Medico-chirurgical Transactions, Volume 27Longmans, Green and Company, 1844 |
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abdomen adhesions ammonia aorta appeared blood bowels brain breathing bronchial and mesenteric bronchial glands Cavern cavity cells chest clavicle clear clear clear coagula colour contained cough Cured cyst death died diet disease Ditto dyspnoea effusion empyema examination expectoration fibrinous fluid granulations hæmorrhage healthy hernia hernial sac hydrocele hydrothorax inch incision Infirmary intestine kidneys larynx left lung left side liver lobe lower mass membrane mesenteric glands needles observed octohedral crystals omental sac omentum operation ounces pain paracentesis patient percussion peritoneal peritoneum Physician pints pleura portion pulmonary artery pulse puncture quantity relieved removed respiration right lung right side sebaceous serous serum skin spermatozoa spleen substance surface Surgeon swelling symptoms tapped thick thickened Three Six Eleven tion tissue trochar Tubercles in lungs tubercular deposit tumour tunica vaginalis tympanitic ulceration upper urate of ammonia uric acid urine vessels William wound
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