American Journal of Dental Science

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William Gird Beecroft., 1879
 

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Página 402 - Thou, Lord, in the beginning hast laid the foundation of the earth; and the heavens are the works of thine hands: they shall perish; but thou remainest; and they all shall wax old as doth a garment; and as a vesture shalt thou fold them up, and they shall be changed: but thou art the same, and thy years shall not fail.
Página 404 - Thou art the source and centre of all minds, Their only point of rest, eternal Word ! From thee departing, they are lost and rove * At random, without honour, hope, or peace. From thee is all that soothes the life of man, 900 His high endeavour, and his glad success, His strength to suffer, and his will to serve.
Página 226 - ... prescription paper being regarded by the pharmacist as representing Grams, unless the contrary is expressly stated. The fractions are always decimal. The table is easily learned. It consists of six words, as prefixes, whether we deal with Grams, Liters, or Meters. These are: Deci for tenth, Cent! for hundredth, Milli for thousandth ; Deka for ten, Hekto for hundred, Kilo for thousand. Having these few words, the terms of Troy, Avoirdupois, and Apothecaries' weight, and of liquid measure, may...
Página 289 - ... may be perfectly saturated with it without receiving the slightest injury ; and when it has been once freely applied to any rough or porous surface, its action will be persistent for an almost indefinite period. This may, at any time, be readily shown by pouring a few drops of a solution of iodide of potassium over the material which has been disinfected, when the peroxide of hydrogen which is being continually generated within it will quickly liberate the iodine from its combination with the...
Página 227 - Grams" may be written over the integer-column of figures, and, if wished, the word " decimals" over the decimal column. Now, what is a Gram ? or rather, the values, metrically expressed, of our present awkward weights ? Prussian. Practical. Precise. Grain I = 0.06 0.06 0.065 31 = 1.25 1.25 1.29 3 I = 3.75 4.o 3-89 1 I = 30.0 32.0 31.1 "The " practical" table alone concerns us. The " Prussian" [by order of the Prussian Ministry, Aug.
Página 289 - ... and seven parts of benzine, with the addition of five drops of oil of verbena to each ounce. Its purifying and disinfecting properties are due to the power which is possessed by each of its ingredients of absorbing atmospheric oxygen and converting it into peroxide of hydrogen — a highly active oxidizing agent, and very similar in its nature to ozone.
Página 207 - The chairmen of the several sections shall prepare and read in the general sessions of the association papers on the advances and discoveries of the past year in the branches of science included in their respective sections
Página 374 - ... a milky solution of unpleasant odor. Continuing my experiments, I came to the conclusion that a quarter of an ounce of the nitrite of amyl to the pound of Squibbs chloroform was about the proper strength, and that the combination was far safer for general anaesthetic purposes than chloroform uncombined ; indeed, in my hands, and in those of others, so far as tried, it seems to be fully as safe as sulphuric ether, and far more pleasant in its administration, possessing all the advantages of pure...
Página 98 - A small hard nodule on the edge or upper surface of the tongue, which is often overlooked, at last falls off and leaves a dirty ulcer with an indurated base, which generally spreads more slowly than a cancerous ulcer. A cure can be produced only by early extirpation, which perhaps may arrest the development of general tuberculosis. The author has observed four cases in Billroth's clinic : two of the individuals were thirty-two years of age, the others sixty-eight and seventy.
Página 374 - ... various compounds in the hope of discovering a new and better anesthetic. Early in the month of April, 1877, while treating an asthmatic patient with the nitrite of amyl, I became impressed with the idea of augmenting the heart's action with the drug, and thereby preventing 'the tendency to syncope and asphyxia, from paralysis of the heart, in cases of chloroform narcosis. I then began a series of experiments upon animals, first administering chloroform and then the nitrite of amyl. Then I began...

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