A System of practical medicine v. 3, 1885, Volume 3Lea Bros. & Company, 1885 |
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... fever epistaxis holds a conspicuous position . It is also seen in chlo- rotic females , especially in those suffering from that phase of anæmia known as Grave's disease . It also occurs in vicarious menstruation and in local facial or ...
... fever epistaxis holds a conspicuous position . It is also seen in chlo- rotic females , especially in those suffering from that phase of anæmia known as Grave's disease . It also occurs in vicarious menstruation and in local facial or ...
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... fever , with usually more cough ; the voice is altered before the appearance of spasm ; the first seizure is slight , almost imperceptible , and the subsequent attacks become more and more severe ; dyspnoea is continuous . All these ...
... fever , with usually more cough ; the voice is altered before the appearance of spasm ; the first seizure is slight , almost imperceptible , and the subsequent attacks become more and more severe ; dyspnoea is continuous . All these ...
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... fever , tuberculosis , syphilis , typhoid fever , and variola , are as many causes of laryngitis . That over - exertion of the voice should produce laryngitis seems probable , but expe- rience does not teach that those babies who cry ...
... fever , tuberculosis , syphilis , typhoid fever , and variola , are as many causes of laryngitis . That over - exertion of the voice should produce laryngitis seems probable , but expe- rience does not teach that those babies who cry ...
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... fever . In very many cases this symptom has guided me safely , in spite of the statements of the books . The stenosis of catarrhal laryngitis comes on very suddenly , in diphtheritic laryngitis mostly slowly . In the former it is not of ...
... fever . In very many cases this symptom has guided me safely , in spite of the statements of the books . The stenosis of catarrhal laryngitis comes on very suddenly , in diphtheritic laryngitis mostly slowly . In the former it is not of ...
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... fevers , more particularly with typhoid , measles , influenza , and pertussis . It also sometimes , though more rarely ... fever has supervened , characterized by dry- ness and moderate heat of the skin , flushed face , slight increased ...
... fevers , more particularly with typhoid , measles , influenza , and pertussis . It also sometimes , though more rarely ... fever has supervened , characterized by dry- ness and moderate heat of the skin , flushed face , slight increased ...
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abscess acute affection aneurism aorta aortic asthma attack become blood bronchi bronchial tubes bronchitis canula capillary cardiac cartilage catarrhal catarrhal pneumonia cause changes chest chronic condition congestion cough death degeneration diagnosis diaphragm dilatation disease doses dulness dyspnoea effusion embolism emphysema endocarditis epiglottis especially expectoration exudation fatal fever fibrinous fluid frequently gangrene glottis hæmoptysis heart hemorrhage hypertrophy increased inflammation inflammatory instances irritation larynx lesions less lung mitral mitral stenosis morbid mucous membrane murmur muscles nasal normal obstruction occur oedema operation organ orifice pain patient percussion phthisis physical signs pleura pleural cavity pleurisy pneumonia pneumothorax portion present pressure produce prognosis pulmonary artery pulse purulent quantity râles rarely regurgitation resonance respiration respiratory result septum serous side sometimes sound spasm sputa stage stenosis surface symptoms syphilis temperature thoracentesis thoracic tion tissue trachea tracheotomy treatment tubercular tuberculous tumor ulceration usually valves valvular ventricle vessels vocal walls
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Page 179 - I give an ounce every two, three, or four hours, according to the severity of the case — that will be from twelve to thirty-six grains of quinine in the twenty -four hours according to the case.
Page 1 - By Louis STARR, MD, Clinical Professor of Diseases of Children in the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania ; Physician to the Children's Hospital.
Page 619 - ... the two most ready solutions appear to be, either that the altered quality of the blood affords irregular and unwonted stimulus to the organ immediately; or, that it so affects the minute and capillary circulation, as to render greater action necessary to force the blood through the distant sub-divisions of the vascular system.
Page 1 - THE THEORY AND PRACTICE OF MEDICINE. By American Teachers. Edited by WILLIAM PEPPER, MD, LL.D., Provost and Professor of the Theory and Practice of Medicine and of Clinical Medicine in the University of Pennsylvania.
Page 532 - I marvel how so much fatigue was borne, for the things that have come to pass have been by the hand of God rather than by the hand of man.
Page 651 - ... opinions upon these subjects, how slow we should be to condemn men because they do not come up to the mark laid down in books. The truth, in fact, is, that they go beyond it — that they are wiser than the authors of such books. There are two cases in which it is often extremely difficult to say which is the first and which the second sound of the heart.
Page 450 - Following this line in the healthy subject, a distinct tubular sound is elicited by percussion down to the point of bifurcation of the trachea at the level of the fourth dorsal vertebra. Opposite the fifth and downward we get the lower-pitched pulmonary resonance.
Page 256 - Those in which it resulted directly from the obstruction to the return of the blood to the left side of the heart, produced by contraction of the left auriculo-ventricular orifice.
Page 11 - This apparatus consisted mainly of a polished metal mirror which " reflected the luminous rays in the direction of the tumor," and on whose surface the image of the growth was seen to be reflected. The great value of this apparatus for the diagnosis and treatment of nasal and laryngeal diseases was, however, not recognized, and it shared the fate of many other valuable discoveries which were made before the world was ready to receive them: ii was forgotten.
Page 6 - MD, Clinical Professor of Diseases of Children in the College of Physicians and Surgeons, Baltimore.