(1) Two-thirds had only been punished a single time before their original transportation to Australia, which according to Causer’s reading of the records, could mean “anything from 10 years in prison (a rare sentence) to a couple of days locked up for drunkenness.” In other words, the prisoners at Norfolk Island, Port Arthur and the rest were for the most part ordinary labouring men.
Cauter
Definition:
(n.) A hot iron for searing or cauterizing.
Example Sentences:
(1) Potential causes for bowel burn associated with tubal cauterization are discussed.
(2) In one case the origin of infection was a cauterized wart that did not appear clinically infected.
(3) The use of drugs such as polydeoxyribonucleotide (PDRN) 5 mg (POLIDES 5--Farmigea), provided with reepithelialization and anticomplement action, seems to promote a quicker recovery of the cauterized or vaporized zone, avoiding, at the same time, the secondary inflammatory reaction.
(4) An effort was made to neutralize the virus in loco either by infiltration of the inoculation site with povidone-iodine or with monoclonal antibodies, or by cauterization and excision.
(5) The infective lesions of the corneal epithelium (dendritic and geographic ulcers) occasionally develop into noninfective indolent or trophic ulcers, particularly under the influence of cauterizing chemicals or corticosteroids.
(6) The risk of development of malignancy in the retained stump is almost eliminated by the laparoscopic removal of the upper endocervical canal and cauterization of the lower endocervical canal and exocervix.
(7) These observations suggest that the physiological maturity of the muscle was not appreciably altered even though glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase activity was higher (P greater than 0.05) and total phosphorylase activity was lower (P greater than 0.05) in the spinal cauterized fetuses than in the control group.
(8) The terminal innervation ratios were similar (P greater than 0.05) for muscles from control and cauterized fetuses.
(9) Cauterization of the pars intercerebralis after the critical period of the prothoracic gland activity does not affect moulting in any way.
(10) Following successful cauterization, goblet cells returned.
(11) With the trend of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN) toward development at an earlier age in today's population, the importance of office cauterization in preventing cervical cancer becomes apparent.
(12) In order to study congenital constriction band syndrome, we performed local cauterization of the lower limb buds of embryos in fertilized white leghorn eggs between hour 0 on day 4 (day 4-0) and day 7-0 of incubation.
(13) Application of prednisolone disodium phosphate ointment to cauterized corneas also inhibited neutrophil migration at 6 h, but increased the extravascular neutrophils at 48 h. After 6 days of treatment, corneal blood vessel growth was significantly reduced.
(14) If operative intervention is advised, it should consist of one of several limited procedures that can be safely performed with low morbidity: anal encirclement, presacral packing, sclerosing injection, or linear rectal cauterization.
(15) In operated groups an ulcer was provoked by cauterization with a metallic plate in the gastric fundus.
(16) In males the development of gonadotrophs was strongly suppressed in number and in size after the cauterization, whereas in females the suppression was less prominent.
(17) Cauterization was performed anterior to the joint in nine experimental rhesus monkeys, while eight animals served as control subjects.
(18) After cauterization of a single bleeding point, the patient again received prednisolone.
(19) Rearing environment (enriched vs. normal) and method of vibrissae removal (cauterization of follicles vs. plucking) were examined to determine specific factors that m might influence the effect of vibrissae removal.
(20) Over a 2-year period 1013 phenol cauterizations were carried out on 631 patients.