One Hundred and Fifty Years — From Tallow-Dip to Television

11/14/2016

to New York. I happen remotely to know something of this for my great-grandfather practised … may be able to ripen his own time—which I hasten to add is not a fancy of my own—is worthy of thought … placed at my disposition, of which twenty-five were vaccinated. A fortnight afterwards, the fifty sheep …

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Some Responsibilities of Medical Education

11/14/2016

. This experience is the reason for my choice of subject and presumably the basis of the Society's choice … of an orator. The organization and progress of medical education have been my chief preoccupation … for these fourteen years, and I welcome the opportunity to place on record my faith and my optimism regarding it …

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The Practitioner's Need of an Intelligent Skepticism

11/14/2016

Annual Oration 1930 By Henry A. Christian, M.D. When my … and was proud of the honor. At once my thoughts turned to an annual discourse delivered almost one hundred years …, in my opinion, more skepticism needs to be exercised by practitioners than is the case at present …

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Some Remarks on Therapy for Anemia (PDF)

11/14/2016

of the honor be-stowed on me by the invitation to deliver this oration. As you are aware, my distinguished … of patients, at least in my experience. In growing experimental animals, carefully deprived of access … and simple to administer. To my mind, how- ever, it has the theoretical objection that all the hematopoietic …

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The Trend of Medicine In The Twentieth Century

11/14/2016

community and the department is called upon to help out that it steps in. My impression … is the more effective she becomes other things being equal. My prediction is that there will be no let-up … as a whole and appreciate the relationship of their environment to their medical problems. My guess …

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One Hundred and Fifty Years — From Tallow-Dip to Television (PDF)

11/14/2016

happen remotely to know something of this for my great-grandfather practised in the Berk- shires till … is not a fancy of my own—is worthy of thought. One traces the conception of contagium vivum to early times … in a few words. Fifty sheep were placed at my dis- position, of which twenty-five were vaccinated …

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New England, Neurosurgery and the Neurosurgeon

11/14/2016

can remember removing a poultice from a carbuncle in my early days—an amateur poultice, to be sure … that would make us cringe. There are two treasured legends in my own family, one concerning my … to be the operators. As we have seen in the earlier reports, Bradford was one. My father was another. His …

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Postgraduate Medical Education (PDF)

11/14/2016

reached this stage of intellectual stagna- tion. ' ' This quotation serves to emphasize my con- viction … of Boston has done this so thoroughly and inter- estingly. Certain plans, however, to my mind contain …

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The Interdependence of Tropical Medicine and General Medicine

11/14/2016

on this occasion I assumed that you would wish to hear about the subject which has absorbed most of my attention … of the background of this address I venture to say that my first, contact with the subject was made twenty years ago … Africa. My work has been, chiefly, of a clinical nature. Definition What is meant by "tropical diseases …

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A Toxic Factor in Experimental Traumatic Shock

11/14/2016

for a toxic factor in the shock syndrome, credit for the results is largely due to my associates, who have …

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