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... patient that he had done all that man could , and that nature and time would do the rest , he would have struck the key - note of that which constitutes , in my opinion , a great feature in modern practice . secrecy and sympathy ...
... patient that he had done all that man could , and that nature and time would do the rest , he would have struck the key - note of that which constitutes , in my opinion , a great feature in modern practice . secrecy and sympathy ...
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... likely that we could boast of saving twenty - two patients out of twenty - four operations ? Yet such suc- cess has been recently recorded by Prof. Ballingall , of the Grant Medical College , Bombay . With all defer- 14 LECTURE I.
... likely that we could boast of saving twenty - two patients out of twenty - four operations ? Yet such suc- cess has been recently recorded by Prof. Ballingall , of the Grant Medical College , Bombay . With all defer- 14 LECTURE I.
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... patients , losing perhaps only one ; but a more extended experience has had the effect of bringing the average of fatality down to the certain loss of one in six or ten . Men have vainly prided themselves on their success ; some because ...
... patients , losing perhaps only one ; but a more extended experience has had the effect of bringing the average of fatality down to the certain loss of one in six or ten . Men have vainly prided themselves on their success ; some because ...
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Sir William Fergusson. of much of its horrors , and to exclude from the patient's senses that which was anguish , suffering , and torture ; whilst , generally , it permits the surgeon to perform his duty with a serenity of thought and ...
Sir William Fergusson. of much of its horrors , and to exclude from the patient's senses that which was anguish , suffering , and torture ; whilst , generally , it permits the surgeon to perform his duty with a serenity of thought and ...
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... Patients ignorant of our resources say , " Give us a cure ; that is all we want . " But some of us are critical , and ... patient's probable or pos- sible condition when it is declared perfect . Here it We may be said that we touch at ...
... Patients ignorant of our resources say , " Give us a cure ; that is all we want . " But some of us are critical , and ... patient's probable or pos- sible condition when it is declared perfect . Here it We may be said that we touch at ...
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