The Lancet, Volume 2J. Onwhyn, 1852 - Medicine |
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... less painful sensation being induced ; but if this necessarily took place under healthy states , no woman in health could escape it ; and yet we find in many instances , and even with respect to whole nations , that parturition is ...
... less painful sensation being induced ; but if this necessarily took place under healthy states , no woman in health could escape it ; and yet we find in many instances , and even with respect to whole nations , that parturition is ...
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... less subversive of the practice of the medical officers . It is within our own know- ledge that a former porter at the Lock Hospital , being de- teeted in intercepting the patients on their way to the sur- geons , and giving them the ...
... less subversive of the practice of the medical officers . It is within our own know- ledge that a former porter at the Lock Hospital , being de- teeted in intercepting the patients on their way to the sur- geons , and giving them the ...
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... less shrivelled , oblong , broad at the base , pointed at the distal extremity , the calyx and stalk being usually adherent to the broad end . They vary much in size and form ; the largest are two or three inches long , and at the base ...
... less shrivelled , oblong , broad at the base , pointed at the distal extremity , the calyx and stalk being usually adherent to the broad end . They vary much in size and form ; the largest are two or three inches long , and at the base ...
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... less satisfied with them than on former occasions , and indeed determined to do without this disagreeable aid in future cases . Her mouth was in such a state one could not see the condition of the sutures . On the 17th , the fourth day ...
... less satisfied with them than on former occasions , and indeed determined to do without this disagreeable aid in future cases . Her mouth was in such a state one could not see the condition of the sutures . On the 17th , the fourth day ...
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... less analogous principles , might be adduced . The above principles admit of being applied to the uterine system , the cervix of which possesses a two - fold function that is , its posterior portion , previously to obliteration , acts ...
... less analogous principles , might be adduced . The above principles admit of being applied to the uterine system , the cervix of which possesses a two - fold function that is , its posterior portion , previously to obliteration , acts ...
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