Surgical anaesthesiaLittle, Brown,, 1900 - 378 pages |
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Page 117 - As nitrous oxide, in its extensive operations, appears capable of destroying physical pain, it may probably be used with advantage during surgical operations in which no great effusion of blood takes place.
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Page 194 - took out his old papers, and resumed his calculations. As they drew to a close, he was so much agitated that he was obliged to desire a friend to finish them. His former conjecture was now found to agree with the phenomena with the utmost precision.
Page 101 - in completing its beautiful design in detailed conformity to his wishes. This monument is intended, in the words of the tablet, which were written since his death, "To commemorate the discovery that the inhaling of Ether causes insensibility of pain ; first proved to the world at the Massachusetts General Hospital, in Boston, October, AD 1846,
Page 170 - with overwhelming clearness. Then, and not till then, it responds with acknowledgment, concession, or gratitude. Sydney Smith, in the Edinburgh Review, insists on this. In fact, he wittily overstates the claim of the mere publisher of a novelty, when he says that " he is not the inventor who first says the thing, but he who says it so long, loud, and
Page 274 - study in their deportment so to unite tenderness with firmness, and condescension with authority, as to inspire the minds of their patients with gratitude, respect, and confidence.
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Page 141 - inspirations; the thrilling came on as usual, and uneasiness was for a few minutes swallowed up in pleasure. As the former state of mind, however, returned, the state of organ returned with it; and I once imagined that the pain was more severe after the experiment than before.