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Measles and whoop- ing cough have long been known as the starting points of tuberculosis , but now typhoid fever has been discovered to be the most potent of all the infections in this re- spect . Since attention has been called to it ...
Measles and whoop- ing cough have long been known as the starting points of tuberculosis , but now typhoid fever has been discovered to be the most potent of all the infections in this re- spect . Since attention has been called to it ...
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How efficient and successful he has been is pretty tangibly shown by the fact that New York State's death rate for 1912 , which was 14.6 per thousand of population , was the lowest ever known , and a saving of more than 5,000 lives over ...
How efficient and successful he has been is pretty tangibly shown by the fact that New York State's death rate for 1912 , which was 14.6 per thousand of population , was the lowest ever known , and a saving of more than 5,000 lives over ...
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The weeping family were gathered around the bed watching every breath thinking it would be the last , when an aged woman who had known the patient from her birth , entered the room weeping in sympathy with those gathered at the bed side ...
The weeping family were gathered around the bed watching every breath thinking it would be the last , when an aged woman who had known the patient from her birth , entered the room weeping in sympathy with those gathered at the bed side ...
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Another of the numerous facts regard- ing fractures which should be known to the general practitioner is that , for obvious reasons , it is impossible to get union in good position , in fractures of the lower end of the tibia and fibula ...
Another of the numerous facts regard- ing fractures which should be known to the general practitioner is that , for obvious reasons , it is impossible to get union in good position , in fractures of the lower end of the tibia and fibula ...
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I have known patients to receive these in- jections once or more weekly , throughout the course of an entire year and to the complete exclusion of all other treatment . As every one who takes the trouble to in- form himself , knows ...
I have known patients to receive these in- jections once or more weekly , throughout the course of an entire year and to the complete exclusion of all other treatment . As every one who takes the trouble to in- form himself , knows ...
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Page 124 - Philadelphia, to report on the Operative and Non-operative treatment of Closed and Open Fractures of the Long Bones and the value of radiography in the study of these injuries. Surgeons, who have published papers relating to this subject within the last ten years, will confer a favor by sending two reprints to the Chairman of the Committee. If no reprints are available, the titles and places of their publication are desired.
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Page 446 - ... Welfare of Infancy under the patronage of the King and Queen, and will convene immediately preceding the opening of the International Medical Congress. A tentative program has been issued by the Committee which indicates that the papers will consist largely of medical opinion. The subjects treated will be: — The Responsibility of Central and Local Authorities in Infant and Child Hygiene.