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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The Trend of Medicine In The Twentieth Century (PDF)

11/14/2016

are lacking in a given community and the depart- ment is called upon to help out that it steps in. My … other things being equal. My prediction is that there will be no let-up in the extent of the curriculum … to their medical prob- lems. My guess is that the pediatrician is here to stay but it is conceivable that as time …

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The Interdependence of Tropical Medicine and General Medicine (PDF)

11/14/2016

the subject which has absorbed most of my attention during the past seven years, namely, tropical medicine … that my first, contact with the subject was made twenty years ago on a trip to the Par East. Later … this period a year was spent in the Amazon Basin,t and another in Equatorial Africa.§ My work has been …

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The Practitioner's Need of an Intelligent Skepticism (PDF)

11/14/2016

'S NEED OF AN INTELLIGENT SKEPTICISM* BY HENRY A. CHRISTIAN, M.D.\s=d\ WHEN my name was added …. At once my thoughts turned to an annual discourse delivered almost one hundred years ago (ninety-five … why, in my opinion, more skepticism needs to be exercised by practitioners than is the case at present …

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The Objectives of Medical Progress (PDF)

11/14/2016

perienced guide. An eloquent plea for the family medical ad- viser was most ably presented by my immedi- … finally be attained. In this connection I feel impelled to express my personal conviction that the pro- …

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The Physical Examination of Apparently Healthy Individuals: Its Importance, Limitations and Opportunities

11/11/2016

, if the individual has never actually had a disease. In my opinion, more emphasis might be placed on the value … confidence in the possibilities of the plan as outlined. It has not been my intent to outline any particular … plan for physical examination which I want personally to advocate. Rather it is my intent while …

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The Physician as Custodian of the Health of the People: But Who Shall Guard the Custodian Himself?

11/11/2016

a fibroid tumor of the uterus, and lest I should stray beyond my business she was careful to inform me …

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The Physician as Custodian of the Health of the People: But Who Shall Guard the Custodian Himself? (PDF)

11/11/2016

should stray beyond my business she was careful to inform me that Dr. Brown- Sequard had charge of her …

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