Chronic
Chronic Gout.—chronic Gout May Occur As The Result Of A Long Series Of Acute Attacks Which Gradually Have Weak Ened The Constitution Of The Patient, Or It May Appear In Feeble Subjects As The Only Manifestation Of Gout. In Both Cases The Joints Successively Get Enlarged, Deformed, Stiff,—even Immovable,—nod Ulated, ...
Chronic
Chronic Poisoning.—when Ergot Is Used For A Long Time As Food (bread Made From Diseased Grain) Chronic Poisoning Occurs Which May Assume Two Forms, The Convulsive And The Gangrenous, Which Are Well Described By Bartholow:— The Convulsive Form Begins By Ver Tigo, Disorders Of Vision, Tinnitus Aurium, Numbness Of The ...
Chronic Poisoning
Chronic Poisoning. — Absorbed In Larg.e Doses And For A Considerable Period It Acts As A Cumulative Poison, Induces Acute Fatty Degeneration Of The Liver, A Progressive Wasting And Feebleness, A Staggering Gait, And Paralysis (paraple Gia). This Latter Variety Is The One Seen Among The Miners Of The Metal. ...
Chronic Poisoning_2
Chronic Poisoning May Result From Exposure To Phosphorus-fumes In Match And Other Factories Or From The Long Continued Use Of Large Doses Of The Drug. The Most Common Symptoms Of Chronic Poisoning By Phosphorus Are Fatigue, Abdominal Pains, Anorexia, Dyspepsia, Diarrhoea, Sometimes Obstinate Constipa Tion, Intermittent Headache, More Or Less ...
Chronic Ulcerative Phtii I
Chronic Ulcerative Phtii I Sis. The Onset Of This Disease Is Varied; It May Have Commenced In An Acute Tuber Culosis Of The Lungs Which Has Merged Into The Chronic Type. It Is Not Uncom Mon To See A Galloping Consumption Di Agnosed As Pneumonia Or Typhoid Fever, And After ...
Chronic Ur Emia
Chronic Ur-emia Usually Develops Gradually, And May Not Be Recognized At Once, Although The Pathognomonic List Lessness And Indifference Of Manner In Cases Of Bright's Disease Becomes Some What More Marked. The Movements Be Come Slower, And Speech Is Somewhat In Distinct. Dimness Of Vision, Tinnitus Aurium, And Uneasy Feeling ...
Chronic_2
Chronic Affections.—chronic Rheu Matic Disorders And Sciatica Have Been Ameliorated By Diaphoretic Doses Of Pilo Carpine. In A Patient Who Suffered From Two Or Three Attacks Of Rheumatism Yearly. The Writer Used Hypodermic Injections Of Pilocarpine, Using 11,, Grain. Which Led To Complete Recovery Within Six Days. Drap Pier (jour. ...
Chronic_3
Chronic Bursitis.—chronic Inflam Mation Of A Bursa Is Met With Much More Frequently Than The Acute Form. It Develops Insidiously, Is Unattended By Pain, And Manifests Itself Only By Marked Swelling, Which Varies In Density Accord Ing To The Thickness Of The Bursal Wall. This Becomes Quite Dense Sometimes, And ...
Chrysarobin
Chrysarobin. — This Drug, Also Known As "goa Powder," "araroba Powder," "po De Bahia," And Also (im Properly) As "chrysophanic Acid," Is The Metamorphosed Heart-wood Of The An Diva Araroba: A Leguminous Tree Indig Enous To Brazil. It Is A Brownish-yellow Crystalline Powder, Permanent In The Air, Tasteless, Odorless, Almost ...
Chyluria
Chyluria. Deflnition.—a Peculiar Condition Of The Urine In Which It Presents A Milky, Or Chylous, Appearance And Contains The Constituents Of Chyle, Especially Fat And Albumin. Varieties.—two Varieties Of Chyluria Have Been Observed: (1) The Tropical Chyluria, Which Is Of Parasitic Origin; (2) The Non-tropical Chyluria, The Cause Of Which ...
Ciironic Poisoning
Ciironic Poisoning. — Chronic Poisoning By Cocaine, Or The "cocaine Habit," Occurs Sometimes Alone, Some Times Associated With The Opium Habit. The Symptoms After Cocaine Habit Sist Of Marked Loss Of Body-weight, Ordered Circulation, Loss Of Mental Power And Moral Perception, And Delusion, Sim Ilar To Those Affecting The Subjects ...
Ciironic Poisoning By Silver
Ciironic Poisoning By Silver Ni Tbate.—the Prolonged Internal Use Of Any Of The Soluble Salts Of Silver Will Give Rise To Chronic Poisoning, Or Argyria. A Local Argyria, Or Argyrosis, May Be Caused By The Frequent Topical Application Of A Soluble Silver Salt For A Prolonged Period. Discoloration Of The ...
Ciliary Body Iris
Iris, Ciliary Body, And Cho Roid, Disorders Of.—the Iris, Cil Iary Body, And Choroid, Constituting The "uveal Tract,"—the Vascular Or Nutritive Coat Of The Eye,—are Best Considered To Gether. The Inflammations And Degenerations That Commonly Affect The Uveal Tract Are Especially Dependent On Constitutional Conditions. Anomalies Of The Iris And ...
Cimicifuga
Cimicifuga. — Black Cohosh Or Black Snake-root. The Rhizome And Root Lets Of The Cirnicifuga Racemosa, A Per Ennial Plant Found In The United States And Canada, Contains An Acrid, Neutral Alkaloid, Soluble In Water, Dilute Alcohol, Chloroform, And Ether, And Two Resins, One Of Which, Cimicifugin, Is Precipi Tated ...
Cinnamon And
Cinnamon And Derivatives.— Cinnamon Is The Inner Bark Of The Shoots Of The Cinnamomum Eylandicum And C. Aromaticum: Beautiful Evergreen Trees Twenty To Thirty Feet High And Twelve To Eighteen Inches In Diameter, Cultivated In Many Portions Of The East Indies. The Bark Comes In Long, Closely Rolled Quills, Composed ...
Circumscribed
Circumscribed Empyema.—in This Disease There Is A Clear History Of Acute Onset, With Pleuritic Symptoms, And A Sudden Evacuation Of Large Quantities Of Pus. The Dyspncea Is Not Usually Of Long Standing And Generally Comes On With Comparative Suddenness. Distinct Dull Ness Over The Purulent Area Serves To In Dicate ...
Cirrhosis Of The Liver
Cirrhosis Of The Liver. Definition.—suggested By Laennec As A Name For One Particular Condition Of The Liver, The Term "cirrhosis" Was Not Only Found To Be Of Immediate Utility, But, Like Many Other Useful Words, Has Rapidly Acqnired Secondary Meanings, And Unfortunately The Pathologist And The Clinician Disagree In The ...
Clinical
Clinical Types.—mannaberg Divides The Malarial Fevers Into Two Main Groups: (1) The Fevers Clue To Infection With The Ordinary Tertian And Quartan Parasites Of Golgi; (2) Tbe Fevers Due To Infection With The Mstivo-autumnal Or Crescent Forming Parasite. Under These Two Main Groups, Which May Also Be Termed, Respectively, The ...
Clitoritis
Clitoritis. Latin, From Greek, 0.erropi;etv, To Titillate; And Itis, In Flammation. Definition.—the Question As To The Frequency Of This Condition Is One Which Involves Great Difference Of Opinion, And Depends Not A Little Upon The Definition Which One Gives To It. If It Is Considered As An Inflammation Which Involves ...
Coca And Cocaine
Coca And Cocaine. Erythroxylon Coca Is A Small Tree Thap Grows Wild In Peru, Bolivia, Brazil, And'' Ecuador. The Leaf, Which Contains The' Active Principles, Is The Part Used In Medicine. Three Alkaloids, Hygrine, Ecgonine, And Cocaine Have Been Isolateet From The Cocoa-leaves. Cocaine, The On1:14 One That Has Been ...
Coccygodynia
Coccygodynia, So Called, At Times De Mands The Removal Of The Coccyx, Which Is Performed By Enucleating It Through A Longitudinal Incision, Made Directly Over It. But The Great Majority Of Cases That Suffer From Pain In The Coccyx Do So Because Of Some Other Disturbance,— Either A Misplaced Uterus ...
Cociiin Ciiina Diarrirea
Cociiin-ciiina Diarrirea. — This Is Form Of Dysentery Which Occurs In Cochin-china And Some Other Tropical Countries. Normand In 1876 Found, In The Stools Of Soldiers Who Returned From Cochin-china To Toulon And Who Were Suffering From Chronic Diarrhcea, Two Forms Of Nematodes (anguillula Sterco Rails And Anguillilla Intestinalis) After ...
Coffee And Caffeine
Coffee And Caffeine. — The Seeds Or Berries Of Caffea Arabica, So Extensively Employed For The Prepara Tion Of The Beverage, Are Not Officially Recognized Except As The Main Source Of Caffeine. A Fluid Extract Of The Green Berry Was Formerly Employed As A Stimu Lant, However, And The Infusion ...
Coholic Delirium
Coholic Delirium, Delirium Tremens; Acute Alcoholic Mania, Mania A Potn; And Chronic Alcoholism, The Meaning Of Which Has Already Been Acute Alcoholic Intoxication. Stages Are Discern Ible In Tins Condition. The First Is Vas Cular Relaxation, When The Intoxicated Is Usually Lively, Merry, Agile, And Joy Ous; All Excitement And ...
Cold Abscess
Cold Abscess. See Abscess. Colitis. See Intestines. Coloboma. See Iris And Lens. Is The Dried, De Corticated Fruit, Freed From Seeds, Of Ci Trulltts Coloona, A Perennial Plant Re Sembling The Watermelon; It Is Also Known As "bitter Apple" And "bitter Cu Cumber." Though Grown In Gardens In England Since ...
Colored Plate
Colored Plate Il—parasites Of The First Grolip.—fig. A, 1-22. Phases Of Development Of The Ordinary Tertian Parasite (17 And Is, According To Thayer And Hewetson). 23-29. Hydropie, Degenerated, Disintegrated Bodies. Fig. B. Plan Of Sporulation Of The Tertian Para Site According To Golgi. 2. The Tertian Parasite Requires Forty Eight ...
Comatose Form
Comatose Form. — In This Form The Earliest Manifestation May Be Suddenly Oncoming Coma; Unconsciousness Is Pro Found And Respiration Stertorous And Ir Regular, So That In Many Instances A : Niblathe To Apoplexy Is Pro- Idutt.d More Freqm Ntly, However, Coma Tl, T• T Ensue Until After The Occurrence ...
Comil1011
Comil1011. Strychnine Hypodermically Has Been Recommended. The Nitrate Or Sulphate Is Usually Administered In Doses Of 7„ To 7, Grain Daily, Or Oftener, As Indicated By The Gravity Of The Case. Strychnine Used, Grain Hypoder Mically. Gradually Increasing The Dose Till Physiological Effects Declared Themselves, The Highest Dose Thus Injected ...
Comparative
Comparative Value.—ether Is Ex Tensively Used As An Ansthetic In The United States. In Other Countries Chlo Roform Is Still Preferred By The Ma Jority Of Surgeons, But Ether Is Steadily Gaining Advocates, Owing To Its Superi Ority In Practically Every Direction. It Possesses The Following Advantages: Greater Safety, Less ...
Comparative Frequency Of Chan
Comparative Frequency Of Chan Cre And Ceiancroid.—the Relative Fre Quency Of Chancre And Chancroid Is Vari Ously Estimated By Different Observers. Thus, Fournier Finds In His Private Prac Tice That The Frequency Of Chancre As Com Pared With Chancroid Is About Three To One. The Statistics Of Ten Years At ...
Complications
Complications. — Orchitis Occasion Ally Follows Operation, Especially If The Hernim Have Been Of The Congenital Type And Of Large Size. The Application Of An Ice-bag For A Few Days Always Relieves This Condition. In Adult Cases It Is Of Great Advantage, Immediately After Oper Ation, To Apply A Strip ...
Compound
Compound Fractures.-if The Wound Leading To The Fracture Is Small, Clean, And Not Contused, As Is Usually The Case, In Compound Fracture By Indirect Vio Lence, The Wound And Any Projecting Ends Of Bone Should Be Thoroughly Cleansed, The Fracture Reduced With As Little Enlargement Of The External Wound As ...
Condition At Its Inception
Condition At Its Inception. 1. Mechanical Influences.—these Are Among The Most Common Of The Causes Which Disturb Pregnancy. They Are Usu Ally Traceable Without Great Difficulty, And In Some Cases Are Susceptible Of Re Moval. In The Greater Number Of Cases,. However, They Persist As Long As Preg Nancy Persists. ...
Congenital Dislocation
Congenital Dislocation Of The Hip May Be Mistaken For Hip-joint Disease, But The History Is Different: There Is No History Of, Traumatism, And There Is Usu Ally No History Of Pain. The Disturbance Of Gait Has Been Noticed From The First Efforts At Walking, Which Generally Have Been Made Long ...
Congenital Umbilical
Congenital Umbilical Hernia.—in This Variety The Contents Can Often Be Seen Through The Hernial Coverings, Owing To The Thinness Of The Layers. The Hernia, Though Usually Very Small, Is Sometimes Quite Large From The First, And Contains The Greater Part Of The Abdom Inal Organs. Strangulation May Occur At The ...
Constipation
Constipation. — Lat., Constipalis (from Constipare, To Pack Together). Definition.—prolonged Retention Of Faeces In The Alimentary Canal; Retarded Defecation; A Symptom Resulting From A Variety Of Morbid Conditions Of The In Testines, And Not A Distinct Disease. The Strictly-natural Law Governing Intestinal Evacuations In Man Requires One, And Sometimes Two, ...