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Page 58
... slight diminu- tion in the size of the tumour at length becomes perceptible , and then it slowly disappears , though its removal occupies a month , six weeks , or more ; and a slight elevation of the skull at the point where it was ...
... slight diminu- tion in the size of the tumour at length becomes perceptible , and then it slowly disappears , though its removal occupies a month , six weeks , or more ; and a slight elevation of the skull at the point where it was ...
Page 76
... slight diminution of consistence to a state of perfect diffluence , in which the cerebral substance forms a pulpy mass that is easily washed away by a stream of water ; or the softening may be even more considerable , and the cerebral ...
... slight diminution of consistence to a state of perfect diffluence , in which the cerebral substance forms a pulpy mass that is easily washed away by a stream of water ; or the softening may be even more considerable , and the cerebral ...
Page 87
... slight peculiarity , either in the comparative severity of the different symptoms , in the date of their occurrence , or in the order in which they succeed each other . Convulsions , for instance , though hardly ever absent , occur ...
... slight peculiarity , either in the comparative severity of the different symptoms , in the date of their occurrence , or in the order in which they succeed each other . Convulsions , for instance , though hardly ever absent , occur ...
Page 90
... slight appearances after death : namely , that it takes but little to extinguish life , when long - standing ailments have so enfeebled all the vital powers . In cases such as this , you will , it is true , most likely be able to do ...
... slight appearances after death : namely , that it takes but little to extinguish life , when long - standing ailments have so enfeebled all the vital powers . In cases such as this , you will , it is true , most likely be able to do ...
Page 94
... slight resemblance . It is remarkable , indeed , as M. Rilliet well ob- served in a very valuable paper on this subject , that almost all the instances in which recovery from hydrocephalus is stated to have taken place , occurred before ...
... slight resemblance . It is remarkable , indeed , as M. Rilliet well ob- served in a very valuable paper on this subject , that almost all the instances in which recovery from hydrocephalus is stated to have taken place , occurred before ...
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