The Medical World, Volume 7

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Roy Jackson., 1889 - Medicine

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Page xii - England for efficiency in the treatment of Pulmonary Tuberculosis, Chronic Bronchitis, and other affections of the respiratory organs and is employed also in various nervous and debilitating diseases with success. Its Curative Properties are largely attributable to Stimulant, Tonic and Nutritive qualities, whereby the various organic functions are recruited. In Cases where innervating constitutional treatment is applied, 'and tonic treatment is desirable, this preparation will be found to act with...
Page xii - AGENTS— Iron and Manganese ; The TONICS — Quinine and Strychnine; And the VITALIZING CONSTITUENT— Phosphorus, Combined in the form of a Syrup, with slight alkaline reaction. IT DIFFERS IN EFFECT FROM ALL OTHERS, being pleasant to taste, acceptable to the stomach, and harmless under prolonged use.
Page xviii - Send for descriptive circular. Physicians who wish to test it will be furnished a bottle on application, without expense, except express charges. Prepared under the direction of Prof. EN HOKSFORD, by the RUMFORD CHEMICAL WORKS, Providence, RI BEWARE OF SUBSTITUTES AND IMITATIONS. CAUTION :— Be sure the word •• HORSFORD'S
Page 225 - Every promise and every set of promises, forming the consideration for each other, is an agreement...
Page 395 - Whose cream does look like opals; and with these Delicate meats set ourselves high for pleasure, And take us down again, and then renew Our youth and strength with drinking the elixir, And so enjoy a perpetuity Of life and lust! And thou shalt ha...
Page xxiii - Formula. — Listerine is the essential antiseptic constituent of Thyme, Eucalyptus, Baptisia, Gaultheria and Mentha Arvensis, in combination. Each fluid drachm also contains two grains of refined and purified Benzo-boracic Acid.
Page 417 - Each essay must be distinguished by a motto, and accompanied by a sealed envelope bearing the same motto, and containing the name and address of the writer. No envelope will be opened except that which accompanies the successful essay. The committee will return the unsuccessful essays if reclaimed by their respective writers, or their agents, within one year.
Page 303 - Nearly 26,000 of these registration books were filled up and returned to the office in 1880, and nearly all of them used for statistical purposes. It is hoped that double this number will be obtained for the Eleventh Census. Physicians not receiving Registers can obtain them by sending their names and addresses to the Census Office, and, with the Register, an official envelope which requires no stamp will be provided for their return to Washington.
Page 49 - Oxide and nitrate of silver should be given after the process of digestion has ended ; if given during food, chemical reactions destroy or impair their special attributes, and defeat the object for which they were prescribed. Metallic salts, especially corrosive sublimate, also tannin and pure alcohol, impair the digestive power of the active...
Page xxiii - LISTERINE is a well-proven antiseptic agent — an antizymotic — especially useful in the management of catarrhal conditions of the mucous membrane ; adapted to internal use, and to make and maintain surgical cleanliness — asepsis — in the treatment of all parts of the human body, whether by spray, irrigation...

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