State Board Examination Series. QUESTIONS IN THERAPEUTICS, PRACTICE, AND MATERIA MEDICA ASKED AT THE EXAMINATIONS HELD BY THE NEW YORK STATE BOARD OF MEDICAL EXAMINERS, COMPLETE, WITH REFERENCES AND ANSWERS TO EVERY QUESTION. COMPILED AND EDITED BY R. J. ESSCOTT, A.M., M.D., B.C.L., ATTENDING PHYSICIAN BELLEVUE DISPENSARY, AND ATTENDING GYNECOLOGIST LEA BROTHERS & CO., Entered according to the Act of Congress, in the year 1903, by LEA BROTHERS & CO., In the Office of the Librarian of Congress. All rights reserved. 22.4.131. DORNAN, PRINTER. PREFACE. THIS series is intended to aid medical students and practitioners in preparing to pass the State Board Examinations. The volumes are of the nature of neither text-books nor quiz compends. From the latter they differ materially in that they do not contain questions which might be asked, or which ought to be asked, or which, if asked, could be answered from some given text-book. They simply contain ALL the questions which have been asked and are being asked at the New York State Board Examinations, and they thus give an accurate idea of the scope of the examination and of the requirements of the examiners. Although intended primarily for use by candidates preparing for the examinations held by the New York State Board, this volume will also serve as a guide for corresponding examinations conducted elsewhere, for a careful survey of the papers set in most of the other States will show a marked similarity to and almost monotonous repetition of the questions contained in this volume. Students are advised to use this series as a companion to their text-books, to mark the questions they cannot answer and to learn the answers thereto, to write out in full all definitions, tables of composition, etc., and such other facts as they have found from experience are likely to be forgotten in the recitation room. For this purpose these volumes are |