The New England Medical Gazette, Volume 52Medical gazettee pub., 1917 |
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Page 120 - Nicodemus saith unto him, How can a man be born when he is old ? Can he enter the second time into his mother's womb, and be born ? Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, except a man be born of water, and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.
Page 140 - It is within the power of man to rid himself of every parasitic disease" as well as the optimistic writings of Metchnikoff and others.
Page 460 - Homœopathy, a homoeopathic physician is one who adds to his knowledge of medicine a special knowledge of homoeopathic therapeutics and observes the law of similia. All that pertains to the great field of medical learning is his, by tradition, by inheritance, by right.
Page 155 - For never yet hath any one attained To such perfection, but that time, and place, And use, have brought addition to his knowledge; Or made correction, or admonished him, That he was ignorant of much which he Had thought he knew; or led him to reject What he had once esteemed of highest price.
Page 406 - No person shall, for compensation, gain, or reward, received or expected, treat, operate, or prescribe for any injury, deformity, ailment, or disease, actual or imaginary, of another person, nor practice surgery or midwifery, until he has obtained such a certificate of registration...
Page 173 - Large pendulous abdomens are common. Bottle feeding has been employed. Fever may be encountered, vomiting almost never. The number of daily stools varies from 3 to 12. They are thin, contain some mucus and flakes of whitish material and have a very foul odor. They give an acid reaction and microscopically contain not only large quantities of fat soaps, but also a considerable amount of neutral fat, but rarely starch granules. It is to be differentiated from mesenteric tuberculosis and acute duodenal...
Page 640 - Lobar pneumonia is caused chiefly by the pneumococcus, of which there are three different fixed types and a fourth group, including possibly twelve different types. Types I and II are responsible for about 70 per cent of cases, with an average mortality, without serum treatment, of from 25 to 30 per cent. With serum treatment the mortality of Type I has been reduced to from 5 to 8 per cent. Type III...
Page 459 - The exhibit on mental hygiene was installed through the cooperation of the National Committee for Mental Hygiene (50 Union Square, New York City), the...
Page 173 - ... duodenitis, which either passes up the pancreatic duct, or diminished hormone formation, seems responsible for the condition. Diminished bile production may also be a factor. Anemia, loss of weight and mental underdevelopment occur. Large pendulous abdomen are common.
Page 107 - Diabetes was the cause of 10,666 deaths, or 16.2 per 100,000. The rate from this disease has risen almost continuously from year to year since 1900, when it was 9.7 per 100,000.