Memphis Journal of the Medical Sciences, Volume 2

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S.C. Toof & Company, 1891
 

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Page 106 - The delegates shall receive their appointment from permanently organized State Medical Societies, and such County and District Medical Societies, as are recognized by representation in their respective State Societies, and from the Medical Department of the Army and Navy of the United States.
Page 106 - State, county and district medical society entitled to representation shall have the privilege of sending to the Association one delegate for every ten of its regular resident members, and one for every additional fraction of more than half that number...
Page 224 - IN prescribing the products of manufacturing pharmacists, we should be guided to a great extent by the business standing of the manufacturers. No other house in the South or "West has a better reputation for strict integrity than the firm of RA Robinson & Co., Louisville, Ky.
Page 318 - A piece of strong white rubber tube, half an inch in diameter .and long enough when tightened in position to go five or six times around the thigh, is now wound very tight around and above the fixation needles, and tied.
Page 235 - Being a midwife, nurse or other person having the care of an infant within the age of two weeks neglects or omits to report immediately to the health officer or to a legally qualified practitioner of medicine of the city, town or place where such child is being cared for. the fact that one or both eyes of such infant are inflamed or reddened whenever such shall be the case, or who applies any remedy therefor without the advice, or except by the direction of such officer or physician; or, 4.
Page 301 - August 10, 1891. The governments of all countries and municipalities and all public health authorities, universities, colleges and societies occupied in the study of the sciences more or less immediately connected with Hygiene, are invited to co-operate and appoint delegates to represent them at the Congress. The Prince of Wales will preside. A Committee of Organization has been formed, of which Sir Douglas Galton is chairman, and Prof.
Page 235 - Section I. Should one or both eyes of an infant become inflamed, or swollen, or reddened, at any time within two weeks after its birth, it shall be the duty of the midwife or nurse having charge of such infant to report in writing, within six hours, to the health officer or some legally qualified practitioner of the city, town or district in which the parents of the infant reside, the fact that such inflammation, or swelling, or redness of the eyes exists.
Page 236 - Beveridge, states that for foreign bodies in the throat, such as pieces of meat, etc., a simple mode of relief is to blow forcibly into the ear. This excites powerful reflex action, during which the foreign body is expelled from the trachea. The plan is so easy of execution that, if there is anything in it, it ought to be generally known and applied.
Page 53 - Third American Edition. Revised and edited by JOHN B. HAMILTON, MD, LL.D., Professor of the Principles of Surgery and Clinical Surgery...
Page 235 - ... legally qualified practitioner of medicine of the city, town, or district in which the parents of the infant reside. "SEC. 2. Any failure to comply with the provisions of this act shall be punishable by a fine not to exceed one hundred dollars, or imprisonment not to exceed six months, or both.

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