A Synopsis of the practice of medicineE.B. Treat and Company, 1898 - 455 pages |
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Page 145 - To circulate the blood round the body" or (in more detail) "To convey oxygen from the lungs to the tissues and carbon dioxide from the tissues to the lungs...
Page 295 - Respiration. R., Bronchial, the sound of the air in passing through the bronchi. R., Cavernous, the sound made by the passage of air through pulmonary cavities. R., Cheyne-stokes, a phenomenon observed in a form of dyspnoea in which there is a rhythmical increase of the respirations up to a certain degree of rapidity, then gradually decreasing again to temporary cessation. R., Cog-wheel, when air reaches obstructed parts of the lungs at irregular intervals. R., Costal, that produced by the costal...
Page 65 - ... homoeopathic treatment, the febrile symptoms disappear during the third day, and the patient feels much better of himself, even though the throat looks worse and both tonsils have become affected, for, as before stated, the throat affection is rather the result of the disease than the disease itself. By the end of the third day or the beginning of the fourth the tonsil first attacked begins to clean and heal ; there is no true ulceration ; and on the fifth or sixth day amendment is visible in...
Page 276 - This is an inflammation of the mucous membrane of the pelvis of the kidney ; it may be either acute or chronic.
Page 400 - SUNSTROKE Sunstroke is caused by prolonged exposure to the direct rays of the sun or to excessive heat indoors. The symptoms come on rather suddenly and are as follows : The patient is always unconscious. His face is red and flushed. His skin is hot and dry. No perspiration whatsoever is present. The patient's breathing is labored and of a snoring character. The pupils of his eyes...
Page 151 - It is now recognised that the old definition of leukaemia as a condition in which there is a great increase in the number of white...
Page 131 - Narrowing of the mitral valves obstructs the normal flow of blood from the left auricle into the left ventricle during diastole ; causes damming back of blood in the lungs and venous system, with same general symptoms given in mitral insufficiency.
Page 77 - I merely apply some epispastic fluid with a camel's hair pencil, commencing behind the ear, and extending in the course of the pneumogastric nerve, as far as the angle of the lower jaw. The result is that the purging at once ceases, the patient often falls asleep and awakes cured, long before the vesication takes full effect.
Page 171 - Thrush is a parasitic disorder, and is due to a fungus which attaches itself to the mucous membrane of the mouth and gullet. The complaint is of importance, not so much in itself — for when it appears in a healthy child the vegetation is readily dispersed — as on account of the debility and serious intestinal and other derangements by which it is often accompanied. Strictly speaking, •thrush is a symptom...
Page 84 - PAROTIDEA (Mumps) Is an acute contagious specific inflammation of one or both parotid glands ; most frequently the left is first inflamed ; occurs usually but once in a lifetime, and most frequently in children above five years of age. It is ushered in with a feverish cold, and then pain is felt, and swelling is perceived about the angle of the jaw ; the swelling is exceedingly hard and painful...