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Title: Plexus
Year: 1899 (1890s)
Authors: College of Physicians and Surgeons of Chicago
Subjects: Schools, Medical
Publisher: Chicago : Chicago Clinical School
Contributing Library: University of Illinois at Chicago
Digitizing Sponsor: CARLI: Consortium of Academic and Research Libraries in Illinois

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ssible cavities, al-though considerable practice is needed to make one proficient inits use. The X-ray may render a positive diagnosis of calculi,tumors or aneurisms as well as of bony lesions; and is the mostvaluable contribution to surgical diagnosis of recent years.Chemical examination of the stomach contents may determinethe presence of cancer when no other means can be relied upon,the lactic acid test of Boa being perhaps the most reliable.Therapeutic diagnosis relates mostly to syphilis and tuberculo-sis, although the question has recently arisen as to whether inblastomycetic or actinomycotic infections the lesions may notdisappear under the administration of the iodides. This needsfurther investigation. Many a reputation has been made bygiving iodides in doubtful cases and there are excellent reasonsfor the practice becoming more general. Kochs tuberculin isbelieved by many to be a reliable test of tubercular lesions thatare inaccessible to other diagnostic means. 103 State St.
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BERNARD FANTTTS, M. D. Adjunct-Professor of Materia Medica, College of l-hysicians and Surgeons, Chicago, PRACTICAL POINTS IN METRIC PRESCRIPTION-WRITING.By Bernard Fantus, M. D. In the story of the tower of Babel, the Lord cursed men byconfounding their language that they could not understand oneanothers speech. Cursed we are in this country not only by analmost Babelic confusion of languages, but also by the exis-tence of several systems of weights and measures. Fortunatelyas far as languages are concerned, one officially and publicly holdssway over the rest; but unfortunately in weights and measures,we have one official standard and another standard in public use. How many are there who do all they can to abolish this de-plorable state of affairs in our beloved country? You certainlydo not, if you are one of those who use the old Apothecaries sys-tem of weights and measures; but are just one of the great manywho are responsible for the continuance of this most unfortunateand confus

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