The American Journal of the Medical Sciences, Volume 136

Front Cover
J.B. Lippincott, Company, 1908
 

Contents

The Anatomy and Pathology of the Carotid Gland By LIBORIO
98
Congenital Unilateral Absence of the Urogenital System and its Relation
111
A Treatise for Practitioners By Edward L Keyes Jr M D
119
Mosquito Life By Evelyn Groesbeeck Mitchell A B M S
125
Hemophilia
131
Syphilitic Dactylitis
137
Flexners Serum in Epidemic Meningitis
140
OBSTETRICS
146
Phlebitis following Abdominal Operations
150
Lipase in the Blood
156
Splenic Anemia Splenectomy and Recovery With Studies of
157
Blood Cultures in Typhoid Fever By ALBERT A EPSTEIN M D
190
The Uncertain Results of Suturing Nerves By GEORGE TULLY
201
A Further Contribution to the Herpetic Inflammations of the Geniculate
226
The Bacteriology of the Puerperal Uterus By WILLIAM R NICHOLSON
255
The Relations of the Female Reproductive Organs to Internal Diseases
313
The Blood Pressure in Arteriosclerosis By R D RUDOLF M D
374
Persistent Patency of the Ductus Arteriosus By H GIDEON WELLS
381
Leukanemia By WARREN P ELMER M D
400
The Pathological Anatomy of Bronchial Asthma By A G ELLIS M D
407
An Appreciation By FRANK K BOLAND
429
Prophylaxie Etiologie Traitement By C SobreCasas
436
The Care of the Baby A Manual for Mothers and Nurses By J
442
SURGERY
448
Two Cases of Multilocular Retroperitoneal Cysts in Women
464
A Clinical Study of Some Arrhythmias of the Heart By WALTER
469
The Effect of Overcivilization on Maternity By FRANKLIN S NEWELL
532
The Relative Severity of the Different Forms of the Toxemia
541
The Occurrence and Significance of Negative Results in Bloodculture
548
Suggestions of the Pupil in General Disease By EDWARD JACKSON
556
A Study of the Vascular Lesions Leading
567
The Prolonged Use and Toxic Action of Sulphonal By JAMES
581
Gallstone Disease By JOHN B DEAVER M D LL D
625
Gallstone Disease
625
Ascites in Typhoid Fever
641
Lobar Pneumonia a Study of 445 Cases with Special Reference to
645
The Pharmacology of Heart Stimulants
659
The Pharmacology of Heart Stimulants By HORATIO C WOOD
663
The Interpretation of the Venous Pulse
674
The Interpretation of the Venous Pulse By G BACHMANN M D
686
a Report of Two Cases with
712
The Etiological Importance of Abnormal Foot Posture in Affections
726
The Ricin Method of JacobySolms for the Quantitative Estimation
734
Operations on the Frontal Sinus
774
An Especial Affinity of the Blood vessels of the Kidney for Adrenalin
780
Treatment of Tetanus with Subarachnoid Injections of Magnesium
780
Traction in the Treatment of Hip Disease By E H BRADFORD M
794
The Heart in Pulmonary Tuberculosis I The Heart Itself
819
The Heart during the Early Period of Convalescence from Acute Infec
829
Nonfatal Coma in the Course of Diabetes By C N B CAMAC M D
839
The Pathological Changes in the Thyroid Gland as Related to
851
Inferior Polioencephalitis in a Child of Four Years with Recovery
861
The Gonococcus as a Factor in Infections following Abortion or Full
868
A New Method of Staining the Diphtheria Bacillus By WM H RUSH
880
REVIEWS
885
Medicine 129 283 443 595 753
895
The Operative Treatment of Lung Abscess
903
Therapeutics 139 294 453 605 760
906
An Analysis of Four Hundred Cases of Epidemic Meningitis Treated
909
Obstetrics 146 301 460 613 766
914
The Supports of the Pelvic Viscera
915
The Significance of Pain in Pelvic Disease
917
Pathology and Bacteriology 154 310 468 621 775
922
Blood Formation in Spleen and Liver in Experimental Anemia 624
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