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Page 360 - 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 461 - An ordinary glass male syringe, holding about an ounce and a half, was procured, and a friend having been found willing to give the necessary blood, the operation was commenced. The blood was drawn into a warmed wine-glass, taken up in the syringe, and steadily injected into one of the veins at the bend of the elbow, which had been opened for the purpose. This was four times repeated, and (allowing for blood lost by clotting) about four ounces were injected. The effect was instantaneous ; the patient...
Page 302 - ... that respiration is not impeded, but that, where even one entire lung is hepatized, the distress of breathing is not increased, and it appears that the respiratory changes go on under the disadvantageous circumstances present as well as if no alcohol had been given. " The conclusion from all this is, most certainly, that alcohol does not do harm in fevers and acute inflammations ; that it does not produce intoxication in...
Page 615 - God and the Doctor we alike adore, But only when in danger, not before ; The danger o'er, both are alike requited, God is forgotten, and the Doctor slighted.
Page 369 - My experience has taught me to put great faith in large blisters, both in asthenic pneumonia and bronchitis, and I am confident that I have seen many lives saved by their means. Instead of being lowering they give a salutary excitement to the circulation, and the copious serous discharge which proceeds from the skin tends to relieve the congested lung without wasting the red blood, that is so necessary to sustain the functions. Small blisters tease as much as large ones, and are far inferior in the...
Page 609 - Take of moss growing on the head of a thief who has been hanged and left in the air ; of real mummy ; of human blood, still warm — of each, one ounce; of human suet, two ounces ; of linseed oil, turpentine, and Armenian bole — of each, two drachms. Mix all well in a mortar, and keep the salve in an oblong, narrow urn.