The Medico-chirurgical Review, and Journal of Practical Medicine1843 - Medicine |
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... existence of matter , " when the president ( Mr. Wyld ) observed that " Mr. Cooper himself proved the falsehood of his doctrine , for there was much good matter in his own paper . " Sir A. always spoke of the seven months he remained in ...
... existence of matter , " when the president ( Mr. Wyld ) observed that " Mr. Cooper himself proved the falsehood of his doctrine , for there was much good matter in his own paper . " Sir A. always spoke of the seven months he remained in ...
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... existence of these different principles , the more so as it is on a knowledge of it that the judicious employment of them depends in the treatment of disease . Thus opium , which contains a stimulating principle combined with the ...
... existence of these different principles , the more so as it is on a knowledge of it that the judicious employment of them depends in the treatment of disease . Thus opium , which contains a stimulating principle combined with the ...
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... existence of a phlo- gistic state ; from an imperfect coagulation , when it does not amount to the formation of a perfect coagulum , but at most to the separation of gelatinous flocculi , a deficiency in fibrine is to be inferred . This ...
... existence of a phlo- gistic state ; from an imperfect coagulation , when it does not amount to the formation of a perfect coagulum , but at most to the separation of gelatinous flocculi , a deficiency in fibrine is to be inferred . This ...
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... existence of lactic acid , which by the earlier chemists had been con- sidered to be acetic acid ; the analysis communicated by Berzelius in 1809 of the composition of the urine , has been till within the last few years the only correct ...
... existence of lactic acid , which by the earlier chemists had been con- sidered to be acetic acid ; the analysis communicated by Berzelius in 1809 of the composition of the urine , has been till within the last few years the only correct ...
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... existence of these different principles , the more so as it is on a knowledge of it that the judicious employment of them depends in the treatment of disease . Thus opium , which contains a stimulating principle combined with the ...
... existence of these different principles , the more so as it is on a knowledge of it that the judicious employment of them depends in the treatment of disease . Thus opium , which contains a stimulating principle combined with the ...
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abdomen acid action albumen animal animalcules appears applied army astringents attended become bladder blood blood-corpuscles body bowels capillaries cause character child circumstances coagulum colour congestion considerable Cooper dermis diagnosis dilatation discharge disease effects effusion examination existence fever fibrine fluid frequently give glands Guy's Hospital hæmorrhage Hospital important increased inflammation inflammatory inspector intestinal irritation kidneys labour lesion less lungs matter medicine ment microscope morbid mucous membrane mucus muscular narcotic nature nerves nervous system nitric acid observed occur operation opinion organs pain pathology patient phlebitis physician pneumonia portion practice present pulmonary pulmonary emphysema pulse purulent pyrexia quantity quinine re-action regimental surgeon remarks remedies result secretion sedative sediment serum shews Sir Astley skin sometimes staff surgeon stimulants stricture substance suppuration surface symptoms tion tissue tonics treatment tumor typhus ulcer urethra uric acid urine usually uterus varix vesicles vessels viscus
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Page 281 - I have referred rests on this doctrine : ' the population is increasing in a geometrical progression, the means of subsistence in an arithmetical progression, and unless wars, destructive epidemics, marshes, dense towns, close workshops, and other deadly agents, carry off the excess of the numbers born — unless the outlets of life and blood be left open — the whole people must be exposed to a slow process of starvation.
Page 435 - OWEN. - LECTURES ON THE COMPARATIVE ANATOMY and PHYSIOLOGY of the INVERTEBRATE ANIMALS, delivered at the Royal College of Surgeons in 1843.
Page 174 - It is not a question of time. It is a question of being. It is not a question of...
Page 359 - The subject here presented is one of the most important that can engage the attention of the profession. The volume should be generally read, as the subject-matter is of great importance to society.
Page 107 - DISEASES OF THE SKIN : A Practical and Theoretical Treatise on the DIAGNOSIS, PATHOLOGY, and TREATMENT OF CUTANEOUS DISEASES.
Page 258 - A living body has no power of forming elements, or of converting one elementary substance into another ^ ; and it therefore follows that the elements of which the body of an animal is composed must be the elements of its food.
Page 306 - Humus acts in the same manner in a soil permeable to air as in the air itself; it is a continued source of carbonic acid, which it emits very slowly. An atmosphere of carbonic acid, formed at the expense of the air, surrounds every particle of decaying humus.
Page 257 - TREATISE ON FOOD AND DIET : With Observations on the Dietetical Regimen suited for Disordered States of the Digestive Organs ; and an Account of the Dietaries of some of the principal Metropolitan and other Establishments for Paupers, Lunatics, Criminals, Children, the Sick, &c. By JON. PEREIRA, MDFRS & LS Author of
Page 304 - The proper, constant, and inexhaustible sources of oxygen gas are the tropics and warm climates, where a sky seldom clouded permits the glowing rays of the sun to shine upon an immeasurably luxuriant vegetation.
Page 308 - The process of assimilation, in its most simple form, consists in the extraction of hydrogen from water, and carbon from carbonic acid, in consequence of which, either all the oxygen of the water and carbonic acid is separated, as in the formation of caoutchouc, the volatile oils which contain no oxygen, and other similar substances, or only a part of it is exhaled.