Journal of Ophthalmology, Otology and Laryngology, Volume 241920 |
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Page 201 - There is always a new horizon for onward-looking men, and although we dwell on a small planet, immersed in petty business and not enduring beyond a brief period of years, we are so constituted that our hopes are inaccessible, like stars, and the term of hoping is prolonged until the term of life.
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Page 254 - ... out considerably from the surface, and are hard when you attempt to take hold of them with forceps. The color is white, or dirty white. They occur in all parts of the throat, including the tonsils. However, they start in the tonsil. George B. Bice, Boston, Mass.: I have had some experience with both keratosis and mycosis of the throat. I have many times seen the horny tufts appear on the tonsils, the faucial pillars, the posterior wall of the pharynx, and the base of the tongue. I have had excellent...
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Page 281 - Board, the US Public Health Service, the American Red Cross and the American Social Hygiene Association. Prof. William H. Welch of Johns Hopkins has consented to serve as president, and already assurances have been received that some of the foremost physicians and sociologists will participate. Prominent health officers and sociologists from all parts of North and South America will attend. The conference will review past experiences and existing knowledge as to the causes, treatment and prevention...
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