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Page 183 - ... large quantity, will do best. Such is what we have seen perfectly successful treatment in bleeding from the lungs. The greatest difficulty to be overcome is the superstitious dread of doing anything in such a case unless you have a doctor, and the equally superstitious idea that you must follow what he prescribes .even if you should kill the patient ! " What's the use of calling a doctor if you do not follow his directions?" This is supposed to be unanswerable. We venture to reply to the unanswerable....
Page 236 - Small doses of calomel or of hydr. c. creta should be administered without delay, and continued until the progress of the disease has been arrested, or the system has been brought under the influence of this powerful agent.
Page 184 - Ianguage, perfectly intelligible to the ordinary mind. If he talks gibberish for the purpose of bamboozling you, he is worthless, and you can get no good from him. But if he is a true man, he will tell you what is wrong as no one not trained as he has been will possibly be able to tell you. He may be mistaken, no doubt, but he will not usually be so. And it is surely a thing of great use to learn what is wrong, even if you cannot be told how to remedy it.
Page 78 - ... belief of the day, to exclude the States from the power to regulate commerce among the States and with foreign nations, and to confer that power upon a central authority which should fairly and equitably represent them all. The public consciousness on this subject was, prior to the convention, indicated in a great variety of ways and from a great variety of sources. Alexander Hamilton declared for a central government with "complete sovereignty over all that relates to war, peace, trade, and...
Page 234 - I mean the conjunctiva and cornea, then such treatment may be usually dispensed with. The treatment I have found most effective in cases of corneitis has been the stimulant, and I prefer the use of the nitrate of silver in substance. It is to be applied to the conjunctival surface of the inferior lid, precisely as for a case of conjunctivitis. In addition, I generally recommend the use of...
Page 87 - ... drops of fluid gather at the mouth of the glands, and finally, run down as gastric juice.
Page 87 - When the stomach is empty, its mucous membrane is pale and hardly more than moist. Its small arteries are then in a state of contraction, and comparatively little blood is sent through it. On the entrance of food...