The Medical Fortnightly

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THE

MEDICAL FORTNIGHTLY

DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF

THE GENERAL PRACTITIONER

EDITED BY

FRANK PARSONS NORBURY, M. D.

and THOS. A. HOPKINS, M. D.

VOLUMES XVII-XVIII

SAINT LOUIS

1900

THE

MEDICAL FORTNIGHTLY

1900

CONTRIBUTORS

ADAMS, A. L.

ABRAMS, ALBERT
ADLER, LEWIS H.
ASHMEAD, ALBERT S.
BROWN, D. C.

BROWN, WM. D. H.
BENEDICT, A. L.
BLACK, CARL E.

BAKER, E. F.

BOWE, EDWARD

BALL, M. V.

BAERENS, S. F.
CARTER, J. M. G.

CUFFER, PROF.
CROUCH, E. L.

CRAIN, E. A.

CHADDOCK, CHAS. GILBERT

CHAPMAN, H. W.

CHENOWETH, W. J.

CENTER, CHAS. DEWEY

DOUGLAS, CHAS. J.

DAVIS, BYRON S.

ESHNER, AUGUSTUS A.

ECKARD, E. M.

FELL, EGBERT W.

FREE, JAMES E.

GOLDSTEIN, M. A.

GILMORE, B. F.
GRADWWOHL, R. B. H.

HARRISON, REGINALD
HALE, JOHN A.
HEWLETT, R. T....
HURST, S. T.

HOPKINS, T. A.

HOMAN, GEORGE

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COMPLETE INSPECTION OF THE RECT-

UM BY MEANS OF NEWER MECHANIC-

AL CONTRIVANCES-Thos. Chas. Martin.... 87

CARCINOMA OF THE ESOPHAGUS-Augus

tus A. Eshner

103

NUTRITION IN THE MANAGEMENT OF IN-
TESTINAL DISEASES-John A. Hale
OBSERVATIONS BASED ON THE PROB-
ABLE MODE OF FORMATION OF URI-
NARY STONE RELATIVE TO ITS RE-
CURRENCE AND PREVENTION-Reginald
Harrison

Part I--The Local Treatment of the Bladder
Following Litholapaxy.
OBSERVATIONS ON CERTAIN EARLY DI-
AGNOSTIC SIGNS IN MEASLES-George
Homan

PROPHYLAXIS OF TYPHOID FEVER-J.
H. Milier

PHYSIOLOGY-Chapter XXV.-Nerve Fibres.

XXVI-Nerve Cells. Chapter XXVII.-Cere-

bro-Spinal System-Spinal Nerves. Chapter

XXVIII.--Spinal Nervo-roots and Ganglia.

Chapter XXVIV.-Cranial Nerves.-A. L. Ben-

edict

Chapter XXX.- Reflexes, Mainly Due to the

I'neumogastric Nerves. Chapter XXXI.-The

Sympathetic System. Chapter XXXII.-

Spinal Cord