Browning
Browning.] Where The Latter Is At A.11 Voluminous, In Almost Any Part Of The Brain We See Vomiting, Often Severe And Even Some What Prolonged. Its Occurrence Depends Upon The Volume Of The Effusion, The Speed With Which It Is Poured Out, And To Some Extent Upon Its Location. In ...
Buckthorn
Buckthorn (cascara).—the Bark Of The European Buckthorn (1?ham Nits Frangula) And That Of The Californian Variety (r. Purshiana), In Spite Of The Interested Claims Of Manufacturers, Are Practically Identical In Medicinal Effect; If There Is Any Superiority, It Lies With Both Require That The Bark Should Be Carefully Gathered, Dried, ...
Bullet
Bullet Wounds.—recent Researches Are Tending To Clear Up The Mystery Sur Rounding The Contradictory Reports On The Effect Of Modern Projectiles. A Slowly-moving Bullet, One Almost Spent, If It Strike A Bone Will Bore Through It More Or Less Completely And Splinter It More Or Less Widely In A Manner ...
Burks
Burks. Striking Results Have Been Obtained In Cases Of Burns Of The Second And Third Degrees After Other Remedies Had Completely Failed. Aristol Ointment May Be Used, And The Ease With Which The Dressing Is Removed And The Early Cicatrization Obtained Are Noticeable Features Of This Remedy. Of Powder For ...
Burns
Burns. Definition.—a Burn Is A High Grade Of Acute Inflammation, Following The Direct Or Indirect Application Of Dry Or Moist Heat To A Portion Of The Cutaneous Or Mucous Surfaces. Varieties. — For Ease Of Comprehen Sion Burns Have Been Separated Into Grades According To Their Severity. The Character Of ...
Bursie Tendons
Tendons, Bursie, And Fasciie, Diseases Of. Tenosynovitis, Or Thecitis. — Inflam Mation Of A Tendon Or Tendon-sheath May Either Be Acute, When It Is The Result Of Injury, Or Chronic, When It Is Clue To Tuberculous Infection. Acute Tenosynovitis.—in This Form Traumatism May Give Rise To Suppurative Inflammation, Owing To ...
C Onvallaria Majalis
C Onvallaria Majalis. — The Lily Of The Valley, A Native Alike Of Eu Rope And North America, Has Long Been Held In High Repute In Russia, Germany, And Scandinavia As A Plant Possessed Of Great Therapeutic Virtues, Rivaling Those Of Purple Fox-glove. It Is A Perennial; Has A Creeping, ...
C Sumner Witfier Stine
C. Sumner Witfier Stine, Philadelphia. Eucalyptus.—eucalyptus U. S. P. Is The Leaves From The Older Parts Of The Eucalyptus Globules Labilliardiere. The Eucalyptus, Or Blue-gum Tree, Is A Tall, Evergreen Tree, A Native Of Australia, But Now Grown All Over The World. From The Leaves The Oil Of Eucalyptus Is ...
C Sumner Witherst1ne
C. Sumner Witherst1ne, Philadelphia. Adonis.—adonis Is A Ranunculace Ous Plant, Closely Related To The Anemone, Growing Wild In Europe, Asia, And Africa. Several Species Of Adonis Are Employed,— Adonis Vernalis, A. Cestivalis, A. Capeusis, A. Cupaniana, And A. Amurensis,—but All Seem To Possess The Same Properties, Although The Several Varieties ...
C Sumner Witherst1ne
C. Sumner Witherst1ne, Philadelphia. Physostigma.—physostigma (u. S. P.), Calabar Bean, Or Ordeal Bean Of Old Calabar, Is The Seed Of Physosligma Venenosum (nat. Ord., Leguminosce): A Woody Creeper Indigenous To Western Africa Along The River Niger. It Con Tains The Alkaloids Physostigmine (also Called Eserine), Eseridine, And Calabarine, Physosterin (a ...
C Sumner Witherstine
C. Sumner Witherstine, Philadelphia. Nitrobenzene.—nitrobenzene (ni Trobenzol, Essence Of Mirbane, Oil Of Mir Bane, Artificial Oil Of Bitter Almonds) Is An Almost Colorless Oily Liquid, Having A Very Sweet Taste And The Odor Of Bitter Almonds. It Is Used In The Manufacture Of Perfumes And In Tbe Aniline Industry. It ...
C Sumner Witherstine
C . Sumner Witherstine, Philadelphia. Exalgin.—exalgin (methyl-phenyl Acet-amide Or Methyl-acetanilid) Is Pre Pared By Warming Together Menomethyl Aniline And Acetyl-chloride. It Appears In Beautiful Acicular Needles, Which Are With Difficulty Soluble In Cold Water, More Readily In Warm Water, And More Easily In Dilute And Concentrated Alcohol. It Is Odorless ...
C Sumner Witherstine_2
C. Sumner Witherstine, Philadelphia. Nucleins.—.nuclein Is The Principal Proteid Found In The Nuclei Of The Cells Of Plants And Animals Or Of Yeast. It Is An Amorphous Substance Rich In Phos Phorus. On Boiling With Alkalies Phos Phoric Acid Is Set Free. Physiologically, Nucleins May Be Said To. Form The ...
C Withehstine
C. Withehstine, Philadelphia. Mercury.—.1iercury, Hydrargyrum, Quic.--s.lver, Is A Lustrous, -r--vhite Metal Liquid Which, Though Cras:rnally Fot•nd In Its Pure State, Is •,- Ally Obtained From Native Chloride Or Sulphide. It Is Also Found In Amalgama Tion With Silver. The Sulphide, Called Native Cinnabar, Is Mainly Obtained In The Mines Of ...
Ca Ntharidine Or
Ca Ntharidine. Or Cantharidal Cam Phor, Is Found In Glistening Rectangular Prisms, Which Melt At 21s°; Heated Higher It Gives Off A Heavy, White, Very Irritating Vapor, Condensing Unaltered To Crystals. It Is Easily Soluble In Acetone, Sulphuric Acid, And Glacial Acetic Acid, Less So In Chloroform (1 To So), ...
Cancer Of The
Cancer Of The Peritoneum.—symp Tonis.—in Primary Cancer The Symptoms During The Early Part Of The Disease May Be Entirely Latent Or May Consist Of An Uncomfortable Feeling And Some Pain In The Abdomen. As The Peritoneum Be Comes More Involved, Ascites, Emaciation, Loss Of Strength, And The Characteristic Cachexia Appear. ...
Cancer Of The Liver
Cancer Of The Liver Is Characterized By The Increase In Size Of The Organ, The Presence Of Large Nodules Presenting Um Bilication, The Absence Of Splenic Enlarge Ment, The Cancerous Facies, And, In Gen Eral, The Presence Of Cancerous Nodules Elsewhere. Those Cases In 1-vhich Cancer Of The Organ Is ...
Cancerous Ulcer
Cancerous Ulcer. — The Ulcer At Tending Cancer, Besides The Features Al Ready Noted, Is Ragged And Everted, Progresses Irregularly In Various Direc Tions, And Presents An Angry-looking Ap Pearance. It Soon Becomes Fungous And Granular, Is Covered With An Ichorous, Foetid Liquid, And Bleeds Upon The Least Contact: A ...
Cannabis Indica Seu
Cannabis Indica Seu Sativa.— Indian, European, And American Hemp Are One And The Same, Except As Modified By Locality, Climate, Soil, And Culture. The Plant Attains Its Highest Medicinal Virtues When Grown In The Tropics Or Subtropics, Inasmuch As Here It Develops A Larger Amount Of Resin (churrus). The Dried ...
Carbolic Acid
Carbolic-acid Gangrene.—car Bolic Acid Has Caused Gangrene In So Many Cases That It Seems To Merit A Spe Cial Place Among Chemical Agents Capable Of Inducing This Condition. Even In 2 Per-cent. Solution, This Agent Is Capable Of Destroying The Life Of Tissues. The Majority Of Cases Reported In Which ...
Carcinoma
Carcinoma Of The Orbit Is Always Sec Ondary To Similar Disease Of The Lacrymal Gland, Lids, Conjunctiva, Eyeball, Or Ad Joining Cavities Or More Distant Organs. Case Of Tumor Of The Orbit, Thought Possibly To Be Syphilitic, Treated With Heroic Doses Of Potassium Iodide And Mercury, Without Avail. Growth Was ...
Carcinoma
Carcinoma Seldom Develops In The Na-al Cavities. It Resembles Sarcoma In It= Development, Though Hmmorrhage Is Apt To Occur Later. Removal, When The Diagnosis Has Been Proved Bv Microscop- • Ical Examination, Is Useless. Septum, Diseases Of The. Abscess.—abscess Of The Septum Is By No Means Rare. It Is Usuallv ...
Cardiac
Cardiac Disorders.—in Angina Pec Toris We Note The Presence Of Cardiac Dis Tress, Associated With Radiating Muscular Pain And Increased Arterial Tension: A Symptom-complex Controlled And Lieved By The Exhibition Of The Nitrites. Amyl-nitrite Is Generally Preferred At The Time Of The Paroxysm; The Alkaline Trites May Be Used In ...
Cardiac Respiratory
Respiratory, Cardiac, And Drop Sical Maladies.—cartharides Is Occa Sionally Administered Internally With Benefit In Passive Dropsies With A View Of Stimulating The Action Of The Kidneys, But It Is Inadmissible In Sthenie Or Acute Cases; It Should Be Administered In Con Junction With Some Other Diuretic, How Ever, Such As ...
Cascs
Cascs. The Mynearilitis May Involve The Entire Cardiac Muscle, Including The Papillary Muscles. Peter (la Sem. Mrs1., Mar. 14, '91). Cystic Degeneration Of The Muscular Fibres A Number Of Eases. This Condi Tion Found Most Marked In Tlie Fibres Of The Papillary Muscles Of The Left Ventricle, T' :twul In ...
Cases Of Long Standing
Cases Of Long Standing With &swim, Deformity, And Great Rigidity Of The Tal Walls, May Require What Is Known As The Letievant-estlander Operation, An Operation First Suggested By Letiovant And Practiced By Estlander. The Tion Has Been Variously Applied To Any Resection Of Ribs For The Purpose Of The Approximation ...
Castration
Castration Is Indicated In Cases In Which The Bladder Symptoms Are Such As To Demand A More Prompt Result Than Is Apt To Follow Vasectomy. If The Patient He Between The Ages Of Sixty-five And Eighty Years, With Marked Obstruction And Cystitis, And If The Vitality Be Fair, Castration Offers ...
Catarrhal
Catarrhal Disorders.—resorcin In A 1- To 2-per-cent. Solution Is Used In Spray For Various Catarrhal Disorders. In Acute And Chronic Conjunctivitis And Wounds Of The Cornea Resorcin Solution (1- To 2-per-cent.) Is Of Service. This Solution May Be Used As An Injection In Urethritis, Cystitis, Vaginitis, And Purulent Otitis. In ...
Catarrhal
Catarrhal Disorders.—we Find It Beneficial, As A Rule, In Subacute Or Chronic Catarrhal Troubles: In Chronic Gastrointestinal Catarrh, In Catarrh Of The Duodenum And Gall-ducts With Sub Acute Jaundice, In Catarrh Of The Uterus And Vagina With Lencorrhcea, In Catarrh Of The Bladder And Urethra, Chronic Nasal Catarrh, Etc. Not ...
Catarrhal Pneumonia
Pneumonia, Catarrhal, Or Bronchopneumonia. Synonyms.—lobular Pneumonia, Ve Sicular Pneumonia, Disseminated Pneu Monia, Broncho-alveolitis, Broncho-alve Olar Catarrh, Peribronchitis (balzer), Capillary Bronchitis, Suffocative Catarrh. Definition. — An Inflammation Of The Terminal Bronchus And The Air-vesicles Which Make Up A Pulmonary Lobule. Varieties.—there Are Recognized Two Principal Types Of The Disease: The Lobular, ...
Catarriial Dysentery
Catarriial Dysentery. — This Is A Disease Of The Intestines, Affecting Princi Pally The Large Bowel, Which Occurs Spo Radically Or Epidemically. It Is The Form Of Dysentery Met With Most Frequently In Temperate Climates. Morbid Anatomy And Etiology.— The Area Of Intestine Involved May Be Large Or Small; Sometimes ...
Causes Due To The
Causes Due To The Fetus On 31 Ent Of The Villosities Of The Chorion, Hydramnion, And Vicious Insertion Of The Placenta Are The Main Causes Of Abortion Due To Abnormalities Of The Foetus And The Secundines. Prognosis.—the Embryo, Or Foetus, Al Ways Perishes; The Prognosis, Therefore. Only Applies To The ...
Cerebral Abscess
Cerebral Abscess. Definition.—cerebral Abscess Is A Focal Suppurative Encephalitis Affecting Either The Gray Or White Matter Or Both. The Abscess May Be Single Or There May Be Several Separate Foci Of Suppuration. (see, Also, Encephalitis.) Symptoms.—the Symptoms May Be Of Acute Rapid Onset Or They May Develop Slowly And Insidiously ...
Cerebral Hemorrhage
Cerebral Hemorrhage. — This Is Probably The Disorder For Which Insola Tion Is Differentiated With Some Diffi Culty. The Absence Of Hemiplegia Is Con Sidered As Reliable Sign By Flint. Three Types Of Sun-stroke Specified. The Cerebrospinal, Characterized By Symptoms Of Intense Congestion—by In Jection Of The Face And Conjunctiva, ...
Cerebro Spinal
Cerebro-spinal Disorders.—bella Donna And Atropine Have Been Found Use Ful In The Treatment Of Epidemic Cerebro Spinal Meningitis, The Basilar Meningitis Of Children, And The Various Acute Forms Of Myelitis, Ete. In Cerebro-spinal Men Ingitis, In Which, So Long As Conscious Ness Exists If There Is Great Pain, The Addition ...
Cerium
Cerium. — This Is Au Exceedingly Rare Metal, Found In Nature Only In The Form Of A Hydrated Silicate. Lts Chief Source Is A Swedish Mineral Known As Cerite, Though It Also Occurs In Brown Apatite, And Is Always Found In Con Nection With Lanthanum And Didymium. Unfortunately The Salts ...
Cesarean
Cesarean Section.—when For Any Reason The Pelvis Is Rendered, By Tumor Or Contraction, Impassable For The Un Born Child, Dead Or Alive, We Have An Absolute Indication For The Performance Of A Cmsarean Section. The Operation Is Indicated When There Is A Small Pelvis With A Large Child, And, Occasionally, ...
Chalazion
Chalazion. See Blepharitis. Chancre. See Syphilis. Chancroid. See Syphilis. Chapped Lips. See Mount. Chaulmugra-oil.—this Is A Pale Brown Or Yellowish-brown Oil Obtained By Expression From The Seeds Of The Gynocardia Odorata, Which Is A Native Of Farther India, More Particularly Of The Malay Peninsula, And Is Most Abundant In The ...
Charles E De M
Charles E. De M. Sajous, Philadelphia. Ergot.—ergot, Popularly Known As Spurred Rye, Is The Sclerotium Of A Fungus (the Claviceps Purpurea) Which Attacks And Finally Supplants The Grain In The Common Rye (the Secale Cereale). It Presents Itself In Grains Of A Slightly Curved, Fusiform Shape, Which Are Brittle, Yet ...
Charles E De M
Charles E. De M. Sajous, Astigmatism.—erom Gr., Cc Priv.; And Iftiyitcc. A Point. This Word, Pro Posed By Dr. Whewell, Has Been Adopted, With Slight Modification, In All Modern Languages. Astiginia, From A, And Aritp-/), Is Pro Posed To Replace It, As Being Etymologic Ally Better And Shorter, Although Some ...