The American journal of the medical sciences (1827)
[Thorofare, N.J., etc.] Charles B. Slack [etc.] · leaf 421
e first stage of the operation was completed with great trouble, owing to the almost constant vomiting and straining of the patient. The embar- rassment was further increased by profuse hemorrhage and the darkness of the evening. The opening when pared admitted readily three fingers into the… … which fifteen drops of Ma- gendie's solution of morphia were given, to be repeated pro re nata, the object being to obtain its fullest effect. For six days after the operation, the pulse varied from 112 to 128. During this time there was more or less vomiting and straining, which could not be…
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