Quarterly Bulletin, Volume 5, Issue 1Office of Publication, 1906 |
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Page 51 - The symptoms of this form, as given by Ord,* are marked increase in the general bulk of the body, a firm, inelastic swelling of the skin, which does not pit on pressure, dryness and roughness, which tend, with the swelling, to obliterate in the face the lines of expression, imperfect nutrition of the hair, local tumefaction of the skin and subcutaneous tissues, particularly in the supraclavicular region. The physiognomy is altered in a remarkable way, the features are coarse and broad, the lips thick,...
Page ii - ... workers, not candidates for a degree, will be received at the discretion of the Faculty. ADMISSION TO ADVANCED STANDING Applicants for admission to advanced standing must furnish evidence (1) that the foregoing terms of admission as regards preliminary training have been fulfilled, (2) that...
Page 66 - Tuberculosis of the thoracic duct is of great frequency in cases of acute generalized tuberculosis. The lesions in the duct from which tubercle bacilli are swept in great numbers through the lymph to the general circulation form the starting point for the generalized acute process. In certain cases of acute generalized tuberculosis, tubercle bacilli may be found in the lymph from the duct, though the duct itself is not the seat of tuberculosis. In a small percentage of cases of subacute generalized...
Page 75 - He moved that a committee of three be appointed to draw up suitable resolutions on the death of Dr.
Page ii - The applicant must have studied as a matriculated medical student in an approved medical school for a period of time at least equal to that already spent by the class which he seeks to enter.
Page ii - ... preliminary training have been fulfilled, (2) that courses equivalent in kind and amount to those given in this school, in the year or years preceding that to which admission is desired, have been satisfactorily completed, and (3) they must pass examinations at the beginning of the session in October in all the subjects that have been already pursued by the class to which admission is Bought.
Page ii - Applicants for admission to advanced standing must furnish evidence (1) that the foregoing terms of admission as regards preliminary training have been fulfilled, (2) that courses equivalent in kind and amount to those given in this school, in the year or years preceding that to which admission is desired, have been satisfactorily completed, and (3) they must pass examinations at the...
Page 65 - Of special interest are the cases of subacute generalized tuberculosis with lesions in the duct. In such cases it seems probable that from tuberculous lymph nodes, tributaries to the duct and small foci of tuberculosis in the duct itself, a few tubercle bacilli may, from time to time, be swept by the lymph into the circulation and scattered to different parts of the body, producing a chronic general infection instead of the rapidly overwhelming type of infection.