Transactions, Volume 2

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Homoeopathic Medical Society of the State of New York., 1864
"Directory of the homœopathic practitioners of the State of New York" in v.25- .
 

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Página 364 - In the absence of the President the meeting was called to order by the Secretary at 7:05 pm, and Dr.
Página 35 - ... this goodly frame, the earth, seems to me a sterile promontory, this most excellent canopy, the air, look you, this brave o'erhanging firmament, this majestical roof fretted with golden fire, why, it appears no other thing to me than a foul and pestilent congregation of vapours.
Página 276 - set a beggar on horseback and he will ride to the devil,
Página 113 - It seeming impossible in any other manner to properly restrict the use of this powerful agent, it is directed that it be struck from the Supply Table, and that no further requisitions for this medicine be approved by Medical Directors. This is done with the more confidence as modern pathology has proved the impropriety of the use of mercury in very many of those diseases in which it was formerly unfailingly administered.
Página 374 - Friend to my life, (which did not you prolong, The world had wanted many an idle song) What drop or nostrum can this plague remove? Or which must end me, a fool's wrath or love?
Página 105 - ... incompatible with the practice of surgery, it seems proper to offer a few remarks on the relation of homoeopathy to surgery. The doctor of medicine professes the science of medicine : the art of healing diseases and preserving health, — the art of understanding diseases, and curing and relieving them when possible. His duties embrace the whole subject. "Surgery is that part of the healing art which relates to external diseases and their treatment, especially to the manual operations adopted...
Página 148 - ... arrangements may be founded. (2.) The facts and phenomena of diseases on which classifications may be made are not all regarded from the same point of view. Most systems are avowedly artificial, being arranged with the view to elucidate or support a theory, or otherwise to effect a definite end. For example, by classifying diseases and recording the causes of death, the most valuable information is obtained relative to the health of the people, or of the unwholesomeness and pestilential agencies...
Página 50 - Physiology and Pathology themselves teach us that the science of Pathology can in no sense serve as a basis or foundation of the science of Therapeutics. They show us that whereas Pathology is the science of disease based on a theory of observed morbid processes, Therapeutics, when truly regarded, is a science of cure, based on 'a theory of cure, and resting on a foundation of experiment. Although not the basis of Therapeutics, Pathology must yet be a most important instrument in the practical application...
Página 5 - ... Medical Association, it is expedient that there should be attached to every public hospital for the Insane, one or more consulting physicians, who may be consulted at the discretion of the Superintendent; such measure being for the interest of the hospital, its medical officers, and. its patients. "Resolved, That a copy of the above resolution be transmitted to the Board of Trustees of each of our public hospitals for the Insane, and also to the Secretary of the Association of American Superintendents,...

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