The American Journal of the Medical Sciences, Volume 18J.B. Lippincott, Company, 1836 - Medicine |
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... always that this prospect be with pity , and not with swelling or pride . Certainly , it is heaven upon earth to have a man's mind move in charity , rest in Providence , and turn upon the poles of truth . " - ( Bacon . ) p . vi . Now ...
... always that this prospect be with pity , and not with swelling or pride . Certainly , it is heaven upon earth to have a man's mind move in charity , rest in Providence , and turn upon the poles of truth . " - ( Bacon . ) p . vi . Now ...
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Page 193 - The experiment with the bladder was applied to explain the occasional presence and absence of " bruit de soufflet" in aneurisms, the sound being present in an aneurism when, from any circumstance connected with it, its parietes can become at all flaccid in the intervals of the heart's contractions, — not being heard if the parietes remain tensely applied to their contained fluid. Dr. Corrigan has in some experiments substituted a gum-elastic tube for the portion of gut.