Vol. 60, 1909 - University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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schools as well as the parents in the home.
The importance of this is evident to the
most casual observer when he looks about
him and sees the utter disregard of the simplest
and most fundamental rules of health
in every class and condition of our people.
It is all however a neglect which has its
origin in ignorance for which doctors are
largely responsible, at least they must be
the first to attempt a remedy.
Laws are also essential. Public opinion
must first be aroused in order that the laws
may become possible. The two are mutually
interdependent—the one being ineffective
without the otl;er. We would call attention
especially to the excellent saggesttions
made by the president regarding the
enactmet of certain laws. These, we believe,
deserve the thoughtful consideration
of every citizen in our State. The Journal
is thoroughly in accord with Dr. Highsmith
in believing that such laws are badly
needed and that their enforcement would
go a great way toward bringing preventive
medicine to that plane of development to
which it must be and will be brought within
the next few decades.
Dr. Highsmith has delivered a message
which is pregnant with good, and we believe
that his words will bear fruit.
Editorial News Items.
Examination Questions Asked by the
Board of Medical Examiners at
Asbeville, N. C, June, I»09.
MATERIA MEDICA.
By Dr. Benj. K. Hays, Oxford, X. C.
1. Name the organs influenced by (a) a
cholagogue; (b) a sialogogue; (c) an
oxytoxic; (d) a diaphoretic; (e) a mydri-
atic.
2. t'.ive the oiScial name, using the correct
Latin terminations, of (a) Epsom
salts, (b) Dover's powder; ( c) Calomel;
(d) Salol; (e) Fowler's solution; (f)
MofTman's anodyne: (g) Cod liver oil.
(h) Sulphonal; (i) Aristol; (j) Spirit of
Nitroglycerine.
3. Define a tincture. Name four of the
most important official tinctures and state
percent strength of each.
4. Give the dose of a { a ) pomorphinae hydrochloridum;
(b) Arseni trioxidum; (c)
Chloralum hydratum; (d) Atropinae sulphas;
(e) Ilydrargyri chloridum corrosivum;
(f) Slrychninae sulphas; (g) Hexamethylenamia;
{h) Tinctura aconiti;
(i) Tinctura gelsemii; (j) Glandulae
suprarenalis sicca.
5. Give specific treatment for diphtheria,
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and state (very briefly) how the remedy
is obtained.
6. Give specific remedy for myxedema.
7. Write a prescription for dysentery.
8. Name four drugs which might be use-
ful as local applications in tonsilitis.
(Official remedies onl}'.)
9. Name five agents (not official drugs)
which frequently cause poisoning.
10. Give specific antidote for poisoning by
(a) Bichloride of .Mercury; (b) Arsenic;
(c) Iodine; (d) Opium; (emetics, stomach
pump, etc., being taken for granted).
CHEMISTRY AND DISEASES OF CHILDREN.
By Dr. John Rodman, Washington, N. C.
1. A patient is found with a temperature
of 104 degrees Fahrenheit. Express this
in Centigrade.
(b) Express the equivalent of one grain
' (decimally) in grams,
2. Metlij'l alcohol, give (a i common
name,
(d) uses (e) dangers.
3. Define combustion, and state what takes
place when coal is burned.
4. What is fractional distillation?
5. Name four mineral acids used in medicine
and give formula of each.
1. Ophthalmia neonatorum, (a) Etiology
and symptoms.; (b ) Crede method of prophylaxis;
(c ) Treatment, general, medicinal.
2. Describe Kernig's symptoms of cerebrospinal
meningitis.
3. Give diagnosis and treatment of acute
intussusception.
4. Describe the eruptions in (a) chicken
pox; (b) small pox; (cj measles; (d)
scarlet fever.
5. Give most common complication in
scarlet fever and treatment of same.
OBSTETRICS AND GYNAECOLOGY.
Bv John Bvnum, M. D., Winston-Salem.
N. C.
1. Describe the uterus, its normal position
its relationship to other organs, and
means by which it is held in place.
2. Give symptoms and treatment of placenta
previa.
3. What is plegmasia alba dolens? At what
time does it occur? What is the treatment?
4. What are the danger signals of impending
eclampsia? Give treatment of eclampsia
at Sth month of pregnancy.
5. Define abortion, miscarriage, and premature
labor. Give treatment of an incomplete
abortion.
6. Give the etiology and treatment of an
acute general cystitis.
7. Define plastic operations as applied to
gynaecology.