American Medical Times, Volume 4George Frederick Shrady, Stephen Smith 1862 |
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Page 217 - By Gunning S. Bedford, AM, MD, Professor of Obstetrics, the Diseases of Women and Children, and Clinical Obstetrics in the University of New York ; Author of " The Principles and Practice of Obstetrics.
Page 146 - ... a different locality than it really is, the person or persons so offending, shall be subject to a fine of one hundred dollars ($100 J.
Page 190 - It is also incumbent upon the faculty to be temperate in all things, for the practice of physic requires the unremitting exercise of a clear and vigorous understanding; and, on emergencies for which no professional man should be unprepared, a steady hand, an acute eye, and an unclouded head may be essential to the well-being, and even to the life, of a fellow creature.
Page 77 - THERAPEUTICS AND MATERIA MEDICA; a Systematic Treatise on the Action and Uses of Medicinal Agents, including their Description and History.
Page 88 - After the reading and approval of the minutes of the previous meeting) Dr.
Page 289 - Sarracenia, they are deprived of their contagious properties. The medicine, at the same time, is so mild to the taste, that it may be mixed largely with tea or coffee, as I have done, and given to connoisseurs in these beverages to drink, without their being aware of the admixture. Strange, however, to say, it is scarcely two years since science and the medical world were utterly ignorant of this great boon of Providence ; and it would be dishonorable in me not to acknowledge that had it not been...
Page 146 - ... the carriage or vehicle from which the same is vended, conspicuously marked with his, her or their names, also indicating...
Page 146 - ... unhealthy condition, or feed the same on food that produces impure, diseased, or unwholesome milk, shall . be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction shall be punished by a fine of not less than fifty dollars...
Page 289 - Sir — You have by this time, in all probability, heard something of an extraordinary discovery for the cure of small-pox, by the use of Sarracenia Purpurea, or Indian Cup, a native plant of Nova Scotia. I would beg of you, however, to give full publicity to the astonishing fact, that this same humble bog-plant of Nova Scotia is the remedy for siuall-pox, in all its forms, in twelve hours after the patient has taken the medicine.
Page 33 - ... classification. Professor Joseph Jones discovered in a sepulchral mound on the bank of the Cumberland River, opposite the city of Nashville, Tennessee, an axe of this class with a stone handle. The entire implement was cut out of a solid piece of greenstone (see Plate XII.). The handle is thirteen inches and a half in length, an inch and a half wide, and about an inch thick. At the lower end is a hole for the suspension and convenient transportation of the weapon when not in actual use.