Bronchitis and kindred diseasesRedfield, 1854 - 382 páginas |
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Página 47
... inch less of air than they ought to do , which is generally long before the slightest cough has ever been observed . To do this , two things are necessary . 1st . To know how much air any given man's lungs hold when in full and health ...
... inch less of air than they ought to do , which is generally long before the slightest cough has ever been observed . To do this , two things are necessary . 1st . To know how much air any given man's lungs hold when in full and health ...
Página 48
... inches of air in health , he would , if half his lungs had consumed away , measure only one hundred inches ; and so of any other proportion , larger or smaller . And as the lungs begin to be filled up with tubercles , long , long ...
... inches of air in health , he would , if half his lungs had consumed away , measure only one hundred inches ; and so of any other proportion , larger or smaller . And as the lungs begin to be filled up with tubercles , long , long ...
Página 85
... inch , had been by that amount of tubercu- larization controlled in their action to the extent of more than forty inches . " It is very apparent then , that this mode of examination detects the presence of tubercles in their earliest ...
... inch , had been by that amount of tubercu- larization controlled in their action to the extent of more than forty inches . " It is very apparent then , that this mode of examination detects the presence of tubercles in their earliest ...
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William Whitty Hall. by a dozen inches , he should consider himself as having Consumption , and should act accordingly and with the assurance that in four cases out of five , human life would be saved by it . And as thousands have died ...
William Whitty Hall. by a dozen inches , he should consider himself as having Consumption , and should act accordingly and with the assurance that in four cases out of five , human life would be saved by it . And as thousands have died ...
Página 141
... inches . If he did not have Consumption , then it is very certain that this distinguished practitioner made a great mistake . It adds to the value of this his- tory , that I did not know , until within two weeks past , that this ...
... inches . If he did not have Consumption , then it is very certain that this distinguished practitioner made a great mistake . It adds to the value of this his- tory , that I did not know , until within two weeks past , that this ...
Términos y frases comunes
abscess affection ailments amount appetite applied asthma attack auscultation become begins body boiled bowels breast breathing Bronchitis cause chilliness cholera Chronic Laryngitis clergyman cold common cold constitution consumptive disease consumptive persons costive cough curable cure damp death decay died digestion dyspepsia effort expectoration fact fatal feeling fever flesh frequent fresh gentleman give given half hoarseness hope inches invalid less live lung measurement means medicine ment minutes months morning mucus nature never night sweats observed opinion pain patient perfectly phlegm phthisis physician pint practice pulse reader remedy restored scrofulous sick sleep slight sometimes soon sore spirometry spitting of blood stages stomach strength suffering sumption swallowing symp symptoms thing throat Throat-Ail tickling tion tonsils treatment tubercles tubercular uvula voice voice organs walk warm weak weeks windpipe yellow matter
Pasajes populares
Página 89 - Sir, I wish you to understand the true principles of the government; I wish them carried out; I ask nothing more...
Página 88 - I pray you Master Lieutenant, see me safe up, and for my coming down let me shift for myself.
Página 228 - ... doses of emetic tartar, amounting in all to five or six grains, with no other effect than a copious discharge from the bowels. The powers of life seemed now manifestly yielding to the force of the disorder. Blisters were applied to the extremities, together with a cataplasm of bran and vinegar to the throat. Speaking, which was painful from the beginning, now became almost impracticable; respiration grew more and more contracted and imperfect, till half after eleven o'clock on Saturday night,...
Página 227 - Discovering the case to be highly alarming, and foreseeing the fatal tendency of the disease, two consulting physicians were immediately sent for, who arrived, one at half after three, the other at four o'clock in the afternoon.
Página 341 - A physician is a man who pours drugs, of which he knows little, into a body of which he knows less.
Página 88 - I feel as if I were to be myself again." — Sir Walter Scott. " I resign my soul to God, and my daughter to my country.
Página 227 - The disease commenced with a violent ague, accompanied with some pain in the upper and fore part of the throat, a sense of stricture in the same part, a cough, and a difficult rather than a painful deglutition, which were soon succeeded by fever, and a quick and laborious respiration.
Página 227 - ... an injection was administered, which operated on the lower intestines ; but all without any perceptible advantage, the respiration becoming still more difficult and distressing. Upon the arrival of the first of the consulting physicians, it was agreed, as there...
Página 228 - Vapours of vinegar and water were frequently inhaled; ten grains of calomel were given, succeeded by repeated doses of emetic tartar, amounting in all to five or six grains, with no other effect than a copious discharge from the bowels. The powers of life seemed now manifestly yielding to the force of the disorder. Blisters were applied to the extremities, together with a cataplasm of bran and vinegar to the throat. Speaking, which was painful from the beginning, now became almost impracticable;...
Página 77 - The fifth year we were silent. The sixth he was taken away ; I never knew where — to execution or to liberty ; but I was glad when he was gone : even solitude was better than the dim vision of that pale, vacant face. After that I was alone. Only one event broke in upon my nine years