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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 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.