The Retrospect of Practical Medicine and Surgery: Being a Half-yearly Journal Containing a Retrospective View of Every Discovery and Practical Improvement in the Medical Sciences ..., Volumes 15-16

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W. A. Townsend Publishing Company, 1848 - Medicine
 

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Page 311 - As nitrous oxide in its extensive operation appears capable of destroying physical pain, it may probably be used with advantage during surgical operations in which no great effusion of blood takes place...
Page 311 - I experienced an extensive inflammation of the gum, accompanied with great pain, which equally destroyed the power of repose, and of consistent action. "On the day when the inflammation was most troublesome, I breathed three large doses of nitrous oxide. The pain always diminished after the first four or five inspirations; the thrilling came on as usual, and uneasiness was for a few minutes swallowed up in pleasure. As the former state of mind however returned, the state of organ returned with it...
Page 264 - ... supervening earlier than the seventh month ; when the uterus is too contracted to allow of turning ; when the pelvis or passages of the mother are organically contracted; when the child is dead ; when it is premature and not viable, and where the mother is in such an extreme state of exhaustion as to be unable, without immediate peril of life, to be submitted to the shock and dangers of turning or forcible delivery of the infant.
Page 274 - If the flesh,' says the great chemist, 'be introduced into the boiler when the water is in a state of brisk ebullition, and if the boiling be kept up for a few minutes, and the pot then placed in a warm place, so that the temperature of the water is kept at 158° to 165°, we have the united conditions for giving to the flesh the qualities which best fit it for being eaten.
Page 91 - After a long trial, I am disposed to attach more importance to alum, as a remedy in hooping cough, than to any other form of tonic or antispasmodic. I have often been surprised at the speed with which it arrests the severe spasmodic fits of coughing ; it seems equally applicable to all ages, and almost to all conditions of the patient. I was formerly in the habit of...
Page 265 - ... of the infant, may not require us to adopt modes of delivery for its sake, that are accompanied (as turning is) with much peril to the mother, provided we have a simpler and safer means, such as the detachment of the placenta, for at once commanding and restraining the hemorrhage, and guarding the life of the parent against the dangers of its continuance.
Page 321 - I had previously predetermined to do. A knee was easily seized, and the child's extremities and trunk readily drawn down ; but extreme exertion was required in order to extract the head. At length it passed the contracted brim, with the anterior part of its right parietal bone deeply indented by pressure against the projecting promontory of the sacrum, and the whole cranium flattened and compressed laterally.
Page 322 - jerk" from her, to use her own expressions; and subsequently she became more roused by the noise caused by the preparation of a bath for the child. She quickly regained full consciousness, and talked with gratitude and wonderment of her delivery, and her insensibility to the pains of it. Next day I found her very well in all respects. I looked in upon her on the 24th, the...
Page 200 - AquceDistillatœ . . 5'vIn erysipelas of the face, when it is spreading on the forehead, or at all on the scalp, the head should be shaved as early as possible, in order that we may trace the extent of the inflammation on the scalp, which often can. only be detected by pain, or by an oedema being felt on pressure with the finger. The affected part should be well washed with soap and water, to remove any oily substance from the skin, and afterwards with pure water, to wash away any particle of soap...
Page 226 - The greatest number of births occur between nine o'clock in the evening and six o'clock in the morning ; while the smallest number occur between nine o'clock in the morning and six in the evening.

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