Transactions of the Colorado State Medical Society, Volume 27

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Page 447 - ... to establish a defence on the ground of insanity, it must be clearly proved that, at the time of the committing of the act, the party accused was labouring under such a defect of reason, from disease of the mind, as not to know the nature and quality of the act he was doing, or, if he did know it, that he did not know he was doing what was wrong.
Page 449 - That courts of justice shall be open to every person, and a speedy remedy afforded for every injury to person, property or character; and that right and justice shall be administered without sale, denial or delay.
Page 63 - We cannot but think that the discoveries and improvements in the medical practice which we now enjoy are dearly bought if the members of the profession in their onward march have left behind them their sense of civic obligation and their interest in the general public welfare.
Page 442 - I have entertained, — that hardly any weight is to be given to the evidence of what are called scientific witnesses. They come with such a bias on their minds to support the cause in which they are embarked, that hardly any weight should be given to their evidence.
Page 349 - Girls need health as much — nay, more than boys. They can only obtain it as boys do, by running, tumbling, — by all sorts of innocent vagrancy. At least once a day girls should have their halters taken off, the bars let down, and be turned loose like young colts.
Page 13 - He shall preside, enforce a due observance of the Constitution and By-laws, see that all members of committees and officers perform their respective duties, appoint all committees not otherwise provided for, give the casting vote only, sign diplomas and all other official documents requiring his signature, and perform such other duties as appertain to his office by usage and custom ; also...
Page 65 - ... more valuable information which he might else have got. And if here the test of relative value is appealed to and held conclusive, then should it be appealed to and held conclusive throughout. Had we time to master all subjects we need not be particular. To quote the old...
Page 446 - ... laboring under an obliquity of vision. ~ A man whose mind squints, unless impelled to crime by this very mental obliquity, is as much amenable to punishment as one whose eye squints.
Page 12 - October, and the terms of office shall expire on the 31st of December. ARTICLE III. The Society shall be composed of Regular, Life, Corresponding and Honorary members. ARTICLE IV. The officers of the Society shall be a President, First, Second and Third Vice- Presidents, a Corresponding Secretary, a Recording Secretary, a Treasurer, and a Librarian, and these shall continue in office until their successors are elected, unless vacancies occur by death, resignation or removal, in which case the Executive...
Page 89 - ... integument, there would practically be no limit to the pressure which might be applied to the projection. But the interposition between the apparatus and the vertebral column of the sensitive skin places a peremptory limit to the degree of force which it is possible to apply. The rule may therefore read : The apparatus may be considered as having reached the limit of its efficiency if it makes the greatest possible pressure on the projection compatible with the comfort and integrity of the skin.

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