Canada Lancet, Volumen13

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Lancet Publishing Company, 1881

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Página 206 - It is better, on this account, in graduating the bottle, to make two scratches as represented in the drawing, one at the top and the other at the bottom of the curve : this prevents any future mistake.
Página 11 - ... to establish a defence on the ground of insanity, it must be clearly proved that, at the time of the committing of the act, the party accused was labouring under such a defect of reason, from disease of the mind, as not to know the nature and quality of the act he was doing; or, if he did know it, that he did not know he was doing what was wrong.
Página 252 - It is derogatory to the dignity of the profession, to resort to public advertisements, or private cards, or handbills, inviting the attention of individuals affected with particular diseases...
Página 240 - On examination I found the os dilated to about the size of a silver dollar and the placenta protruding.
Página 71 - Vanitas vanitatum, omnia vanitas"— the wise and witty King really said "Sanitas sanitatum, omnia sanitas." Gentlemen, it is impossible to overrate the importance of the subject. After all, the first consideration of a Minister should be the health of the people.
Página 287 - If my friends have alabaster boxes laid away, full of fragrant perfumes of sympathy and affection, which they...
Página 343 - The responsibility of inducing abortion should never be undertaken without a consultation of two or more medical men, and M. Tarnier had even suggested that a legal declaration should be made to the public prosecutor in every •case. He would lay it down that the induction of abortion is only legitimate when the life of the mother is so imperiled by the continuance of pregnancy that emptying the uterus presents itself as the only alternative to save the mother.
Página 342 - First battalion, a body of Emetic Tartars, under the command of General Ipecacuanha. These fought with uncommon bravery for one whole day and a night, made prodigious havoc of the Biliary forces and took their general prisoner. A truce was proclaimed for twenty-four hours ; when, it appearing that a large body of the Biliaries had secreted themselves in the lower parts of the country, I despatched the second...
Página 81 - Ad. & E., 2). have been held not actionable per se. " While the authorities are generally agreed as to charges of gross ignorance or incapacity in the exercise of the duties of the physician, it is not easy to determine what words are actionable in themselves in special instances. In analogous and even in precisely similar cases, the courts are divided. Where the words were, ' He killed my child ; it was the saline injection that did it
Página 311 - ... gr.) to the same amount. Infusion of tobacco (half an ounce to the pint) alone relieves some cases, and forms a good vehicle for borax or boracic acid. It is not well to use glycerin with the borax, as a rule, as it is apt, owing to its affinity for water, to aggravate the irritation. Strong solution of poppy is a good vehicle for borax. Chloral frequently does not suit. Ice suits some, very hot water others.

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