Medical Analectic: A Monthly Epitome of Progress in All Divisions of Medico-chirurgical Practice, Volume 3G.P. Putnam's Sons., 1886 |
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Page 561 - ... all the axes lying in planes at right angles to this line are correspondingly lengthened, with a proportional lengthening of their circumferences and separation of their meridians, so that the direct depressing force is converted into an indirect disruptive force acting at right angles to the direction of the former. The effect is to produce a fissure or fissures, which will have a general meridional direction.
Page 134 - In any case avoid the application of all chemical styptics, which only clog the vagina with inert coagula, and do not prevent hemorrhage. At the very first, the patient should be put in a state of absolute rest, — body and mind, — and a mild opiate is often desirable at this stage to quiet irritation.
Page 292 - Consanguineous marriages which bring together persons having a disease or morbid tendency in common are dangerous to the offspring. Not, however, one whit more so than the marriage of any other two persons not related, yet having an equal amount of tendency to disease in common. Conditions present in both parents, good or bad, are simply augmented, and the result would have been the same were they not related.
Page 491 - ... antipyrin. The grateful relief from headache usually ensues within half an hour after the drug is taken. A sense of drowsiness ordinarily supervenes, followed by a brief but sufficient slumber, and the patient awakens quite relieved of this distressing symptom. I have never yet seen the sleep-disposing properties of antipyrin alluded to by any other observer, although this effect seldom fails to ensue when a full dose such as I have named has been taken.
Page 218 - Marvejols) before the meeting of the French Association for the Advancement of Science, at Lille, treated of the curious artificial perforations common among the neolithic skulls of the Lozere.
Page 292 - Such results remaining absent after these marriages prove, for that case at least, that consanguinity was harmless, for it was known to be present. Further, if consanguinity was the cause, the effect should follow where the cause is present. 10. Consanguineous marriages which bring together persons having a disease or morbid tendency in common are dangerous to the offspring.
Page 448 - While the inspection of the farms was being made, the the analysis of the milk was in progress. The results of this showed that no chemical substance had been added to the milk, that it was of average composition, that no polluted water had been used as a diluent, and that no poisonous metals were present. This result left us nothing to consider but two...
Page 51 - Accidental or operative injuries to the cerebral membranes, meningeal arteries or venous sinuses should be treated as are similar lesions of similar structures in other localities.
Page 134 - In case of favorable presentation, — occiput or breech, — the tampon will not materially obstruct the descent of the child, and in some cases the tampon, placenta, and child will be expelled rapidly and safely without artificial assistance.
Page 134 - In the majority of cases generally, and in all cases especially where there is reason to believe that rapid delivery may be required, it is more safe to rely upon the thorough continuous hydrostatic pressure of a Barnes- dilator than pressure by the foetal parts.