The American Journal of Insanity, Volume 53Utica State Hospital Press, 1896 Includes section "Book reviews". |
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... meningitis ; evidence of old fracture at the vertex of skull , with localized chronic meningeal trouble . L. T. Age , 53 ; moderate drinker . Injury to head four months before development of disease . Immediate unconsciousness for a few ...
... meningitis ; evidence of old fracture at the vertex of skull , with localized chronic meningeal trouble . L. T. Age , 53 ; moderate drinker . Injury to head four months before development of disease . Immediate unconsciousness for a few ...
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... meningitis immediately below the seat of the injury , evidence of old - standing inflammation . Macroscopical changes of paretic dementia . Convolutional atrophy , especially marked in parietal and frontal regions . TABLE V- DURATION ...
... meningitis immediately below the seat of the injury , evidence of old - standing inflammation . Macroscopical changes of paretic dementia . Convolutional atrophy , especially marked in parietal and frontal regions . TABLE V- DURATION ...
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... meningitis - a man , admitted January 6 , 1894 , age thirty - five . He was a book agent . Probably minor attacks preceded this ; was very violent when arrested , full of hallucinations , excitable dispo- sition before ; had two or ...
... meningitis - a man , admitted January 6 , 1894 , age thirty - five . He was a book agent . Probably minor attacks preceded this ; was very violent when arrested , full of hallucinations , excitable dispo- sition before ; had two or ...
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... meningitis . His wife died of paralysis about the same time he came here . Several of the women were known to have had dissipated habits , VOL . LIII - No . I — E while of the others , all except one were married 1896. ] 65 BY R. M. ...
... meningitis . His wife died of paralysis about the same time he came here . Several of the women were known to have had dissipated habits , VOL . LIII - No . I — E while of the others , all except one were married 1896. ] 65 BY R. M. ...
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duced by Von Ziemssen for the relief of pressure in cerebro - spinal meningitis , cerebral tumor , etc. The proceeding in puncture is given in detail , and appears to be simple and unattended with danger . The patient is placed on his ...
duced by Von Ziemssen for the relief of pressure in cerebro - spinal meningitis , cerebral tumor , etc. The proceeding in puncture is given in detail , and appears to be simple and unattended with danger . The patient is placed on his ...
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Page 278 - MYSTERIOUS Night! when our first parent knew Thee from report divine, and heard thy name, Did he not tremble for this lovely frame, This glorious canopy of light and blue. Yet 'neath a curtain of translucent dew, Bathed in the rays of the great setting flame, Hesperus with the host of heaven came, And lo! creation widened in man's view.
Page 215 - Master, behold my sheaves. Few, light, and worthless — yet their trifling weight Through all my frame a weary aching leaves ; For long I struggled with my hapless fate, And stayed and toiled till it was dark and late — Yet these are all my sheaves. Full well I know I have more tares than wheat, Brambles and flowers, dry stalks and withered leaves; Wherefore I blush and weep as at thy feet I kneel down reverently and repeat, "Master, behold my sheaves!
Page 242 - It was intended to enforce the principle that "no freeman may be taken or imprisoned but by the lawful judgment of his peers, or by the law of the land.
Page 85 - All such insane shall be allowed to correspond without restriction with the county judge and district attorney of the county from which they were committed. The books of record and blank forms for the official use of the hospitals shall be uniform, and shall be approved by the commission.
Page 471 - Do you wish to limit the dissemination of your contributions to medical science by such an exclusion of them on the part of publishers from reputable publications? Is this literature the property of yourself and of the profession or not? Does your gift of it to a journal make it the private property of the publishers of that journal?
Page 224 - DEAD he lay among his books ! The peace of God was in his looks.
Page 85 - They shall examine all institutions, public and private, authorized by law to receive and care for the insane, and inquire into their methods of government and the management of all such persons therein.
Page 89 - If in such proceedings, the alleged insane person is determined not to be insane, the judge or justice may, in his discretion, charge the costs of the proceedings to the person making the application for an order of commitment, and judgment may be entered for the amount thereof and enforced by execution against such person.
Page 412 - Ostrander, in a paper read before the 7th meeting of the Association of Assistant Physicians of Hospitals for the Insane...
Page 471 - Year-Book condenses, systematizes, and criticises the year's medical work in a shorter space and more permanent manner than the journals, and has thousands of readers no single journal can claim or hope to reach. Every physician writes and publishes articles in order that every member of the profession may, if possible, learn of his work, and that science and progress may thus be furthered and humanity benefited. To...