Medico-chirurgical Review and Journal of Practical Medicine, Volume 44

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S. Highley, 1844 - Medicine

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Page 378 - The effect, though imperceptible on a short exposure, yet, being constantly repeated from day to day, produces a constitutional irritation dependent on the tonic properties of the steel, which is sure to terminate in pulmonary consumption ; insomuch, that persons employed in this kind of work used scarcely ever to attain the age of forty years. * In vain was it attempted to purify the air before its entry into the lungs by gauzes or linen guards ; the dust was too fine and penetrating...
Page 497 - ... I showed every sign of health and strength until I was about eighteen months old. One night, I have been often told, I showed great reluctance to be caught and put to bed, and after being chased about the room, was apprehended and consigned to my dormitory with some difficulty. It was the last time I was to show such personal agility. In the morning I was discovered to be affected with the fever which often accompanies the cutting of large teeth. It held me three days. On the fourth, when they...
Page 272 - DR. HEADLAND. ON THE ACTION OF MEDICINES IN THE SYSTEM. Being the Prize Essay to which the Medical Society of London awarded the Fothergillian Gold Medal for 1852. Second Edition. 8vo.
Page 95 - It illumineth the face ; which, as a beacon, gives warning to all the rest of this little kingdom, man, to arm...
Page 409 - ... sitting-room, their dining-room ; and, when they do not follow any out-door occupation, it is frequently their workroom and their shop. In this one room they are born, and live, and sleep, and die, amidst the other inmates.
Page 272 - Titles, 12s. cloth. FIELD. — POSTHUMOUS EXTRACTS FROM THE VETERINARY RECORDS OF THE LATE JOHN FIELD. Edited by his Brother, WILLIAM FIELD, Veterinary Surgeon, London.
Page 513 - ... produced which are incapable of assimilation. By the mere deprivation of food, these substances are removed from the body without leaving a trace behind; their elements have entered into combination with the oxygen of the air.
Page 137 - LECTURES ON THE PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE OF PHYSIC. Delivered at King's College, London. A new American, from the last revised and enlarged English edition, with Additions, by D. FRANCIS CONDIE, MD, author of ".A Practical Treatise on the Diseases of Children,
Page 179 - ELEMENTS OF NATURAL PHILOSOPHY; being an Experimental Introduction to the Study of the Physical Sciences. With numerous Engravings.
Page 44 - The presence of sac, even without hernial contents, causes an abnormal fullness in the part, easily ascertainable by examination. The absence of such fullness in a part, when hernia is known to have previously descended, necessarily leads to the conclusion, that the sac upon which it depended has been displaced, and probably returned, together with the hernia. The sac in inguinal hernia, below the external ring, becomes united with the spermatic chord, whereby the latter is usually rendered indistinct...

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