Annual of the Universal Medical Sciences and Analytical Index: A Yearly Report of the Progress of the General Sanitary Sciences Throughout the World. [1888-1896.] ...

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F.A. Davis Company, 1890
 

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Page 38 - Annual Report" of the Supervising Surgeon-General of the Marine Hospital Service of the United States...
Page 9 - Tobacco, divine, rare, superexcellent Tobacco, which goes far beyond all their panaceas, potable gold, and philosopher's stones, a sovereign remedy to all diseases. A good vomit, I confess, a virtuous herb, if it be well qualified, opportunely taken, and medicinally used, but, as it is commonly abused by most men, which take it as Tinkers do Ale, 'tis a plague, a mischief, a violent purger of goods, lands, health, hellish, devilish, and damned Tobacco, the ruin and overthrow of body and soul.
Page 25 - ... surrounding parts. 5. The removal of the growth from its primary site of origin by forceps, sharp spoon, cold snare, or the galvanic wire.
Page 40 - ... in sparse districts. With regard to specific causes, Dr. Longstaff says: "The cause or causes should not be sought for primarily in any high development of civilization, such as sewers, but rather in some condition associated with more primitive modes of life. Again, privies and ash-pits can hardly be important agents in breeding or disseminating the disease, or we should expect to find diphtheria exceptionally prevalent in those northern towns where such nuisances reach their worst, whereas...
Page 76 - Ogives another instance of the successful removal of a piece of steel from the vitreous by means of the electro-magnet.
Page 9 - Record, 1890, says that the stimulating and narcotic properties of tobacco have an effect upon the body in moderate use as well as in immoderate use, the effect being simply in proportion to the quantity used, though the effects of moderate use may not be measurable by ordinary means. It is easy to see the effects of large amounts of tobacco in the stunted growth of adolescents, in functional cardiac disorders, loss of appetite, neuroses of motion, intellectual sluggishness, loss of memory, color-blindness,...
Page 90 - A certain number of cases of secondary glaucoma, especially those in connection with iritis, cyclitis, etc., are susceptible of permanent relief by eserine, and do not require an operation. This remark probably applies to most cases of increased tension in association with interstitial keratitis. 13. Although, as has been admitted, the prognosis after operation for simple glaucoma is always doubtful, it is yet the surgeon's duty to resort to operation in all cases in which the disease is definitely...
Page 10 - ... suffered from loss of appetite, nausea, and vomiting, with headache, and her arms and legs felt heavy and powerless. About this time she came from India to England and came under Dr. Felkin's care. On examination, it was found that a remarkable hypertrophy of the integumentary system had taken place over the whole body, with the exception of the head and neck, the forearms and hands, the legs below the knees and the feet ; also the anterior aspect of the trunk from 3 inches below the clavicles...
Page 91 - ... remain free during the remainder of the patient's life. (9) The condition of the field of vision is no constant guide either in forming a prognosis as to the progress of the disease or in deciding as to the time of operation. (10) The acuity of vision bears no constant relation to either the success or failure of the operation. (11) The anterior chamber is usually shallow, is occasionally entirely absent, but is often apparently normal in depth. The condition of the chamber gives no reliable...
Page 60 - The disadvantages of simple extraction are as follows : — 1. The technique of the operation is decidedly more difficult. The...

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