traumatism
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Intrauterine fractures are occasionally seen, but are generally the results of traumatism or of some extraordinary muscular efforts on the part of the mother.
From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Pyle, Walter L. (Walter Lytle)
Cause.—The great, comprehensive, common cause of, sometimes permanent, sometimes only transient, disability of the horse is external traumatism.
From Special Report on Diseases of the Horse by Michener, Charles B.
He furthermore points out, as did Aristotle, that epilepsy produced in the ancestor by traumatism and other physical causes may be inherited by the child.
From Degeneracy Its Causes, Signs and Results by Talbot, Eugene S.
Prognosis.—From ever so brief and succinct description of this traumatism of the articulations, the serious and important character of these lesions, irrespective of which particular joint is affected, will be readily understood.
From Special Report on Diseases of the Horse by Michener, Charles B.
And he grew technical, spoke of blood pressures taken, of traumatism superinducing prolonged coma, of this and that which made no impression on the banker.
From The Bells of San Juan by Gregory, Jackson
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