The Home medical library v. 2, 1910, Volume 2Review of Reviews Company, 1907 |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 30
Page 23
... 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 ...
Page 29
... 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 ...
Page 31
... 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 ...
Page 51
... 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 ...
Page 62
... 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 ...
Common terms and phrases
acute adenoids adults alcohol appear applied astigmatism attack bath become bladder bleeding blood body boil boric acid bowels brain breathing Bright's disease bronchitis calomel canal cancer catarrh cause chest child chronic cloth cold common commonly consumption cotton cough cure deafness diet diphtheria discharge disorder doses drops drugs eczema enlarged eruption Eustachian tubes eye-strain eyeball fever frequently germs glands gonorrhea gout grains grippe headache Hospital hot water inflammation insane irritation itching joints lens lids middle ear milk mouth mucous membrane muscles nasal neck nervous night nose nostrils obstruction occur ointment ounce pain passage patent medicines patient persons physician pneumonia poison poultice Quinsy relieved remedies removed result rheumatism ringworm rupture sexual organs skin solution sometimes sore throat surface swelling symptoms syphilis syrup of ipecac teaspoonful theria three times daily tion tonsils tooth treatment trouble tumors urine usually vomiting
Popular passages
Page 250 - 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 250 - 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 250 - 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 259 - 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 250 - 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 249 - 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 128 - Rupture is three times more frequent in men than in women, and is favored by severe muscular work, fatness, chronic coughing, constipation, diarrhea, sudden strain, or blows on the abdomen.
Page 149 - On the body, ringworm attacks the face, neck, and hands. It appears first as small, red, scaly spots which may spread into a circular patch as large as a dollar with a red ring of small, scaly pimples on the outside, while the center exhibits healthy skin, or sometimes is red and thickened.
Page 152 - Soon little blisters form, and scratching breaks them open so that the parts are moist and then become covered with crusts. The poison is conveyed by the hands to the face and, in men, to the sexual organs, so that these parts soon partake of the same trouble.
Page 146 - An ointment consisting of half a dram of precipitated sulphur with half an ounce each of powdered starch and vaseline applied each night, and hot water used on the face three times daily are also efficacious.