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Also in the mix are electrocution, foreign-body insertion, overdressing, or body wrapping.
Spider Bones Kathy Reichs 2010
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It also creates a foreign-body reaction in the lining of the uterus, which prevents implantation.
OUR BODIES, OURSELVES The Boston Women’s Health Book Collective 2005
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Other common emergencies include intestinal foreign-body obstructions from eating the wrong things.
The Last Chance Dog D.V.M. Donna Kelleher 2003
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Other common emergencies include intestinal foreign-body obstructions from eating the wrong things.
The Last Chance Dog D.V.M. Donna Kelleher 2003
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-- If of foreign-body origin, pulmonary abscess almost invariably heals after the removal of the object and a regime of fresh air and rest, without local measures of any kind.
Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery Chevalier Jackson 1911
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In some foreign-body cases an acute angle giving a long slant is useful, in others a short slant is better, and in a few cases the squarely cut-off distal end is best.
Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery Chevalier Jackson 1911
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The drainage bronchoscope may be used in any case in which the very slightly-greater area of cross section is no disadvantage; but in children the added bulk is usually objectionable, and in cases of recent foreign-body, secretions are not troublesome.
Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery Chevalier Jackson 1911
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The regular foreign-body forceps are best for this purpose.
Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery Chevalier Jackson 1911
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[160] _The lip of the bronchoscope_ is one of the most valuable aids in the solution of foreign-body problems.
Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery Chevalier Jackson 1911
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The statement in all of the text-books, that foreign body is followed by phthisis pulmonalis is a relic of the days when the bacillary origin of true tuberculosis was unknown, hence the foreign-body phthisis pulmonalis, or pseudo tuberculosis, was confused with the true pulmonary tuberculosis of bacillary origin.
Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery Chevalier Jackson 1911
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