Manual of general medicinal technologyWood, 1889 - 235 pages |
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Page 3 - But in case of doubt or contest his decision in this class of cases may be appealed from to a board hereby constituted for the purpose, and composed of the Surgeon-General of the Army, the SurgeonGeneral of the Navy, and the Secretary of Agriculture, and the decision of this board shall be final in the premises.
Page 3 - Notice is hereby given that, in accordance with and by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Convention of 1880, I hereby call upon the several incorporated medical societies, incorporated medical colleges, incorporated colleges of pharmacy, and incorporated pharmaceutical societies throughout the United States of America, The American Medical Association, and The American Pharmaceutical Association, to elect a number of delegates, not exceeding three...
Page 7 - 1. The officinal Latin title of a vegetable drug is to be the botanical genus name. A few titles were excepted from this rule, being those of old and well-known drugs, as Belladonna, Frangula, Ipecacuanha, Pulsatilla, Senna, Stramonium, etc. 2. The officinal Latin title, selected according to the preceding rule, is...
Page 7 - 3. The officinal English titles are to be the scientific, botanical ('genus or species) names, rather than the vernacular names ; except in the case of those drugs, where the vernacular names are derived from, and still almost identical with, the scientific names, or where long custom has sanctioned some other name.
Page 171 - ... greater the higher the bag is hung. During a vaginal injection the nozzle should be rotated from side to side and withdrawn and pushed up from time to time, so as to secure irrigation of all parts. More certain for this end, although more inconvenient, is the plan of having the patient on her knees and elbows during the injection. In that position the walls of the vagina tend to fall asunder, and the injection thus more surely reaches every point of surface. The vagina can also be reached by...
Page 3 - Association, to elect a number of delegates, not exceeding three, and the Surgeon-General of the Army, the Surgeon-General of the Navy, and the Surgeon-General of the Marine Hospital Service, to appoint, each, not exceeding three medical officers, to attend a General Convention for the Revision of the Pharmacopoeia of the United States, to be held in Washington, DC, on the first Wednesday of May, 1890.
Page 7 - These rules apply only to the title of the drug as found in one place, and not to the titles of the preparations of the drug or plant. At page 53 the rule is carried out and