The Hygiene of transmissible diseases ; their causation, modes of dissemination, and methods of preventionW.B. Saunders, 1901 - 350 pages |
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... patients demand it . With the uni- versal progress in general education the public is no longer satisfied that a physician enter the house , prescribe his medi- cines , and depart ; they desire more : they wish to know the nature , the ...
... patients demand it . With the uni- versal progress in general education the public is no longer satisfied that a physician enter the house , prescribe his medi- cines , and depart ; they desire more : they wish to know the nature , the ...
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... patients , but of the community of which he forms a part . The medicine of the period tends more and more in the direction of prevention , and if the physician proposes to keep himself abreast of the times it is imperative that he be in ...
... patients , but of the community of which he forms a part . The medicine of the period tends more and more in the direction of prevention , and if the physician proposes to keep himself abreast of the times it is imperative that he be in ...
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... patients , particularly mothers , and their offspring that are congenitally endowed with this predisposition , there are abundant opportunities for accidental infection . Fagge calls attention to the frequent impossibility of ...
... patients , particularly mothers , and their offspring that are congenitally endowed with this predisposition , there are abundant opportunities for accidental infection . Fagge calls attention to the frequent impossibility of ...
Page 72
... patients , and is apparently at times present in the urine also , it is manifest that all sub- stances with which these matters come in contact may be- come specifically contaminated and be capable of conveying the disease . Typhoid ...
... patients , and is apparently at times present in the urine also , it is manifest that all sub- stances with which these matters come in contact may be- come specifically contaminated and be capable of conveying the disease . Typhoid ...
Page 74
... patient . Infection occurs by way of the alimentary tract - i . e . it results from actually swallowing materials that have come directly or indirectly from the bowels of individuals affected with the disease . We have no evidence that ...
... patient . Infection occurs by way of the alimentary tract - i . e . it results from actually swallowing materials that have come directly or indirectly from the bowels of individuals affected with the disease . We have no evidence that ...
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Page 352 - College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York; and Walter S. Haines, MD, Professor of Chemistry, Pharmacy, and Toxicology, Rush Medical College, in affiliation with the University of Chicago.