Bulletin of the American Academy of Medicine, Volume 14

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American Academy of Medicine., 1913

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Page 205 - That the following -classes of aliens shall be excluded from admission into the united States...
Page 367 - In investigating her history her descendants were found to have numbered 834, of whom 709 have been traced from their youth. Of these, 7 were convicted of murder, 76 of other crimes, 142 were professional beggars, 64 lived on charity and 181 women of the family led disreputable lives.
Page 79 - Any person who shall be convicted of violating any of the provisions of the preceding sections of this act, shall be fined not exceeding one hundred dollars, or be imprisoned in the county jail not exceeding three months, or both, in the discretion of the court...
Page 79 - ... imprisoned in the county jail not exceeding three months, or both, in the discretion of the court; and upon conviction for a second or any subsequent offense, shall be fined not exceeding...
Page 307 - I have examined and perused the said writing, and have found the same to be In proper form and within the purposes named in the first class specified in Section Second of the Act of the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, entitled "An Act to provide for the Incorporation and Regulation of certain Corporations...
Page 60 - ... The first hour was given to attractive chemical experiments illustrating gases, vapors ("chaos"), condensation into solids, cooling, some of the properties of water, light, and heat. This year's work was then led from the simplest forms of plant life to the complex with the motto frequently repeated: "The two objects of every living thing are to perfect itself and to reproduce itself.
Page 66 - The State Board of Health and the superintendent of education shall prepare or cause to be prepared suitable test cards, blanks, record books and other needful appliances to be used in testing the sight and hearing of pupils in public schools, and necessary instructions for their use; and the Superintendent of Education shall furnish the same free of expense to every school in the State. The superintendent, principal, or teacher in every school during the month of September...
Page 133 - Coming from parent to child this teaching will be certain to have its two great essentials, namely, sincerity and sympathy. However, we find that a very small proportion of the present generation of parents possess either the requisite information or the necessary inclination to give this instruction. There must be a transitional period, during which educators, social workers and all the constructive forces of society work together to produce a generation of parents who will possess both the information...
Page 174 - The meetings will be held under the auspices of the (British) National Association for the Prevention of Infant Mortality and the 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.
Page 79 - It shall be unlawful for any person having the care or custody of any child, willfully to cause or permit the life of such child to be endangered, or the health of such child to be injured, or...

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