The Medical Council, Volume 221917 |
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Page 43 - A) should be given at least 3O days before expected attack, followed by syringes B, C and D at five-day intervals ; during the entire period of accustomed attack or until immunity is established treatment should be continued, using Syringe D. There are no contraindications to the therapeutic or prophylactic use of Hay Fever Pollenin Mulford as far as known. Should a clinical reaction occur, characterized by rise in temperature and aggravation of symptoms, the next dose should be decreased. Full literature...
Page 50 - To Officers of the Medical Reserve Corps, US Army Inactive List — Word received from the Surgeon General of the US Army, conveys the information to officers of the Medical Reserve Corps of the United States Army, inactive list, that assignment to active duty may be delayed, and that they are advised to continue their civilian activities, pending receipt of orders. They will be given at. least 15 days' notice when services are required.
Page 36 - X-rays, ligation, cautery, or palliative operations may change distress to comfort and may even prolong life. 7. Cancer of the Breast. All chronic lumps in the breast should be removed without delay. Benign tumors can be removed without mutilation. Examine all specimens microscopically. An immediate microscopical examination is desirable since, if positive, it permits a radical operation at the same sitting. A radical operation performed ten days after an exploration is almost never successful in...
Page 14 - MELLIN'S FOOD In every step in the manufacture of Mellin's Food there is constantly in view the ultimate object of making a product of definite composition to Accomplish a Definite Purpose. This purpose is to furnish certain food elements which, when added to cow's milk, make it a suitable food for an infant. The food elements in Mellin's Food — carbohydrates...
Page 59 - MELLIN'S FOOD are especially adapted to the requirements, for such carbohydrates are readily assimilated and at once furnish heat and energy so greatly needed by these poorly nourished infants. The method of preparing the diet and suggestions for meeting individual conditions sent to physicians upon request. MELLIN'S FOOD COMPANY, BOSTON, MASS.
Page 56 - ... complete inventory of the qualifications of all registrants in order to determine, as to each man not already selected for duty with the colors, the place in the military, industrial or agricultural ranks of the nation in which his experience and training can best be made to serve the common good. This project involves an inquiry by the Selection Boards into the domestic, industrial and educational qualifications of nearly ten million men.
Page 32 - For Opium, Morphine, Cocaine and other drug addictions, including alcohol and special nervous cases. Methods easy, regular, humane. Good heat, light, water, help, board, etc. Number limited to 44. A well-kept home.
Page 36 - Early cancer causes no pain. Its symptoms are not distinctive, but should arouse suspicion. Confirm or overthrow this suspicion immediately by a thorough examination and, if necessary, by operation. The advice "Do not trouble that lump unless it troubles you," has cost countless lives. 3. There is no sharp line between the benign and the malignant. Many benign new growths become malignant and should, therefore, be removed without delay. All specimens should be examined microscopically to confirm...
Page 14 - ... Purpose. This purpose is to furnish certain food elements which, when added to cow's milk, make it a suitable food for an infant. The food elements in Mellin's Food — carbohydrates (maltose and dextrins), proteins and salts — when dissolved in water and added to cow's milk so change the balance of nutrition in cow's milk that the resulting modification presents fat, proteins, carbohydrates and salts in the proportion needed for the Development of Infantile Life. The success of Mellin's Food,...
Page 39 - Man, apparently healthy, frequently receives his first intimation that he is suffering from a diseased condition of the kidneys when rejected for life insurance." THE LOGICAL METHOD of treating kidney disease is to supply the very necessary enzymes and internal secretions of the kidney, which are either deficient or missing in disease of that organ. THE LOGICAL AGENT by means of which this can be accomplished is NEPHRITIN which contains all the enzymes and all the internal secretions present in the...