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... inches below the foot . When bound on to the leg by means of four or five straps with buckles , which are drawn very tight , the pressure , as is well known , is diffused over the entire surface of the leg , and it is un- productive of ...
... inches below the foot . When bound on to the leg by means of four or five straps with buckles , which are drawn very tight , the pressure , as is well known , is diffused over the entire surface of the leg , and it is un- productive of ...
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... inches from the orifice of the urethra . The local condition was as follows : - Right inguinal canal much swollen ; left slightly so ; scrotum very largely but uniformly distended with fluid ; penis involved in the general swelling ...
... inches from the orifice of the urethra . The local condition was as follows : - Right inguinal canal much swollen ; left slightly so ; scrotum very largely but uniformly distended with fluid ; penis involved in the general swelling ...
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... inch from its extremity . The wire broke , and I replaced it with a large silk thread , which was drawn tightly round the point of a broad wooden splint adjusted to the woman's back . The experiment , however , was not very successful ...
... inch from its extremity . The wire broke , and I replaced it with a large silk thread , which was drawn tightly round the point of a broad wooden splint adjusted to the woman's back . The experiment , however , was not very successful ...
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... inch from its termination in the oesophagus . The accident occurred in South Wales ; and , having made one unsuc- cessful attempt to remove the foreign body , the medical attendant brought her to London . The accident had happened ...
... inch from its termination in the oesophagus . The accident occurred in South Wales ; and , having made one unsuc- cessful attempt to remove the foreign body , the medical attendant brought her to London . The accident had happened ...
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... inch from the ex- ternal canthus of the right eye . It was of a brownish cast , slightly raised above the surrounding ... inches in diameter . There was no pain or soreness complained of , but an offensive discharge of sanguinolent ...
... inch from the ex- ternal canthus of the right eye . It was of a brownish cast , slightly raised above the surrounding ... inches in diameter . There was no pain or soreness complained of , but an offensive discharge of sanguinolent ...
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Page 155 - By GUNNING S. BEDFORD, AM, MD, Professor of Obstetrics, the Diseases of Women and Children, and Clinical Obstetrics, in the University of New York ; author of " Clinical Lectures on the Diseases of Women and Children.
Page 70 - A physician ought not to abandon a patient because the case is deemed incurable; for his attendance may continue to be highly useful to the patient, and comforting to the relatives around him, even in the last period of a fatal malady, by alleviating pain and other symptoms, and by soothing mental anguish. To decline attendance, under such circumstances, would be sacrificing to fanciful delicacy, and mistaken liberality, that moral duty, which is independent of, and far superior to, all pecuniary...
Page 72 - For, if such nostrum be of real efficacy, any concealment regarding it is inconsistent with beneficence and professional liberality ; and, if mystery alone give it value and importance, such craft implies either disgraceful ignorance or fraudulent avarice.
Page 73 - Of differences between physicians. § 1. Diversity of opinion and opposition of interest, may, in the medical as in other professions, sometimes occasion controversy and even contention. Whenever such cases unfortunately occur, and cannot be immediately terminated, they should be referred to the arbitration of a sufficient number of physicians, or a courtmedical.
Page 5 - Act, no person shall receive the appointment of Assistant Surgeon in the Army of the United States, unless he shall have been examined and approved by an Army Medical Board, to consist of not less than three Surgeons or Assistant Surgeons, who shall be designated for that purpose by the Secretary of War...
Page 7 - They must also be accompanied by respectable testimonials of his possessing the moral and physical qualifications requisite for filling creditably the responsible station, and for performing ably the arduous and active duties of an officer of the Medical Staff.
Page 67 - For, the physician should be the minister of hope and comfort to the sick ; that, by such cordials to the drooping spirit, he may smooth the bed of death, revive expiring life, and counteract the depressing influence of those maladies which often disturb the tranquillity of the most resigned in their last moments.
Page 73 - ... of such differences nor the adjudication of the arbitrators should be made public, as publicity in a case of this nature may be personally injurious to the individuals concerned, and can hardly fail to bring discredit on the faculty.
Page 154 - Resolved, That the thanks of the Society are due, and are hereby tendered to the C., M.
Page 67 - A physician should not be forward to make gloomy prognostications, because they savor of empiricism, by magnifying the importance of his services in the treatment or cure of the disease. But he should not fail, on proper occasions, to give to the friends of the patient timely notice of danger when it really occurs; and even to the patient himself, if absolutely necessary.