The Edinburgh Medical and Surgical Journal: Exhibiting a Concise View of the Latest and Most Important Discoveries in Medicine, Surgery, and Pharmacy, Volume 691848 - Medicine |
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Page 363 - An Act for the Amendment and better Administration of the Laws relating to the Poor in England and Wales...
Page iii - A Dictionary of Practical Medicine: Comprising General Pathology, the Nature and Treatment of Diseases, Morbid Structures, and the Disorders especially...
Page 193 - the end of the seventeenth century to the middle of the eighteenth. The thoughts of Johnson towards the close of his existence reverted to its opening scenes.
Page 24 - The manufacturing population of this city is the healthiest portion of the population, and there is no reason why this should not be the case.
Page 491 - An inveterate coquero, or coca chewer, is known at the first glance. His unsteady gait, his yellow-colored skin, his dim and sunken eyes encircled by a purple ring, his quivering lips and his general apathy, all bear evidence of the baneful effects of the coca juice when taken in excess.
Page 244 - No special kind of inhaler or instrument is necessary for its exhibition. A little of the liquid diffused upon the interior of a hollowshaped sponge, or a pocket-handkerchief, or a piece of linen or paper, and held over the mouth and nostrils, so as to be fully inhaled, generally suffices in about a minute or two to produce the desired effect...
Page 490 - ... acullico. A thin slip of damp wood is then thrust into the ishcupuru, or gourd, and when drawn out some portion of the powdered lime adheres to it. The acullico, or ball of masticated coca leaves, is, whilst still lying in the mouth, punctured with this slip of wood, until the lime mixing with it, gives it a proper relish, and the abundant flow of saliva thus excited is partly expectorated and partly swallowed. When the ball ceases to emit juice, it is thrown away, and a new one is formed by...
Page 280 - What vein may, under certain circumstances, transmit the blood from the lower half of the body to the heart when the circulation is disturbed in the trunk of the inferior vena cava? What path does the blood take in such a case?
Page 484 - Along the whole coast of Peru the atmosphere is almost uniformly in a state of repose. It is not illuminated by the lightning's flash, or disturbed by the roar of the thunder : no deluges of rain, no fierce hurricanes destroy the fruits of the fields, and with them the hopes of the husbandman.