The Homeopathic World: A Monthly Journal of Medical, Social, and Sanitary Science, Volume 18Homœpathic Publishing Company, 1883 - Homeopathy |
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Page 371 - popular, and minds like that of Darwin, author of the lines below, be appreciated : " Star after star from heaven's bright arch shall rush ; Suns sink on suns, and systems systems crush ; Headlong, extinct, to one dark centre fall, And Death, and Night, and Chaos mingle all ; Till o'er the wreck, emerging from the storm, Immortal nature lifts her changeful
Page 494 - from four to six feet in height, branchy, and in the months of June and July yield the seeds, a pod containing three to five seeds. These seeds have each a little worm inside. The leaf is half an inch in length and a quarter of an inch in width, a little more or less. The bark of the shrub is
Page 371 - sink on suns, and systems systems crush ; Headlong, extinct, to one dark centre fall, And Death, and Night, and Chaos mingle all ; Till o'er the wreck, emerging from the storm, Immortal nature lifts her changeful
Page 101 - punishable by a fine of five hundred dollars and dismissal from office, for any officer of the United States Government, civil, military, or naval, to make discrimination in favour of or against any school of medical practice, or its legal diplomas, or its duly and legally graduated members, in the examination and appointment of candidates to medical service in any
Page 101 - of or against any school of medical practice, or its legal diplomas, or its duly and legally graduated members, in the examination and appointment of candidates to medical service in any of the departments of the Government.
Page 476 - Fresh air should be freely supplied in every sleeping room, yet the sleeper should be protected from even moderate draughts, for these, though apparently slight at first, will produce chilliness of one portion of the body, while another portion may be overheated, and thus a disturbing inequality of circulation ensues.
Page 101 - Section 2. That all such examinations shall be open to the attendance and witness of all physicians, citizens of the United States ; and that duly certified copies of the complete records of all the details of said examinations shall be placed on file in the office of the Librarian of Congress, subject to the inspection and use of members of Congress.
Page 476 - Beds should be firm in. texture, level and well elevated from the floor, for thus complete circulation around the bed is secured, and the sleeper is above the influences of some of those dangerous gases which are likely to accumulate in sleeping rooms. The position of the head is of importance. In cases of
Page 368 - Much as I had heard of the beauty of burial-yards abroad, I looked at least for decency and cleanliness. The first thing that struck me as I opened the gate and took off my hat was the sickly, putrid smell, that wellnigh caused me to vomit. Close before me, on a rough-hewn, unlettered
Page 369 - silver paper — for the clothes are burnt invariably, as they might be a temptation to some dishonest person to exhume the coffin from its shallow grave. Just then I looked down, and lo ! the whole place was covered with human bones, lying on the surface. The evening breeze rose and fell, coming from the distant Sierra