The Medical Dial: A Monthly Record of Medicine & Surgery, Volume 5

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1903
 

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Page 58 - Open." we are offered laxativ.e antikamnia and quinine tablets, the laxative dose of which is one or two tablets, every two or three hours, as indicated. When a cathartic is desired, administer the tablets as directed and follow with a saline draught the next morning, before breakfast. This will hasten peristaltic action and assist in removing, at once, the accumulated fecal matter.
Page 220 - These two ends being accomplished, a long advance towards a possible abortive issue of the attack has been made, or in any event, the first indication and requirements are fulfilled, in proper progress toward a cure. Thus in the primary treatment of the numerous ills, which are characterized by the above quoted symptoms, the physician will find Laxative Antikamnia and Quinine Tablets at once handy, convenient and reliable, safe...
Page 225 - Whereas, the value of perfect sight and hearing is not fully appreciated by educators, and neglect of the delicate organs of vision and hearing often leads to disease of these structures, therefore, be it Resolved, that it is the sense of the American Medical Association that measures be taken by boards of health, boards of education and school authorities, and, where possible, legislation be secured, looking to the examination of the eyes and ears of all school children that disease in its incipiency...
Page 118 - March, 1903) reports 128 cases of typhoid treated in Cook County Hospital, Chicago, with acetozone. The cases first admitted seemed to indicate that the epidemic was of a mild form, but later the disease proved to be of a severe type and complications were numerous. The author obtained the most satisfactory results with aqueous solutions of 15 grains to the quart which the patients were urged to...
Page 135 - ... among others, a case which was characterized by severe reflex symptoms and which had not yielded to the treatment accorded by two other practitioners. Dr. Tilden's procedure was the introduction of a glycerine tampon and the administration of antikamnia in ten grain doses (two fivegrain tablets) to relieve the pain. The tampon was removed each night at bedtime and followed with hot water injections. The patient on being discharged, remarked, that since following this treatment she could run the...
Page ii - Peptonate and other forms of Iron, because it contains sufficient Maltine to exercise a distinct digestive action on starches, and embodies easily assimilated nutriment instead of valueless and perhaps irritating and otherwise contra-indicated material. Introduced only to the Medical Profession in accordance with a long established policy which has secured for the Maltine Preparations the universal regard and unqualified endorsement of the Medical Profession. THE MALTINE COMPANY BOROUGH OF BROOKLYN,...
Page v - Animal Iron, 20 % Coagulable Albumen, and all the constituents of healthy Blood. It is thoroughly sterile, requires little or no digestion, and produces blood corpuscles that Mature.
Page 188 - Knowledge and Wisdom, far from being one, Have ofttimes no connection. Knowledge dwells In heads replete with thoughts of other men ; Wisdom in minds attentive to their own.
Page 77 - WHEREAS, There is a burning necessity to check the spread of venereal diseases, and, assuming that the States cannot with impunity ignore the condition, it lies in the province of the medical profession to discuss and recommend to the respective state legislatures and municipalities means not regulamentative but social, economic, educative and sanitary in their character, to diminish the danger from venereal diseases.
Page 124 - Lo ! in that house of misery A lady with a lamp I see Pass through the glimmering gloom, And flit from room to room. And slow, as in a dream of bliss, The speechless sufferer turns to kiss Her shadow, as it falls Upon the darkening walls.

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