Canada Lancet, Volume 12Lancet Publishing Company, 1880 - Medicine |
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... sponge probang . The kidney was then pushed to the ab- dominal incision by pressure on the loin behind , where it was seized with a vulsellum and securely held . The peritoneum investing it was then opened longitudinally ; and the ...
... sponge probang . The kidney was then pushed to the ab- dominal incision by pressure on the loin behind , where it was seized with a vulsellum and securely held . The peritoneum investing it was then opened longitudinally ; and the ...
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... sponge it is important that the sponge should never be wet when used for this purpose ) , and , placing it in an ordinary sponge - holder , forced it up into the cervical canal . Now , twisting it around , I suc- ceeded in breaking the ...
... sponge it is important that the sponge should never be wet when used for this purpose ) , and , placing it in an ordinary sponge - holder , forced it up into the cervical canal . Now , twisting it around , I suc- ceeded in breaking the ...
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... sponge tents to be followed by the most serious others , just as careful in their manipulations , have consequences that I have been much surprised to encountered the most serious consequences in at- see in a late medical journal a long ...
... sponge tents to be followed by the most serious others , just as careful in their manipulations , have consequences that I have been much surprised to encountered the most serious consequences in at- see in a late medical journal a long ...
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... sponge - tents and stem - pessaries in my practice ; rupture was returned and kept up by the finger of although fully recognizing , as I do , the dangers con- an assistant ; a longitudinal incision was made nected with their use , I do ...
... sponge - tents and stem - pessaries in my practice ; rupture was returned and kept up by the finger of although fully recognizing , as I do , the dangers con- an assistant ; a longitudinal incision was made nected with their use , I do ...
Page 57
... sponge , or by other means . He also briefly out- lined the history of several cases which had come under his observation . A vote of thanks was passed to Dr. Holmes for his very excellent paper . writer of the above puff , no doubt ...
... sponge , or by other means . He also briefly out- lined the history of several cases which had come under his observation . A vote of thanks was passed to Dr. Holmes for his very excellent paper . writer of the above puff , no doubt ...
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Page 257 - Those obligations are the more deep and enduring, because there is no tribunal other than his own conscience to adjudge penalties for carelessness or neglect. Physicians should, therefore, minister to the sick with due impressions of the importance of their office ; reflecting that the ease, the health...
Page 260 - ... which it may be thought proper to express. But no statement or discussion of it should take place before the patient or his friends, except in the presence of all the...
Page 259 - 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...
Page 259 - It is also reprehensible for physicians to give certificates attesting the efficacy of patent or secret medicines, or in any way to promote the use of them.
Page 264 - Obligations of the public to physicians. § 1. The benefits accruing to the public, directly and indirectly, from the active and unwearied beneficence of the profession, are so numerous and important, that physicians are justly entitled to the utmost consideration and respect from the community. The public ought likewise to entertain a just appreciation of medical qualifications; to make a proper discrimination between true science and the assumptions of ignorance and empiricism...
Page 263 - Physicians. § 1. Diversity of opinion, and opposition of interest, may, in the medical, as in other professions, sometimes occasion controversy and even contention. Whenever such cases unfortunately occur, and cannot be immediately terminated, they should be referred to the arbitration of a sufficient number of physicians, or a court-medical.
Page 261 - ... pursued. This is a circumstance much to be deplored, and should always be avoided, if possible, by mutual concessions, as far as they can be justified by a conscientious regard for the dictates of judgment. But, in the event of its occurrence, a third physician should, if practicable, be called to act as umpire; and, if circumstances prevent the adoption of this course, it must be left to the patient to select the physician in whom he is most willing to confide.
Page 263 - Medical men should also be always ready, when called on by the legally constituted authorities, to enlighten coroners' inquests, and courts of justice, on subjects strictly medical — such as involve questions relating to sanity, legitimacy, murder by...
Page 262 - A physician, in his intercourse with a patient under the care of another practitioner, should observe the strictest caution and reserve.
Page 262 - ... member of the faculty in the same illness, except in cases of sudden emergency, or in consultation with the physician previously in attendance, or when the latter has relinquished the case or been regularly notified that his services are no longer desired. Under such circumstances no unjust and illiberal insinuations should be thrown out in relation to the conduct or practice previously pursued, which should be justified as far as candor and regard for truth and probity will permit...