The Medico-chirurgical Review and Journal of Practical Medicine, Volume 39Richard & George S. Wood, 1843 |
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... Ammonia Gas as a Remedial Agent . By Alfred Smee , Esq . 276 Miscellanies . 1. Quarterly Table of the Mortality in 114 of the principal Town or City Districts of England Winter Quarter of 1843 , ending 31st March 2. Directions to the ...
... Ammonia Gas as a Remedial Agent . By Alfred Smee , Esq . 276 Miscellanies . 1. Quarterly Table of the Mortality in 114 of the principal Town or City Districts of England Winter Quarter of 1843 , ending 31st March 2. Directions to the ...
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... ammonia forms in the blood , the blood - corpuscles become changed , so that their edges appear torn and tattered . The chemical investigation of the blood affords the most important points for establishing the diagnosis ; it is evident ...
... ammonia forms in the blood , the blood - corpuscles become changed , so that their edges appear torn and tattered . The chemical investigation of the blood affords the most important points for establishing the diagnosis ; it is evident ...
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... ammonia , the presence of which is recog nized by the odour , and the white cloud , which a glass - rod developes when moistened with an acid salt and brought near to it . The urine also may have an alkaline re - action through its ...
... ammonia , the presence of which is recog nized by the odour , and the white cloud , which a glass - rod developes when moistened with an acid salt and brought near to it . The urine also may have an alkaline re - action through its ...
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... ammonia , urate of soda , oxalate of lime , cystin . The greatest number of sediments which present themselves in acid urine consist of urate of ammonia ; less frequent are those consisting of uric acid , still rarer are those ...
... ammonia , urate of soda , oxalate of lime , cystin . The greatest number of sediments which present themselves in acid urine consist of urate of ammonia ; less frequent are those consisting of uric acid , still rarer are those ...
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... ammonia , where it then forms the undermost and dark - coloured layer of the sediment . That the deposit of uric acid is of critical import , is scarcely to be doubted ; in gout and in cases of renal calculi , where the deposits consist ...
... ammonia , where it then forms the undermost and dark - coloured layer of the sediment . That the deposit of uric acid is of critical import , is scarcely to be doubted ; in gout and in cases of renal calculi , where the deposits consist ...
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action affection albumen ammonia animal appears applied army attention become bladder blood body bowels carbonic acid cause cavity cervix character chemical child circumstances colour congestion consequence considerable constitution contain cure death dilatation discharge disease effusion examination existence fever fibrine fluid frequently glands gout hæmorrhage heart Hospital important increased inflammation inspector instance intestinal irritation kidneys labour lesion less lungs matter medical officers medicine membrane ment mercury milk morbid mucous mucous membrane mucus nature nerves nervous nitric acid observed occur operation opinion organs oxygen pain patient pericardium phlebitis phosphate physician pia mater portion practice present produced pulmonary pulmonary emphysema quantity quinine re-action remarks remedies respiration salts secretion sediment skin sometimes staff surgeon stomach substance suffering surface symptoms tion tissue tonics treatment tumour typhus ulceration urethra uric acid urine usually uterus vegetable vessels
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Page 303 - present little worthy attention ; and the last requires a fuller analysis than our limits now permit. We hope to return to it at a future opportunity. A TREATISE ON FOOD AND DIET, WITH OBSERVATIONS ON THE DIETETICAL REGIMEN SUITED FOR DISORDERED STATES OF THE DIGESTIVE ORGANS ; AND AN ACCOUNT OF THE DIETARIES OF SOME OF THE PRINCIPAL METROPOLITAN AND OTHER ESTABLISHMENTS FOR PAUPERS
Page 405 - been registered, instead of primary diseases. The nomenclature is of as much importance in this department of inquiry as weights and measures in the physical sciences, and should be settled without delay." 145. , The worthlessness of vague information can not be more strikingly exemplified than in statistical inquiries. We would gladly see
Page 325 - and that in a very soluble form, capable of reaching every part of the body. Thus, even in the earliest period of its life, the development of the organs, in which vitality resides, is, in the carnivorous animal, dependent on the supply of a substance, identical in organic composition with the chief constituents of its blood.
Page 117 - DISEASES OF THE SKIN, ARRANGED ACCORDING TO A NATURAL SYSTEM OF CLASSIFICATION, AND PRECEDED BY AN OUTLINE OF THE ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY OF THE SKIN. By Erasmus Wilson, Consulting Surgeon to the St. Paneras Infirmary, Lecturer on Anatomy and Physiology, &c. London: Churchill, 1842. 8vo. pp. 407.
Page 59 - being Gazetted. I declare my age not to exceed twenty-six years, that I am unmarried, and that I labour under no mental nor constitutional disease, nor physical debility, that can interfere with the most efficient discharge of the duties of a medical officer. * Christian and surname at
Page 405 - obvious, that it is surprising no attention has been paid to its enforcement in bills of mortality. Each disease has in many instances been denoted by three or four terms, and each term has been applied to as many different diseases ; vague» inconvenient names have been employed, or complications
Page 473 - 5. It should not be administered so as to excite nausea, vomiting, or purging. These effects should be regarded as indicative of the unfavourable operation of the medicine. " 6. Colchicum may be regarded as acting favourably, when, under its use, the urine is increased in quantity, a more abundant bile is discharged ; when the
Page 434 - was rendered soluble again in the space of one year, was not sufficient to satisfy the demands of the plants. Almost all the cultivated land in Europe is * The quantity of silicate of potash, that is removed from a meadow, in the form of hay, is very considerable. A curious illustration of this occurred some time ago near
Page 434 - aid of manure, but now whole districts are converted into unfruitful pasture land, which without manure produces neither wheat nor tobacco. From every acre of this land, there were removed in the space of one hundred years ISOOlbs. of alkalies in leaves, grain,
Page 432 - nitrogen. A certain proportion of nitrogen is exported with corn and cattle ; and this exportation takes place every year, without the smallest compensation; yet after a given number of years, the quantity of nitrogen will be found to have increased. Whence, we may ask, comes this increase of nitrogen