The Lancet, Volume 2J. Onwhyn, 1852 - Medicine |
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... muscles are so disposed as to ensure this effect , the grand object being , in the act of parturition , to compress the contents of the womb at all points of their surface , as it were , towards a common centre . For reasons which will ...
... muscles are so disposed as to ensure this effect , the grand object being , in the act of parturition , to compress the contents of the womb at all points of their surface , as it were , towards a common centre . For reasons which will ...
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... muscles ; it extended upwards as far as about the lower fourth of the thigh , and then seemed to cease suddenly , contrary to the appearance which obtained while it was connected with the rest of the limb . Below , the tumour reached to ...
... muscles ; it extended upwards as far as about the lower fourth of the thigh , and then seemed to cease suddenly , contrary to the appearance which obtained while it was connected with the rest of the limb . Below , the tumour reached to ...
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... muscles , proving that the electrical action is changed when the muscle is in a state of action . Having discovered this in the muscles of a frog , by producing tetanus in various ways , Dr. Du Bois considered that it was possible , by ...
... muscles , proving that the electrical action is changed when the muscle is in a state of action . Having discovered this in the muscles of a frog , by producing tetanus in various ways , Dr. Du Bois considered that it was possible , by ...
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... muscles . I then endeavoured to show why the incisions proposed by Professor Fergusson were entitled to greater confidence than any hitherto proposed , and concluded with the remark , that if the operation were properly performed ...
... muscles . I then endeavoured to show why the incisions proposed by Professor Fergusson were entitled to greater confidence than any hitherto proposed , and concluded with the remark , that if the operation were properly performed ...
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... muscles gives over these parts , gained by previous experience , could have induced me to yield to the persuasions of Mr. Lawrence and the lady's husband . Having this confidence , I did not feel justified in depriving the patient of ...
... muscles gives over these parts , gained by previous experience , could have induced me to yield to the persuasions of Mr. Lawrence and the lady's husband . Having this confidence , I did not feel justified in depriving the patient of ...
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