Charles E De
Charles E. De Al. Sajolts, Philadelphia. Nitric Nitricum, S. P. (hydrogen Nitrate, Or Aqua Fortis), Is A Transparent, Colorless (or Of Slightly Yellow Tinge), Fuming (white Or Grayish Fumes), Suffocating, And Caustic Liquid, Strrngly Acid And Volatile With Heat. It -hould Have A Specific Gravity Of 1.414 (12° Liauni6) And ...
Chemical
Chemical Composition.— The Nutri Tive Ingredients Are:— 1. 'water, Constituting From 85 To 90 Per Cent. 2. Fat, In The Form Of Minute Globules Held In Emulsion By The Soluble Proteid. If The Milk Stands, The Fat Collects At The Top As Cream. In A Good Specimen The Percentage Varies ...
Cheonic
Cheonic .m.bitettltial Poisonin(;.— When The Metal Is Inhaled In The Form Of A Vapor, The Nervous System Is Most Apt To Suffer, And Paralysis Is A Frecluent Sequel. The Palsy May, After Long Ex .•,,r, T.i.ine On Suddenly Or Slowly; T. Re S Ilrt Of General Tremor And Un-tentliness In ...
Chloral Its Derivativesand
Chloral : Its Derivatives And Compounds.—chloral, Or Anhydrous Chloral, Is By No Means Chloral-hydrate, As Is Generally Imagined And So Very Erroneously Taught. Chloral, Per Se, Is A Trichloracetic Aldehyde, And Can Be Obtained Only In The Form Of A Color Less Liquid, Which, When Shaken With Water, Absorbs One ...
Chloroform
Chloroform. — This Well-known Anmsthetic Was Simultaneously Discov I Eyed, In 1331., By- Guthrie, Of The United States; Soubeiran, Of France; And Lie Big, Of Germany. Dumas Later On Gave It Its Present Name, And Sir James Y. Simpson, Of Edinburgh, First Used It As An Amesthetic. Chloroform (chc13; Specific ...
Chlorosis
Chlorosis. — From Gr., X2.(..)po; Greenish Yellow. Definition.—an Affection Of The Blood Characterized Mainly By A Reduction Of The Percentage Of Heemoglobin And A Greenish Hue Of The Skin. By A Slight Stretch Of The Imagination The Skin Of A Person Of Dark Complexion Suffering From Clalorosis Might Be Called ...
Choice Of
Choice Of Method.—various Posi Tions For Anastomosis Have Been Advised By Different Surgeons, Some Preferring End-to-end, Others End-to-side, And Still Others Side-to-side Junction. There Is Nothing To Prove That Lateral Approxima Tion Is More Successful In Its Immediate Or Remote Results Than End-to-end Junc Tion, And A Good Deal Of ...
Cholelithiasis
Cholelithiasis. — From Gr., Xo2,r , Bile, And 2,,t0tccgt;, From 2.;,0o;, Stone. Definition.—the Term "cholelithiasis" Is Applied To That Condition Which Re Sults From The Precipitation Of Choles Terin From Bile And From The Combina Tion Of Bilirubin Ancl Lime, Which Form An Insoluble Compound. These Two, Cholesterin And Bilirubin-calcium, ...
Cholera Asiatica
Cholera Asiatica. Definition.—cholera Asiatica Is A Mi Asmatic, Contagious Disease Transmitted Mainly By Human Intercourse, But Whose Epidemic Character Depends Upon Out Side Conditions. Origin And Transmission.—the Origi Nal Seat Of Cholera Is In India, Where It Most Probably Existed Long Before This Century. In Some Parts, Especially On The ...
Cholera Infantum
Cholera Infantum. — Beneficial Ef Fects Have Been Obtained By Larrabee By Means Of Hypodermic Injections Of Grain Of Atropine Followed By Calomel And Lime-water Containing A Little Car Bolic Acid. Nothing But Toast-water Was Allowed For Thirty-six Hours. William Bailey, Of Louisville, Has Found That Infants Bore Atropine Well, ...
Cholera Infantum
Cholera Infantum, Definition.—a Particularly Grave Form Of Infantile Diarrhcea, With Symptoms Closely Resembling Those Of True Cholera; Frequent Persistent Vomiting, Copious Serous Dejections, High Fever, And A Rap Idly-developing Condition Of Profound Collapse. It Is A Comparatively-rare Disorder, Forming Not More Than From 1/2 To 2 Per Cent. Of All ...
Cholera Morbus
Cholera Morbus. Synonyms.—cholera Nostras, Sporadic Cholera, Summer Diarrhcea, Choleraic Diarrhcea. Definition.—an Acute Affection Chiefly Involving The Stomach And Intestines And Characterized By Copious Diarrhom And Vomiting, First Of The Ordinary Contents And Afterward Of Serous Fluid, Accom Panied By Abdominal Pains And Rapidly Increasing Prostration. It Was Recog Nized And ...
Cholitria
Cholitria. Definition.—choluria Is A Morbid Con Dition Of The Urine Observed In Jaundice And Characterized By The Presence In It Of The Constituents Of The Gall, Especially The Bile-pigments And The Bile-acids. In Urobilinuria The Normal Constitu Ents Of The Bile Are Not Found In The Urine, But A Derivative ...
Chorditis Vocalis
Chorditis Vocalis. See Laryn Gitis. Chorea.—from The Greek: Zopeia. Synonym.—st. Vitus's Dance. Some Confusion Arises From The Fact That Under The Name "chorea" Are In Cluded Several Forms Of Nervous Disease And Degeneracy Having As Their Com Mon And Characteristic Symptom Jerky, Arhythmic, Involuntary, Inco-ordinate, Muscular Movements, While Differing Widely ...
Chorea Convulsive And Paroxys
Chorea. Convulsive And Paroxys Mal Maladies. — The Bromides Have Also Been Extensively Employed In Chorea, But Without Any Great Measure Of Success. They Are, However, Often Most Effective In Hysterical Seizures, Asthma, The Milder Forms Of Whooping Cough And Puerperal Eclampsia And In Fantile Convulsions; Also Have Been Lauded ...
Chromic
Chromic Acid.—this Is An Anhy Dride, Fonnd As Brilliant, Crimson-red, Acicular, Deliquescent Crystals That Are Most Freely Soluble In Water. It Is Pre Pared By Mixing A Solution Of Potassium Bichromate With Sulphuric Acid, Reject Ing The Crystals Of Acid Sulphate Of Potas Sium Which Crystallize Out, Heating The Liquor, ...
Chronic Fibroid Yoc1 It
It, Chronic Fibroid Yoc.1 The Prognosis Varies With The Abruptness And The Extent Of Thc Degeneration. Aga', ,iim.untion Of The Of A Large Toritti.ti Ef Tilt ,oronary Artery. Even Down R.tetot.it 0,.t.itision. May Sometimes Be Pm,111-0,1 Liv The Heart Without Very Tadr11.01 T Mbarras,inent. Whereas The %wild...tic Closure Of The ...
Chronic Goitre
Chronic Goitre. — In Goitrous Re Gions It Is A Matter Of Common Observa Tion That The Localized Or Generalized En Largement Of The Gland May, During A Course Of Years, Attain A Very Large Size Without Causing Its Owner Anything More Than The Discomfort Attached To Its Weight And ...