Medico-chirurgical Review and Journal of Practical Medicine, Volume 42

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S. Highley, 1843 - Medicine
 

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Page 575 - Chamberlaine, was the founder of the Society for the Relief of the Widows and Orphans of Medical Men in London and its vicinity.* THOMAS GALLEY, MD, was born in Lancashire.
Page 408 - Quam quae sunt oculis subjecta fidelibus, et quae Ipse sibi tradit spectator : non tamen intus Digna geri promes in scenam, multaque tolles Ex oculis quae mox narret facundia praesens.
Page 569 - I physicks, bleeds, and sweats 'em : If after that they choose to die, What's that to me ? I. LETTSOM.
Page 110 - Napoleon, the greatest man of whom history makes mention, Napoleon, the most wonderful commander, the most sagacious politician, the most profound statesman, lost by arms Poland, Germany, Italy, Portugal, Spain, and France. Fortune, that name for the unknown combinations of infinite power, was wanting to him ; and without her aid the designs of man are as bubbles on a troubled ocean.
Page 386 - , ., the fact, that "A corps levied from the agricultural districts in Wales, or the northern counties of England, will last longer than one recruited from the manufacturing towns from Birmingham, Manchester, or near the metropolis." Indeed, so great and permanent is the deterioration, that out of 613 men enlisted, almost all of whom came from Birmingham and five other neighbouring towns, only 238 were approved for service.
Page 385 - Geneva is confirmatory of the important rule, that the strength of a people does not depend on the absolute number of its population, but on the relative number of those who are of the age and strength for labour.
Page 445 - Wylie, that the cases of disease on the dark side of an extensive barrack at St. Petersburgh, have been uniformly, for many years, in the proportion of three to one, to those on the side exposed to strong light.
Page 386 - the 43,000 cases of widowhood, and 112,000 cases of destitute orphanage relieved from the poor's rates in England and Wales alone, it appears that the greatest proportion of deaths of the heads of families occurred from the above specified and other removable causes ; that their ages were under 45 years ; that is to say, 13 years below the natural probabilities of life as shown by the experience of the whole population of Sweden.
Page 381 - ... attributed chiefly to faulty nourishment; and it was only after the more complete examination made by direction of the board, and of which the report is published, as above stated, that the diet was found to be unusually good, but the ventilation very imperfect. Suitable changes were then made; and now, in the same space where 700 children were by illness awakening extensive sympathy, 1100 now enjoy excellent health.
Page 465 - Dr. Binns says the discovery is due to Mr. Gardner : — " Horn to procure sleep. — Let him turn on his right side ; place his head comfortably on the pillow, so that it exactly occupies the angle a line drawn from the head to the shoulder would form ; and then, slightly closing his lips, take rather a full inspiration, breathing as much as he possibly can through the nostrils. This, however, is not absolutely necessary, as some persons breathe always through their mouths during sleep, and rest...

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