Transactions of the Iowa State Medical Society, Band 11

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Seite 22 - No practicing attorney, counselor, physician, surgeon, or the stenographer or confidential clerk of any person, who obtains such information by reason of his employment, minister of the gospel or priest of any denomination shall be allowed in giving testimony, to disclose any confidential communication properly intrusted to him in his professional capacity, and necessary and proper to enable him to discharge the functions of his office according to the usual course of practice or discipline.
Seite 22 - The single question presented by this record is whether, in a civil action for an injury to the person, the court, on application of the defendant, and in advance of the trial, may order the plaintiff, without his or her consent, to submit to a surgical examination as to the extent of the injury sued for.
Seite 22 - It is derogatory to the dignity of the profession, to resort to public advertisements or private cards or handbills, inviting the attention of individuals affected with particular diseases...
Seite 109 - Vaughan gives an explanatory definition and defines a ptomaine as "a chemical compound which is basic in character and •which is formed by the action of bacteria on organic matter." A large number of the ptomaines are inert, others highly poisonous. We will consider the latter only. This bacterial decomposition may take place in or outside the body. We will therefore consider ptomaine poisoning in relation to the body from external and internal causes.
Seite 20 - Every individual, on entering the profession, as he becomes thereby entitled to all its privileges and immunities, incurs an obligation to exert his best abilities to maintain its dignity and honor, to exalt its standing, and to extend the bounds of its usefulness.
Seite 5 - Masonic Hall, and •was called to order at ten o'clock by the president, Dr. SS Guy, of Brooklyn, NY, .when Rev. Herrick Johnston invoked the Divine blessing upon its deliberations. The President welcomed the members of the Institute to their annual meeting, and expressed his gratification at the fact that so large a number of delegates were present. Dr. JC Burgher, of Pittsburgh...
Seite 11 - Resolved, That the Secretary be instructed to notify the members of the...
Seite 73 - ... and death of the bone are sequels which are annoying to the surgeon, detrimental to the interest of the patient, and frequently the cause of litigation. The cause of non-union is discoursed upon by Dr John H. Packard, page 43, Vol. IV, International Cyclopedia of Surgery, 1884, after this manner : " Scarcely a year passes that I do not see one or more instances in my hospital wards, and I have repeatedly been consulted about such cases in the private practice of others. It is not always easy...
Seite 12 - Resolved, — that in our opinion it is advisable for the state to establish and maintain a hospital for the care and treatment of epileptics, consisting of a system of cottages for the accommodation of both sexes, for children as well as...
Seite 114 - ... in the battle, the killed bear but a small proportion to the wounded. It is not merely by the crowded hospitals, the frequent funerals, the destitution of families, or the increased pressure of the public burdens that you may test the sufferings of a nation over which sickness has passed; the real and lasting injury lies in the deterioration of the race, in the seeds of disease transmitted to future generations, in the degeneracy and decay which are never detected 'till the evil is irreparable.

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