The American Medical Intelligencer: A Concentrated Record of Medical Science and Literature, Volume 4Robley Dunglinson J.J. Haswell, 1841 - Medicine |
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... disease for a considerable length of time . Is it not evident , from the indications by auscultation , as well as from the physical symptoms stated in the work referred to , that the right lung was tuberculated when I began the ...
... disease for a considerable length of time . Is it not evident , from the indications by auscultation , as well as from the physical symptoms stated in the work referred to , that the right lung was tuberculated when I began the ...
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... disease , and its too frequent mortality under every care and exertion to ward off such a termination . I always wish , therefore , to be understood as speaking of the cure of consumption in a very guarded and qualified sense . I can ...
... disease , and its too frequent mortality under every care and exertion to ward off such a termination . I always wish , therefore , to be understood as speaking of the cure of consumption in a very guarded and qualified sense . I can ...
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... disease . And of the 1853 deaths among the European population , 563 , or about one in three and a quarter , occurred from the same disease . The city has been visited by no fatal epidemic during the past year ; and , with the exception ...
... disease . And of the 1853 deaths among the European population , 563 , or about one in three and a quarter , occurred from the same disease . The city has been visited by no fatal epidemic during the past year ; and , with the exception ...
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... disease but of alleviating the intense suffering under which the patient laboured . Since then we have employed it in several cases , and always with the most marked benefit ; the disease seldom lasting beyond a fortnight , and being ...
... disease but of alleviating the intense suffering under which the patient laboured . Since then we have employed it in several cases , and always with the most marked benefit ; the disease seldom lasting beyond a fortnight , and being ...
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... disease in the lungs is detected , it would be fruitless to perform the operation , the parts would not heal , whilst the hectic fever remained , although but few parts , as in the case before me , were to be cut through , since the ...
... disease in the lungs is detected , it would be fruitless to perform the operation , the parts would not heal , whilst the hectic fever remained , although but few parts , as in the case before me , were to be cut through , since the ...
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