Electricity in its relations to practical medicineAppleton, 1872 - 506 pages |
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Page ix
... examination of his assertions , and to an earlier acknowledg- ment of their correctness , than would have been the case had he lived . This intimation might be so construed as to mean , that either mental apathy , jealousy , or ...
... examination of his assertions , and to an earlier acknowledg- ment of their correctness , than would have been the case had he lived . This intimation might be so construed as to mean , that either mental apathy , jealousy , or ...
Page 59
... examination , and has succeeded in bringing all the facts relative to it un- der the following law : " Every constant current that for a length of time passes over a motor nerve places it in a con- dition in which the irritability is ...
... examination , and has succeeded in bringing all the facts relative to it un- der the following law : " Every constant current that for a length of time passes over a motor nerve places it in a con- dition in which the irritability is ...
Page 180
... examination of the organs affected , have become rational , in like manner the treatment of paralytic cases has had a more scientific basis ever since we have been able , by means of that delicate re - agent , the electric current , to ...
... examination of the organs affected , have become rational , in like manner the treatment of paralytic cases has had a more scientific basis ever since we have been able , by means of that delicate re - agent , the electric current , to ...
Page 181
... examination made on the 12th of March , 1854 , I found that not even a very intense electric current , directed upon the Mm . extensores digit . comm . of the hand , was powerful enough to extend the first phalanges of the This case is ...
... examination made on the 12th of March , 1854 , I found that not even a very intense electric current , directed upon the Mm . extensores digit . comm . of the hand , was powerful enough to extend the first phalanges of the This case is ...
Page 182
... examination of all the circumstances which , in the case of my patient , could pos- sibly explain his poisoning by lead , I resorted to a qualita- tive analysis of the tobacco which he had been in the habit of snuffing for many years ...
... examination of all the circumstances which , in the case of my patient , could pos- sibly explain his poisoning by lead , I resorted to a qualita- tive analysis of the tobacco which he had been in the habit of snuffing for many years ...
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