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Page 80 - Then give place to the physician, for the Lord hath created him: let him not go from thee, for thou hast need of him.
Page 96 - During the last six years I have employed it to a great extent in the treatment of bed-sores caused by diseases of the spinal cord, and with scarcely a failure ; indeed, I may say, without any failure, except in two cases where deep sinuses had formed, which could not be reached by the apparatus. A thin silver plate — no thicker than a sheet of paper — is cut to the exact size and shape of the bed-sore; a zinc plate of about the same size is connected with the silver plate by fine silver or copper...
Page 166 - A PRACTICAL TREATISE ON URINARY AND RENAL DISEASES, including Urinary Deposits. Illustrated by numerous cases and engravings.
Page 275 - The plan, as stated in the above case, consists in giving but very little of solid or fluid food or any kind of drink at a time, and to give these things at regular intervals of from ten to twenty or thirty minutes. All sorts of food may be taken in that way, but during the short period when such a trial is made, it is obvious that the fancies of patients are to be laid aside, and that nourishing food, such as roasted or broiled meat, and especially beef and mutton, eggs, well-baked bread, and milk,...
Page 209 - It alters the molecular condition of the fat, mingling it with water in such a way that even ether cannot separate the fat from the water. A permanent emulsion is thus formed ready to mix with a larger quantity of water whenever it may be added.
Page 76 - Like torrent in a stormy day ; He undermines the stately tower, Uproots the tree, and snaps the flower ; And sweeps from our distracted breast The friends that loved— the friends that blest : And leaves us weeping on the shore, To which they can return no more.
Page 25 - ... opinion that no medical practitioner should prescribe it without, a sense of grave responsibility. They believe that alcohol, in whatever form, should be prescribed with as much care as any powerful drug...
Page 85 - Keep bottle and mouthpiece in a bowl of water when not in use. "Babies of five or six months, half barley-water and half boiled milk, with salt and white sugar. " Older babies more milk in proportion. " When babies are very costive use oatmeal instead of barley. Cook and strain. " When your breast-milk is half enough, change off between breast-milk and food. "In hot summer weather, try the food with a small strip of blue litmus paper.
Page 201 - ... and lime-water (equal parts), whey with cream, or milk and water thickened with isinglass,* or with Liebig's food for infants, in the proportion of one teaspoonful to four ounces of fluid. By using these different preparations a certain variety can be introduced into the diet, and the meals should be so regulated that the quantity taken on each occasion, and the length of the interval by which the meals are separated, may be properly proportioned to one another and to the state of the patient....
Page 39 - I have seen the hemorrhoidal tumors sometimes become very large during the labor. Dewees says : " Much may be done during labor to prevent a severe spell of piles by the accoucheur making a firm pressure upon the verge of the anus with the palm of his hand, guarded by a diaper, during the progress of the head through the external parts, and by carefully returning them after the expulsion of the placenta, as the sphincter is now fatigued, and will not oppose their descent.