Word: shocked
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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April 27. Dr. Porter. First aid in cases of drowning, asphyxia, from gas, &c., in cases of apoplexy, epilepsy, shock...
...northern soldier was aided in material things he was also supported by the thought that his family was far away from harm, sure of aid in case of his death, while the Confederate was battling almost on his own hearth, his family and loved ones daily exposed to the shock of battle and defenceless at his death. The southerner, too, was not fighting for a government, but for his property, slaves and traditional honor...
...heart, at best, can obtain only a very brief respite. A fainting fit gives us an illustration of what happens when the action of the heart is much reduced in frequency, or brought to a pause. This condition is called Syncope. This state may be produced by any violent shock to the nervous system. A large proportion of diseases of the heart depend upon circumstances over which we have no control. In 177 cases of consumption, examined in the Brompton Consumptive Hospital, the heart was found smaller than it should be, in more than one half of the cases...
...These chairs give rise to many amusing incidents which enliven the otherwise weary round of lecture-going. Now and then they give way all at once like the "famous one horse shay," sending the heels of the occupant high in the air and giving his cerebral system a violent shock. Some of them go to pieces, part by part, like an old wreck; first the arms, then the back, and finally one by one the legs fade away. Some of these noble old chairs are ruthlessly pulled apart by wanton freshmen, who in no wise regard antiquities, being so recent...
...largely lies in their ambition. They desire to excel in what they attempt, a natural and honorable ambition. But they see on every hand scores of men abler than they in the very direction in which they thought themselves especially strong. There comes a feeling of discouragement, and a shock to one's self-conceit. This is the experience of most students in the first years of their college course. Then follows, in the majority of cases, a wholesome belief in one's abilities. There are some, however, who never recover from the first rude awakening from their dreams...