Maryland Medical Journal, Vol. 37

Download or read book Maryland Medical Journal, Vol. 37 written by Maryland State Medical Society and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-01-22 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Maryland Medical Journal, Vol. 37: A Weekly Journal of Medicine and Surgery; April 17-October 9, 1897 It is not necessary for anything to be new to be valuable. So with the treat ment of syphilis. I do not suppose that away back, centuries ago, before Amer ica was discovered, the effects of mer cury were understood, nor did our im mediate predecessors know why they gave calomel for everything. Professor Samuel Jackson of the University of Pennsylvania used to say when in doubt give calomel and when it has been properly given it has cured many a disease, without our having compre hended the reason. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.