American Medical Times, Volume 5George Frederick Shrady, Stephen Smith Balliere Bros., 1862 - Medicine |
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Page 123 - In passing a recruit the medical officer is to examine him stripped; to see that he has free use of all his limbs; that his chest is ample ; that his hearing, vision, and speech are perfect; that he has no tumors, or ulcerated or extensively...
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Page 187 - ... take position with the class last examined. Physical examination will precede the professional ; no candidate not physically qualified for the active duties of the service will be examined professionally. The Board will make a separate report in each case of the physical condition direct to the Department, to be placed on file with the testimonials of the candidate. No allowance is made for the expenses of persons undergoing these examinations, as they are indispensable prerequisites to appointment....
Page 225 - This is dependent on the presence of the glyco-cholate and taurocholate of soda, which do not pre-exist in the blood, subserve a useful purpose in the economy, and are not discharged from it, are manufactured in the liver and peculiar to the bile, do not accumulate in the blood when the function of the liver is interfered with, and are, in short, products of secretion. But it has another function connected with depuration, which is dependent on the presence of the Cholesterine, which is an excretion.
Page 180 - Medicine, the student must exhibit evidence of having pursued the study of medicine and surgery for the term of three years with some respectable practitioner of medicine (including' lecture terms); must have attended two full courses of lectures, the last of which must have been in the medical department of the University of Michigan...
Page 136 - There is no practical fact of the truth and value of which I am more satisfied than that of the effect and efficacy of scarification of the gums in infants, and not in infants only, but in children. But the prevailing, I may sny the universal idea on the subject is.
Page 214 - Academy, and that the Secretary be instructed to transmit a copy of the same to the widow of the deceased, also to the dental and medical journals for publication.
Page 285 - Interested directly in our medical schools; and that the Secretary be Instructed to transmit a copy of the resolution to the Governor.
Page 218 - Surgeons of the same date, who shall be examined for promotion at different times, may be more readily determined, a majority of the members of the Board will be selected, if practicable, from those who served on the next preceding Board.
Page 170 - ... of inflamed parts, have been wrongly interpreted by practitioners. They are the results, and not the causes, of inflammation, and show that the economy is actively at work repairing the injury. So far, therefore, from being interfered with and interrupted, they should be supported by nutrients. It follows, fourthly, that if these views be correct, the true treatment of inflammation should be directed towards bringing the disease to a favourable conclusion by supporting rather than diminishing...