Clinical Lectures on Pulmonary ConsumptionLindsay and Blakiston, 1854 - 239 páginas |
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affected apex appearance artery auscultation auscultatory blood Bright's disease bronchial tubes bronchitis bronchophony catamenia cause cavity change of posture character chest circumstances clavicle clicking cod oil cod-liver oil conclusion condition considerable corpuscles cough crackling crepitation detected diagnosis diarrhoea difference Ditto doses drachm dulness on percussion emphysema examination example existence expectoration favourable flocculent four ounces frequently frothy grains gums gurgling hæmoptysis half an ounce heart hereditary hospital hysterical inches indications induced influence inspiratory instances lecture left side liver margin medicine months mucous membrane neat's-foot oil observed occasionally occurred oedema opinion opium peculiar percussion period phthi phthisis physical signs pints pleurisy pounds present probably produced prolonged expiratory murmur proportion pulmonary pulse purulent quantity reference regarding remarkable remedy respiration rhonchus right side slight sound specific gravity stage streak symptoms tion treatment tubercle tubercular disease uric acid urine usually vomica wavy inspiration weight whilst Yes Yes
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Página 202 - Those who love not their fellow-beings live unfruitful lives, and prepare for their old age a miserable grave. ' The good die first, And those whose hearts are dry as summer dust, Burn to the socket !
Página 207 - For he breaketh me with a tempest, And multiplieth my wounds without cause. He will not suffer me to take my breath, But filleth me with bitterness.
Página 30 - As to the motion of the parts one amongst another, to their becoming sensible, they require either that their motions be increased, or that the organ be made more nice and powerful to sensate and distinguish them as they are ; for the doing of both which I think it is not impossible but that in many cases there may be helps found.
Página 30 - ... that, as the thinking them impossible cannot much improve my knowledge, so the believing them possible may perhaps be an occasion of taking notice of such things as another would pass by without regard as useless.
Página 29 - ... who knows, I say, but that it may be possible to discover the motions of the internal parts of bodies, whether animal, vegetable, or mineral, by the sound they make, that one may discover the works performed in the several offices and shops of a man's body, and thereby discover what instrument or engine is out of order...
Página 30 - ... taking notice of such things as another would pass by without regard, as useless. And somewhat more of encouragement I have also from experience, that I have been able to hear very plainly the beating of a man's heart; and it is common to hear the motion of the wind to and fro in the guts and other small vessels: the stopping in the lungs is easily discovered by the wheezing...
Página 171 - ... with which it corresponds with the curve of the gingival border. This mark is, in some patients, a mere streak — in others, a margin, sometimes more than a line in breadth. In the most decided cases, this margin is of a vermilion tint, inclining to lake. * * As a general rule, the line is most distinct around the incisor teeth, but it is frequently apparent also round the molars.
Página 29 - There may also be a possibility,' writes Hooke, ' of discovering the internal motions and actions of bodies by the sound they make. Who knows but that, as in a watch, we may hear the beating of the balance, and the running of the wheels, and the striking of the hammers, and the grating of the teeth, and multitudes of other noises ; who knows, I say, but that it may be possible to discover the motions of the internal parts of bodies, whether animal, vegetable, or mineral, by the sound they make...
Página 57 - ... should be deprecated, and that, as a general rule, it is better to moderate this symptom by producing determination to other organs, than- to employ direct astringents. You will find great benefit in many cases from the administration of a dose of calomel or mercurial pill, with henbane, followed by the use of half-drachm doses of sulphate of magnesia with diluted sulphuric acid, administered twice a day.
Página 61 - ... efficiently when allowed to dissolve in the mouth than when taken in mixture. The following prescription is appropriate for this purpose : Take of powdered gum arabic and of white sugar, each three drachms ; powdered tragacanth, a drachm and a half; alum, two drachms; catechu, three drachms; rose-water, as much as sufficient for a mass to be formed into sixty lozenges. The most powerful of direct astringents in the treatment of urgent cases, is acetate of lead. You may give two grains for a dose...