The Quarterly Journal of Foreign and British Medicine and Surgery, Band 5

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1823
 

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Seite 405 - even if the person, whose life was insured, laboured under a particular infirmity, if it can be proved by medical men that it did not at all, in their judgment, contribute to his death, the warranty of health has been fully complied with, and the insurer is liable.
Seite 107 - of opinion that three months for the shoulder, and eight weeks for the hip, may be fixed as the period, from the accident, at which it would be imprudent to make the attempt at reduction, except in persons of extremely relaxed fibre or such as are at an advanced age.
Seite 156 - of nerves, which took its origin from the posterior portion of the spinal marrow, without convulsing the muscles of the back ; but on touching the anterior
Seite 191 - chiavar 1'uscio di sotto All' orribile torre : ond' io guardai Nel viso a miei figliuoi, senza far motto : I' non piangeva, si dentro impietrai
Seite 316 - Somatopsychonoologia, showing that the proofs of Body, Life, and Mind, considered as distinct essences cannot be deduced from Physiology, but depend on a distinct sort of evidence, being an examination of the controversy concerning Life, carried
Seite 393 - for that it was with the greatest difficulty a vacant place could at any time be found for strangers; that the family graves generally would not admit of more than one interment, and that many of them were then too full for the reception of any member of the family to which they belonged.
Seite 409 - there being no air which can be received into the lungs, and a spasm of the muscles of the glottis seems to forbid the admission of any considerable quantity of water into the trachea. The attempts to breathe are repeated several times, and at each attempt
Seite 274 - a weight appended to a cord is passed over a pulley, and the other extremity, having a strap attached to it, is fastened round the patient's head; the pelvis being fixed, the patient is directed to raise the weight by drawing the head and trunk backwards, and to repeat this effort until fatigue is
Seite 393 - it is notorious that there are many church-yards in which the soil has been raised several feet above the level of the adjoining street by the accumulated remains of mortality; and there are others in which the ground is actually probed with a borer before a grave is opened. The Commissioners for

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