The Boston Medical and Surgical Journal, Volume 125Cupples, Upham & Company, 1891 - Medicine |
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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 66 - Sexual Neurasthenia (Nervous Exhaustion). Its Hygiene, Causes, Symptoms and Treatment. With a Chapter on Diet for the Nervous.
Page 93 - Act who shall engage in the practice of medicine, surgery or obstetrics, or any of the branches thereof in this State, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not less than fifty dollars ($50) nor more than three hundred dollars, ((300) and costs of prosecution for each offense and shall stand committed until such fine and costs are paid.
Page 154 - The candidate must be between 22 and 28 years of age, and a graduate from a regular medical college, as evidence of which, his diploma must be submitted to the Board.
Page 285 - I wish to emphasize the fact that the improvement of the natural gifts of future generations of the human race is largely, though indirectly, under our control. We may not be able to originate, but we can guide. The processes of evolution are in constant and spontaneous activity, some pushing towards the bad, some towards the good. Our part is to watch for opportunities to intervene by checking the former and giving free play to the latter.
Page 231 - MEMBERSHIP IN THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION. 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.
Page 361 - Firm bony union exists. 2. The long axis of the lower fragment is either directly •continuous with that of the upper fragment, or the axes are on nearly parallel lines, thus preventing angular deformity. 3. The anterior surface of the lower fragment maintains nearly its normal relation to the plane of the upper fragment, thus preventing undue deviation of the foot from its normal position. 4. The length of the limb is either exactly equal to that of its fellow, or the degree of shortening falls...
Page 51 - It has already been shown that the physiological basis of these phenomena is the principle of the storage and discharge of energy of muscle and nerve. This accords with the biological theory that all function is due to chemical changes taking place within the organism and that the functional activity of a specialized tissue depends primarily upon these changes in the individual cells. The fundamental idea is, that in the resting state the cell elaborates highly complex compounds, and that these break...
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 49 - 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...