The Prevention of the Spread of Typhoid Fever

8/10/2016

and original discussion of the causes of such occurrences and the means by which they may be prevented. No one … which spreading may begin, but there must be also a time after the beginning of the first case … that such occurrences may be prevented by disinfection of these di-charges, and to a brief consideration of some …

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Nature Guides Best, When Guided (pdf)

8/10/2016

Annual Discourse which may hereafter be published." 11 78 NATURE GUIDES BEST, WHEN GUIDED … to find that it is one of those brilliant half-truths whose importance may lead us to overstate its … that we may as wisely say "guide nature " as " let nature guide." The attempt to condense into two …

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State and Preventive Medicine in Massachusetts

8/10/2016

great as that which any other portion of the community may have. It might fairly enough be assumed … as to his knowledge and skill in dentistry and dental surgery satisfactory to the board. Possibly it may … in any city or town in this State, will reveal absurdities and contradictions which may cover crimes …

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The Position of the Massachusetts Medical Society — Its Relations to Medical Progress, to the Community in Which We Practise, and to Its Fellows

8/10/2016

by our teachers, and ably carried out by our Fellows, so that we may reasonably hope that mothers undergo … instruments; but however desirable it may be to have a pair of forceps perfectly adapted to their ends, we …, are simply astounding, and though in the present state of our knowledge we may not hope to see it entirely …

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A Review of Medicine – Its Work and Its Worth (pdf)

8/10/2016

to print a statement to that effect at the commencement of each Annual Discourse WhIOh may hereafter … pace with the physical and moral sciences of its age; and while we may be unable to trace radical … standard of Studentship and a more perfect education. I may be pardoned if I seem to take radical …

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Antiseptic Surgery (pdf)

8/10/2016

the solution is too strong it may induce local inflammation and slough- ing. It is not adapted for use … attributed to their unadvised and too generous employment. Some form of protection may be developed …, however slight, it may be, to induce every member of this Society to avail himself of the advantages …

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Infantile Mortality: Its Causes and Prevention (pdf)

8/10/2016

that are wholly or in part preventable, that we may check their ravages and promote the public health. We find … infectious diseases, which are often severe and deadly. The most loathsome of these, small-pox, may be fully … prevented by vaccination ; and may we not confidently hope that by improved methods of* treatment, either …

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Hints in Ethics and Hygiene

8/10/2016

a general survey of our position, in order to see in what way our efforts may be profitably directed … such deficiencies as may exist, and to discuss the paths which lead to further progress. The brief time at my …, and there can hardly be a question of its advantages, I may say, of its necessity. The rapid progress of medical …

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Nature Guides Best, When Guided

8/10/2016

not be disappointed to find that it is one of those brilliant half-truths whose importance may lead us to overstate … partially applicable to our professional work; or to discover that its converse is as true; so that we may … follows almost instinctively and exclusively the inductive method. What was a startling exhortation may …

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Many Things Remain to Be Done (pdf)

8/10/2016

to print a statement to thzgcfieg'egt’at the commencement of each Annual Discourse which may hereafter … as is placed in their hands, what may we not expect of them! There never was an age when the human mind … for the great unfinished work that lies before us, and may learn among other things whether this Society has …

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