A Toxic Factor in Experimental Traumatic Shock (PDF)

11/14/2016

in the shock syndrome, credit for the results is largely due to my associates, who have contributed much …

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Medicine's Responsibility in the Propagation of Poor Protoplasm

11/14/2016

and undeserved honor has made me acutely aware of my lack of fitness to wear even for this short time the mantle …

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The Story of Smallpox in Massachusetts

11/14/2016

in fields where my somewhat senile mind might easily lead me astray, I had better confine myself … of the town and as he later says in his account of what happened, "I resolved in my own mind to try … escaped with my life. It may make a strange figure in New England especially when one or two have made …

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The Objectives of Medical Progress

11/14/2016

adviser was most ably presented by my immediate predecessor in 1933, and I imagine we all agree with him … my personal conviction that the prolongation of life by highly artificial means, at the expense …

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From Cow-Path to State Road

11/14/2016

to my narrative. In 1721, Zabdiel Boylston, aided and abetted by the Reverend Cotton Mather, introduced … afford an interesting field for speculation. To my mind three of the most striking features of the last …

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Postgraduate Medical Education

11/14/2016

reached this stage of intellectual stagnation.” This quotation serves to emphasize my conviction … plans, however, to my mind contain valuable hints that might well be followed in Massachusetts …

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Some Remarks on Therapy for Anemia

11/14/2016

are aware, my distinguished predecessors have annually instructed and entertained you with words both wise … to iron are often relieved by vitamin B6, but this is not true of patients, at least in my experience … cells and simple to administer. To my mind, however, it has the theoretical objection that all …

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New England, Neurosurgery and the Neurosurgeon (PDF)

11/14/2016

a poultice from a car- buncle in my early days — an amateur poultice, to be sure. It was offensive … investigat- ing, and under difficulties that would make us cringe. There are two treasured legends in my … own family, one concerning my great-great-grand- father, Ingalls Kittredge. He practiced in Bev- erly …

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Safe Management of Fractures

11/14/2016

be eliminated. My contribution was "Blind Nailing," presented in 1934 to the New England Surgical Society …

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The Story of Smallpox in Massachusetts (PDF)

11/14/2016

and surgeon, Dr. Harvey Cushing, it occurs to me that instead of wandering in fields where my somewhat senile … account of what happened, "I re- solved in my own mind to try the experiment, well remembering … the destruction the smallpox made in Boston 19 years before and how nar- rowly I escaped with my life. It may make …

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