Search Out the Secrets of Nature

8/8/2016

, that there is a specific remedy for every disease, may not be far from the truth. But it is also said, that, though … and taxing their digestive organs, and prematurely wearing them out by excess of action. It is said … called “life.” Indeed, one of the principal effects of life was said to be the suspension of chemical …

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Morbid Anatomy (pdf)

8/8/2016

, received a large share of attention in every country where medical science can be said to exist ; and I … in the dark. But here, it was said, was a new mode of observation by which we might decide whether … a structure was cancerous or not. Cells of a certain specific character were said to exist in growths …

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Currents and Counter-Currents in Medical Science (pdf)

8/8/2016

which has been said, the community is still overdosed. The best proof of it is, that no families … them. Ay, said a doubting bystander, but how many made vows of gifts and were shipwrecked …, but is said to have physicked his own wife to death, not withstanding, — Pliny says, in so many words …

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The Progress of Medical Science

8/8/2016

functions of the body. Among his voluminous speculations, Galen is said to have written much of practical … their application.” Galen is said to have written more than three hundred volumes; and by his vast learning ….” The doctor renewed his examination; said he had found a new symptom, and varied his diagnosis, assigning …

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The Principles and Objects of the Massachusetts Medical Society (pdf)

8/8/2016

as possible, what I consider the duty of this Society to be at the present time. In what I have said, I …

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MMS Testimony Relative to MassHealth Section 1115 Demonstration Project Amendment and Extension Request

7/15/2016

transition to alternative payment models. It is often said that Massachusetts health care delivery systems …

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Mass. Medical Society applauds passage of “partial-fill” legislation

7/14/2016

today said Congress has taken a significant step forward in the battle against opioids and prescription … aggressively supported. Medical Society President James S. Gessner, M.D., said “we applaud and thank Senator …. Gessner said the Medical Society had been advocating for partial-fill prescriptions because they would …

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Massachusetts Medical Society: 5,000 Prescribers have Taken 15,000 Courses in Safe Opioid Prescribing

6/23/2016

component in reversing the trend of opioid misuse.  James S. Gessner, M.D., president of the society, said … be abused or misused.”  Dr. Gessner said that in a span of 13 months, from May 2015 through June 20 …. Gessner said that the courses are reviewed and updated regularly, to provide health professionals …

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Vital Signs Summer 2016 (pdf)

6/20/2016

and depression “lead to our loss of empathy for those who entrust their care to us,” said outgoing MMS … and that drives satisfaction,” she said. Small Changes, Big Results Dr. Sinsky knows what well­adjusted …, as one of her role models. At the end of the day, she said, he would call all the patients he …

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Remarks on the Pathology of the Typhoid Fever of New England

6/13/2016

it was present or absent; and in 43, it is expressly said to have been wanting. It is in most cases accompanied … mentioned in the examinations. In the remaining case, the abdominal viscera are said to be healthy … third report, in which it is said that 79 out of 169 had eruptions. Of Dr. West’s 60 cases, 42 had …

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