Transactions of the Medical Society of the State of Pennsylvania at Its . . . Annual Session . ., Volume 12; Volumes 29-30The Society., 1878 |
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... never received the atten- tion from the public it deserves . We have our Boards of Education for the advancement of intelligence , Boards of Agriculture for the encouragement and improvement of the products of the soil , but a State ...
... never received the atten- tion from the public it deserves . We have our Boards of Education for the advancement of intelligence , Boards of Agriculture for the encouragement and improvement of the products of the soil , but a State ...
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... never turned a deaf ear to the sick poor ; and died an example to the profession he adorned , and to the people to whom he gave almost a half century of labor . Later still came Addison , Gazzam , Hays , McDowel , Brooks , Elliott ...
... never turned a deaf ear to the sick poor ; and died an example to the profession he adorned , and to the people to whom he gave almost a half century of labor . Later still came Addison , Gazzam , Hays , McDowel , Brooks , Elliott ...
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... never contemplated that it could be done by a commission ; but that the members of the commission , scattered as they are for two years , be like posted to be heard , and their call for concurrence listened to by all of the profession ...
... never contemplated that it could be done by a commission ; but that the members of the commission , scattered as they are for two years , be like posted to be heard , and their call for concurrence listened to by all of the profession ...
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... never seen before - it is that of dry tapping ! Nurse , you may do her up . " " Faith , " said the narrator of this story , " we thought he had done her up . " Well , then , to return to our patient with hydrocele . He had been tapped ...
... never seen before - it is that of dry tapping ! Nurse , you may do her up . " " Faith , " said the narrator of this story , " we thought he had done her up . " Well , then , to return to our patient with hydrocele . He had been tapped ...
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... never be written in books ; it dies with the man . Such knowledge , however , tends to engender a spirit of over self - confidence , which may lead to fatal error . As another illustration of the danger arising from the neglect of a ...
... never be written in books ; it dies with the man . Such knowledge , however , tends to engender a spirit of over self - confidence , which may lead to fatal error . As another illustration of the danger arising from the neglect of a ...
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Page 403 - So live, that when thy summons comes to join The innumerable caravan, which moves To that mysterious realm, where each shall take His chamber in the silent halls of death, Thou go not, like the quarry-slave at night, Scourged to his dungeon, but, sustained and soothed By an unfaltering trust, approach thy grave, Like one who wraps the drapery of his couch About him, and lies down to pleasant dreams.
Page 925 - It is derogatory to the dignity of the profession to resort to public advertisements, or private cards, or handbills, inviting the attention of individuals affected with particular diseases...
Page 458 - Frequent visits to the sick are in general requisite, since they enable the physician to arrive at a more perfect knowledge of the disease, to meet promptly every change which may occur, and also tend to preserve the confidence of the patient. But unnecessary visits are to be avoided, as they give useless anxiety to the patient, tend to diminish the authority of the physician, and render him liable to be suspected of interested motives.
Page 463 - ... inquiries of the patient as may be necessary to satisfy him of the true character of the case. Both physicians should then retire to a private place for deliberation ; and the one first in attendance should communicate the directions agreed upon to the patient or his friends, as well as any opinions which it may be thought proper to express. But no statement or discussion of it should take place before the patient or his friends, except in the presence of all the faculty attending, and by their...
Page 457 - Secrecy and delicacy, when required by peculiar circumstances, should be strictly observed ; and the familiar and confidential intercourse to which physicians are admitted in their professional visits, should be used with discretion, and with the most scrupulous regard to fidelity and honor.
Page 925 - ... all its privileges and immunities, incurs an obligation to exert his best abilities to maintain its dignity and honor, to exalt its standing, and to extend the bounds of its usefulness. He should therefore observe strictly, such laws as are instituted for the government of its members ; — should avoid all contumelious and sarcastic remarks relative to the faculty, as a body ; and while, by unwearied diligence, he resorts to every honorable means of enriching the science, he should entertain...
Page 458 - A physician should not be forward to make gloomy prognostications, because they savor of empiricism, by magnifying the importance of his services in the treatment or cure of the disease. But he should not fail, on proper occasions, to give to the friends of the patient timely notice of danger when it really occurs ; and even to the patient himself, if absolutely necessary.
Page 922 - His counsels, or even remonstrances, will give satisfaction, not offense, if they be proffered with politeness, and evince a genuine love of virtue, accompanied by a sincere interest in the welfare of the person to whom they are addressed.
Page 462 - ... others. For, if such nostrum be of real efficacy, any concealment regarding it is inconsistent with beneficence and professional liberality; and, if mystery alone give it value and importance, such craft implies either disgraceful ignorance or fraudulent avarice. It is also reprehensible for physicians to give certificates attesting the efficacy of patent or secret medicines, or in any way to promote the use of them.
Page 928 - ... after which the consultation should be considered as postponed to a new appointment. If it be the attending physician who is present, he will, of course...