Transactions of the Medical Association of the State of Alabama

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Page 164 - I've paced much this weary, mortal round, And sage experience bids me this declare: — If Heaven a draught of heavenly pleasure spare, One cordial in this melancholy vale, 'Tis when a youthful, loving, modest pair In other's arms breathe out the tender tale, Beneath the milk-white thorn that scents the evening gale.
Page 178 - Ethics becomes nothing else than a definite account of the forms of conduct that are fitted to the associated state, in such wise that the lives of each and all may be the greatest possible, alike in length and breadth.
Page 70 - The Council of Pharmacy and Chemistry of the American Medical Association has sounded a note of warning but the most auspicious signs of "reform...
Page 495 - John's ideal John; never the real one, and often very unlike him. 3. Thomas's ideal John; never the real John, nor John's John, but often very unlike either.
Page 588 - you must steal a horse." " What ! steal a horse ? " " Yes, — you must steal a horse. You will then be arrested, convicted, and placed in a situation where your diet and regimen will be such, that in a short time your health will be perfectly restored.
Page 36 - Society reminds one of that little dried-up miniature of humanity, the prematurely senile infant, whose tabetic marasmus has added old age to infancy. Why should he go to the society and hear Dr. Jones on the gastric relations of neurasthenia when he can get it all so much better in the works of Einhorn or Ewald ? He is weary of seeing appendices, and there are no more pelvic viscera for demonstration. It is a waste of time...
Page 32 - Magruder, Colorado Springs, Colorado, answers to the following queries, with some account of any special cases that seem to illustrate the need for provision for disabled members of our profession. 1. Is there any provision by your State Medical Society, or local society, for the care of destitute and disabled physicians and those dependent upon them? If so, how is such care provided? 2. What number of instances of special need for such assistance...
Page 164 - AN empty sky, a world of heather, Purple of foxglove, yellow of broom; We two among them wading together, Shaking out honey, treading perfume. Crowds of bees are giddy with clover, Crowds of grasshoppers skip at our feet. Crowds of larks at their matins hang over. Thanking the Lord for a life so sweet. Flusheth the rise with her purple...
Page 32 - State and County Medical Society and other interested members: At the last meeting of the American Medical Association at Atlantic City, the following report of Committee on Miscellaneous Business was adopted: "The Committee recommends that the President of this Association appoint a...
Page 416 - ... 5. Induction of abortion is never indicated, At a stage when it is safe and efficient it is not necessary, and in extreme cases it adds greatly to the danger, rarely stops the vomiting, and can be substituted by the artificial serum.

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