When not in use the diaphragm should be taken off to relieve thestrain on the rubber band.
There is, of course, a natural impulse torelieve the itching of the ear.
A competent nurse, who has good sense and tact, should be able to relieve thefamily of any embarrassment under such circumstances.
Scarcely a green thing is visible to relieve the dull, drab aspect roundabout, and only the scant vegetation of a few gardens relieves the city a trifle itself.
Time hangs heavily in the absence of occupation, and I endeavor to relieve the tedium of slowly creeping time by cultivating the friendship of our new-found acquaintances, the bul-buls.
The nose-rings worn by many of the women are so massive and heavy that silken cords are attached and carried to some support on the head to relieve the nostril of the weight.
During its progress, O'Connell made a motion that the House would resolve itself into a committee, to take into consideration the state of Ireland, with a view to devise means to relieve the distress of the Irish people.
William Prior Moore, who endeavoured most zealously to relieve the sufferings of the people, put forward this view very strongly, in letters addressed by him to the Chief Secretary.
Our business at Newark was to relieve the place, and this we resolved to do whatever it cost, though, at the same time, we resolved not to fight unless we were forced to it.
But give me some anodyne to relieve the pain; that is all you can do for me now.
The Imperialist army marched to relieve the place, but reinforcements were sent from France under the command of Turenne and Longueville.
The Imperialists were unable to gather a force of sufficient strength to relieve the town, which was, therefore, after a short resistance, forced to capitulate.
The Spaniards, however, made no effort to relieve the town, which capitulated after a resistance of only two or three days.
His justice does not require us to relieve the hard-working millions of all labor, to emancipate the serf or slave, unfitted to be free, from all control.
To relieve thedistressed is peculiarly the duty of Masons--a sacred duty, not to be omitted, neglected, or coldly or inefficiently complied with.
The ground of the accusation was, that, in time of a great famine at Jerusalem, he had sold some of the Church plate, and precious stuffs, torelieve the wants of the poor.
His principal care was to instil into his scholars the most perfect maxims of a solid piety and devotion, to compose all differences among the citizens, and to relieve the distressed.
There must be absolute rest, morphine by hypodermic method, one-fourth to one-half grain to relieve the pain.
It is now that an anesthetic may be used to relieve the suffering.
The following is good for the itching and to heal the raw surfaces:-- Carbolic acid 1 dram Zinc oxide 1 dram Glycerin 3 drams Lime water 8 ounces Mix and apply once or twice daily to relieve the itching.
They are very soothing, and in a case of scalds keep out the air and relieve the pain.
The reason, of course, is that the hind-feet are carried forward in order to be placed upon the heels, while the fore are taken backwards to relieve the hind of the body-weight.
There was nothing to relieve the monotony of the scenery.
Gaunt, bare mountains of limestone with scarcely a patch of green to relieve the nakedness of the land make a wilderness indeed, and one sees a drop of some four thousand feet in a distance of about fifteen miles.
My suspense was also great, but more endurable, because I was where I could soon do something to relieve the situation.
On the 7th of May the wagons were all loaded and General Taylor started on his return, with his army reinforced at Point Isabel, but still less than three thousand strong, to relieve the garrison on the Rio Grande.
At this time an intercepted dispatch from Johnston to Pemberton informed me that Johnston intended to make a determined attack upon us in order to relieve the garrison at Vicksburg.
On the evening of our arrival, the English consul sent on board a number of Portuguese, to relieve the crew.
It is not necessary to put the patient deeply under in order to relieve the pain.
The earliest symptoms are crying out in the night suddenly, unnatural standing on one leg (to relieve the strain on the diseased hip) and so-called "growing pains.
Break your troop up into four parties, and let them go by different routes, so that any they meet will suppose they are merely small bodies going out to relieve the outposts.
Just before they started letters came in from the king desiring that Peterborough should send the forces under his command either to relieve the Duke of Savoy or to capture the Balearic Isles.
Peterborough now determined to endeavor to relieve thetown by the desperate expedient of attacking the enemy's camp with his little force.
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