not very recent ...
... cavity of the chest , on this side , was filled with serum , but the lung not compressed by it . " There was some serous effusion in the abdomen . The peritoneal coat of the liver was coated with a fibrinous deposit , not very recent ...
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Page 251 - ... although bloodletting is never to be neglected in the earlier stages of the disease, my own experience is, that more recoveries from head affections of the most alarming aspect take place under the use of very strong purging, than under any other mode of treatment.
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Page 209 - 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...
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Page vii - I I summer evenings are death. The banks of its refreshing streams, its rich and flowery meadows, the borders of its glassy lakes, the luxuriant plains of its overflowing agriculture, the valley where its aromatic shrubs regale the eye and perfume the air, these are the chosen seats of this plague, the throne of Malaria.
Page 235 - ... symptom of the affection. Another symptom, which at this period shows the true nature of the disease, is a peculiar expression of pain in the countenance, which, combined with the position and stiffness of the head, constitutes so characteristic an assemblage of appearances, that it is enough to have seen it once, in order to recognize it again immediately.
Page 257 - ... flabby, without any spasmodic rigidity of the muscles, which so often occurs in affections of the spine. Although often accompanied with a torpid state of the bowels, aggravated no doubt by the impaired muscular power of the abdominal parietes, there has not, in any instance that I have witnessed, been any train of gastric symptoms similar to those which so constantly attend affections of the spine, especially of the dorsal region.
Page 303 - Researches into the Causes, Nature, and Treatment of the more prevalent Diseases of India, and of Warm Climates generally ; illustrated with Cases, Post-mortem Examinations, and numerous coloured Engravings of Morbid Structures.
Page ix - ... To suggest that he who does this is sowing the seeds of disease, that he may reap the fruit of fevers and apothecaries' bills, is to excite the smile of superciliousness or contempt; as he must long yet submit to be the object of both, who would try to convince mankind that the pond which has been constructed for a few gold fishes, or the river which meanders through the woody valley, is a death-spring of diseases, or that the fevers and the tooth-aches which are the torments of his family, the...