Absorption
Absorption In Physiology (from Ab Sorbeo: Lat. Absorptio, Fr. Absorption, Ger. Die Einsaugzeng, Ital. Assorbimento.) The Term Absorption Is Employed In Physiology To De Signate A Vital Organic Function, The Primary Or Immediate Object Of Which Is To Furnish The System With A Due Supply Of Matter For Its Growth ...
Accident
Accident. The Principal Lesions Which The Structure That Compose The Region Of The Wrist Are Liable To, Are : 1st. Dislocations Of The Wrist And Neigh Bouring Radio-ulnar Articulations. 2nd. Dislocations Of The Bones Of The Carpus. 3rd. Fractures Of The Lower Extremities Of The Bones Of The Forearm, ...
Acquired Changes
Acquired Changes. Sacculi Or Cysts.---a Sacculated Or Encysted Condition Of The Bladder Is Never A Congenital Vice Of Conformation Of That Organ, But An Effect Of Disease. Sacculi May Be Produced By Any Thing Which Can Oppose Itself To The Excretion Of Urine, Or Which May Enfeeble The Muscular Tunic ...
Acrita
Acrita Priv. Stem), Discerno,) A Pri Mary Division Of The Animal Kingdom Founded By Virey, And So Called By Macleay,11 Composed Of The Lowest Classes Of The Radiate Animals Of Cuvier, And Characterised By An Indistinct, Dif Fused, Or Molecular Condition Of The Nervous System. The Necessity For A Dismemberment ...
Actiniadje
Actiniadje. The Actinice, Or Sea-ane Monies, So Common On Our Coasts, Known Also By The Name Of " Fleshy Polypes," Are Evidently Nearly Allied To The Preceding Family, But In Stead Of Secreting A Calcareous Polypary Have Their Bodies Entirely Composed Of A Fleshy Sub Stance Which, In Appearance ...
Actjte Arthritis Of The
Actjte Arthritis Of The Shoulder.the Symptoms Of Acute Inflammation Of The Shoulder Joint Will Be Found To Be Similar To Those We Have Elsewhere In This Work Described As Being Present, When Some Of The Other Large Articulations Have Been Affected By The Patient Will Feel Considerable Pain In The ...
Additional Practical Observations
-additional Practical Observations. It Yet Remains, In Conclusion, Briefly To Review Some Circumstances In The Anatomy Of The Neck, Which Particularly Bear On Its Dis Eases And On The Operations Undertaken For Their Cure. 1. In Endeavouring To Form A Diagnosis Of Tumours In This Region, The Surgeon Will, In ...
Adhesion
Adhesion, (from Ad-hccrere, Lat. Adhesio, Fr. Adherence, Germ. Wiederanheilung, Ital. Ade Stone,) That Process, By The Occurrence Of Which, When Two Living Surfaces, Naturally Or Artifi Cially Separated The One From The Other, Are Brought Into Mediate Or Immediate Contact, And Inflammation Is Developed, Those Surfaces May Become Adherent The ...
Adipocere
Adipocere, From Adeps And Cera: A Term Given To A Peculiar Fatty Matter, Somewhat Re Sembling Spermaceti In Appearance, And Sup Posed To Partake Of The Properties Of Fat And Wax. In The Year 1789, Fourcroy Communi Cated To The Royal Academy Of Sciences At Paris A Curious Account Of ...
Adipose T I Ss
Adipose T I Ss U E.( Lat. Tela Adiposa Fr. Tissu Adipeux, Tissu Graisseux, Germ. Das Fat, Ital. Adipe. Many Of The Old Anatomists, As Mondini, Berenger, Vesalius, And Spigelius, Represent The Fat (adeps Vel Pinguedo) Of The Animal Body As Entirely Distinct From The Membrana Carnosa, Or Cellular Membrane. ...
Affinities Of The Tunicata
Affinities Of The Tunicata. - Many Of The Early Naturalists (as We Have Noticed In The First Part Of The Article) Noticed The Analogies Existing Between The Ascidia And The Ostrea, Mytilus, And Other Molluscs!. The Compound Ascidians, However, Long Remained Grouped With Alcyonium, Until Sa Vigny, Lesueur, And Desmarest ...
Aiorbid Conditions Of The
Aiorbid Conditions Of The Cellular Trssue.as The Cellular Membrane Is So In Timately United With All Other Organs, It Is Very Liable To Be Involved In Diseases Commencing. In These Parts; But Morbid Action Also Very Frequently Arises Primarily In This Tissue. Lt Is Subject To-1, Inflammation, Acute And Chro ...
Aiuscular Attachments Of The
Aiuscular Attachments Of The Pei, Vis. To Afford A Fixed Point For The Attach Ment Of The Numerous And Powerful Rnuscles Acting On The Trunk And Extremities Is One Of The Important Offices Of The Pelvis. These May Be Classed As Posterior Spinal And Abdo Minal Groups Acting On The ...
Albino
Albino. (syn. Albinisnzus,leucopathia,leu Term, As Employed In Phy Siology, Appears To Have Been First Used By The Portuguese To Designate A Peculiar Condition Of The Human Body, Which Was Occasionally Observed Among The Negroes In The Western Parts Of Africa. It Consists In The Skin And The Hair Being Perfectly ...
Alcyonidie
Alcyonidie. - The Races Of Polypiferous .zoophytes Which Next Offer Themselves For Our Examination May Be Described As Consisting Of A Common Body Or Central Mass, Over The Surface Of Which Are Disseminated Numerous Polypes, Ali Of Which Contribute To The Nutri Tion Of The Community To Which They Belong. ...
Alimentary Apparatus
Alimentary Apparatus. The Dental Formula Common To The Solipeda Is As Follows : Incisors Canine Premolars, 3_3, Molars, 3_3 The Canine Teeth, However, It Must Be Observed, Only Exist In The Male Sex. The Incisor Teeth, In The Generality Of Her Bivorous Quadrupeds, Are Bevelled Off' Paste Riorly, So As ...
Anatomical Degree Op Sexual
Anatomical Degree Op Sexual Duplicity In Hermaphroditism. Though The Cases Which We Have Brought Forward Do Not Present Any Instances Of Such Perfect Hermaphrodites In The Human Subject Or In Quadrupeds As Those Which Are Represented Upon The Ancient Greek Statues And Medals, ' Or That Have Been Described And ...
Anatomy And Physiology Of
Anatomy And Physiology Of The Cata. It Will Be Most Convenient To Describe The Test Generally For The Whole Tunicate Class, And The Rest Of Their Anatomy Under The Heading Of Each Of The Families. Test Or Shell. The Test Or External Enve Lope Of The Ascidiada Is Subject ...