Electricity in its relations to practical medicineD. Appleton and Company, 1869 - 497 pages |
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Page 497 - Dr. Davis, bringing, as he does to his specialty, a great aptitude for the solution of mechanical problems, takes a high rank as an orthopedic surgeon, and his very practical contribution to the literature of the subject is both valuable and opportune. We deem it worthy of a place in every physician's library. The style is unpretending, but trenchant, graphic, and, best of all, quite intelligible.
Page 494 - THE PHYSIOLOGY OF MAN. Designed to represent the Existing State of Physiological Science as applied to the Functions of the Human Body.
Page 494 - We have found the style easy, lucid, and at the same time terse. The practical and positive results of physiological investigation are succinctly stated, without, it would seem, extended discussion of disputed points." — Boston Medical and Surgical Journal. " It is a volume which will be welcome to the advanced student, and as a work of reference.
Page 497 - The reader will not be surprised, therefore, should he find in it some things which differ from what is to be found in other popular works already in his hands or on the shelves of his library. LETTERMAN. Medical Recollections of the Army of the Potomac.
Page vii - It is the duty of every physician to study the action of electricity, to become acquainted with its value in therapeutics, and to follow the improvements that are being made in the apparatus for its application in medicine, that he may be able to choose the one best adapted to the treatment of individual cases, and to test a remedy fairly and without prejudice, which already, especially in nervous diseases, has been used with the best results, and which promises to yield an abundant harvest in a...
Page 495 - In the recital of the causes of insanity, as found in peculiarities of civilization, of religion, of age, sex, condition, and particularly in the engrossing pursuit of wealth, this calm, scientific work has the solemnity of a hundred sermons ; and after going down, into this exploration of the mysteries of our being, we shall come up into active life again chastened, thoughtful, and feeling, perhaps, as we never felt before, how fearfully and wonderfully we are made.
Page 496 - Second American edition, thoroughly revised and amended. " In giving the result of his labors to the profession the author has done a great work. Our readers will find its pages very interesting, and, at the end of their task, will feel grateful to the author for many very valuable suggestions as to the treatment of uterine diseases."— Tin Lancet.
Page 497 - ... and danger, which have passed, let us hope never to return, evinced their devotion to their country and to the cause of humanity, without hope of promotion or expectation of reward.
Page 497 - We venture to assert that but few who open this volume of medical annals, pregnant as they are with instruction, will care to do otherwise than finish them at a sitting.
Page 238 - ... itself to the whole body, causing it to turn at every step toward the one or the other side. The extensor power of the leg was very limited ; the dorsal flexion of the foot and the extension of the toes were not in the power of the patients, and but a slight adduction of the toes possible ; the patients trod upon the outer borders of the feet, and in the Mm.