Take an egg, and destroy its polarity by making a smallpuncture through it, and you can never get a chicken from it.
There was a slight swelling round the puncture but that of the arm had totally subsided.
When it is ascertained that there is fluid underneath the eschar, a slight puncture is to be made by the point of a penknife, the fluid is to be gently pressed out, and the caustic is then to be applied to the orifice thus made.
In such cases the caustic unites the advantages of at once opening the punctureand of subduing the inflammation, thus preventing the formation of deep-seated abscesses.
On the third day, there was some inflammation round the puncture which appeared to be closing; I repeated the application of the caustic within the orifice of the wound.
This required a daily puncture for the evacuation of subjacent fluid, for six days; it then remained adherent, and in about a fortnight it separated leaving the ulcerated surface healed.
If there is reason to think that an abscess has actually formed under the puncture to any extent, it must be opened freely by a lancet and treated with caustic and poultice, keeping the poultice moist and cold with water.
I applied the lunar caustic as deep as possible within the puncture and directed a cold poultice to be laid over the whole hand.
On the succeeding day the eschar had been removed by washing the hand, and the puncture was unhealed but free from pain and irritation.
The males, it is said, show little discrimination in pecking the eggs, for they are just as likely to puncture the cowbird eggs as those of other birds.
Nor is that all; she will sometimes puncture the eggs of the owners to prevent their hatching, and thus increase the chances of her own offspring.
Wherever the landing-place was sandy, it was impossible to walk about on account of the swarms of the terrible fire-ant, whose sting is likened by the Brazilians to the puncture of a red-hot needle.
This is applied closely to the skin, a puncture is made with the lancets, and the blood then sucked through between these into the oesophagus, the circular spot which results coinciding with the shape of the lips.
Its puncture does not produce much pain, but it makes such a large gash in the flesh that the blood trickles forth in little streams.
In most cases it sufficed to preserve an expectant attitude, and in the persistence or increase of symptoms, to have recourse to an exploratory puncture as the best means of solution of the difficulty.
One is mentioned in the chapter on injuries to the abdomen, in which a central puncture at the level of the fourth vertebra was accompanied by temporary incontinence of fæces.
Beneath this a punctureon the frontal bone, about corresponding in size to the bullet, was discovered.
In many cases a simple punctureno doubt alone existed, an injury no more to be feared than the exploratory punctures often made for surgical purposes.
In point of fact, there is no reason why a perforation by a bullet of small calibre should be much more feared than a puncture from an exploring trocar, and the danger of the two wounds is probably very nearly the same.
Fragment of Inner Table depending vertically from lower margin of puncture shown in fig.
This enlargement, together with continued rise of temperature, aroused the suspicion of suppuration, and an exploratory puncture with a von Graefe's knife was made by Major Lougheed, R.
This would be of importance, since the clean puncture of cancellous bone was no doubt favoured by a high rate of velocity.
By the time the puncture was repaired and they were again on their way, it was half-past seven and all hope of a timely arrival was abandoned.
Whenever the bubble of his self-esteem threatened to carry him away, she always took pains to puncture it.
They get through and puncture the brain after a time, I presume.
Brown was silent, alternately puffing at the pipe and slapping at the insects, which latter, apparently finding his skin easier to puncture than that of the tanned and leathery Atkins, were making the most of their opportunity.
The chances of getting a puncture will be greatly reduced by keeping your tires properly inflated, as a hard tire exposes much less surface to the road than a soft tire, and also deflects sharp objects that would penetrate a soft tire.
He gave the technique of puncture for ascites and has some interesting details of cases, including one in which a fall led to the traumatic evacuation of the fluid with subsequent cure.
He recommended the puncture of the pleural cavity for pleural effusion, and above all for empyema whenever the case was in serious condition.
Perhaps we'll condemn 'em and puncture 'em," answered the King.
We will have to mend the puncture first, your Majesty," suggested one of the Loons, and the prisoners noticed that none of them seemed surprised or shocked at the sad accident to Panta.
His wound was a lacerated puncture in the left shoulder from a boarding pike, but it appeared to be healing kindly, and for some days we thought he was doing well.
It's just that I soon realized why my harpoon got blunted and couldn't puncture its hide.
But no matter how powerful and well armed they were, neither their tails or their tusks could puncture the sheet-iron plates of a steamer.
Under these conditions houses topple, roof tiles puncture doors, iron railings snap in two, and twenty-four-pounder cannons relocate.
It would seem that when the flea is feeding, saliva is pumped into the puncture and blood is pumped out.
They make the puncture and are interlocked with the labrum to form a sucking tube.
Clay," I said, "pass this up for the moment and get that entry puncture sealed.
The large exit puncture was in the forward cargo lock.
Poor Darwin met with his first serious rebuff in life; he came to me for sympathy with a large puncture in his beak.
He had a large gash and a deep puncturein his shoulder, and his back was very badly scored.
The bag was of the usual cigar shape, divided into many compartments so that the puncture of one would not empty out all the vapor.
If they throw their spears, and puncture the bag in many places we're done for," murmured Tom.
Prick the finger lightly with a blood-lancet, regulating the depth of the puncture so that the blood will not flow without gentle pressure.
One of these is filled to a depth of about one-fourth inch from a puncture in the finger, and is set aside for a few hours.
Some workers first place a drop of the fluid upon the finger and then make the puncture through it, this necessitating less care as to depth of the puncture.
If the puncture be made with a firm, quick stroke, it is practically painless.
Then exert gentle pressure above the puncture so that a small drop of blood will exude into the fluid.
The blood should not be pressed out, since this dilutes it with serum from the tissues; but moderate pressure some distance above the puncture is allowable.
Owing to the disturbance in the relation of the parts made by the first cut, this point is somewhat displaced and the second puncture must be made 1 mm.
The counter-puncture is then made, the knife emerging 1 millimetre behind the corneo-sclerotic junction (Fig.
In making the counter-puncture the beginner is apt to go too far back in the sclerotic owing to the angle of the chamber being placed behind the limbus; he should therefore aim for a point about 1 millimetre inwards from the limbus.
Undoubtedly it should be undertaken as soon as possible after the detachment has occurred and the puncture should enter the space filled with subretinal fluid.
The counter-puncture should be situated about 1 mm.
Lumbar puncture should always be performed as an aid to diagnosis.
This is due to the fact that the puncture and counter-puncture are not made in the same plane, the knife being twisted.
As a rule the blade can be made to cut out, but failing this, the knife should be withdrawn sufficiently to allow a fresh counter-puncture to be made, or else withdrawn altogether and the operation postponed.
The whole operation can be performed in less than a minute, and is rarely attended by serious hæmorrhage; moreover, when the original puncture is immediately above the cricoid there is less danger of wounding the crico-thyreoid artery.
Illustration: One of her elbows was tryin' to puncture my right lung.
Besides, one of her elbows was tryin' to puncture my right lung.
It may be objected that a tiny puncture has to be made in the vein to introduce the chloralose into the circulation; but this puncture is really such a trifle that it would be sheer childishness to pay any attention to it.
What doctor would hesitate to make a puncture in the skin of his patient for the injection of a solution of morphia?
I allude to the pain of puncture or laceration of the skin.
The same remark may be applied to the painful sensations of puncture and laceration.
