The mariner's medical guide : designed for the use of ships, families, and plantations : containing the symptoms and treatment of diseases : also, a list of medicines, their uses, and the mode of administering, when a physician cannot be procured : selected from standard medical works . Z80 MARINER S MEDICAL GUIDE. and a small tackle hooked to it, and to the eyebolt in thewall. An assistant pulls gradually on the tackle, so as toslowly extend the limb. No sudden pulls or violence willbe of any avail; the strain must be gradual and steadyto tire out the resistance of the muscles. When suffi-cie
The mariner's medical guide : designed for the use of ships, families, and plantations : containing the symptoms and treatment of diseases : also, a list of medicines, their uses, and the mode of administering, when a physician cannot be procured : selected from standard medical works . Z80 MARINER S MEDICAL GUIDE. and a small tackle hooked to it, and to the eyebolt in thewall. An assistant pulls gradually on the tackle, so as toslowly extend the limb. No sudden pulls or violence willbe of any avail; the strain must be gradual and steadyto tire out the resistance of the muscles. When suffi-ciently extended, the operator replaces the head of thebone, and the tackle may be slacked up. The cut on the previous page is given for the purposeof showing the position which the bones of the frame. 181 occupy in the body, and may give a clearer idea of thenature of an injury in case of any fracture or a guide to show the position of the principal organsof the body the preceding cut will be found useful. Theheart and lungs are seen occupying the cavity of thethorax, and separated by the muscular partition calledthe diaphragm from the abdominal cavity which containsthe liver, stomach, spleen, kidneys, small and large in-testines, bladder, &c. The full length figure, given as thefrontispiece of this volume, may also be examined care-fully, and will give sufficient information on this subjectto repay the trouble. (182) GENERAL REMARKS. In the administration of remedies, it is of the utmostimportance that the proper dose should be given, and itshould be accurately weighed or measured. In manyinstances, in fact, it would be better to omit the medi-cine altogether than to neglect proper care in this particu-lar, for many medicines will produce very different, andsome
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