Word: medica
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Chinese still go to toads for materia medica. The dried venom of certain of their toads they give internally to break up colds and apply externally to treat toothache and local inflammations. The apparent effectiveness of Chinese toad venom induced Johns Hopkins to assign its Dr. Hans Jensen and R. K. Chen to examine the dried venom. Last week they reported that...
...makes it his business to examine samples of ergot from all countries is Dr. Henry Hurd Rusby, 74, professor of botany, physiology and materia medica at Columbia University since 1888. The condition of Spanish and Portuguese ergot Dr. Rusby has usually found good. The usual condition of Polish and Russian ergot has horrified him. He has found it mixed with black-eyed worms and gray lice. Samples were consistently old and mouldy. Extracts often killed experimental animals...
...Fifty-five colleges of pharmacy in the U. S. are recognized as good enough for membership in the Association of Colleges of Pharmacy; they teach materia medica; organic, qualitative, and quantitative analysis; botany; physiology. One or two teach bookkeeping and store management. Some seriously consider adding courses in lunch counter operation...
Aaron Dexter Irving Professor of Chemistry and Materia Medica...
...physical therapeutics. Chief cause for the comity (it remains loosely bound) has been osteopathy's sensible chasing of the raggletoggle out of its membership. Osteopathic schools from Kirksville to Boston now require four years of medical training. Courses are identically those of regular schools. However, instead of Materia Medica, one studies Principles and Practice of Osteopathy...