10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «OBTUNDITY»
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1
Orthopedic Physical Assessment
The patient goes through the following stages of recovery: unconsciousness (
also called paralytic coma), stupor, obtundity, lethargy, confusion (with or without
delirium), near lucidity with autom- atism, and finally full alertness. Stupor implies
...
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Neuroanatomy and the Neurologic Exam: A Thesaurus of ...
1982, p. 772). TOPIC: Levels of consciousness TERMS: Semicoma Drowsiness
Confusion Delirium Coma Obtundity Stupor Alert (See, also: SS: Alert, SS:
Drowsiness, and SS: Light coma) ISSUES ♢ 1. Do the various "levels" of
consciousness, ...
Terence R. Anthoney,
1993
3
Alcohol: the sanction for its use; scientifically ...
The amount of fusel oil in the whiskey is greatly responsible for the degree of
obtundity. We must not forget that a good liqueur after dinner and a good brandy
at bedtime have never produced such an obtundity of taste. We will now speak of
...
4
Naval digest, containing digests of selected decisions of ...
42. Nominal punishment. See Criticism of Courts-Martial, 35. 43. Obstinate. C. M.
0. 104, 1897, 6-0. See also Criticism or Courts-Mabtial, 16, 19, 20, 35, 48. i 44.
Obtundity. C. M. O. 104, 1897, 5-6. See also Criucism of Courts-Martial, 35,48. 45
.
Judge Advocate General (Navy).,
1916
5
St. Louis Medical Journal
This is just what takes place in dilation ; and the exhaustion and obtundity of the
tissue prevents rigidity or spasm. In cutting the internal os the instrument incises
nerves and bloodvessels of considerable size and veins without values.
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The geometry of the circle and mathematics as applied to ...
... seen that this admission "upsets" his Mathematical "coach." It appears to me
that the profundity of his reflection is on a par with the obtundity of his intellect* —
as to the appreciation of a joke, or the * His Grace the Duke of Devonshire —
then ...
7
Alcohol and Drug Abuse as Encountered in Office Practice
In overdose there is extreme obtundity, seizures, and suppression of brainstem
function, with swallowing impairment, irregular heart beat, troubled breathing,
and hypothermia common. In toxicity, peritoneal and hemodialysis have been ...
8
Neurological Rehabilitation6: Neurological Rehabilitation
Obtundity. Obtundity describes the condition of a client who sleeps a great deal
and who, when aroused, exhibits reduced alertness, disinterest in the
environment, and slow responses to stimulation. Delirium. Delirium is often
observed in ...
Darcy Ann Umphred, Margaret Roller,
2013
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Mosby's Medical Dictionary
—obtundation, obtundity, n., obtunded, obtundent, adj. obtundation lob'tunda'
shonl [L, obtundere, to blunt, atus, process], a greatly reduced level of
consciousness. The patient is not yet comatose but is close, arousing only with
very strong ...
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The Development of traditional psychopathology: a sourcebook
2. externally by inertia, immobility, an appearance of obtundity, the loss or
diminution of sensibility. In all the cases I have reported the psychosis is of an
exclusively sad nature, and since this is the principal characteristic it is evident
that we ...
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The Review That Caused Hemingway to Slap a Critic in the Face …
At any rate, we expect an American poet who goes down there to see more and not less than a Spanish adolescent, whose one-sided obtundity ... «The New Republic, Aug 14»