...to number our days that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom." It is a trite saying, although hoary, that "an ounce of prevention is better than a pound of cure !" How shall we prevent disease? By right living? It is living temperately, morally, systematically,...

...fellow citizens without remuneration. It has been instilled into the medical man from time immemorial that an ounce of prevention is better than a pound of cure, and with this as a motto, we have made plagues a thing of the past. We have learned to cure many diseases...

...over God's earth to-day, had they been properly bled. If there be any disease in which it may be said, 'an ounce of prevention is better than a pound of cure,' it is pneumonia. '• Our fathers believed that, to get rid of disease we must remove the cause. They practiced...

...persistent contraction of the uterus, in which event hemorrhage is physically impossible. It is an old adage that an ounce of prevention is better than a pound of cure, and recognizing its truth, I shall first and principally direct my attention to preventive measures....

...— and it is as true to-day as ever, and as applicable in connection with our theme as any other, "that an ounce of prevention is better than a pound of cure," and hence the doctor who does most to impart knowledge concerning the laws of health in the sanitary...

...large cities have not time for much thought beyond their routine work. How many have the disposition ? That an ounce of prevention is better than a pound of cure is nowhere more applicable than to this subjectOne particular point suggests itself in this connection,...

...or the public demanded, a single educated man who makes hygienic instruction his business. We know that an ounce of prevention is better than a pound of cure, but we have not yet learned to appreciate it in dollars and cents. Let colleges and societies for the...

...vicinity of the kitchen door, but a sanitarian sees diseases and death in that act. If the simple maxim that " an ounce of prevention is better than a pound of cure " can only be impressed upon the public mind, it will have a beneficial effect upon their health and...

...that many persons use it daily whether they have the asthma or not; doubtless going on the principle that an ounce of prevention is better than a pound of cure. CLARK W. DUNLOP, MD 17 BOSD STHEET, \>w York City. WRITER'S CRAMP. — Wernicke has lately found a...

...us to acknowledge its truth. • PREVENTION OF CARIES. It is an old adage, no less true than trite, that " an ounce of prevention is better than a pound of cure," and in the present instance it may be applied with its full force. Were more attention paid to the...