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William Harcourt Ranking, Paperback, English-language edition, Pub by General Books Books Half-Yearly-Abstract-of-the-Medical-Sciences~~William-Harcourt-Ranking General Books Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: tone of her health, yet had no influence upon the affection of the speech. Strychnia was then administered, and she soon felt the beneficial effect of it: the close was increased, and she rapidly regained the controlling power over her tongue. She suffered from no starlings whilst she was taking the strychnia, which in her case, as I believe in, all others, acted upon that part of the brain which had suffered more or less structural change. Art. 9.?Hints for the Relief of the Paralytic. By Edmund Boult, Esq., F.r.c.s. (.Medical Gazette, and DMin Medical Prett, April 10.) Mr. Boult considers that much of the physical distress suffered by paralytic patients might be obviated by avoiding undue pressure, not only upou the paralysed limbs, but of the limbs themselves upon contagious parts. This idea was furnished to him by a patient who was the subject of hemiplegia, and of whom he gives the following account.] After losing sight of him for some months, I met him again, looking very much better in health and strength. His aspect was more healthy, his body more upright, and his locomotive powers decidedly greater than they had been. On my congratulating him on this improvement, he thankfully admitted the fact, and attributed it entirely to some mechanical contrivances which he had himself invented, and applied to his own relief., He afterwards favoured me with a memorandum on the subject; and, as I think it probable that the same appliances may be found beneficial in other cases, I am induced (at my friend's desire, indeed) to place an abstract of his communication before the profession, hoping that the plan he has found so useful may receive a more extensive trial. He says: " It is now nearly thirteen years since I was attacked with paralysis. After being under medical t...<

2009, ISBN: 9781458918680

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