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Page 85
... Ligature of the Carotid Artery , for Sloughing in the Throat , with Hemorrhage . By Mr. LUKE . ( Medical Gazette . ) T. B. , ætatis forty - five , a tall , rather muscular man , of sanguineous tempe- rament , captain of a coasting ...
... Ligature of the Carotid Artery , for Sloughing in the Throat , with Hemorrhage . By Mr. LUKE . ( Medical Gazette . ) T. B. , ætatis forty - five , a tall , rather muscular man , of sanguineous tempe- rament , captain of a coasting ...
Page 87
... ligature , was carried around it from the outside , without bringing into view either the nerve or the vein . The ligatures were separated , and tied about half an inch apart , and the wound closed with plaster . * On being questioned ...
... ligature , was carried around it from the outside , without bringing into view either the nerve or the vein . The ligatures were separated , and tied about half an inch apart , and the wound closed with plaster . * On being questioned ...
Page 88
... ligatures were twisted , to expedite their separation . 26th . The ligatures were taken away , being the twenty - second day from their application . The gums are better , and he is going on well . November 7th . - Has been down stairs ...
... ligatures were twisted , to expedite their separation . 26th . The ligatures were taken away , being the twenty - second day from their application . The gums are better , and he is going on well . November 7th . - Has been down stairs ...
Page 118
... ligature to the funis , and removing the child , which was then alive , I made an external examination of the abdomen , when I instantly suspected the existence of another child ; and , on examining per vaginam , found the membranes of ...
... ligature to the funis , and removing the child , which was then alive , I made an external examination of the abdomen , when I instantly suspected the existence of another child ; and , on examining per vaginam , found the membranes of ...
Page 126
... ligature , almost as perfect as if a string had been tightly bound around it . The band which formed the stricture was about six lines in width , uncommonly strong , and not injected with red blood- vessels , but having exactly the same ...
... ligature , almost as perfect as if a string had been tightly bound around it . The band which formed the stricture was about six lines in width , uncommonly strong , and not injected with red blood- vessels , but having exactly the same ...
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Page 169 - The beating of the temples is at length accompanied by a throbbing pain of the head, and the energies and sensibilities of the brain are morbidly augmented ; sometimes there is intolerance of light, but still more frequently intolerance of noise, and of disturbance of any kind, requiring stillness to be strictly enjoined, the knockers to be tied, and straw to be strewed along the pavement; the sleep is agitated and disturbed by fearful dreams, and the patient is liable to awake, or...
Page 30 - An ass being tied and thrown, the superior maxillary branch of the fifth nerve was exposed. Touching this nerve gave acute pain. It was divided : but no change took place in the motion of the nostril ; the cartilages continued to expand regularly in time with the other parts which combine in the act of respiration ; but the side of the lip was observed to hang low, and it was dragged to the other side.
Page 169 - This state of excessive reaction is formed gradually, and consists, at first, in forcible beating of the pulse, of the carotids, and of the heart, accompanied by a sense of throbbing in the head, of palpitation of the heart, and eventually perhaps of beating or throbbing in the scrobiculus cordis, and in the course of the aorta. This state of reaction is augmented occasionally by a turbulent dream, mental agitation, or bodily exertion. At other times it is modified by a temporary faintness or syncope....
Page 57 - ... the above means, there can be little objection to a cautious and prudent trial of this remedy. Generally speaking, the strychnia is likely to prove more serviceable in paraplegia, unconnected with spinal disease, than in hemiplegia; though I feel confident, that it will not unfrequently be found an important remedial agent even in hemiplegic paralysis.
Page 227 - ... scale would be divided from the next by the condition of the system in health. Below this would be arranged fever, the effects of intestinal irritation, some cases of delirium, reaction from loss of blood, and disorders of the same class with hysteria, dyspepsia, chlorosis, and cholera morbus.