Edinburgh Medical Journal, Volumen23,Parte2

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Oliver and Boyd, 1878
 

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Página 985 - Any liquid which, after acidification with sulphuric acid, contains, in 100,000 parts by weight, more than one part by weight of free chlorine.
Página 681 - I have seldom prescribed more than a teaspoonful mixed with a wineglassful of water twice a day. In several cases of bronchitis, with profuse expectoration, I have witnessed remarkable benefit after a very brief use of the remedy, evinced by a rapid diminution of the discharge, and also by a corresponding improvement in the general condition of the patient.
Página 837 - Men laying aside for a while their ordinary pursuits, crossing vast continents and perilous seas, congregating to unite with us in celebrating our first Medical Centennial, in interchanging cordial salutations, in deliberating upon the best means of promoting the holiest and dearest interests of our profession, and in laying their contributions — the accumulations of years of study and observation — upon a common altar for the common good!
Página 985 - Any liquid which contains, in 100,000 parts by weight, more than one part by weight of sulphur, in the condition either of sulphuretted hydrogen or of a soluble sulphuret. (h) Any liquid possessing an acidity greater than that which is produced by adding two parts by weight of real muriatic acid to 1000 parts by weight of distilled water.
Página 985 - ... part by weight of dry organic matter in 100,000 parts by weight of the liquid.
Página 884 - ... with a due degree of authority over attendants properly selected, and capable of exercising an efficient superintendence over the patients), there is no asylum in the world in which all mechanical restraints may not be abolished, not only with perfect safety, but with incalculable advantage.
Página 895 - Counter-indications do not really exist, except such as would equally prohibit the introduction of the sound, viz. : acute or moderately recent pelvic or uterine inflammation, which should first be allayed by appropriate means before hazarding the curette.
Página 884 - In the third place, the character of therapy, both medical and moral, was transformed as the Worcester hospital grew in size. Between 1834 and 1853 the doctor-patient ratio rose from 1:58 to 1:140. Consequently, physicians devoted less time to each case. The manuscript case histories offer striking...
Página 884 - ... its full extent, a multitude of ridiculous opinions will, no doubt be obtruded upon the public ; but any ill influence they may produce cannot continue long, as they are sure to be opposed with at least equal ability, and that superior advantage which is ever attendant on truth. The colours with which wit or eloquence may have adorned a false system will gradually die away, sophistry be detected, and every thing estimated at length according to its true value.
Página 884 - Since the above was written I have had the opportunity of examining...

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