Glasgow Medical Journal (Volume 50) baixar o livro de graça

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1898. Excerpt: ... and after the eleventh bath the pulse was 6 increased in frequency. However, at the close of the series of baths the midsternaf line is 4j inches. nudsternal line is l' inches Pulse, 90; respiration, 24. Pulse 90; refpiration, 24. respirations were 22 to 24, and the pulse 9(5, which contrasts favourably with 30 and li0 respectively before they were begun. A similar remark falls to be made regarding the sphygmographic tracings. At the close they still indicate low tension, as they did at the commencement. The aortic notch is low and deep, and the dicrotic wave prominent in both cases. After the fifth and sixth baths there was a nearer approach to the normal., Turning now to the cardiac measurements, it will be observed that there was some reduction after each bath. The observations, it should be mentioned, were made immediately before and in from five to ten minutes after the bath. The most marked diminution was to the right and upwards to the left; there was an apparent reduction in the dimensions of the right ventricle and auricle, and also in the left auricle. But there was a reversion to nearly, and in some cases quite, the Diaoram 2. Case II.--J. D. Be/vn begitwinj nercittg. Parasternal line, inches. Most obvious point of apex beat is Transverse at nipple, 5 inches. 6$ inches from niidstcrnum. Greatest transverse, 7 inches. At centre of fifth rih dulness to ryht from midsternal line is 1 inch. same condition before the next one. Still, upon the whole, there has been a gain. Thus, the measurements before the first bath on 15th March, and before the last one on 21st April, were as follows: --15th March. 21st April. Left parasternal line, .. 6 inches. 4 J inches. Transverse at nipple, . b 5 j Greatest transverse, .. 6j 6J, This is at...