The American Medical Intelligencer, Volume 1A. Waldie, 1842 - Medicine |
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... cure was perfect in less than a month . Ectropion cured by Autoplasty . By M. Bérard . - M . Bérard presented to the academy a young butcher , whose inferior eyelid , all except the free border , had been destroyed by a malignant ...
... cure was perfect in less than a month . Ectropion cured by Autoplasty . By M. Bérard . - M . Bérard presented to the academy a young butcher , whose inferior eyelid , all except the free border , had been destroyed by a malignant ...
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... cured by Operation . By T. T. Lambert , Surgeon , Hull.-E. L. , a female , aged sixty - three , had for several years been affected with a most painful condition of the nerves of one side of the face , coming on in paroxysms of the ...
... cured by Operation . By T. T. Lambert , Surgeon , Hull.-E. L. , a female , aged sixty - three , had for several years been affected with a most painful condition of the nerves of one side of the face , coming on in paroxysms of the ...
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... cure was established , which occupied in none more than a month . The convulsions were confined to one of the upper extremities , with slight dragging of the leg of the same side ; but as the symptoms left the arm , the power over the ...
... cure was established , which occupied in none more than a month . The convulsions were confined to one of the upper extremities , with slight dragging of the leg of the same side ; but as the symptoms left the arm , the power over the ...
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... cure of intermittents . ] " I have lately had a long standing and tormenting patient with intermit- tent fever of two years ' continuance , during which period , every article hitherto recommended was tried with little or no perceptible ...
... cure of intermittents . ] " I have lately had a long standing and tormenting patient with intermit- tent fever of two years ' continuance , during which period , every article hitherto recommended was tried with little or no perceptible ...
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... Cure for Ileus . - In the number of the New York Medical Gazette for August 11 , 1841 , the editor has collected several cases of obstruction of the bowels , for which inflation of air was suc- cessfully practised . It is , as properly ...
... Cure for Ileus . - In the number of the New York Medical Gazette for August 11 , 1841 , the editor has collected several cases of obstruction of the bowels , for which inflation of air was suc- cessfully practised . It is , as properly ...
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Page 181 - ... of which four have been fatal. I am not aware that there has been any other case in the town of distinct puerperal peritonitis, although I am willing to admit my information may be very defective on this point. I have been told of some ' mixed cases,' and ' morbid affections after delivery.