The Half-yearly Abstract of the Medical Sciences: Being a Digest of British and Continental Medicine, and of the Progess of Medicine and the Collateral Sciences, Volume 37J. Churchill, 1863 - Medicine |
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... died , 884 were discharged for special reasons , 929 were sent out unrelieved , 7561 relieved , and 19,950 were dismissed well or convalescent . The average rate of mortality was 95 per cent . If we classify the London hospitals ...
... died , 884 were discharged for special reasons , 929 were sent out unrelieved , 7561 relieved , and 19,950 were dismissed well or convalescent . The average rate of mortality was 95 per cent . If we classify the London hospitals ...
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... died of " splenic apo- plexy , ' parturition fever , " and " foot and mouth " disease ; and after this he refers to the loss to the town dairyman , to the breeder of cattle , and to the community . Dealers , he says , have looked on him ...
... died of " splenic apo- plexy , ' parturition fever , " and " foot and mouth " disease ; and after this he refers to the loss to the town dairyman , to the breeder of cattle , and to the community . Dealers , he says , have looked on him ...
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... died of themselves , was well calculated to prevent the spread of disease arising from the parasitic animalcules with which filthily - kept pigs are infested ; but as it is possible to keep those useful creatures in a cleanly and ...
... died of themselves , was well calculated to prevent the spread of disease arising from the parasitic animalcules with which filthily - kept pigs are infested ; but as it is possible to keep those useful creatures in a cleanly and ...
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... died , life was apparently prolonged many hours by the remedy ; and that three out of the seven supposed fatal cases are still living , and may yet recover . 66 " I propose to continue the experiments , and shall hereafter not confine ...
... died , life was apparently prolonged many hours by the remedy ; and that three out of the seven supposed fatal cases are still living , and may yet recover . 66 " I propose to continue the experiments , and shall hereafter not confine ...
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... died thirty - two hours after the gas was first administered .. Nine hours after the gas was first inhaled by the patient the petechial spots upon the surface of his chest were observed to undergo a marked change in colour , becoming ...
... died thirty - two hours after the gas was first administered .. Nine hours after the gas was first inhaled by the patient the petechial spots upon the surface of his chest were observed to undergo a marked change in colour , becoming ...
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Page 315 - Replace the patient on the face, raising and supporting the chest well on a folded coat or other article of dress.
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Page 296 - Slit up the organ longitudinally ; and wipe it gently with a dry napkin, taking care to remove as little of the clean mucus as possible. Then cut it into small pieces (the smaller the better), and put all into a common wine bottle. Fill up the bottle with good sound sherry, and let it remain corked for a fortnight ; at the end of this time it is fit for use. The dose is a teaspoonful in a wineglassful of water immediately after meals.
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Page 148 - Seventy-two hours after the operation four of the " presse artère" wires were withdrawn with perfect ease and without bleeding. The one on the femoral remained five days, when it, too, was removed without any difficulty and without a trace of blood. There was but little suppuration, and an excellent stump was the ultimate recuit.
Page 145 - O'Ferrall, by means of wliich he had removed an enormous scrotal tumour (fully equal to those removed by Listen and Aston Key) without difficulty in eight minutes, and with the loss of only five ounces of blood ; the genital organs being preserved, and the patient having made a good recovery, notwithstanding attacks of erysipelas and various other unfavourable circumstances. Such an announcement could not fail to be in the highest degree gratifying ; and it became all the more so when it was found...