The American Homoeopathist, Volume 13A.L. Chatterton & Company, 1887 - Homeopathy |
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Page 81 - The philosopher should be a man willing to listen to every suggestion, but determined to judge for himself. He should not be biased by appearances; have no favorite hypothesis ; be of no school ; and in doctrine have no master. He should not be a respecter of persons, but of things. Truth should be his primary object. If to these qualities be added industry, he may indeed hope to walk within the veil of the temple of nature.
Page 155 - I firmly believe that if the whole materia medica, as now used, could be sunk to the bottom of the sea, it would be all the better for mankind, — and all the worse for the fishes.
Page 104 - Carbuncles on the shoulders, or on the scapular region, are frequent accompaniments of diabetes. Pain referred to the meatus urinarius, is sure to be the result of cystitis, prostatitis or nephritis. Pruritus of the anus will be the evidence, often, of disease of the prostate.
Page 325 - ... which is to take the place of the impenetrable uterine canal in all subsequent treatments. 5. The intra-uterine electrode should in all cases be negative, unless there is hemorrhage or excessive leucorrhoea, when the positive pole is required.
Page 284 - By A. Charpentier, MD, Paris. Illustrated with lithographic plates and wood engravings. This is also Vol. IV. of the Cyclopedia of Obstetrics and Gynecology (12' vols.), issued monthly during 1887.
Page 150 - In all pathological conditions, surgical or medical, which linger persistently in spite of all efforts at removal, from the delicate derangements of brain substance that induce insanity, and the various forms of neurasthenia, to the great variety of morbid changes repeatedly found in the coarser structures of the body, there will invariably be found more or less irritation of the rectum, or the orifices of the sexual system, or of both.
Page 342 - This should be painted all over the bruised surface with a camel's hair pencil and allowed to dry on, a second or third coating being applied as soon as the first is dry. If done...
Page 106 - Long-continued lividity, as well as lividity produced by emotion and excitement, the respiration continuing normal, are indices of a fault in the formation of the heart or the great vessels. 9. A temporary lividity indicates the existence of a grave acute disease, especially of the respiratory organs. 10. The absence of tears in children four months old or more suggests a form of disease which will usually be fatal.
Page 68 - When pain is located in the region of the parietal bone, from the coronal to the lambdoidal suture, and from the squamous suture to the superior outline of the parietal eminence. The duodenum and small intestines will be the seats of disturbance.
Page 274 - Cocaine may be toxic, sometimes deadly, in large doses. It may give rise to dangerous, or even fatal symptoms, in doses usually deemed safe. The danger, near and remote, is greatest when given under the skin. It may produce a diseased condition — in which the will is prostrate and the patient powerless — a true toxic neurosis, more marked and less hopeful than that from alcohol or opium.