Ectropion
Ectropion. — Ectropion, Eversion Of The Eyelid, May Be Caused By Traumatisms, Especially Burns, The Cicatricial Contrac Tions Drawing Its Tissues Outwardly. Muscular Or Senile Ectropion Is Seen In The Aged, As A Consequence Of Atrophy Of The Palpebral Portion Of The Orbicularis And Relaxation Of The Tissues. Treatment.—in Senile ...
Edford La
Edford La. 1.rtra, New York. Nux Voiviica.—nux Vomica (poison Nut, Quaker Button, Semen Strychni) Is The Seed Of Strychnos Aux-romica, A Tree (nat. Ord., Logaitiacece) Growing In The East Indies, Cochin China, And Neighbor Ing Countries. All Parts Of The Tree Are Bitter And Poisonous. The Seeds Are Disk Shaped, ...
Elateriuiyi And Elaterin
Elateriuiyi And Elaterin. — Elaterium Is A Sediment Deposited From The Juice Of The Squirting Cucumber (eeballitinz Elateriwn, A. Rich). This Sediment, When Dried, Appears In Fri Able Cakes About 1/,0 Of An Inch In Thick Ness, Flat Or Sli_rhtly Curled, And Of A Pale-green, Grayish-green, Or Grayish Yellow Color, ...
Electrical
Electrical Bunns.—electrical Burns, According To Elder (montreal Lied. Jour., Jan., 1900), From Contact With A "live Wire" Differ Greatly In Their Behavior From Ordinary Burns. At First The Clin Ical Picture Is Very Much That Of Moist Gangrene Or That Of Severe Frost-bites. The Pain Is Often Very Severe. The ...
Elephantiasis
Elephantiasis —gr., Wouc, An Eleph An T. Definition —elephantiasis Is A Chronic Endemic And Sporadic Hyperplasia Of The Skin And Subcutaneous Tissues, Following An Inflammatory Embolus Of The Lymph And Blood- Channels, And Resulting In An Inordinate Enlargement. Symptoms. — The Legs Are Involved Most Frequently; The Genitalia Of Both ...
Emia Leucocythlemia And Leuk
Leucocythlemia And Leuk,emia. Extracts Of The Bone-marrow And Of The Spleen Have Been Employed In The Treat Ment Of Leucocythmmia, But So Far There Has Been No Great Success, And The Reason Of The Failure Is Obvious When We Remem Ber That In Leucocythtmia The Bone-mar Row Is Hypertrophied, Not ...
Empyema
Empyema, Thoracic.—empyema: Gr., ,tintici".1,, To Suppurate. Definition.—empyema Is An Accumu Lation Of Pus In The Pleural Cavity Inde Pendent Of The Lung-tissue. Varieties.—the Various Kinds Of Sup Purating Pleurisies Are Pulsating Em Pyema, Multilocular Empyema, Tubercu Lous Erapyema, Double Empyema, Putrid Empyema, And Interlobular Pleurisy. When A Collection Of Pus ...
Encephalitis
Encephalitis. — Gr., Iyxicbcao5, The Brnirt, And Cri;, Inflammation. Synonyms. —encephalitis; Cerebritis. Definition.—inflammation May Attack Any Portion Of The Brain, And In Some Cases Nearly The Entire Brain Is Affected. It Is Probable That General Inflammation Of The Brain Never Occurs, Death Ensuing Before The Inflammatory Process Invades The Whole ...
Epidemic Cerebro Spinal Ateninoi
Epidemic Cerebro-spinal Ateninoi Tis.—this Form Of Leptomeningitis Is A Specific Infectious Disease, But Presenting As Its Chief Pathological Lesion A Wide Spread Inflammation Of The Meninges Of The Brain And Spinal Cord. It Has Heen Recognized As Such For Nearly One Hun Dred Years. Other Names Sometimes Used Are "spotted ...
Epilepsy
Epilepsy. — Evidence Is Not Lacking To Show That It Is Valueless And Even Dangerous In Epilepsy. Limphenbach Noticed From Its Use Increased Mental Confusion And Decided Disturbance Of Sleep. Dunn Experimented Upon Four Teen Cases. He Noticed From The Drug At First An Apparent Transient Improve Ment In Some ...
Epilepsy_2
Epilepsy. — Belladonna. According To Trousseau And Pidoux. Is A More Effi Cient Remedy In The Treatment Of Epi Lepsy Than The Salts Of Silver, Copper, Or Zinc. Both Insist That Belladonna Should Be Given Steadily For A Year In Gradually Increasing Doses, And That If Amendment Is Then Produced ...
Epileptic
Epileptic Convulsion.—there Will, As A Rule, Be Little Difficulty In Distin Guishing Between An Epileptic And An Hysterical Convulsion, Especially If The Physician Is Fortunate Enough To Witness The Seizure. If This Is Impossible The Presence Of An Educated Nurse, Especially Trained For This Purpose, Is Absolutely Necessary For Information ...
Ernest Laplace
Ernest Laplace, Philadelphia. Antipyrine.—phenazonum (br. Ph.); Antipyrinum (ger. Ph.). Antipy Rine Is An Alkaloidal Product From The Destructive Distillation Of Coal-tar, Dis Covered By Knorr. It Is Known Chemic Ally As Dimethyl-oxy-quinizine Of Phe Nyl-dimethyl-pyrazole (organic Base From Oxyphenyl-methyl-pyrazole). It Is Known Also As Analgesine, Methozine, Parodyne, Phenylone, And Sedatine. ...
Erysipelas
Erysipelas. Erysipelas Is Meant A Violent Inflammation Of The Superficial Lymph-channels. Is Most Fre Quently Found About The Face And Head, Probably Because Of The Excessive Num Ber Of Superficial Lymphatic Vessels. The Affection Has Gradually Lessened Through The Use Of Antiseptic Principles In Surgical Practice. Case Of Erysipelas Manifesting ...
Erythema
Erythema. Definition.—erythema As A Generic Name Has Been Used To Serve A Complex Or Rather Triple Purpose. In Itself The Term Simply Denotes Redness Of The Skin In Which Varying Graduations Of Tint From Yellowish Red To Violaceous Red, Darkish Red, Bluish Red, Or Even Blackish Red Are Observed. In ...
Erythema Pudoris
Erythema Pudoris. — This Form Bears Considerable Analogy To The Above, But It Is The Expression Of Menstrual Dis Turbances, Pregnancy, Climatic Influ Ences, And General Disorders. The Dif Ference Between This And The Foregoing Variety Lies In The Cause. This Latter Affection Is The Result Of Some Psychical Influence, ...
Erythema_2
Erythema Medicamentosum.—the Lesions Produced By Drugs Internally Ad Ministered Upon The Skin Are Manifold In Character And May At Times Resemble Many Other Diseases Of The Skin, But The Fact That One Of A Series Of Eruption-pro Ducing Drugs—such As The Coal-tar Derivatives, Antipyrine, Antifebrin, Ph E Nacetin, And Others—as ...
Erythrol Tetranitrate
Erythrol-tetranitrate Is A Polyatomic Organic Nitrate Which, As Do All Bodies Of This Class, Detonates When Struck With A Hard Body. In This Par Ticular It Is Even More Sensitive Than Gun-cotton Or Dynamite. Its Dangerous Activity May Be Developed When Gently Stirred With Apparently Harmless Com Pounds. Explosion Of ...
Esahean Section Vaginal C
Vaginal C,esahean Section, One Of The Newest Of The Various Obstetrical Operations, Is One Whose Indications Are: Normal Size Of Child And Pelvis; Pregnancy At Or Near Term; Malignant Growth Of Uterus Or Other Obstructing Tumor Which Renders Its Delivery Safe Through The Vagina And Whose Persistent Presence Renders Its ...
Ethyl Chloride
Ethyl-chloride. — Chloride Of Ethyl (mono-chlor-ethane) Is A Gas At Ordinary Temperatures, But When Com Pressed It Becomes A Colorless, Very In Flammable Liquid, Boiling At 54° F. When Ignited It Burns With A Green Flame. It Has An Aromatic, Sweet Taste And An Ethereal Odor. It Is Exceedingly Volatile, ...
Etiier
Etiier Pneuaionia.—in Recent Years, However, The View Has Been Advanced That The Mortality Of Ether Was As Great As That Of Chloroform When The After Effects Of The Former Were Taken Into Consideration. Cases In Which Pneu Monia Followed The Administration Have Been Repeatedly Reported, Some Of Which Developed A ...
Etiology
Etiology. — This Disease Prevails In Summer, And In Infected Sections Is En Demic, Occasionally Becoming Epidemic. Lack Of Proper Sanitation Favors Its Spread. Hughes Believes That The Poison Is Conveyed In The Air And Is Related To Defective Drainage, While Bruce Believes That Water Is The Carrier. Young, Healthy ...
Etiology
Etiology. -- Extradural Haemorrhage May Occur With Or Without Fracture Of The Skull. When The Result Of Fracture, It Is Caused By The Fissure Tearing Across The Meningeal Artery Or More Often One Of Its Branches Distributed On The Interior Of The Skull, Or A Fragment Of Bone Wounding A ...
Etiology And
Etiology And Pathology.—the True Nature Of This Symptom Is Not Estab Lished. Medullary Disease, Pressure Upon The Pneumogastric, Or Organic Changes In Either Structure Have Been Noted Post Mortem. Wood Ascribes The Disorder To Lesions Of The Accelerator Centres. Mar Tins Considered It As The Manifestation Of An Acute Cardiac ...
Etiology And
Etiology And Patiiology.—active Congestion May Occur As A Primary Dis Order, Especially In Persons In Whom The Kidneys Are Diseased. Exposure To Damp And Cold Air While The Surface Is Warm, As Is The Case During Bicycle-riding, Or Prolonged Bathing In Cold Water, May Under These Conditions Bring On Pulmo ...
Etiology_2
Etiology. — Mclaughlin, Of Texas, Has Found A Micrococcus In The Blood Of Patients Suffering With Dengue Which He Believes To Be The Specific Cause Of The Ease. The Infection Of This Disease Is More Virulent And Spreads More Rapidly, If Possible, Than That Of Influenza; It Tacks Alike Male ...
Excessive
Excessive Diaphoresis.—the Night Sweats Of Phthisis May Be Checked By The Subcutaneous Injection Of Atropine; Grain At Bed-time Usually Suffices (bartholow). The Copious Perspiration Induced By Drugs, Such As Pilocarpine, Opium, Alcohol, And Other Diaphoretics, May Be Checked By The Use Of Atropine. Collapse.—since Atropine Stimulates The Heart And Increases ...
Exciting
Exciting Causes.—weakness And Thinness Of The Internal And Medial Coats Of The Arteries Predispose To Aneurisms, Especially In Localities Like The Popliteal Space, Subject To Frequent Movements. Small, Incomplete Tears Occur In The Wall Of The Vessel, And These Gradually Increase, Violence May Then Produce A Rupture Of One Or ...
Exciting Influences
Exciting Influences. — Over And Above The Psychological Excitation Of The Drug Itself, The Exciting Causes Seen By Me Have Practically Been Confined To Urgent Clamor For Relief From Physical Agony, Such As Occurs At Times In Asthma Or Neuralgia. Cocaine, Which Has Hut Recently Been Introduced In India, Is ...