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Page 329 - In their comments on the cases, the committee remarked that "it is conclusively proved by Dr. Cory's experiments that it is possible for syphilis to be communicated in vaccination from a vaccine vesicle on a syphilitic person, notwithstanding that the operation be performed with the utmost care to avoid the admixture of the blood.
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Page 60 - Chloroform also dissolves the fatty matter out of the hair follicles, and thus allows the parasiticide dissolved in it to penetrate deeply. During the last year I have used a solution of seven grains of the acid to the ounce of chloroform to all cases of recent ringworm, and believe it is the most efficient treatment I have yet tried. The small patches...