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... bathing the eyelid for fifteen min- utes at a time , every hour , with a hot solution of boric acid ( half a teaspoonful to the cup of water ) . Then at night the swelling should be painted with collodion , several coats , being careful ...
... bathing the eyelid for fifteen min- utes at a time , every hour , with a hot solution of boric acid ( half a teaspoonful to the cup of water ) . Then at night the swelling should be painted with collodion , several coats , being careful ...
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... bathing also endangers the ear , as cold water is forcibly driven not only into the external auditory canal , but , what is more frequently a source of damage , into the Eustachian tubes through the me- dium of the nose or throat . In ...
... bathing also endangers the ear , as cold water is forcibly driven not only into the external auditory canal , but , what is more frequently a source of damage , into the Eustachian tubes through the me- dium of the nose or throat . In ...
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... baths is an effective preventive . There is no sufficient reason for dressing more warmly in a heated house in winter than one would dress in summer . It is , moreover , unwise to cover the chest more heavily than the rest of the body ...
... baths is an effective preventive . There is no sufficient reason for dressing more warmly in a heated house in winter than one would dress in summer . It is , moreover , unwise to cover the chest more heavily than the rest of the body ...
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... bath and a glass of hot lemonade containing a tablespoonful or two of whisky , is the most valu- able treatment . The Turkish bath is also very effica- cious in cutting short colds , but involves great risk of increasing the trouble ...
... bath and a glass of hot lemonade containing a tablespoonful or two of whisky , is the most valu- able treatment . The Turkish bath is also very effica- cious in cutting short colds , but involves great risk of increasing the trouble ...
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... bath , and keep them in bed . If there is fever with the cold , five drops of sweet spirit of niter may be given in a teaspoonful of sweetened water every two hours . Liquid vaseline , or the alboline mixture advised for adults , may be ...
... bath , and keep them in bed . If there is fever with the cold , five drops of sweet spirit of niter may be given in a teaspoonful of sweetened water every two hours . Liquid vaseline , or the alboline mixture advised for adults , may be ...
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Page 46 - Plate II ANATOMY OF THE EAR The illustration on the opposite page shows the interior structure of the ear. The concha and Meatus, or canal, comprise the external ear, which is separated from the middle ear by the Drum Membrane. Wax is secreted by glands located in the lining of the meatus, and should be detached by the motion of the jaws during talking and eating. If it adheres to the drum membrane it causes partial deafness. The internal ear, or labyrinth, a cavity in the bone, back of the middle...
Page 250 - First. 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 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...
Page 250 - ... Second. If it be labeled or branded so as to deceive or mislead the purchaser, or purport to be a foreign product when not so, or 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 or if...
Page 250 - In case of drugs : First. 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 2 - Surgeon Extraordinary to His Majesty, the King of the Belgians ; Consulting Surgeon and Emeritus Professor of Clinical Surgery to University College Hospital ; Fellow of University College ; Late Professor of Surgery and Pathology to the Royal College of Surgeons ; Honorary Member of the Societe de Chirurgie of Paris, etc.
Page 249 - Dakota a law has been passed which requires that a proprietary medicine containing over five per cent of alcohol, or any one of a number of specified drugs, be labeled accordingly. PURE FOOD BILL — A far-reaching and important step, in the movement for reform of patent medicines and for the protection of the public, has now been taken by the United States Government. On June 30, 1906, an act was approved forbidding the manufacture, sale, or transportation of adulterated, misbranded, or poisonous...
Page 259 - The committee on the prevention of tuberculosis of the Charity Organization Society of New York City has announced in decided terms that there is no specific medication for consumption.