The Modern Family Physician, Volume 1Review of reviews Company, 1916 |
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... leads to nervous exhaustion or eye - strain . The nerve centers , which animate and control the nerves supplying the eye muscles to which we have just alluded , are in close proximity to other most important nerve centers in the brain ...
... leads to nervous exhaustion or eye - strain . The nerve centers , which animate and control the nerves supplying the eye muscles to which we have just alluded , are in close proximity to other most important nerve centers in the brain ...
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... lead to symptoms of eye - strain . When reading , for example , the muscles which pull the eye inward soon grow tired and relax , allowing the opposing muscles to pull the eye outward so that the eyes are no longer directed toward a ...
... lead to symptoms of eye - strain . When reading , for example , the muscles which pull the eye inward soon grow tired and relax , allowing the opposing muscles to pull the eye outward so that the eyes are no longer directed toward a ...
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... lead to eye - strain , it behooves people , in the words of an eminent medical writer , to recognize that " the subtle influence of eye - strain upon character is of enormous importance " inasmuch as " the dis- position may be warped ...
... lead to eye - strain , it behooves people , in the words of an eminent medical writer , to recognize that " the subtle influence of eye - strain upon character is of enormous importance " inasmuch as " the dis- position may be warped ...
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... lead to itching . Then " picking the nose " removes the crusts , and frequent nosebleed results . Nosebleed also is common in both full - blooded and anæmic persons ; in the former be- cause of the high pressure within the blood vessels ...
... lead to itching . Then " picking the nose " removes the crusts , and frequent nosebleed results . Nosebleed also is common in both full - blooded and anæmic persons ; in the former be- cause of the high pressure within the blood vessels ...
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... leads in time to further obstruction in the nose , because when air is drawn in through the narrowed passages a certain degree of vacuum is produced and suction on the walls of the nose , as would occur if we drew in air from a large ...
... leads in time to further obstruction in the nose , because when air is drawn in through the narrowed passages a certain degree of vacuum is produced and suction on the walls of the nose , as would occur if we drew in air from a large ...
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Page 262 - Formulary official at the time of investigation: Provided, That no drug defined in the United States Pharmacopoeia or National Formulary shall be deemed to be adulterated under this provision if the standard of strength, quality, or purity be plainly stated upon the bottle, box, or other container thereof, although the standard may differ from that determined by the test laid down in the United States Pharmacopoeia or National Formulary. Second. If its strength or purity fall below the professed...
Page 262 - Provided, That no drug defined in the United States Pharmacopoeia or National Formulary shall be deemed to be adulterated under this provision if the standard of strength, quality, or purity be plainly stated upon the bottle, box, or other container thereof although the standard...
Page 262 - If the contents of the package as originally put up shall have been removed in whole or in part, and other contents shall have been placed in such package...
Page 271 - Tuberculosis and the Committee on the Prevention of Tuberculosis of the Charity Organization Society of The City of New York, at the Museum of Natural History, from November 27 to December 9, 1905.
Page 383 - stomach teeth " ; they generally come between the eighteenth and the twenty-fourth month. The four back double teeth, which complete the first set, come between the twenty-fourth and thirtieth month. At one year a child usually has six teeth. At one and a half years, twelve teeth. At two years, sixteen teeth. At two and a half years, twenty teeth. What are the causes of variation f The appearance of teeth varies in different families ; in some they come very early, in others much later. The teeth...
Page 262 - If, when a drug is sold under or by a name recognized in the United States Pharmacopoeia or National Formulary, it differs from the standard of strength, quality, or purity, as determined by the test laid down in the United States Pharmacopoeia or National Formulary...
Page 476 - ... in teaspoonful doses hourly, or ten drops of laudanum 1 with a teaspoonful of spirit of chloroform. The best remedies to stop the diarrhea are bismuth subnitrate, a quarter teaspoonful every three hours, or chalk mixture, one tablespoonful every two hours as long as the attack lasts, since both these drugs are absolutely harmless. If the trouble continues more than a day or two then opium 1 should be given in the form of paregoric or laudanum, as advised above for pain, two or three times daily...
Page 261 - Second. — No matter what your confidence in the medicine, or how highly recommended it is, consult a physician before using very much of it. Third. — Take no medicine internally without a physician's advice. Throughout this chapter the word " patent medicine " will be used in its widely accepted form, in the everyday sense, without regard to its legal definition, and will be held to include any of the above-mentioned classes, unless a direct statement is made to the contrary. In Germany the contents...
Page 4 - Chief of the Bureau of Chemistry, in the United States Department of Agriculture, since 1883, first saw the light of day in Kent, Indiana, October 18, 1847.
Page 431 - The weight is chiefly borne on the sound limb, while the diseased limb is bent slightly at the thigh, and the toes and limb are turned outward. At the same time the crease, naturally present under the buttocks, is less noticeable on the leg of the affected side. If...