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invented in 1833 by the
Scottish physician Neil Arnott. Dr. Arnott's
Hydrostatic Bed was
devised to
prevent bedsores in patients, and
comprised a bath of...
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Hydrostatic shock, also
known as Hydro-shock, is the
controversial concept that a
penetrating projectile (such as a bullet) can
produce a
pressure wave...
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pulmonary hypertension. It can also
occur in
patients with
increased hydrostatic venous pressure or
decreased oncotic venous pressure, due to obstruction...
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Bed rest, also
referred to as the rest-cure, is a
medical treatment in
which a
person lies in
bed for most of the time to try to cure an illness.
Bed...
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Macintosh and
Company to
produce a
water or '
hydrostatic bed for invalids',
there is no
evidence that air or
water beds were ever used on a
large scale in hospitals...
- of the bed is
relatively horizontal,
which is
analogous to
hydrostatic behavior. The
bed can be
considered to be a
heterogeneous mixture of
fluid and...
- venules. The
resistance of the
efferent arterioles causes sufficient hydrostatic pressure within the
glomerulus to
provide the
force for ultrafiltration...
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chimneys may be as high as 400 °C (it is kept from
boiling by the high
hydrostatic pressure)
while within a few
meters it may be back down to 2 to 4 °C...
- of the
rousing are to get good mixing, to
loosen dirt and to even out
hydrostatic pressures at the
bottom of the
steep vessels. (Air flow rate: 1.5m3/ton...
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strongly built,
adequately stiffened, and
reinforced to
withstand the
hydrostatic and
other loads that they will have to withstand.
Large cofferdams are...
