The Western Journal of Medicine and Surgery, Volume 3Lundsford Pitts Yandell, Theodore S. Bell Prentice & Weissinger, 1845 |
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... irritation , as to embrace and disorder more or less of the system , and especially the capillaries , which last is the es- sence of genuine fever It is a fact too interesting not to be pressed on attention , that the tendency to ...
... irritation , as to embrace and disorder more or less of the system , and especially the capillaries , which last is the es- sence of genuine fever It is a fact too interesting not to be pressed on attention , that the tendency to ...
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... irritation may be required . If the attack of pneumonia is very recent , and accompanied with a sharp stitch in the side , or catch in the breathing , a full dose of opium immediately after a large bleeding , as recommended by Dr ...
... irritation may be required . If the attack of pneumonia is very recent , and accompanied with a sharp stitch in the side , or catch in the breathing , a full dose of opium immediately after a large bleeding , as recommended by Dr ...
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... irritation of the gum situ- ated over the more prominent part of the teeth be the cause of such extensive morbid actions ? I think not . The real source of these phenomena is in the entire dental system , in which actions of unusual ...
... irritation of the gum situ- ated over the more prominent part of the teeth be the cause of such extensive morbid actions ? I think not . The real source of these phenomena is in the entire dental system , in which actions of unusual ...
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... irritating quality , causing spasmodic contractions , as is sometimes the case in colic . Some liquids , such as ... irritate the passages . Secondly , we may trace constipation to torpor or imperfect action of the intestinal muscles ...
... irritating quality , causing spasmodic contractions , as is sometimes the case in colic . Some liquids , such as ... irritate the passages . Secondly , we may trace constipation to torpor or imperfect action of the intestinal muscles ...
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... irritation , it frequently happens that the lower part of the canal is defec- tive in excitability and in secretion . Defective secretion and imperfect contractility are frequently combined together . Now , from this you may understand ...
... irritation , it frequently happens that the lower part of the canal is defec- tive in excitability and in secretion . Defective secretion and imperfect contractility are frequently combined together . Now , from this you may understand ...
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Page 254 - Either the delusion is such that the person under its influence has a real and firm belief of some fact, not true in itself, but which if it were true, would excuse his act...
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Page 263 - The invalid's case was therefore considered perfectly hopeless and he was given up by all his comrades, who thought of little else than to consign him to the grave. But being unwilling to resign himself to the fate which appeared frowning over him without a last effort, he obtained the consent of two or three of the party who undertook to amputate his arm merely to gratify the wishes of the dying man ; for in such a light they viewed him. Their only case of instruments consisted of a handsaw, a butcher's...
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Page 255 - The same is true in regard to any question of science, because persons conversant with such science have peculiar means, from a larger and more exact observation, and long experience in such department of science, of drawing correct inferences from certain facts, either observed by themselves, or testified to by other witnesses. A familiar instance of the application of this principle occurs very often in cases of homicide, when upon certain facts being testified to, by other witnesses, medical persons...