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... wave - motion , the beautiful law of interference occurred to me , when it flashed over me that the application of this law to mole- cular wave - motion completed the chain of evidence . I felt very much as I imagine did Archimedes when ...
... wave - motion , the beautiful law of interference occurred to me , when it flashed over me that the application of this law to mole- cular wave - motion completed the chain of evidence . I felt very much as I imagine did Archimedes when ...
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... waves , which differ among themselves in their periods of recurrence . The different colors of light are produced by ... waves of light or heat or water meet other waves of the same substance , in such a manner that the crests of one set ...
... waves , which differ among themselves in their periods of recurrence . The different colors of light are produced by ... waves of light or heat or water meet other waves of the same substance , in such a manner that the crests of one set ...
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first in point of time . The wave - crest and trough from one cell striking the molecular waves of another cell less firmly fixed in its structure , crest to crest and trough to trough , the motions of the first would necessarily ...
first in point of time . The wave - crest and trough from one cell striking the molecular waves of another cell less firmly fixed in its structure , crest to crest and trough to trough , the motions of the first would necessarily ...
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... waves or vibrations have of increas- ing or destroying similar waves or vibrations , may be better un- derstood by reference to instances where waves of sounds and waves of light thus influence each other . Take , for example , two ...
... waves or vibrations have of increas- ing or destroying similar waves or vibrations , may be better un- derstood by reference to instances where waves of sounds and waves of light thus influence each other . Take , for example , two ...
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... waves of light are met by other waves of light whose periods of vibrations are one - half wave length behind the first , darkness will be the result . The waves of the one set are quenched or antagonized by those of the other , in ...
... waves of light are met by other waves of light whose periods of vibrations are one - half wave length behind the first , darkness will be the result . The waves of the one set are quenched or antagonized by those of the other , in ...
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Page 297 - A physician, when visiting a sick person in the country may be desired to see a neighboring patient who is under the regular direction of another physician, in consequence of some sudden change or aggravation of symptoms. The conduct to be pursued on such an occasion is to give advice adapted to present circumstances; to interfere no...
Page 299 - ... and in regard to measures for the prevention of epidemic and contagious diseases ; and when pestilence prevails, it is their duty to face the danger, and to continue their labors for the alleviation of the suffering, even at the jeopardy of their own lives. SEC. 2. Medical men should also be always ready, when called on by the legally constituted authorities, to enlighten coroners...
Page 295 - A physician who is called upon to consult, should observe the most honorable and scrupulous regard for the character and standing of the practitioner in attendance ; the practice of the latter, if necessary, should be justified as far as it can be, consistently with a conscientious regard for truth, and no hint or insinuation should be thrown out which could impair the confidence reposed in him, or affect his reputation.
Page 298 - Some general rules should be adopted by the faculty, in every town or district, relative to pecuniary acknowledgments from their patients ; and it should be deemed a point of honor to adhere to these rules with as much uniformity as varying circumstances will admit.
Page 291 - ... suffer such publications to be made ; to invite laymen to be pre.sent at operations, to boast of cures and remedies, to adduce certificates of skill and success, or to perform any other similar acts. These are the ordinary practices of empirics, and are highly reprehensible in a regular physician.
Page 289 - ... whatever, that may be recommended to them by the self-constituted doctors and doctresses, who are so frequently met with, and who pretend to possess infallible remedies for the cure of every disease. However simple some of their prescriptions may appear to be, it often happens that they are productive of much mischief, and in all cases they are injurious, by contravening the plan of treatment adopted by the physician.
Page 294 - But such variation and the reasons for it ought to be carefully detailed at the next meeting in consultation. The same privilege belongs also to the consulting physician if he is sent for in an emergency, when the regular attendant is out of the way, and similar explanations must be made by him, at the next consultation.
Page 289 - ... as to prevent an interference of engagements. Patients should also avoid calling on their medical adviser unnecessarily during the hours devoted to meals or sleep. They should always be in readiness to receive the visits of their physician, as the detention of a few minutes is often of serious inconvenience to him.
Page 286 - A physician should not be forward to make gloomy prognostications, because they savor of empiricism, by magnifying the importance of his services in the treatment or cure of the •disease. But he should not fail, on proper occasions, to give to the friends of the patient timely notice of danger, when it really occurs; and even to the patient himself, if absolutely necessary.
Page 285 - Physicians should, therefore, minister to the sick with due impressions of the importance of their office; reflecting that the ease, the health, and the lives of those committed to their charge, depend on their skill, attention and fidelity. They should study, also, in their deportment, so to unite tenderness with firmness, and condescension with authority, as to inspire the minds of their patients with gratitude, respect and confidence.