The Boston Medical and Surgical Journal, Volume 125

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Cupples, Upham & Company, 1891
 

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Page 177 - ... fortunes and their own at the end of the fifteenth, and the beginning of the sixteenth centuries in all the courts of western Europe.
Page 231 - This is obtainable, at any time, by a member of any State or local medical society which is entitled to send delegates to the Association. All that is necessary is for the applicant to write to the treasurer of the Association, Dr. Richard J. Dunglison, Lock Box 1274, Philadelphia, Pa., sending him a certificate or statement that he is in good standing in his own society, signed by the president and secretary of said society, with five dollars for annual dues. Attendance as a delegate at an annual...
Page 49 - Sexual Neurasthenia (Nervous Exhaustion). Its Hygiene, Causes, Symptoms and Treatment. With a Chapter on Diet for the Nervous.
Page 152 - April, 1892, for the examination of candidates for appointment in the Medical Corps of the United States Army, to fill existing vacancies. Persons desiring to present themselves for examination by the board...
Page 202 - As a result of a study of the subject the author believes the following conclusions are warranted : 1. There are large numbers of cases of different grades of severity and varying character which seem to be benefited by operation alone, some of them by almost any operation. 2. These cases include chiefly epilepsy, certain abdominal tumors, and peritoneal effusions and tubercle, though the improvement in the latter is, perhaps, to be explained on general principles. 3. Of the possible factors which,...
Page 152 - March 15, 1894, for the necessary invitation, giving the date and place of birth, the place and State of permanent residence, the fact of American citizenship, the name of the medical college from which they were graduated, and a record of service in hospital, if any, from the authorities thereof. The application should be accompanied by certificates, based on personal acquaintance, from at least two reputable persons, as to his citizenship, character and habits.
Page 180 - SECT. 2. Any failure to comply with the provisions of this act shall be punishable by a fine not to exceed one hundred dollars, or imprisonment not to exceed six months, or both. SECT. 3. This act shall take effect on the first day of June, eighteen hundred and ninety-one.
Page 95 - ... certificate herein provided for unless he shall be a graduate of a legally chartered medical school or college in good standing, said qualifications to be determined by the board...
Page 152 - A piece of old, soft, thin cotton, oiled silk, or silk, about six inches square — a piece of an old handkerchief will answer — is taken, and by means of a probe, metal thermometer case, or penholder, is pushed "umbrella" fashion into the nostril, the direction of pressure, when the patient is sitting erect, being backward and slightly downward.
Page 51 - Neurasthenia is a chronic, functional disease of the nervous system, the basis of which is impoverishment of nervous force, waste of nerve-tissue in excess of repair...

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