American Journal of Dental Science, Volume 1William Gird Beecroft., 1850 |
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Page 194 - Under His forming hands a creature grew Manlike, but different sex, so lovely fair, That what seem'd fair in all the world, seem'd now Mean, or in her summ'd up, in her contain'd And in her looks, which from that time infused Sweetness into my heart, unfelt before, And into all things from her air inspired The spirit of love and amorous delight.
Page 203 - One infant, however, survived the usua] fatal period; but whilst nursing him one morning, she had been strongly dwelling on the fear of losing him also, although he appeared a very healthy child. In a few minutes after the infant had been transferred into the arms of the nurse, and while she was urging her mistress to take a more cheerful view, directing her attention to his thriving appearance, he was seized with a convulsion-fit, and died almost instantly.
Page 202 - During the tumult, some neighbours came in and separated the men. While in this state of strong excitement, the mother took up her child from the cradle, where it lay playing, and in the most perfect health, never having had a moment's illness. She gave it the breast, and in so doing sealed its fate. In a few minutes the infant left off sucking, became restless, panted, and sank dead on its mother's bosom. The physician, who was instantly called in, found the child lying in the cradle as if asleep,...
Page 498 - The meatus contained purulent matter. The glandular and periosteal portions of the membranous meatus were much softer than natural, and they adhered but slightly to the surface of the bone. The bone forming the upper and outer half of the tube was observed to present numerous foramina for the transmission of blood-vessels...
Page 373 - ... suffering from bronchitis, in whom this mark was absent, afterward become the subjects of phthisis; while those in whom it was distinctly present, have all afterwards furnished signs of tubercle. The deeper the color, the more rapidly does the disease proceed, while it is a good sign to find it becoming paler. Patients, in whom the process of softening has become temporarily arrested, and who believe themselves cured, continue to offer the blue mark, but paler than before. When the disease recommences...
Page 200 - ... take a broader and more comprehensive view of what must be most interesting to mothers, and of great consequence to the well-being of the infant generation, in a short time, in a very few years, to become in their turn the mothers and fathers of another generation. " The question then presents itself, what is the nourishment or food best adapted and necessary to the wants of an infant, that the foundation may be laid for a strong frame and vigorous constitution ? For here, we must recollect,...
Page 202 - A carpenter fell into a quarrel with a soldier billeted in his house, and was set upon by the latter with his drawn sword. The wife of the carpenter, at first, trembled from fear and terror, and then suddenly threw herself furiously between the combatants, wrested the sword from the soldier's hand, broke it in pieces, and threw it away. During the tumult, some neighbors came in and separated the men.
Page 395 - Aurist, as well as the Dentist ?) would appear to be the dismembering of a great family, thereby lessening its influence for good, as well as that power which is justly derived from an esprit de corps subsisting in every branch of an elevated and honorable profession.
Page 252 - First, a valve made to fit the posterior opening of the nares. Secondly, the attachment of this valve to a slider, by which the patient is enabled to adjust the valve while in the mouth, in such a way as to admit through the nares, just the quantity of air desired. Thirdly, the mounting of the valve on a spiral spring, which will permit it to vibrate backward and forward, as the breath is inhaled or exhaled ; and also to be moved by any muscular action that may remain in the remnants of the lost...
Page 202 - A lady having several children, of which none had manifested any particular tendency to cerebral disease, and of which the youngest was a healthy infant a few months old. heard of the death (from acute hydrocephalus...