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The Propaganda for Reform in Proprietary Medicines, Vol. 2 of 2
by Various AuthorsThe-Propaganda-for-Reform-in-Proprietary-Medicines is the second volume of two volume edition published by American Medical Association about Proprietary medicines. This volume contains four parts titled as Reports of the Council, Contributions from the Laboratory, Journal Contributions: Proprietary Products, and Journal Contributions: Miscel..
The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines
by T. H. Pardo de TaveraDr. Tavera has faithfully described the Malay and Hindu therapeutics of the present day, enriching his description by observations founded on a long practice in Paris and in his own native Luzon. From this potpourri of scientific therapeutics and ignorant, superstitious drugging the interested physician will elicit not a few useful data con..
The Evolution of Modern Medicine
by William OslerTHE manuscript of Sir William Osler's lectures on the "Evolution of Modern Medicine," delivered at Yale University in April, 1913, on the Silliman Foundation, was immediately turned in to the Yale University Press for publication. Duly set in type, proofs in galley form had been submitted to him and despite countless int..
A Manual of the Operations of Surgery
by Joseph BellAuthor's Preface:Having been asked, year after year, by the members of my Class for Operative Surgery, to recommend to them some Manual of Surgical Operations which might at once guide them in their choice of operations, and give minute details as to the mode of performance, I have been gradually led to undertake the production of this little w..
Ginseng and Other Medicinal Plants
by Arthur Robert HardingWhen the price of Ginseng advanced some years ago hundreds engaged in the business who knew little or nothing of farming, plant raising and horticulture. That they largely failed is not to be wondered at. Later many began in a small way and succeeded. Many of these were farmers and gardeners. Others were men who had hunted, trapped and gath..
Handbook of Medical Entomology
by William Albert RileyThe Handbook of Medical Entomology is the outgrowth of a course of lectures along the lines of insect transmission and dissemination of diseases of man given by the senior author in the Department of Entomology of Cornell University during the past six years. More specifically it is an illustrated revision and elaboration of his "Notes on the ..
Manual of Surgery - Volume First - General Surgery.
by Alexis ThomsonTo prolong human life and to alleviate suffering are the ultimate objects of scientific medicine. The two great branches of the healing art—Medicine and Surgery—are so intimately related that it is impossible to draw a hard-and-fast line between them, but for convenience Surgery may be defined as “the art of treating lesions and malformations ..
Superstition in Medicine
by Hugo MagnusThe history of medicine is closely interlinked with the development of theology. The errors of one are for the most part reflected in the mistakes of the other. No matter how obscure and dark the origin of either, whether derived from ignorance and superstition or not, the ultimate achievement alone must be taken into consideration. We do no..