Transactions of the National Association for the Study of Epilepsy and the Care and Treatment of Epileptics at the ... Annual Meeting Held in ..., Volume 1C.E. Brinkworth, 1901 - Epilepsy |
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Page 198 - This Constitution may be amended by a two-thirds vote of the members present at...
Page 197 - The officers of the Association shall be a President, a first Vice-President, a second Vice-President, a Secretary and a Treasurer.
Page 164 - National Association for the Study of Epilepsy and the Care and Treatment of Epileptics was held in Washington, DC, on the i4th and I5th of May, 1901.
Page 35 - I should hold anywhere from twelve to sixteen or eighteen patients, and these patients should be of the best; good enough in every respect to assume the entire care of the household in all its details, under the general supervision of one nurse or employee, who should look afer sick patients and make observations of the seizures for the physicians in charge.
Page 11 - Struck, as with lightning, by some keen disease, Drops sudden : — by the dread attack o'erpowered, He foams, he groans, he trembles, and he faints ; Now rigid, now convulsed, his labouring lungs Heave quick, and quivers each exhausted limb.
Page 48 - ... county ; and if such title be approved by the attorney-general, and certified by him to be good and free from incumbrance, the comptroller shall, within thirty days thereafter, accept a good and sufficient deed of conveyance of said tract of land to the state, to be approved by the attorneygeneral; and the treasurer of the state, on the warrant of the comptroller, shall pay therefor, as hereinafter provided, the consideration of one hundred and fifteen thousand dollars, with proportionate reduction...
Page 197 - To advocate the care of epileptics in institutions where they may (a) Receive a common school education; (b) Acquire trades; (c) Be treated by the best medical skill for their malady.
Page 32 - From a knowledge acquired through experience in an institution where home-life was impossible, and from a knowledge of the home-life conditions prevailing at the Craig Colony, I have come to believe that the home instinct is the last of the natural desires to die even in a people who suffer mental enfeeblement through chronic and far-reaching diseases. These people are perpetually longing for home, and it would seem that the enlightened civilization that assumes their care should appreciate their...
Page 11 - Spread through the frame, so deep the dire disease Perturbs his spirit; as the briny main Foams through each wave beneath the tempest's ire. He groans since every member smarts with pain, And from his inmost breast, with wontless toil, Confused and harsh, articulation springs.
Page 36 - These dwellings need to be more numerous, for in them the great middle class, numbering from 60 to 70 per cent. of the entire population, will find a home. They should have light and airy rooms, large hat and coat rooms, smoking and sitting rooms for men, and plenty of closet and shelf space — for most of these people find comfort in looking after their individual possessions — ample verandas, reading and writing rooms. To lessen the danger from fire...