The Pacific Coast Journal of Homeopathy, Volume 19

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Journal Publishing Company, 1908
 

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Page 28 - Commercially, physically, aesthetically, it is second to none in these United States. The combined population of Kansas City, Missouri, and Kansas City, Kansas, separated simply by an imaginary line, is nearly four hundred thousand. The municipalities form one great restless, aggressive, progressive, beautiful city. High bluffs, deep gorges, attractive ravines, multitudes of rivulets, great rivers, high land and bottoms — all give themselves to natural picturesqueness and artistic possibility.
Page 75 - Including the description of a variety of operations for improving the appearance of the face. 136 pages. 73 illustrations. Prepaid, $1.50. Published by the author, 70 State St., Chicago, 111. Dr. Miller declares that "there is today a well-established demand for skillful featural surgeons...
Page 153 - Three to six minute intervals are sufficient for its use, and a total of from one half to one ounce of this solution is enough for an operation lasting from thirty minutes to an hour. The effects are a more uniform etherization, the pulse becoming steadier, slower, and of better character more rapidly than under ether alone ; respirations are quiet and regular, the bronchial secretions are practically checked, and the progress of the operation is not interrupted. These cases were not selected, and...
Page 153 - From the foregoing facts I conclude that, owing to the contraction of the smaller vessels, the bronchial glands secrete less mucus, and there is better aeration in the bronchioles and pulmonary vesicles, less ether is required to produce anesthesia, and there is less probability of ether pneumonia following. The adrenalin, acting generally from absorption, is a powerful stimulant; it materially lessens shock, lessens the capillary ooze at the field of operation, and is of great benefit to the much...
Page 434 - The two latter committees did not convene for the transaction of business, their members being present in connection with work on other committees. The Executive Committee held a meeting in the morning, at which were transacted a number of items of business. Secretary...
Page 436 - On motion of Dr. Bailey, Dr. Royal was constituted the director in charge of provings with the understanding that he is to cooperate with college faculties in securing competent directors for the work. In addition to the general business, Dr. Custis announced that the active cooperation on the part of the Bureau of Plant Industry of the government Agricultural Department had been secured and that all remedies hereafter proven under the auspices of the Institute would be of preparations standardized...
Page 13 - I saw that though our character is formed by circumstances, our own desires can do much to shape those circumstances ; and that what is really inspiriting and ennobling in the doctrine of freewill, is the conviction that we have real power over the formation of our own character; that our will, by influencing some of our circumstances, can modify our future habits or capabilities of willing.
Page 40 - Any well-authenticated reports of recoveries from carcinoma located in other parts than the mammary gland will be welcomed. Cancer paste cures, x-ray cures, radium cures, or cures as result of surgical operation are not wanted. • Hearsay cases are not wanted unless accompanied by name and address of person who may give knowledge first hand.
Page 74 - A MANUAL OF THE PRACTICE OF MEDICINE. By AA Stevens, A. M., MD, Professor of Pathology in the Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania; Lecturer on Physical Diagnosis in the University of Pennsylvania; Physician to the Episcopal Hospital and to St. Agnes' Hospital; Fellow of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia, etc.
Page 64 - A BURNING. There came three Angells out of the East ; The one brought fire, the other brought frost — Out fire ; in frost, In the name of the Father, and Son, and Holy Ghost.

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