The Medical Brief: A Monthly Journal of Scientific Medicine and Surgery, Volume 391911 - Medicine |
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Page 252 - I firmly believe that if the whole materia medica, as now used, could be sunk to the bottom of the sea, it would be all the better for mankind, — and all the worse for the fishes.
Page 254 - No envelope will be opened except that which accompanies the successful essay. The committee will return the unsuccessful essays if reclaimed by their respective writers or their agents within one year. The committee reserves the right not to make an award if no essay submitted is considered worthy of the prize.
Page 255 - Codeine, an hour before retiring, and repeat it hourly until the irritation is allayed. Allow the tablet to dissolve slowly in the mouth, swallowing the saliva. After taking the second or third tablet the cough is usually under control, at least for that paroxysm and for the night. Should the irritation prevail in the morning or at midday, the same course of administration should be observed until subdued.
Page 47 - They are simply lengths cut from the flowing and mixed substance called Dickens — a substance of which any given length will be certain to contain a given proportion of brilliant and of bad stuff.
Page 139 - For this sixth edition Dr. Butler has entirely remodeled his work, a great part having been rewritten. All obsolete matter has been eliminated, and special attention...
Page 127 - Tablets. This remedy relieves cough by its soothing effect upon the airpassages, but does not interfere with expectoration, and, in fact, renders it easier by stimulating the respiratory muscles. Only a very...
Page 320 - Journal emphasizes the fact that the bladder, when partially paralyzed from parturition, or any other cause, can always be made to .empty itself perfectly by throwing a large amount of very warm water into the bowel, thereby doing away with the necessity of using a catheter — a most important consideration, particularly when the patient, lives at a distance from the doctor. After difficult and protracted labors...
Page 288 - Lord, this creature that you have given me makes my life miserable. She chatters incessantly and teases me beyond endurance, never leaving me alone; and she...
Page 386 - Fellow of the New York Academy of Medicine, etc. With an Introductory Note by JOHN H. MUSSER, MD, Professor of Clinical Medicine, University of Pennsylvania.
Page 623 - Oft times during the summer, the physician is put to his very wit's end to find a tissue nutrient for his tubercular and debilitated patients; one that will agree with them during the hottest weather. Cord. Ext. Ol. Morrhuae Comp. (Hagee) by reason of its palatability and the ease with which it is assimilated, is the ideal agent of this character not alone in the summer but at all other seasons.