Electricity in its relations to practical medicineAppleton, 1872 - 506 pages |
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Page 141
... patients for other parts of the body , the physician places one moist sponge , connected with a polar wire , on a tolerably sensitive . part of the patient , for instance on the sacro - lumbar region or on the sternum , and taking the ...
... patients for other parts of the body , the physician places one moist sponge , connected with a polar wire , on a tolerably sensitive . part of the patient , for instance on the sacro - lumbar region or on the sternum , and taking the ...
Page 162
... patient were a constant roaring in the right half of the head , and , above all , of a sensation of unendurable heat in the right ear , which showed itself objectively through a remarkable red- ness of the left ear and an increase of ...
... patient were a constant roaring in the right half of the head , and , above all , of a sensation of unendurable heat in the right ear , which showed itself objectively through a remarkable red- ness of the left ear and an increase of ...
Page 179
... patient , since motion forward is much prevented in paralysis of the quadriceps muscle of the thigh , can only lift the leg a little from the ground and take but short steps : going up - stairs is difficult , and rising from the sitting ...
... patient , since motion forward is much prevented in paralysis of the quadriceps muscle of the thigh , can only lift the leg a little from the ground and take but short steps : going up - stairs is difficult , and rising from the sitting ...
Page 182
... patient's occupation or mode of life , nor from any antecedent symp- toms of illness , could a cause be adduced which justified this diagnosis . After I had applied electricity for the thirty - seventh time almost without result , the ...
... patient's occupation or mode of life , nor from any antecedent symp- toms of illness , could a cause be adduced which justified this diagnosis . After I had applied electricity for the thirty - seventh time almost without result , the ...
Page 183
... patient felt in other respects perfectly well , many months passed without the least change being apparent in the local difficulties , and the patient at last , by the advice of his phy- sician , applied to me , May 30 , 1853 , for an ...
... patient felt in other respects perfectly well , many months passed without the least change being apparent in the local difficulties , and the patient at last , by the advice of his phy- sician , applied to me , May 30 , 1853 , for an ...
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