10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DECUMBENCY»
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decumbency in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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The Dublin Quarterly Journal of Medical Science
The decubitus in phthisis having formed the subject of a discussion, suggested
by the inconvenience resulting from pressure, which the limited range of
decumbency had in this instance entailed, Dr. Finn observed that, in his
experience, the ...
It is at first rather surprising to find that the npper limit of the dull area
corresponding to the liver and the heart in front is almost exactly the same in the
erect position and in dorsal decumbency ; in other words, the liver does not fall
away much ...
3
A practical treatise on the Diseases of the Heart and Great ...
The heart falls downwards somewhat (if its substance be weighty, the fall may
equal an inch) in the erect position, and comes more forward than in
decumbency. Changing the position in decumbency from the right to the left side
will carry the ...
Walter Hayle WALSHE, 1862
4
A Practical Treatise on the Diseases of the Heart and Great ...
Alteration of' posture of the body affects the site of' the organ also. The heart falls
downwards somewhat (if its substance be weighty, the fall may equal an inch) in
the erect position, and comes more forward than in decumbency. Changing the ...
Walter Hayle Walshe, 1862
testations of botulism, i. e., salivation, marked weakness and intermittent
decumbency, were observed on the seventh day (Fig. 5). Death occurred on the
tenth day. The gross lesions were similar to those in horses fatally afflicted as the
result of ...
6
Bulletin - Kentucky Agricultural Experiment Station, ...
The arrangement of the bedding in the stall indicated that the animal had moved
the feet in a running motion in decumbency. Death had evidently occurred earl}'
in the night, the abdomen was distended with gas, the musculature was cool and
...
7
A Critical Pronouncing Dictionary, and Expositor of the ...
DECUMBENCY,. dé-kfim'bén-sé. 8The. act of lying down, the posture of lying
down. DECUMBITURE, dé-kdm'be-hire. s. The time at which a man takes to his
bed in a disease. DEGUPLE, dék'\'.'1-pl. a. 4-05. Tenfold. DEGURION, dé-kn're-
fin.
8
Critical Pronouncing Dictionary and Expositor of the English ...
v. a. to censure, to blame cla- Decumbence, del-kflm'bfense. > the act ofj
Decumbency, de-k£un'b£n-se\ ) ' lying down] Decuple, deVft-pl. a. tenfold [ten
Decurion, d^-krVre-ftn. s. a commander over Decursiou, di-k&r'shiln. s. the act of
running ...
9
You Have a Point There: A Guide to Punctuation and Its Allies
Candid inquiries into one's decumbency, besides the greater or less privilege
tobe allowed a man in pro andliebefore their faces. They ought dogmatically, that
one could wish to have them stand round one's bed, of a bitter morning, to hear ...
10
Encyclopaedia Londinensis, or, Universal dictionary of arts, ...
Introduced in 17S5 by baron Hake, DECUM'BENCE, or Decumbency, s. {
_dccumbo, Lat.] The act of lying down j the posture of lying down. — This must
come to pass, if we hold opinion they lie not down, and enjoy no deaimbcnce at
all ; for ...
John Wilkes (of Milland House, Sussex), 1810
2 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DECUMBENCY»
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decumbency is used in the context of the following news items.
Obama Defies the Will of the Senate
Instead, we might hope that those who have been wounded by this development will “morph” themselves out of their pathetic decumbency and ... «National Review Online, Feb 15»
Ralph Hudgens: No longer an Obamacare 'obstructionist'
... debasement, supineness, deceitful, subjacency, decumbency, squattiness, delusive, spread, depression, sprawled, dishonesty, shortness, ... «Atlanta Journal Constitution, Aug 14»
