The Medical and Surgical Reporter, Volume 44

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Crissy & Markley, Printers, 1881 - Medicine
 

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Page 305 - Each State, County, and District medical society, entitled to representation, shall have the privilege of sending to the Association, one delegate for every ten of its regular resident members, and one for every additional fraction of more than
Page 47 - ... well for the eye as for the mind of the reading practitioner. The printed prices are those at which books can generally be supplied by booksellers throughout the United States, who can readily procure for their customers any works not kept in stock.
Page 16 - As soon as a new patient is admitted her vagina is washed out with a two per cent, solution of carbolic acid, and the parts about the vulvse thoroughly washed with soap and carbolic acid solution.
Page 83 - American University of Philadelphia, on account of the abuse of its franchises "in the unlawful sale of diplomas to persons who had not pursued the prescribed course of study, and who were unfitted, by reason of ignorance, to practice medicine." In accordance with this request, writs of quo warranto were sued out by him against the American University of Philadelphia and the Eclectic Medical College of Pennsylvania, another institution claiming a like charter, and managed by the same persons controlling...
Page 278 - It has long been known, at least to physio' ogists, that the fifth nerve retains its sensibility longer than any other part in narcosis, and that reflexes may be induced through this nerve when other irritations fail.
Page 336 - Surgeon Otis, with his personal observations of the surgical collections abroad, brought indefatigable industry and untiring energy to the development of the surgical and anatomical collections of the Army Medical Museum, which he has made the most valuable of their kind in the world. The compilation of the " Surgical Volumes of the Medical and Surgical History of the War " has placed Surgeon Otis confessedly among the most prominent contributors to surgical history.
Page 348 - ... ordinary micturition is effected by the contraction of the muscular coats of the bladder and urethra, but in cases of obstruction to the outflow of the urine, extraordinary force is called into action, and this is effected by the contraction of the abdominal walls pressing upon the bladder, whilst the diaphragm is also at the same time in a state of tension. By this means pressure is exerted over the whole of the abdominal wall, and the apertures by which the testicles have descended to the scrotum...
Page 212 - ... away much more easily than before, and they are not so much exhausted by it. But perhaps the remedy, par excellence, not only in cases of phthisis, but in chronic bronchitis, is cod-liver oil. Persons suffering from long-standing chronic bronchitis will often come to a hospital to beg for cod-liver oil, saying that it eases their cough far more than any cough mixture. Other oils or fats have not this power to the same extent as cod-liver oil. We cannot say positively what the reason of this may...
Page 305 - State, county and district medical society entitled to representation shall have the privilege of sending to the Association one delegate for every ten of its regular resident members, and one for every additional fraction of more than half that number; provided, however, that the number of delegates for any particular State, Territory, county, city or town shall not exceed the ratio of one in ten of the resident physicians who may have signed the Code of Ethics of the Association.
Page 222 - ... the case, afford the physician satisfactory evidence that any thermometer he may buy is not affected with errors, which in many instances under our observation have amounted to several degrees. " Following the example of the Royal Society's Observatory at Kew, at which during the past year upwards of five thousand thermometers were examined, this Observatory has established a department to which any physician or other person may send thermometers by mail or express, and upon the payment of a...

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