Edinburgh Medical and Surgical Journal, Volume 81A. and C. Black, 1854 - Medicine |
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Page 207 - They have no connection with the gout, being found in persons who never had it ; they continue for life ; and being hardly ever attended with pain, or disposed to become sores, are rather unsightly than inconvenient, though they must be some little hindrance to the free use of the fingers.
Page 767 - This fluid, then, is compressed between two opposing forces, that, namely, which is derived from the heart and arterial system, urging it forward on its course, and, on the other hand, the antagonistic resistance of the great veins leading to the right auricle. Under this compression I believe that the vessels give way, and a true hsemorrhage is occasioned in the part affected.
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Page 370 - ... with which sound the murmur is associated. The murmur may mask not only the sound with which it is properly synchronous, but also that with which it has no connection ; so that in some cases even of regularly acting hearts, with a distinct systolic impulse, and the back stroke with the second sound, nothing is to be heard but one loud murmur.
Page 595 - ... obtain sleep. Both lips were involved in the swelling; were hard, livid, and insensible; the whole side of the neck and face was similarly affected, the eye being nearly closed. The frontal vein was livid, red, and prominent, and the veins of the cheek were also visible, as if distended. The treatment consisted of deep scarifications of the lips, and yeast poultices to the part, with anodynes
Page 532 - I do not wish it to be believed that by mercury we can cure dilatation of the heart; but many years' experience has convinced me that by the use of this remedy we can delay its production, remove the irregular action which assists in causing the disease, and, above all, prolong the patient's life, and again and again relieve him from dropsy, and from pulmonary and hepatic congestions, even when they have arrived at a point which threatens a speedy dissolution.
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Page 425 - ... in quantities of half an ounce administered, largely diluted, in divided doses in twentyfour hours, than by any other treatment. In three days he has frequently found the exquisite pain of the joints nearly absent, the patient comparatively comfortable, and able to bear with greater ease the helpless state in which the still swollen joints placed him. In no case...