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Page 782 - SCHREBER (DGM). MEDICAL INDOOR GYMNASTICS, or a System of Hygienic Exercises for Home Use, to be practised anywhere, without apparatus or assistance, by young and old of either sex, for the preservation of health and general activity. Revised and Supplemented by Rudolf Graefe, MD With a large plate and 45 illustrations in the text. Royal 8vo, cloth.
Page 446 - Each essay must be typewritten, 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. The Committee reserves the right not to make an award if no essay submitted is considered worthy of the prize.
Page 454 - A MANUAL OF ORGANIC MATERIA MEDICA. Being a Guide to Materia Medica of the Vegetable and Animal Kingdoms. For the use of Students, Druggists, Pharmacists and Physicians.
Page 446 - The prize is open for competition to the whole world, but the essay must be the production of a single person. The essay, which must be written in the English language, or if in a foreign language, accompanied by an English translation, should be sent to the College of Physicians of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, before January 1, 1895, addressed to Horace Y.
Page 404 - ... flexors which prevents the full straightening of the leg. On the other hand, in the recumbent posture the leg can be fully extended, Many patients with meningitis are not in a condition to sit up, and the test can be equally well made by flexing the thigh on the abdomen, when on attempting to extend the leg, if meningitis be present, the limb cannot be fully extended.
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Page 769 - If you believe that the operation has been a clean one, leave the wound alone, if not an infected one. The best surgeons usually apply but one dressing, the first. When this is removed the stitches are taken out, and the wound only needs a clean covering for a few days. Before giving ether to patients suffering from catarrh of the nasal passages, wash these out with an alkaline solution. This will, by cleaning out the secretions, allow much easier breathing, and hence increase the facility with which...
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Page 404 - Kernig's sign the patient should be propped up in bed in the sitting position, then, on attempting to extend the leg on the thigh there is contraction of the flexors which prevents the full straightening of the leg. On the other hand, in recumbent posture the leg can be fully extended.
Page 506 - In functional cases the plantar reflex is often difficult to elicit, and there is frequently no response in the foot, but in such cases a response may usually be observed in the hip muscles. The form of reflex is the flexor response.