Journal of Practical Medicine, Volume 6, Issue 2

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Medicine Publishing Company, 1895
 

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Page 89 - To lead sweet lives in purest chastity, To love one maiden only, cleave to her, And worship her by years of noble deeds, Until they won her ; for indeed I knew Of no more subtle master under heaven Than is the maiden passion for a maid, Not only to keep down the base in man, But . teach high thought, and amiable words And courtliness, and the desire of fame, And love of truth, and all that makes a man.
Page 41 - INFANTS, CHILDREN and Nursing-Mothers; -for INVALIDS and Convalescents; — for Delicate and Aged persons. It is not a stimulant nor a chemical preparation; but a PURE, unsweetened FOOD carefully prepared from the finest growths of wheat, ON WHICH PHYSICIANS CAN DEPEND in FEVERS and in all gastric and enteric diseases. It is easily digested, nourishing and strengthening, assists nature, never interferes with the action of the medicines prescribed, and IS OFTEN THE ONLY FOOD THE STOMACH CAN RETAIN....
Page 48 - FOR BRAIN-WORKERS, THE WEAK AND DEBILITATED Horsford's Acid Phosphate is, without exception, the Best Remedy for relieving Mental and Nervous Exhaustion ; and where the system has become debilitated by disease, it acts as a general tonic and vitalizer, affording sustenance to both brain and body. Dr.
Page 95 - renders the intestinal canal antiseptic, and so removes the cause of the disorder, instead of locking the putrid material in the bowel, as does opium.
Page 70 - ... salt water, we try next to aid nature by administering internally some antiseptic that will aid in neutralizing fermentative and septic processes that we cannot reach either by mouth or rectum in the manner described. Of all the drugs that seem to exert a good effect in the course of treatment, I have tried calomel, and believe that a small dose of the same, properly administered, will act as an intestinal antiseptic. Whether it is the mercuric chloride or not, I am not prepared to say, but I...
Page 86 - ... of iodine or some other irritating liquid, has been rendered much more simple by a surgeon who has published the result of several cases cured rapidly by the method. He inserts the trocar into the most dependent part of the tumor and removes the liquid; he then injects a five per cent, solution of carbolic acid, which is removed almost immediately. The trocar is introduced a second time into the canula, and pushing it up toward the highest point a counter-opening is made. The trocar is again...
Page 95 - Therefore, we conclude that to remove the cause, to render the intestinal canal antiseptic, we have an invaluable remedy in Salol; while to remove accompanying pain, to quiet the nervous system, and to reduce any fever which may be present, we have a remedy equally efficacious in Antikamnia; an ideal combination for the treatment of this large class of diseases, andu'c may specially cite typhoid fever. These two drugs are put up in tablet form, called "Antikamnia and Salol Tablets," each tablet containing...
Page 67 - The morbid process consists in this class of cases, chiefly of i, vomiting, and 2, diarrhoea — the vomit depending upon the nature and the frequency of the food and the general predisposition and vitality of the patient affected ; the diarrhoea, consisting likewise, as in the case of the vomit, of either undigested particles of food, greenish stools, which give a distinct reaction with nitric acid, showing the presence of bile in the passage, other stools containing mucus, cylindrical epithelium...

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