Aloes
Aloes. — The Preparations Of Aloes Employed In The States Are Ob Tained From Two Varieties: The Ala Bar Badensis, Or Vera, And The Ala Socotrina. The Former Is The Inspissated Juice Of The Barbadoes, Or Curacoa, Aloes And Oc Curs In Orange-brown, Opaque. Resin-like Masses That Give Off An ...
Alopecia Areata
Alopecia Areata. Definition. — A Disease Of The Hair Characterized By The Rapid Development Of More Or Less Circular Or Oval Bald Patches On The Scalp And Sometimes In Other Parts Of The Body. Symptoms. — Alopecia Areata Usually Presents Itself In The Form Of Rounded Or Oval Patches, Situated ...
Altitude
Altitude Influences The Development Of Malaria To The Extent That With In Creasing Elevations A Corresponding De Crease In The Prevalence And Intensity Of The Infection Occurs. And. Even In Mala Rious Districts, Those Residing In The Upper Stories Of Dwellings Are Less Liable To The Disease Than Those Whose ...
Alumnol
.alumnol Is An Aluminium Salt Of The Naphthol-sulphur Acids. It Is A Fine, White, Non-hygroscopic Powder, Easily Soluble In Cold Water, Slightly So In Alco Hol, And Insoluble In Ether. Its Unirri Tating Quality In Weak Solutions Makes It Available For The Treatment Of Cavity Wounds And Chronic Catarrhal Processes. ...
Ambulatory
Ambulatory Splints.—we Seem To Have Seen The Crest Of The Wave Of The "ambulatory" Treatment Of Fractures, In Which, As In All Things Else, There Is Some Measure Of Virtue. In A Certain Sense Every Patient Who Walks On Crutches Is Receiving An Ambulatory Treatment For His Broken Leg, But ...
Amcfbic
Amcf:bic Dysentery.—this Affection Is Also Known As Endemic And Tropical Dysentery, And As Amebic Enteritis. It Is Characterized Clinically By Irregular Diar Rhcea, A Variable Course Often Marked By Periods Of Intermission And Exacerbation; A Special Tendency To Chronicity, And The Development Of Liver-abscess, And Ana Tomically By Ulceration And ...
Amenorrhcea
Amenorrhcea. — (lat.). From D, Priv.; Ti; 1), A Mouth; And 1)eiv, To Flow. Definition.—absence Of The Menstrual Flow In Women Of A Suitable Age Who Are Not Pregnant. Suppression Of Menses, The Menstruation Having Ceased Through Some Local Or Remote Disorder, Is Also Termed Amenorrhoea. Varieties.—amenorrhcea May Be Com ...
Amylene
Amylene Is A Derivative Of Fermen Tation Of Amyl-alcohol, Which In The Pure State Has An Oily Character And An Odor Resembling That Of Old Whisky. It Ap Pears In The Form Of A Liquid With A Specific Gravity Of 0.689 At 60° F. And A Boiling-point Of 95° F. ...
Amylene Hydrate
Amylene-hydrate. — Amylene Hydrate, A Tertiary Amyl-alcohol, Is A Volatile, Colorless Liquid Giving Off An Unpleasant Peppermint-like Odor. It Is Soluble In Eight Parts Of Water And Is Miscible With Alcohol In Almost All Pro Portions. It Was Introduced By Von Mehring As An Hypnotic, And Has Since Held A ...
Analgen
Analgen. — Analgen Is A Derivative Of Quinoline And Occurs As A White Crys Talline Powder Readily Soluble In Hot Alco Hol, Slightly So In Cold Alcohol, But In Soluble In Water. It Is Tasteless. Dose.—the Dose Is From 4 To 10 Grains, Repeated Every Three Hours If Necessary. Maximum ...
And Chlorosis
And Chlorosis. — In Severe Anemia, Whether Primary Or Secondary, Bone-marrow Has Given Better Results Than In Pernicious Anaemia. Here It Would Find A Logical Application, Espe Cially If, As Thought By Quine, It Repre Sents An Assimilable Preparation Of Iron. The Marked Increase Of Hmmoglobin And The General Improvement ...
Anemia And Ityper2emia Of
(an.emia And Ityper2emia) Of The Brain. Melancholia. Definition.—melancholia Is A Form Of Mental Disturbance Characterized By Pro Found Mental Depression With Suicidal Tendencies. Its Physical Basis Is Sup Posed To Be Anemia Of The Brain. Symptoms.—the Symptoms Of Melan Cholia Are Physical And Mental. First In Importance Are Those Refer ...
Aneurism
Aneurism Is The Most Dangerous Con Dition To Fear. Its Less Acute History, And The Thrill And Its Expansile Pulsation, Can Only Exist In Close Proximity To A Large Vessel. Certain Serisolid Growths May Sim Ulate An Abscess. When The Possibility Of An Aneurism Has Been Eliminated, A Fine Trocar ...
Angina Pectoris
Angina Pectoris. Definition. — Angina Pectoris (steno Cardia, Breast-pang) Is The Name Given To A. Group Of Symptoms Which Usually Depends Upon Organic Disease Of The Heart Or Aorta. An Attack Consists In The Sudden Onset Of Agonizing Pain In The Prmcordial Or Sternal Regions, Accom Panied By A Feeling ...
Angioid Streaks
Angioid Streaks In The Retina, Brownish Streaks Of Pigment-deposit Which Have The Shape Of A Vascular Net Work, But Which Do Not Conform To Either The Retinal Or Choroidal Vessels, Mark A Special Form Of A Retinal Degeneration. Is Impaired, And The Streaks Are Preceded By Retinal Limmorrhages Diagnosis.—retinitis Must ...
Anhalonium Lewinii Mescal Button
Anhalonium Lewinii (mescal Button). — The Mescal Button Is Ob Tained From A Plant Which Grows In A Valley Of The Rio Grande, In Mexico. The Tops Of The Plant When Dried Consti Tute The Commercial Form Of Anhalonium Lewinii, First Described By Lewin. They Arc Brownish In Color, Circular, ...
Animal Extracts
Animal Extracts. — Under This Heading Are Included Not Only The Ex Tracts Of Various Tissues At Present Util Ized In Therapeutics, But, Likewise, The Tissues Themselves, And All The Prepara Tions, Active Principles, Etc., That Are Obtained From Them. Of The Animal Tissues, And The Products Obtained From Them, ...
Anomalies Of The
Anomalies Of The Prostate.— These Are Among The Rarest Examples Of Defective Development; They Occur Only In Conjunction With Extensive Malfor Mations Of The Adjacent Urinary And Genital Organs. Wounds Of The Prostate. Symptoms.—these Will Depend Upon The Nature Of The Injury. Wounds Of The Prostate Complicating Injuries To The ...
Anomalies Of The Puncta
Anomalies Of The Puncta Lacry Aialia And Of The Canaliclill—con Genital.—complete Obliteration Or Ab Sence Of The Puncta As Well As Double Puncta Has Been Occasionally Observed. At Times Tb E Puncta And Canaliculi May Be Wanting, The Canals Being Represented By Narrow Grooves Along The Edges Of The 1 ...
Anomalous
Anomalous This Head Ing May Be Included Forms Mentioned By Duhring As Occurring In The Course Of Asthma, Rheumatism, Gout, Liemiplegia, Chorea, Epilepsy, Exophthalmic Goitre, And Other Toxic Influences. Erythematous And Erythemato-papular Eruptions Observed In The Course Of Blen Norrhagia Resemble Those Found In Other Infectious Diseases, As Pyainia, Etc. ...
Anorexia Nervosa
Anorexia Nervosa. — Nervous Anorexia. Definition. — Sympathetic Or Nervous Anorexia May Be Defined As A Manifesta Tion Of Hysteria In Which There Is Total Absence Of Hunger, A Distaste For Food, And Leading To Voluntary Starvation. Symptoms. — Without Apparent Cause The Patient Expresses A Repugnance For Food, Which ...
Antidote To
Antidote To Poisons.—the Antacid Properties Of Magnesia Make It Valuable As A Antidote In Cases Of Poisoning By The Strong Mineral Or Vegetable Acids. It Neutralizes The Acids And Acts As A Me Chanical Protective To The Tissues Against The Corrosive Action Of The Acid-poisons. Its Value As An Antidote ...
Aphasia
Aphasia. — From Gr., A, Priv., And Or Cp(i(a, I Speak. Synonyms.—aphrosia; Alalia. Definition.—a Partial Or Total Loss Of The Power Of Expressing One's Self In Speech Or Of Understanding Speech, Which Is Dependent Upon Cerebral Disorder. Varieties.—there Are Two Chief Divi Sions Of The Affection: Motor, Or Emissive Or ...
Apiol
Apiol. — Obtained From The Volatile Oil Of Parsley, And At Low Temperatures, Is A Stearopten Or Camphoraceous Solid Made Up Of Needle-like Crystals; But At Higher Temperatures Resolves Itself Into A Yellow Or Straw-colored Liquid. It Has A Slightly-acid Reaction And Is Soluble In Alcohol, Ether, And Chloroform. Most ...
Apocynum Cannabinum
Apocynum Cannabinum. — This Is The Root Of The Apocynum Canna Binum, Or Canadian Hemp. The Plant Is Gray Or Brownish Gray In Color, With Rather Thick Bark And Porous Spongy Wood. It Contains, Besides Tannic Acid, Gallic Acid, And Gum Resin, A Bitter Prin Ciple Which Is Found In ...
Appendicitis
Appendicitis (from Latin, Appen Dere, To Hang On; And Itis, Inflammation). Definition. — An Inflammation Of The Vermiform Appendix, Frequently Compli Cated With Ulceration And Perforation Of Its Coats, Caused By Microbic Infection, Which May Originate From Irritation Pro Duced By Hardened Fmcal Masses, Foreign Bodies, Or Traumatism. Symptoms. — ...
Argonin
Argonin. — Argonin Is A Soluble Silver-albumin Salt Prepared By Mixing Sodium-casein With Silver Nitrate And Adding Alcohol Until Precipitation Occurs. Argonin Appears As A Fine White Pow Der, Soluble In Hot Water, But Slightly So In Cold. Physiological Action.—when Applied Locally It Is Non-irritant And Does Not Coagulate The ...
Aristol
Aristol. — Aristol (di-thymol-di-io Dide, Annidalin), One Of The Most Valu Able Of The Newer Antiseptics, Occurs In Crystals Of A Light-reddish-brown Color, Without Odor. It Is Insoluble In Water, Slightly Solu Ble In Alcohol, And Freely Soluble In Ether And Fats. It Contains 45.8 Per Cent. Of Iodine. It ...
Arrested Growth
Arrested Growth. — In The Treat Ment Of Dwarfing Thyroid Extract Has Been Found To He Of Great Value, Whether The Condition Be Associated With Idiocy Or Not. The Observations Of Virchow, In 1883—to The Effect That Rachitis, Cretin Ism, And Dwarfing Were Dependent Upon Disease Of The Thyroid Gland, ...
And Varieties 34 Hology
'hology, And Varieties. 34 3 And Has More Frequent Complications Than The Acquired Type. The Father More Frequently Passes His Defect To Tile Daugh Ter, The Mother To The Son. Motais (le Bull. Med., June 12, 's9). Eyes Of 1000 Scholars Examined In The Private And Public Schools Of Cincinnati ...
And The Quantity Abundant
When The Milk Is Excessively Rich, And The Quantity Abundant, A Reduction In The Amount Of Meat, And The Abstention From Malted Or Alcoholic Drinks, With Active Out-door Exercise, Will Usually Reduce The Ingredients To The Standard. This Condition Of The Milk Frequently Obtains With Wet-nurses. To Conclude, If The ...