The American Journal of Obstetrics and Diseases of Women and Children, Volume 39W.A. Townsend & Adams, 1899 |
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... normal function may be resumed . How and to what extent can we give a betterment to condi- tions referred to without any abdominal section ? Rest in the recumbent posture is of primary importance . At the start of any acute attack free ...
... normal function may be resumed . How and to what extent can we give a betterment to condi- tions referred to without any abdominal section ? Rest in the recumbent posture is of primary importance . At the start of any acute attack free ...
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... NORMAL SALT SOLUTION . ' BY J. WESLEY BOVÉE , M.D. , Washington , D. C. INASMUCH as the employment of normal salt solution has become so universal , has proved so valuable , and has been to some extent abused , I have felt constrained ...
... NORMAL SALT SOLUTION . ' BY J. WESLEY BOVÉE , M.D. , Washington , D. C. INASMUCH as the employment of normal salt solution has become so universal , has proved so valuable , and has been to some extent abused , I have felt constrained ...
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... normal salt solution , its field of useful- ness broadening as well , gradually increased up to about 1890 . Since then its application has rapidly increased , until to - day many surgeons use it almost exclusively for wound irrigations ...
... normal salt solution , its field of useful- ness broadening as well , gradually increased up to about 1890 . Since then its application has rapidly increased , until to - day many surgeons use it almost exclusively for wound irrigations ...
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... normal salt solution , while such a result does not follow if the water without the salt be employed ? - Elimination . The quantity of urine is remarkably in- creased , being often four times the usual amount during the first few days ...
... normal salt solution , while such a result does not follow if the water without the salt be employed ? - Elimination . The quantity of urine is remarkably in- creased , being often four times the usual amount during the first few days ...
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... normal salt solution , repeating the latter daily until the urine is normal . In some of his cases chloro- form and rapid delivery were also practised . He reports ten successful cases . Jewett has successfully employed it alone in ...
... normal salt solution , repeating the latter daily until the urine is normal . In some of his cases chloro- form and rapid delivery were also practised . He reports ten successful cases . Jewett has successfully employed it alone in ...
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Page 767 - ... nurse. 7 Puerperal infection is to be avoided by limiting vaginal examinations as much as possible, and cultivating external palpation. When vaginal examinations are to be made, the external genitalia should be carefully cleansed and disinfected, and the hands rendered as aseptic as if for a laparotomy. Vaginal douches are not necessary, and are probably harmful.