Canada Lancet Volume 12 (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1880 Excerpt: ...of Oxford, Ont., a duly registered British practitioner of medicine, was twice convicted before a Justice of the Peace for practicing medicine contrary to the Ontario Medical Act, and ordered each time to pay a fine of $25 and costs. He appealed, and the case was argued before the Judge in the General Sessions of the Pleas, in the County of Oxford in June last. Both convictions were quashed with costs, and the Judge said he had come to that conclusion without any regret, as he thought the appellant (who had done his utmost to secure his rights to registration from the Ontario Medical Council) had been harshly dealt with. Wonderful Surgical Operation.--We commend the following from the (New Era), Texas, to some of the medical practitioners in the country who are fond of writing up sensational items concerning "skilful operations" for the local press. "A boy at Weatherford was suffering from an obstruction of the windpipe, from which he nearly died before his parents would suffer him to be operated upon. It was the intention of the attending physician to have operated before death, but he did not arrive in time. When he did come the operation was at once performed, and the boy resuscitated. He is now living and will recover." A doctor who can raise the dead ought to drive a fine trade in a State like Texas, where sudden demises are the rule. Heat A Destrover or Contagion.--Bed. clothing and mattrasses are best disinfected from the contagion of small-pox, diphtheria, and scarletfever by a protracted exposure to a high degree of heat, in a properly constructed chamber, apartment, or oven. The virus or transmissible principle of scarlet fever is destroyed when subjected to a temperature of 203 F. for two hours. In this connection we note the ...