British and Foreign Medico-chirurgical Review: Or, Quarterly Journal of Practial Medicine and Surgery, Volume 321863 - Medicine |
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... become more or less obsolete , owing to the more accurate information contained in the works of Weddell , Howard , Karsten , and others , laid under contribution in the compilation of the present notice . Thus much , in brief , for the ...
... become more or less obsolete , owing to the more accurate information contained in the works of Weddell , Howard , Karsten , and others , laid under contribution in the compilation of the present notice . Thus much , in brief , for the ...
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... become more or less confused , and the limits between them obliterated . It is more especially the middle bark or cellular envelope that is valuable in a medicinal point of view , and in proportion to its thick- ness , as a general rule ...
... become more or less confused , and the limits between them obliterated . It is more especially the middle bark or cellular envelope that is valuable in a medicinal point of view , and in proportion to its thick- ness , as a general rule ...
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... become more so . First , as to the name of the genus Chincona , or Cinchona . Linnæus , erroneously no doubt , wrote the latter , which has been up to this time universally adopted by botanists , pharmacists , and medical men . Mr ...
... become more so . First , as to the name of the genus Chincona , or Cinchona . Linnæus , erroneously no doubt , wrote the latter , which has been up to this time universally adopted by botanists , pharmacists , and medical men . Mr ...
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... become occluded either by tenacious secretion , or by the pressure of tuberculous matter ; and that the obstruction thus created may , for a time at least , prevent the escape of air from that portion of the lung to which these bronchi ...
... become occluded either by tenacious secretion , or by the pressure of tuberculous matter ; and that the obstruction thus created may , for a time at least , prevent the escape of air from that portion of the lung to which these bronchi ...
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... becomes hypothetical , because what is assumed to make it applicable is hypothesis . What mischief has re- sulted to our science and our art from the adoption of mere hypotheses , and the more subtle form of hypothetical reasoning we ...
... becomes hypothetical , because what is assumed to make it applicable is hypothesis . What mischief has re- sulted to our science and our art from the adoption of mere hypotheses , and the more subtle form of hypothetical reasoning we ...
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Page 264 - He makes extension backwards and downwards, while the assistant draws laterally. The dislocation is thus reduced with surprising facility, the agency of chloroform not being required. The advantage of this modification is that extension backwards may be far more easily executed than when the patient is in the supine position ; and this is the direction required in dislocation forwards, which prevails in the great majority of cases. For dislocation backwards, which is very rare, Cooper's procedure...