Medico-chirurgical Transactions, Volume 38

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Longmans, Green and Company, 1855

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Page 190 - ... from the size of a pin's head to that of a pea ; scattered through a large body of sand or clay ; and in this state it is called by the Mandingoes sanoo munko,
Page 71 - Mix the eggs with a little of the milk, and warm the butter with the other portion ; then stir the whole well together, adding a little nutmeg and ginger, or any other agreeable spice.
Page 71 - ... then spread it thinly on a dish, and place it in a slow oven ; if put in at night, let it remain until the morning, when, if perfectly dry and crisp, it will be fit for grinding. The bran thus prepared must be ground...
Page 344 - MR. P. HINCKES BIRD, FRCS PRACTICAL TREATISE ON THE DISEASES OF CHILDREN AND INFANTS AT THE BREAST. Translated from the French of M. BOUCHUT, with Notes and Additions. 8vo. cloth. 20s. MR.
Page 71 - Bake in small tins (pattipans), which must be well buttered, in a rather quick oven for about half an hour. The cakes, when baked, should be a little thicker than a captain's biscuit; they may be eaten with meat or cheese for breakfast, dinner, and supper; at tea they require rather a free allowance of butter, or may be eaten with curd or any of the soft cheeses.
Page 288 - ... 1. A plus quantity of phosphates exists in the urine, in the paroxysms of acute mania. 2. A minus quantity exists in the stage of exhaustion in mania, in acute dementia, and in the third stage of paralysis of the insane. 3. The plus and minus quantities of phosphates in the urine, correspond with the quantitative analysis of the brain and of the blood ; for a plus quantity of phosphorus is found in the brain, and a slight excess of albumen in the blood of maniacal patients ; and a minus quantity...
Page xliv - Society deems it proper to state that the Society does not hold itself in any way responsible for the statements, reasonings, or opinions set forth in the various papers which, on grounds of general merit, are thought worthy of being published in its
Page 84 - Two vertical incisions, about three-quarters of an inch in extent, are made through the everted lip down to the bone. These incisions are so placed as to divide the upper portion of the everted lip into three parts — the middle being equal to onehalf of the natural breadth of the lip, while the two lateral por- tions are each equal to one-fourth.
Page 82 - Vol. xii. made throughout the entire extent of cicatrix in front of the neck. The chin was then drawn upwards, and every tense band connected with the cicatrix was divided until the head was relaxed nearly into its natural position. A flap of skin, three inches long and two and a half inches wide, was detached on each side from over the clavicle and chest. These were raised and united in front of the throat. The degree of improvement effected in this case, and tested by the lapse of four years, was...
Page 101 - DISEASES OF THE LUNGS. By JAMES KINGSTON FOWLER, MA, MD, FRCP, Physician to the Middlesex Hospital and to the Hospital for Consumption and Diseases of the Chest, Brompton, etc. ; and RICKMAN JOHN...

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