Medical Record, Volume 7

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George Frederick Shrady, Thomas Lathrop Stedman
W. Wood., 1872
 

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Page 10 - Every year thousands undergo this operation, and the French Ambassador says pleasantly that they take the smallpox here by way of diversion as they take the waters in other countries.
Page 360 - THE PHYSIOLOGY OF MAN. Designed to represent the Existing State of Physiological Science as applied to the Functions of the Human Body.
Page 188 - Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions be transmitted to the -family of the deceased, and that they be spread upon the records of this society.
Page 10 - I am patriot enough to take pains to bring this useful invention into fashion in England ; and I should not fail to write to some of our doctors very particularly about it, if I knew any...
Page 86 - Treatise on Human Physiology : designed for the use of Students and Practitioners of Medicine. By JOHN C. DALTON, MD, Professor of Physiology and Hygiene in the College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York.
Page 295 - ... example, sulphate of copper. Two wires, one connected with the positive, and the other with the negative pole of a...
Page 32 - When digitalis, or digitaline, is administered for some time to a man in full possession of sexual power?, these become gradually weakened, the propensities disappear, formation of the liquor seminis diminishes, and may at last cease altogether. The anaphrodisiac properties of the drug are the secret of its good effect in spermatorrhoea.
Page 382 - The young and those who are weak had better bathe two or three hours after a meal ; the best time for such is from two to three hours after breakfast. Those who are subject to attacks of giddiness or faintness, and those who suffer from palpitation and other sense of discomfort at the heart, should- not bathe without first consulting their medical adviser.
Page 382 - Avoid bathing altogether in the open air if, after having been a short time in the water, there is a sense of chilliness, with numbness of the hands and feet; but bathe when the body is warm, provided no time is lost in getting into the water. Avoid chilling the body by sitting or standing undressed on the banks or in boats after having been in the water.
Page 30 - C. boiling-point ; this is mixed with sulphuric acid, which dissolves xylol, forming xylol sulphuric acid ; this acid is decomposed by dry distillation, and the xylol thus obtained is further purified. Pure xylol is colourless, it has a faint odour, somewhat like benzol, but different ; boilingpoint, 139

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