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accompanied acid affection appearance areola attack become body bullæ cause Ceeley cells centre character chronic cicatrix commences confluent congestion consequence constitutional symptoms contagion course cow-pox crust cutaneous derma desiccation desquamation developed diarrhoea disease disorder ecthyma eczema efflorescence effusion elevated epidemic epiderma eruption erysipelas erythema exanthem exciting face fauces favus febrile symptoms fever fluid frequently glands granules hair herpes impetigo inch inflammation inoculation instances integument irregular irritation itching latter layer lepra lichen limbs lymph measles mucous membrane nitrate of silver observed occasionally occurs ointment ounces pain papillæ papulæ papular patches patient pemphigus period persons pimples PLATE produced prurigo pruritus psoriasis pustular pustules Rayer red colour remarks remedy roseola rubeola Rupia scabs scarlatina secretion severe simplex skin small-pox sometimes spots STROPHULUS subsides sudoriparous suppuration surface thick thin tint tion tissue treatment tumefaction ulceration umbilicated urine urticaria vaccination vaccinia varicella variety variola vesicles vulgaris Willan yellowish
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Page 140 - In about twelve hours it will be seen whether the solution has been well applied. If any inflamed part be unaffected, the solution must be immediately reapplied.
Page 413 - My hair is grey, but not with years, Nor grew it white In a single night, As men's have grown from sudden fears: My limbs are bow'd, though not with toil, But rusted with a vile repose, For they have been a dungeon's spoil, And mine has been the fate of those To whom the goodly earth and air Are...
Page 18 - Now, each of these pores being the aperture of a little tube of about a quarter of an inch long, it follows, that in a square inch of skin on the palm of the hand there exists a length...
Page 18 - Taken separately, the little perspiratory tube, with its appended gland, is calculated to awaken in the mind very little idea of the importance of the system to which it belongs ; but when the vast number of similar organs composing this system are considered...
Page 72 - I have had the satisfaction, in numerous instances, of witnessing the immediate improvement of the symptoms, and the rapid change in the countenance of the patient, produced by washing the skin. Invariably, in the course of a few minutes, the pulse has been diminished in frequency, the thirst has abated, the tongue has become moist, a general free perspiration has broken forth, the skin has become soft and cool, and the eyes have brightened; and these indications of relief have been speedily followed...
Page 93 - ... the papular or vesicular stage ; it never becomes purulent, and the skin between the vesicles is never inflamed or swollen...
Page 384 - The horns were shed four times ; the first " grew long, but as slender as an oaten straw ;" the second was thicker, and on the fall of the latter, two were produced, which were broken off by accident. One of these was presented to the King of France ; the other is stated to have been nine inches long, and two inches in circumference. The periods of shedding were three, four, and four years and a half.
Page 73 - A weak solution of the chloride of soda may be employed for this purpose ; and if the disease occur in a child that is not able to gargle, this solution may be injected into the nostrils and against the fauces, by means of a syringe or elastic bottle. The effect of this application is sometimes most encouraging. A quantity of offensive sloughy matter is brought away ; the acid discharge is rendered harmless; the running from the nose and diarrhoea cease, &c.
Page 18 - Now, the number of square inches of surface in a man of ordinary height and bulk is 2500 ; the number of pores, therefore.
Page 18 - On the pulps of the fingers, where the ridges of the sensitive layer of the true skin are somewhat finer than in the palm of the hand, the number of pores on a square inch a little...