Pacific Medical and Surgical Journal and Western Lancet, Volume 141872 |
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Page 419 - A Treatise on Human Physiology : designed for the use of Students and Practitioners of Medicine. By JOHN C. DALTON, MD, Professor of Physiology and Hygiene in the College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York.
Page 132 - A TREATISE ON DISEASES OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM. By WILLIAM A. HAMMOND, MD, Professor of Diseases of the Mind and Nervous System, and of Clinical Medicine, in the Bellevue Hospital Medical College ; Physician-in-chief to the New- York State Hospital for Diseases of the Nervous System, ete.
Page 222 - On Some Disorders of the Nervous System in Childhood. Being the Lumleian Lectures delivered before the Royal College of Physicians in March 1871. By CHARLES WEST, MD Crown 8vo.
Page 429 - As it is believed that the inconsiderate prescription of large quantities of alcoholic liquids by medical men for their patients has given rise in many instances to the formation of intemperate habits, the undersigned, while unable to abandon the use of alcohol in the treatment of certain cases of disease, are yet of opinion that no medical practitioner should prescribe it without a sense of grave responsibility.
Page 32 - Only," to use the language of the great Virchow, " by thus working harmoniously together, by thus mutually enlightening each other, will the State gain an organ to which may be safely intrusted the solution of the great question of our time, viz: bodily and mental health and development of future generations.
Page 280 - Extract PINUS CANADENSIS in some affections of the rectum, vagina and cervix uteri. I have used it considerably diluted, as a vaginal wash, with great success ; but I prefer to apply it to the os tincse on cotton wool, either pure or mixed with glycerine, or glycerine and rose water.
Page 180 - Including the Signs and Symptoms of Pregnancy, Obstetric Operations, Diseases of the Puerperal State, &c., &c.
Page 363 - Wythe's Dose and Symptom Book. Containing the Doses and Uses of all the principal Articles of the Materia Medica, etc.
Page 430 - Practitioner is bound to exert his utmost influence to inculcate habits of great moderation in the use of alcoholic liquids. " Being also firmly convinced that the great amount of drinking of alcoholic liquors among the working classes of this country is one of the greatest evils of the day, destroying — more than anything else — the health, happiness, and welfare of those classes...
Page 27 - ... of the Pacific Coast. The paper was accompanied by one hundred and eighty specimens of indigenous plants, etc., and would certainly be considered a valuable contribution to the science of medicine. The Committee moved that the paper be referred to the Committee on Publication. Dr. Gibbons arose and requested that the recommendation of the committee be withdrawn. The paper was not complete — not as perfect as he could make it by additional work. On motion, a vote of thanks was passed, and the...