Medical Books

Observations on Abortion

John Burns

By abortion is generally understood the expulsion of the contents of the gravid uterus, at a period of gestation so early as to render it impossible for the fœtus to live. It is an accident or disease..

Senescence, the Last Half of Life

G. Stanley Hall

Our life, bounded by birth and death, has five chief stages, each of which, while it may be divided into substages, also passes into the next so gradually that we cannot date, save roughly and approxi..

Pneumonia - Its Care and Prevention

Anonymous

Pneumonia appears to be spread from person to person by contact, so it is regarded as a communicable disease. As it is contagious, the spread of infection can be stopped if precautions are taken to pr..

Treatment of Cholera in the Royal Hospital, Haslar

John Wilson

On admission the patient was immediately placed in a hot bath, from 104° to 112° of Fahrenheit, in relation to the reduction of circulatory power, and of superficial heat; diligent friction of the abd..

Cottage scenes during the cholera

William Isaac Coppard

When we recollect the scenes at Bilston, Sedgly, Plymouth, and other populous districts, where the epidemic spread among thousands, it is evident that the labour and exertion of those whose duty calle..

Massage & Exercises Combined

Albrecht Jensen

The simplicity of its technic together with its ready personal application make it possible for any individual to achieve excellent results from its use. In working out a practical presentation of thi..

History of Iridotomy

S. Lewis Ziegler

It is difficult for us to appreciate the conditions which brought about so large a percentage of cases of pupillary occlusion. Crude surgical procedures, poor operative technic and the utter lack of a..

A History of Epidemic Pestilences

Edward Bascome

The Author has endeavoured to place in fair review the various opinions of the most eminent historians (professional and otherwise), and would impress on his readers, that on a subject embracing so wi..