Public Documents of the State of Wisconsin: Being the Reports of the Various State Officers, Departments and Institutions, Volume 1854 |
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... east of Galena , in Illinois , and the . Highlands along the west side of the Mississippi , in Iowa . These mounds are composed of strata , overlying the strata occupying the general plain . The strata , in this district , appear nearly ...
... east of Galena , in Illinois , and the . Highlands along the west side of the Mississippi , in Iowa . These mounds are composed of strata , overlying the strata occupying the general plain . The strata , in this district , appear nearly ...
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... east , the other west of Bel- mont , with a smaller elevation of the same character between them ; the Blue Mounds , two summits forming part of a connected range , near the line of Dane and Iowa counties ; and the north- east point of ...
... east , the other west of Bel- mont , with a smaller elevation of the same character between them ; the Blue Mounds , two summits forming part of a connected range , near the line of Dane and Iowa counties ; and the north- east point of ...
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... western districts , where most distinctly developed , this bed may be divided into three distinct portions : an ... eastern districts , yet examined , this distinction appears less marked , nearly the whole bed being composed of a ...
... western districts , where most distinctly developed , this bed may be divided into three distinct portions : an ... eastern districts , yet examined , this distinction appears less marked , nearly the whole bed being composed of a ...
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... east side , while immediately on the west side of the ravine , the brown rock ( lower bed of the upper magnesian ) sinks below the bottom , the strata on both sides remaining nearly hori- zontal ; thus indicating a fault at that point ...
... east side , while immediately on the west side of the ravine , the brown rock ( lower bed of the upper magnesian ) sinks below the bottom , the strata on both sides remaining nearly hori- zontal ; thus indicating a fault at that point ...
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... west , towards the Platte Mounds , and to the east , towards the high prairie ridge , separating the east and west branches of the Pecatonica . Another point of elevation occurs on the East Pecatonica , at or near Argyle . At that point ...
... west , towards the Platte Mounds , and to the east , towards the high prairie ridge , separating the east and west branches of the Pecatonica . Another point of elevation occurs on the East Pecatonica , at or near Argyle . At that point ...
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Page 48 - ... feelings of shame or delicacy to prevent their disclosing the seat, symptoms and causes of complaints peculiar to them. However commendable a modest reserve may be in the common occurrences of life, its strict observance in medicine is often, attended with the most serious consequences, and a patient may sink under a painful and loathsome disease, which might have been readily prevented had timely intimation been given to the physician. SEC. 5. A patient should never weary his physician with...
Page 46 - Frequent visits to the sick are in general requisite, since they enable the physician to arrive at a more perfect knowledge of the disease, to meet promptly every change which may occur, and also tend to preserve the confidence of the patient. But unnecessary visits are to be avoided, as they give useless anxiety to the patient, tend to diminish the authority of the physician, and render him liable to be suspected of interested motives.
Page 42 - No senator or representative shall, during the time for which he shall have been elected, be appointed to any civil office of profit under this State, which shall have been created, or the emoluments of which shall have been increased during such term, except such offices as may be filled by elections by the people.
Page 6 - ... the school fund." the interest of which and all other revenues derived from the school lands shall be exclusively applied to the following objects, to wit: 1.
Page 46 - The life of a sick person can be shortened not only by the acts, but also by the words or the manner of a physician. It is, therefore, a sacred duty to guard himself carefully in this respect, and to avoid all things which have a tendency to discourage the patient and to depress his spirits.
Page 142 - No hospital for the insane, however limited its capacity, should have less than fifty acres of land, devoted to gardens and pleasure grounds for its patients. At least one hundred acres should be possessed by every State hospital, or other institution for two hundred patients, to which number these propositions apply, unless otherwise mentioned.
Page 48 - ... 3. Patients should prefer a physician whose habits of life are regular, and who is not devoted to company, pleasure, or to any pursuit incompatible with his professional obligations. A patient should, also, confide the care of himself and family, as much as possible, to one physician ; for a medical man who has become acquainted with the peculiarities of constitution, habits, and predispositions of those he attends, is more likely to be successful in his treatment than one who does not possess...
Page 3 - He shall submit to the legislature an annual report containing: 1. A statement of the condition of the common schools of the state, and of all other schools and institutions under his supervision, and subject to his visitation as superintendent 2.
Page 46 - For the physician should be the minister of hope and comfort to the sick ; that, by such cordials to the drooping spirit, he may smooth the bed of death, revive expiring life, and counteract the depressing influence of those maladies which often disturb the tranquillity of the most resigned in their last moments.