London Medical Gazette: Or, Journal of Practical Medicine, Volum 3

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1829
 

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Pàgina 514 - Jesus' sake, forbeare To dig the dust enclosed here: Blessed be the man that spares these stones, And curst be he that moves my bones.
Pàgina 208 - Physicians : with numerous additions, illustrative of the comparative salubrity, longevity, mortality, and prevalence of diseases in the principal countries and cities of the civilized world.
Pàgina 476 - ... that all poisonous agents produce their specific effects upon the brain and general system through the sentient extremities of nerves, and through the sentient extremities of nerves only ; and that when introduced into the current of the circulation in any way, their effects result from the impression made upon the sensible structure of the blood-vessels, .and not from their direct application to the brain itself.
Pàgina 359 - Provided always * * that no person shall be admitted to any such examination for a certificate to practise as an apothecary, unless he shall have served an apprenticeship of not less than five years to an apothecary, and unless he shall produce testimonials to the satisfaction of the said court of examiners, of a sufficient medical education, and of a good moral conduct.
Pàgina 146 - ... inflammation of the iris, in which patients, from the severity of the pain, are sooner induced to apply for relief— the pupil is not so much contracted as in the simple inflammation; and although the general appearance of disease be greater, the pain is actually less, the blindness is often total ; to which, perhaps, may be added, that the lymph is deposited, as it were, in drops, and assumes a tubercular appearance.
Pàgina 234 - ... patients to whom I have administered it, it has acted like a charm ; abating, commonly in a few days, the excessive intolerance of light and profuse epiphora, promoting the absorption of pustules, and hastening the cicatrization of ulcers of the cornea. The use of this medicine may be begun as soon as the stomach has been cleared by an emetic, and the bowels put to rights by repeated doses of calomel with rhubarb, or some other such purgative, unless the pulse is very quick, when small doses...
Pàgina 408 - He lay upon the floor in this condition for near half an hour, as all supposed in articulo mortis. " As the convulsions gradually left him, his mouth was permanently distorted, and complete hemiplegia was found to have ensued ; an hour or more elapsed before he could articulate, and it was nearly a whole day before he recovered the use of his arm and leg.
Pàgina 288 - Was the wound such as might have resulted from accident during a scuffle, or did it carry with it clear and undoubted proofs of design...
Pàgina 553 - It consisted of an oblong piece of looking-glass set in silver-wire, with a long shank. The reflecting portion is placed against the palate whilst the tongue is held down by a spatula, when the epiglottis and upper part of the larynx become visible in the glass. A strong light is required, and the instrument should be dipped in water...
Pàgina 209 - He had delirium and convulsions, and pointed to his forehead as the seat of his pain. At length he sank into a state of insensibility and died. Upon dissection, not a vestige of disease was found within the cranium, but the heart was the seat of the most intense inflammation pervading both the pericardium and the muscular substance.

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