Word: patient
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Cheever lectured last evening in Sanders' Theatre before a large audiency, on the subject of "First aid in cases of fractures, dislocating, and bandaging." The patient suffers as much in accidents from the sympathy and officiousness of the by-standers, as he does from the injury itself. We should do too little rather than too much. If we drop a watch, we take it to the watch-maker for repair, and to him alone. So in case of bodily injuries, we should rely on the surgeon alone...
...most common narcotic poison is opium. In all cases when opium is taken, the physician, on his arrival, should be told of the amount. Many mistakes are often made from this neglect. A strong narcotic will reduce the respiration to as low as six a minute, and still the patient may live. Pain, inflicted without flinching, is the only way to awaken a person from under the influence of opium. Whipping, clubbing, striking, any kind of abuse must be resorted to, or consciousness cannot be restored...
...bloodless face of one who has fainted shows a like condition of the brain, so it is often necessary to lift the feet far above the head that the blood may return to the brain. When you use water, do not mince matters at all, but let the patient have plenty of it, and that square in the face. In cases of convulsions, be careful to protect the patient from hurting himself. Something to prevent the teeth from coming together should always be put in the mouth...
...should be taken to a cold place, clothes loosened or taken off, and water thrown over him, or ice-bags used. Sometimes there is exhaustive sun-stroke when the body is cold and the pulse slow; in such cases, stimulants should be given. In giving liquid to an unconscious patient, turn the head to one side, put in the liquid on that side and then throw the head backward and the liquid will pass down involuntarily and without the patient's choking...
...same principle in these different departments, without suggesting a remedy?' It would be almost impossible to name a remedy that should have any immediate effect in the cases mentioned. It must be a long time before renewed vitality creeps into the nerves and muscles of a patient who is 'run down.' But there is one department where a change of present policy might have much direct effect upon the life of the community; and that is, the University of Pennsylvania. I do not mean that such change would be possible if this should cease to be the headquarters where protection...