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Page 309 - In beginning the experiment," he says, "it was remarkable how quickly and completely all the higher psychic characteristics of both the kittens dropped out. Playfulness, purring, cleanliness and care of coat, interest in mice, fear of dogs, while normally developed before the experiment began, all disappeared so suddenly that it could hardly be explained otherwise than as a direct influence of the alcohol upon the higher centers of the brain. The kittens simply ate and slept, and could scarcely have...
Page 300 - I never knew a student to smoke cigarettes who did not disappoint expectations, or to use our expressive vernacular,
Page 306 - While it is doubtless true that the deleterious effects of alcoholic beverages are more apparent among black men and red men than among white men, yet, as we have the assurance that all nations are made of the same blood, what is injurious to one, cannot be beneficial to another. As further proof of the injurious effect of alcoholic beverages, as shown in the death rate, I would refer to the statistics which have been published from time to time, showing the percentages of mortality in the various...
Page 300 - ... kinder peter out.' I have watched this class of men for thirty years, and cannot recall an exception to this rule. Cigarette smoking serves not only to weaken a young man's body, but to undermine his will and weaken his ambition.
Page 341 - ... other to the region of the diaphragm, may also be useful for this purpose. Warm water may be injected into the rectum, 100° F., to aid in restoring the heat of the body. Hot cloths, hot water bottles, hot bricks, etc., should also be applied externally as soon as possible, but burns should be avoided. Stimulants may be given by the mouth if the patient is able to swallow ; if not and the heart is still beating, they will, if given in the rectum, be absorbed and carried by the blood to the respiratory...
Page 113 - VIII) is from one and a half to two and a half inches in length, and from one-fourth to three fourths of an inch in diameter.
Page 306 - ... companies have recently been published, which seem to fully confirm the conclusion which may fairly be deduced from Mr. McClintock's paper as to the value of total abstinence in tending to lessen the rate of mortality among assured lives. The experience of the Sceptre Life Assurance Society, Ltd., for the twenty years from 1884 to 1903, inclusive, gives the following figures: For abstainers, expected deaths, 1,440; actual deaths 792, being 55% of the expected. Non-abstainers, expected deaths,...
Page 86 - The full importance of these differences will be evident before we have finished the study of digestion. 13. Composition of Some Common Foods. — The following table gives the percentage composition of some of the more common foods. Bread .... Wheat flour . . Oat meal . . . Rice .... Peas .... Potatoes . . . Milk .... Cheese . . . Lean beef . . Fat beef . . . Mutton . . . Veal .... White fish . . Salmon . . . Egg .... Butter.
Page 332 - Poisons, below ; (J>) fainting; (c) sunstroke ; (</) convulsions; (e) alcohol poisoning; (/") concussion of brain ; (g) epileptic attack; (A) apoplexy. Fainting. — The pulse is found weak, the face pale. Treatment : — Place patient upon his back, with the head and chest lower than the rest of the body. If there is vomiting, place him upon his side. Apply smelling salts, or give ammonia, strong coffee, brandy or whiskey. Insure plenty of fresh air by fanning, and avoid excitement. Sunstroke. —...
Page 306 - Actuary of the company, read an epoch-making paper before the Institute of Actuaries on November 30, 1903, of deepest interest to everybody interested in social problems. Joel G. Van Cise, Actuary of the Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States, addressing the Actuarial Society of America, summarized the results of the two departments as reported by Mr. Moore as follows : " The figures given in the experience include the entire experience of the office to the end of the year 1901, thus...