Author: R. H. Ed AndrewsPublisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780666864925
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 426
Book Description
Excerpt from The Medical Summary, 1912, Vol. 34: A Monthly Journal of Practical Medicine, New Preparations At the conclusion of the injection, the plunger of the syringe is pulled back slight ly before withdrawing the needle. This will fill the needle with blood, of which a small amount will be deposited under the skin when the needle is withdrawn, instead of this amount of solution, thus avoiding the bruised effect of the solution on the tissue external to the vein. Apply six or eight hot compresses as soon as the treatment has been completed, or instruct the patients to do so as soon as they return home. The patient should receive the treatment in a reclining position if any symptoms of nervousness are apparent. The writer fainted when he was vaccinated, which is about the limit for imaginary foolishness. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
