A Practical treatise on the diseases of infancy and childhoodLindsay & Blakiston, 1871 - 559 pages |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 88
Page 45
... action of the heart is ordinarily quick , but it varies a good deal , not only from emotional causes , but even by position , and at different times of the day . In examining the nervous system we find the brain large , soft , somewhat ...
... action of the heart is ordinarily quick , but it varies a good deal , not only from emotional causes , but even by position , and at different times of the day . In examining the nervous system we find the brain large , soft , somewhat ...
Page 49
... action of the skin : a flesh- brush or coarse towel should be used immediately afterwards . Exercise in the fresh air is one of the simplest means of averting disease , and of contributing to an easy recovery after delivery . Hence a ...
... action of the skin : a flesh- brush or coarse towel should be used immediately afterwards . Exercise in the fresh air is one of the simplest means of averting disease , and of contributing to an easy recovery after delivery . Hence a ...
Page 55
... action , to contract the uterus , and thus materially to diminish the risk of secondary hæmorrhage . Unfortunately , however , it is not every mother who is capable of suckling her infant ; and the question arises - How are we to tell ...
... action , to contract the uterus , and thus materially to diminish the risk of secondary hæmorrhage . Unfortunately , however , it is not every mother who is capable of suckling her infant ; and the question arises - How are we to tell ...
Page 61
... action of the cutaneous surface . On the importance of proper attention being given to the healthiness of the skin , we may with advantage quote the words of Hufeland , who , in his Art of Prolonging Life , says , " Let me here be ...
... action of the cutaneous surface . On the importance of proper attention being given to the healthiness of the skin , we may with advantage quote the words of Hufeland , who , in his Art of Prolonging Life , says , " Let me here be ...
Page 69
... action of a feeling in his mind corresponding to the action of the same feeling in the mind of another , is already at work . A smiling air , a caressing accent , raises a smile on his lips : pleasing emotions already animate this ...
... action of a feeling in his mind corresponding to the action of the same feeling in the mind of another , is already at work . A smiling air , a caressing accent , raises a smile on his lips : pleasing emotions already animate this ...
Contents
33 | |
39 | |
47 | |
54 | |
68 | |
77 | |
85 | |
92 | |
258 | |
295 | |
324 | |
332 | |
341 | |
362 | |
373 | |
382 | |
108 | |
115 | |
122 | |
146 | |
153 | |
182 | |
188 | |
196 | |
203 | |
209 | |
217 | |
226 | |
232 | |
241 | |
251 | |
388 | |
395 | |
406 | |
420 | |
436 | |
442 | |
449 | |
455 | |
462 | |
484 | |
492 | |
494 | |
509 | |
519 | |
525 | |
Common terms and phrases
abdomen acid acute adult affected ammonia appearance applied Aquæ attack auscultation bath becomes blood body bowels brain breathing bronchial bronchitis calomel catarrh cause cerebral chest child childhood chronic cicatrix cold colour condition congestion constipation convulsions cornea cough croup cure death diagnosis diarrhoea diet disease doses drachm dyspnoea eczema effusion emetic eruption especially expectoration fatal febrile fever fluid frequently give rise glands glottis hydrocephalus infant inflammation inflammatory intestinal iodide iodine ipecacuanha irritation laryngismus larynx latter liver lung malformation measles medicines meningitis mercury milk morbid mucous membrane muscles nervous occasionally occurs organs ounce pain patient peculiar pleurisy pneumonia produced pulmonary pulse purgatives quinine rarely regard remedies respiration result scarlatina scrofulous severe skin sometimes spinal Spiritûs stimulating stomach strumous surface symptoms syphilis Syrupi teaspoonful Tincturæ tion tissue tonics trachea treatment tubercular tumour ulceration urine usually vomiting warm
Popular passages
Page 18 - SYSTEMATIC HANDBOOK OF VOLUMETRIC ANALYSIS ; or, the Quantitative Estimation, of Chemical Substances by Measure, applied to Liquids, Solids, and Gases. Adapted to...
Page 20 - Also. The Preventive Treatment of Calculous Disease, and the Use of Solvent Remedies.
Page 551 - FISTULA, HAEMORRHOIDS, PAINFUL ULCER, STRICTURE, PROLAPSUS, and other Diseases of the Rectum, their Diagnosis and Treatment.
Page 559 - PROCESSES, AND COLLATERAL INFORMATION IN THE ARTS, MANUFACTURES, PROFESSIONS, AND TRADES, INCLUDING MEDICINE, PHARMACY, AND DOMESTIC ECONOMY ; designed as a General Book of Reference for the Manufacturer, Tradesman, Amateur, and Heads of Families.
Page 3 - The Diagnosis, Pathology, and Treatment of Diseases of Women ; including the Diagnosis of Pregnancy. By GRAILY HEWITT, MD &c. President of the Obstetrical Society of London. Second Edition, enlarged; with 116 Woodcuts. 8vo. 24s. Lectures on the Diseases of Infancy and Childhood. By CHARLES WEST, MD &c.
Page 558 - The Complete Handbook of Obstetric Surgery ; or, Short Rules of Practice in every Emergency, from the Simplest to the most formidable Operations connected with the Science of Obstetricy.
Page 556 - GENERAL' RECEIPT-BOOK : comprising a copious Veterinary Formulary and Table of Veterinary Materia Medica ; Patent and Proprietary Medicines, Druggists
Page 12 - Vols. i and 2 ; each volume containing upwards of Twenty Original Articles, by former and present Members of the Staff, now eminent in the Profession, with Lithographic and other Illustrations. Price per volume...
Page 18 - MEDICAL LEXICON; a Dictionary of Medical Science. Containing a concise explanation of the various subjects and terms of Anatomy, Physiology, Pathology, Hygiene, Therapeutics, Pharmacology, Pharmacy, Surgery, Obstetrics, Medical Jurisprudence, and Dentistry.
Page 22 - Lecturer on Medicine at, Guy's Hospital ; and WALTER MOXON, MD, FRCP, Physician to. and Lecturer on the Practice of Medicine at, Guy's Hospital.