 I firmly believe that if the whole materia medica, as now used, could be sunk to the bottom of the sea, it would be all the better for mankind, — and all the worse for the fishes.  Report - Page 308by New Hampshire. State Board of Health, New Hampshire. State Department of Health - 1883Full view - About this book
 | 1890 - 880 pages
...cargo of the drugs which used to be considered the natural food of sick people, went to the bottom of the sea, it would be " all the better for mankind and all the worse for the fishes." If I had not put that snapper on the end of my whip-lash, I might have got off without the ill temper... | |
 | 1859 - 940 pages
...number of noxious drugs. " If the whole materia medica, as now used, could be thrown into the bottom of the sea, it would be all the better for mankind and all the worse for the fishes." We can make an exception of opium, " which the Creator seems to prescribe, as we often see the scarlet... | |
 | 1859 - 472 pages
...palliative medicines, says, " If the whole materia medica, as now used, could be sunk to the bottom of the sea, it would be all the better for mankind, and all the worse for the fishes." In addition to the cures effected by allopathic physicians with specific and empirical remedies (wherein... | |
 | 1876 - 846 pages
...aenesthesia, and I firmly believe that if the whole materia medica as now used, could be sunk to the bottom of the sea, it would be all the better for mankind, and all the worse for the fishes." 0. W. Homes, MD, Currents ami Counter-Currents in Medical Science, pp. 38-9. — A statement which... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1861 - 450 pages
...and I firmly believe that if the whole materia medica, as now used, could be sunk to the bottom of the sea, it would be all the better for mankind, — and all the worse for the fishes. But to justify this proposition, I must add that the injuries inflicted by over-medication are to a... | |
 | American Unitarian Association - 1861 - 656 pages
...that if the whole Materia Medica, as now used, with a few exceptions, could be sunk to the bottom of the sea, it would be all the better for mankind, and all the worse for the fishes. Dr. Holmes states also the remarkable fact, that the simple method of ventilation, proposed by Dr.... | |
 | 1869 - 498 pages
...young doctor replies : "Professor Oliver says, ' Were the whole materia medico, sunk to the bottom of the sea, it would be all the better for mankind, and all the worse for the fishes.' '' And so he stands helplessly looking on. How different these views from those of Hahnemann, who " could... | |
 | Alonzo Ames Miner - 1867 - 134 pages
...and I firmly believe that if the whole materia medica, as now used, could be sunk to the bottom of the sea, it would be all the better for mankind and all the worse for the fishes." I do not undertake to say that this is a sound practical conclusion ; but I do say that the question... | |
 | Massachusetts. General Court. Joint special committee on license law - 1867 - 988 pages
...wine and throw out opium, and if all the rest of the drugs were sunk into the bottom of the ocean, it would be all the better for mankind and all the worse for the fishes." Q. (By Mr. ANDREW.) To what school of medicine do you belong ? A. I graduated at Harvard College. Q.... | |
 | 1868 - 834 pages
...and I firmly believe that if the whole Materia Medica, as now used, could be sunk to the bottom of the sea, it would be all the better for mankind — and all the worse for the fishes." Further on in the same address, he says, "but if the Materia Medica were lost overboard, how much more... | |
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