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VOL. LXI

CONTENTS FOR MAY, 1912.

No. 5

Fracture of the Spine-By Jefferson D. Bloom, M.D., New Orleans, La...

129

Personal Observations of the Panama Canal-By Samuel Horton Brown, M.D., Philadelphia, Pa......... 132

The Importance of the Microscope in Diagnosis-By George B. Lake, M.D., Fort Sheridan, Ill........... 140

The Cause of the Cause of Skin Disease-By John A. Aulde, M.D., Philadelphia, Pa......

Suggestive or Psychological Therapeutics, Etc.-By J. A. Ward, M.D., Troy, Mo.....

Fibroid Toxemia-By C. M. Strong, M.D., and Oreon Moon, M.D., Charlotte, North Carolina..

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Food Poisoning..

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