The Eclectic Medical Gleaner, Volume 6Lloyd Library, 1895 |
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Page 102 - ... diseases, and by suggesting, in many instances, supplementary sanitary precautions ; also by indicating to what parts of the country invalids and health seekers may be sent to find climatic surroundings best adapted to the alleviation or cure of their particular cases. The hearty cooperation of the various boards of health, public sanitary authorities, sanitary associations and societies, and of physicians who may feel an interest in the work, is asked to achieve and perfect the aims of this...
Page 66 - for the discovery and establishment of the antiseptic method of treating wounds and injuries, by which not only has the art of surgery been greatly promoted and human life saved in all parts of the world, but extensive industries have been created for the supply of materials for carrying the treatment into effect.
Page 206 - stairs" sign; (4) crossing of the legs; (5) walking at the word of command; (6) standing on one leg. 1. Westphal's sign is well known. It consists in the abolition of the patellar tendon reflex, and is present in twothirds of the cases. 2. Romberg's sign can be thus appreciated: The eye is an indirect regulator of motion. It helps to correct deviations in walking and maintains the equilibrium. When a patient is suspected of incipient...
Page 301 - For three days prior to operation order the patient to drink one pint of hot water an hour before each meal and on retiring, thus drinking two quarts of water each twenty-four hours, the last pint to be taken three hours before the time set for operating. Do not omit to give the water the day previous to the operation, while the patient is restricted to a limited amount of liquid nourishment and the bowels are being unloaded.
Page 162 - This book of 200 pages, which contains all information on the subject, with reprints of elaborate articles by leading contributors to medical literature, will be mailed to doctors mentioning this publication.
Page 181 - Bartholow. What an ending for such a life! To the very last, no evidence of mental alienation appeared in his lectures or writings. The habit of a lifetime's assiduous labor carried him along in the well-worn grooves, although outside of them his malady was easily disceruable.
Page 296 - Bartley further declares that the reason why some persons can eat raw apples "without stint and without afterdistress," and yet "cannot eat apple pie without distressing aftereffects," is because the latter contains this inverted sugar!
Page 8 - Won't somebody rise and tell ? Who dogs the steps of the toiling saint and digs the pit for his feet ? Who sows the tares in the field of time wherever God sows His wheat ? The devil is voted not to be, and, of course, the...
Page 282 - January, 1894, number of The Quarterly Journal of Inebriety, published under the auspices of The American Association for the Study and Cure of Inebriates, Hartford, Conn...