English Mechanic and World of Science: With which are Incorporated "the Mechanic", "Scientific Opinion," and the "British and Foreign Mechanic.", Volumen 51E. J. Kibblewhite, 1890 |
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Página 128 - Furthermore, the dressing had been daily performed and the cavity freely syringed out under hypnotic anaesthesia, the ' Healing Suggestions ' being daily given to the patient, to which Dr. Bramwell in a great measure attributes the very rapid healing, which took place in ten days — a remarkably short space of time in a girl in a by no means good state of health.
Página 79 - METEOROLOGICAL SOCIETY. — The usual monthly meeting of this Society was held on Wednesday evening, the 18th of June, at the Institution of Civil Engineers, 25 Great George Street, Westminster.
Página 128 - This experiment answered perfectly. Sleep was induced at once by reading the note, and was so profound that at the end of a lengthy operation, in which sixteen stumps were removed, she awoke smiling, and insisted that she had felt no pain ; and, what was remarkable, there was no pain in her mouth. She was found after some time, when unobserved, reading the Graphic in the waiting-room as if nothing had happened. During the whole time she did everything which Mr. Turner suggested, but it was observed...
Página 86 - Mayall, junr., said that before entering upon the business of the evening he must thank the Fellows of the Society for the honour which they had done him in electing him to the office of Secretary. He desired to say that during his tenure of the Secretaryship it would be his endeavour and chief aim to promote the welfare of the Society as far as he was able, and to give every one who was interested in the study of microscopy the fairest possible play at the meetings. Because he held certain views...
Página 112 - Newton discovered, as a fundamental law of nature, that every particle attracts every other particle with a force which varies directly as the product of the masses and inversely as the square of the distance between them.
Página 190 - THE following fifteen candidates were selected on Thursday last by the Council of the Royal Society to be recommended for election into the Society. The ballot will take place on...
Página 128 - Lister performed several serious operations, using hypnotism as the antesthetic, at the hands of a scientific lay friend in Lincolnshire. Mr. Jessop was also prevented at the last moment from being present. The object of the meeting was to show the power of hypnotism to produce absolute anaesthesia in very painful and severe operations. The first case brought into the room was a woman of twenty-five.
Página 128 - Carter ; and further, that she was to do anything that Mr. Carter asked her to do (such as to open her mouth, and spit out, and the like) as he required her. This was perfectly successful. There was no expression of pain in the face, no cry, and when told to awake she said she had not the least pain in the gums, nor had she felt the operation. Dr. Bramwell then hypnotised her, and ordered her to leave the room and go upstairs to the waiting-room.
Página 50 - Q are related by р/с' = constant, where y is the ratio of specific heat at constant pressure to specific heat at constant volume, for compressible fluids.
Página 128 - ... perfectly. Sleep was induced at once by reading the note, and was so profound that at the end of a lengthy operation, in which sixteen stumps were removed, she awoke smiling, and insisted that she had felt no pain ; and, what was remarkable, there was no pain in her mouth. She was found after some time, when unobserved, reading the Graphic in the waiting-room as if nothing had happened. During the whole time she did everything which Mr. Turner suggested, but it was observed that there was a diminished...