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... blood abstracted by them . This objection , however , applies almost entirely to the common practice of putting on a comparatively small number of leeches , and trusting to the application of a poultice , or the em- ployment of ...
... blood abstracted by them . This objection , however , applies almost entirely to the common practice of putting on a comparatively small number of leeches , and trusting to the application of a poultice , or the em- ployment of ...
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... blood , there are some still more important cautions which have reference to the general principles which should govern us in resorting to depletion at all . 1st . It should be remembered that large losses of blood are worse borne by ...
... blood , there are some still more important cautions which have reference to the general principles which should govern us in resorting to depletion at all . 1st . It should be remembered that large losses of blood are worse borne by ...
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... blood which these vessels contain is not always the same , as some have erroneously supposed : still its variations must needs be circumscribed within far narrower limits than in the child , whose cranium , with its membranous ...
... blood which these vessels contain is not always the same , as some have erroneously supposed : still its variations must needs be circumscribed within far narrower limits than in the child , whose cranium , with its membranous ...
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... blood , render it possible for it to be drained of that fluid more completely than in the adult . This fact , which you should always bear in mind when treating the diseases of infants , is one reason why excessive depletion induces a ...
... blood , render it possible for it to be drained of that fluid more completely than in the adult . This fact , which you should always bear in mind when treating the diseases of infants , is one reason why excessive depletion induces a ...
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... blood , under the influence of causes that would be wholly inadequate to produce such an effect in the adult . With the advance of the ossification of the skull , and the closure of its fontanelles and sutures , these peculiarities are ...
... blood , under the influence of causes that would be wholly inadequate to produce such an effect in the adult . With the advance of the ossification of the skull , and the closure of its fontanelles and sutures , these peculiarities are ...
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abdomen adult affection appearance arachnoid attack attended auscultation become blood bowels brain breathing bronchi bronchial bronchitis calomel catarrh cause cerebral character chest child childhood chorea coma condition congestion considerable constipated continued convulsions cord cough course croup death degree dentition depletion deposit diarrhoea diphtheria disease disorder disturbance doses drowsiness dura mater dyspnoea early effusion epilepsy excited existed extreme false membrane fatal fever fluid frequent glands glottis hæmorrhage head hooping-cough hydrocephalus increase infant inflammation instances intestines irritation larynx less lungs measles mischief months morbid mucous mucous membrane nature nervous system notice observed occasionally occur organs pain paroxysms patient peculiar phthisis pia mater pleurisy pneumonia present pulse quantity remedies respiration result scarlatina scarlet fever seems seldom severe side skin slight softening sometimes spinal stage stomach substance suffering supervene surface symptoms takes place tion tracheotomy treatment tubercle tubercular ulceration urine usually ventricles vomiting weeks
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