The Western Journal of Medicine, Volume 2Theophilus Parvin T. Parvin & Company, 1867 |
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... continued to improve , the wound in the left thigh having almost entirely healed , as did the one in the right , except- ing the point of exit on the internal side . In attempting to move him upon a litter for the purpose of ...
... continued to improve , the wound in the left thigh having almost entirely healed , as did the one in the right , except- ing the point of exit on the internal side . In attempting to move him upon a litter for the purpose of ...
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... continued to improve for six weeks , when he was sent North to prison , cured . The treatment consisted of the simplest dressings . The con- stitution bore up well under the loss of blood , assisted by nutri- tious diet and stimulants ...
... continued to improve for six weeks , when he was sent North to prison , cured . The treatment consisted of the simplest dressings . The con- stitution bore up well under the loss of blood , assisted by nutri- tious diet and stimulants ...
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... continued steadily to increase till , in the week ending February 17th it amounted to 13,901 . This was the highest point , and from this time the decrease was very rapid ; in each of the two following weeks 3,000 fewer fresh cases were ...
... continued steadily to increase till , in the week ending February 17th it amounted to 13,901 . This was the highest point , and from this time the decrease was very rapid ; in each of the two following weeks 3,000 fewer fresh cases were ...
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... continued to be rapid and steady till in the first week in September , the most fatal week in the two previous epidemics , the deaths from cholera were only 157 , from diarrhea 132 - in the same week in 1849 they had been 2,026 , and in ...
... continued to be rapid and steady till in the first week in September , the most fatal week in the two previous epidemics , the deaths from cholera were only 157 , from diarrhea 132 - in the same week in 1849 they had been 2,026 , and in ...
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... continued to cognate and ex- tended to other disorders , and this by general consent ; and thus men learned the safety and the wisdom of a less heroic treatment of disease in general , and thus the doctrine now called change of type got ...
... continued to cognate and ex- tended to other disorders , and this by general consent ; and thus men learned the safety and the wisdom of a less heroic treatment of disease in general , and thus the doctrine now called change of type got ...
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