The Home Medical Library, Volume 2Review of reviews Company, 1907 |
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... occur at night and awaken the patient , and may be the reason for his first consulting a physician . One eye is commonly attacked twenty - four to thirty - six hours before the other , and even if it is thought that the cause is a ...
... occur at night and awaken the patient , and may be the reason for his first consulting a physician . One eye is commonly attacked twenty - four to thirty - six hours before the other , and even if it is thought that the cause is a ...
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... occurring under the conjunctiva ( or membrane lining the inner surface of the lids and covering the front surface of the eyeball ) may be caused by blows or other injury to the eye , by violent coughing , by straining , etc. Dark - red ...
... occurring under the conjunctiva ( or membrane lining the inner surface of the lids and covering the front surface of the eyeball ) may be caused by blows or other injury to the eye , by violent coughing , by straining , etc. Dark - red ...
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... occur owing to disease of the ear altering the character of the natural secretion . In the normal state , the purpose of the wax is , apparently , to repel insects and to glue together the little flakes of cast - off skin in the ...
... occur owing to disease of the ear altering the character of the natural secretion . In the normal state , the purpose of the wax is , apparently , to repel insects and to glue together the little flakes of cast - off skin in the ...
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... occurred and competent medical aid is un- obtainable , since no harm will be done if wax is absent , and , if it is present , the escape of wax will usually give immediate relief from the deafness and other symptoms . Treatment . The ...
... occurred and competent medical aid is un- obtainable , since no harm will be done if wax is absent , and , if it is present , the escape of wax will usually give immediate relief from the deafness and other symptoms . Treatment . The ...
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... occurs from the external canal . The trouble commonly originates from an extension of catarrhal disease of the nose or throat ; the germs which are responsible for these disorders finding their way into the Eustachian tubes , and thus ...
... occurs from the external canal . The trouble commonly originates from an extension of catarrhal disease of the nose or throat ; the germs which are responsible for these disorders finding their way into the Eustachian tubes , and thus ...
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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.