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Page 196 - ... vacancy. One day — it must have been a year or two after my companion left me — my dungeon door was opened, and a voice, I knew not whence, uttered these words : ' By order of his Imperial Majesty, I intimate to you that one year ago your wife died.
Page 16 - Full with joy and hope, I resign myself to thee, most merciful God !' He then disposed himself with dignity, and closing his eyes, as if about to slumber, gave a gentle sigh, and expired.
Page 257 - If a man is wounded so that the blood flows, that flow is either regular, or by jets or spurts. If it flows regularly, a vein has been wounded, and a string should be bound tightly around below the wounded part, that is, beyond it from the heart. If the blood comes out by leaps or jets, an artery has been severed, and the person may bleed to death in a tew minutes; to prevent which apply the cord above the wound, that is, between the wound and the heart.
Page 257 - ... a vein has been wounded, and a string should• be bound tightly around below the wounded part, that is, beyond it from the heart. If the blood comes out by leaps or jets, an artery has been severed, and the person may bleed to death in a few minutes, to prevent which, apply the cord above the wound, that is, between the wound and the heart. In case a string or cord is not at hand, tie the two opposite corners of a handkerchief...
Page 91 - A tight compress should be bound around the abdomen ; and the best material for a bandage for this purpose is a strip of stout flannel about a foot broad, and sufficiently long to double in front, but to be of but one thickness behind. Tape-strings should be attached to the outer end, and also to another part of the piece, a few inches beyond the lapping point, so as to make the flannel conveniently tight, and also aid in ke^** ing it in place.
Page 51 - ... of day, the temperature and moisture of the air, the fasting or replete condition of the alimentary canal, and the nature of the food. The urine is lighter and much more abundant in cold weather, because the pores of the skin are measurably closed, and a large portion of the water which would have passed from the body in the shape of perspiration is prevented egress, and it seeks an outlet through the internal organs. But if a man work several hours together in a heated apartment, or under any...
Page 51 - In the summer, when the perspiration " streams from every pore," comparatively little water is left to be passed through the bladder, and that is highly-coloured and is heavy, and, being so, the call to urination is frequent. But suppose in warm weather, during the hottest day of summer, a person eats a whole water-melon, the urine will be as copious and as light-coloured as in winter. Urine is generally of a light amber colour, of an acid reaction, turning blue litmus paper red, of a peculiar odour...
Page 8 - Nature are not suppressed, there is a proper proportion between the amount received and the amount passed out from the system. The very moment that such proportion is altered, disease begins in all constitutions, and under all circumstances, nay, every additional hour of its continuance, that disease becomes more aggravated, more destructive, more difficult of arrest, and more certain of disaster and of death.
Page 259 - ... particles to separate, wet a bit of rag or lint, place it on the painful spot for about a minute, or less if relieved sooner, but hold a handkerchief on the lint, so as to confine the volatile ingredients ; if kept on too long, the skin may be taken off. If a person " FAINTS," let him remain on his back until he comes to.
Page 51 - ... his body, then the urine will be scant and high-coloured, that is, inclined to a red or yellow colour. In the summer, when the perspiration " streams from every pore," comparatively little water is left to be passed through the bladder, and that is highly-coloured and is heavy, and, being so, the call to urination is frequent. But suppose in warm weather, during the hottest day of summer, a person eats a whole water-melon, the urine will be as copious and as light-coloured as in winter. Urine...