Exonittialmic Goitre
Exonittialmic Goitre May Also Be Confounded With Neurasthenia, But Only When There Is No Exoplithalmos. The Enlargement Of The Thyroid Becomes The Only Reliable Distinguishing Feature, The Rapid Pulse, Agitation, Tremor, Etc., Being All Present In Neurasthenia. Etiology.—to Hereditary Influence Is Attributed The Majority Of Cases Of Neu Heredity Is ...
Exophthalmic
Exophthalmic Goitre.—exoph Thalmos: Gr., &eprp0a2.11o;, Prominent Eyes. Definition.—exophthalmic Goitre, Or Graves's Disease (called By The Germans Basedow's Disease) Is A Chronic, Not Self Limited Affection, Characterized By A Great Variety Of Signs And Symptoms, The Most Familiar Of Which Are Enlargement Of The Thyroid Gland, Prominence Of The Eyeballs, Nervous ...
Exopiithalmic
Exopiithalmic Goitre.—ii. C. Wood Observed Three Cases In Which Spleen Ex Tract Produced Very Satisfactory Results. One Was Cured And The Other Two Were Greatly Improved. The Advisability Of Trying This Remedy Is Thus Greatly Em Phasized. Case Of Severe Chronic Exophthalmic Goitre Treated Some Years Ago, In Which An ...
Exopiithalmic
Exopiithalmic Goitim.—this Disease May Precede Myxoedema, And Its Symp Toms May Therefore Appear Along With Those Of The Latter Malady. Individually, However, Exophthalmic Goitre Differs So Markedly From Myxccdema As To Render An Error Unwarranted. Nephritis.—the Oedema Of This Tion Is Most Marked In The Face And Pendent Parts. There ...
Exopiitiialmic Goitbe
Exopiitiialmic Goitbe. — In Exoph Thalmic Goitre Improvement Is Reported To Have Been Obtained In About One Half Of The Cases Treated, But There Is A Striking Lack Of Concordance Between The Various Reports, Some Authors Reporting Series Of Cases In Which All Cases Were Materially Benefited, Others Reporting Failures ...
Exopilthalmic
Exopilthalmic Goitre.—in The Treat Ment Of This Condition The Various Prepa Rations Of Thyroid Have Been Found More Harmful Than Beneficial In Many Cases. This Would Seem To Sustain The Opin Ion Expressed By M. Allen Starr, That If Exophthalmic Goitre Is Due To Hyper Activity Of The Thyroid Gland—a ...
External
External Use.—externally Applied, Cajuput-oil Is Of Value In The Treatment Of A Number Of Skin Maladies. It Is Also Useful, Oftentimes, In Sprains And Con Tusions, Etc. Lime-water, 1 To 4 Ounces. Lime-water, Chlorinated, 30 To 60 Minims. Physiological Action.—lime Neutral Izes Any Excess Of Acid In The Stomach And ...
External Applications Of Lead
External Applications Of Lead. An Excellent Application To Burns Is White-lead Paint (carbonate Of Lead And Linseed-oil), Especially If The Surface Is Not Very Large And There Are No Fears Of A Dangerous Amount Of Absorption. The Official Ointment Of The Carbonate Of Lead May Be Preferred. Lead Lotion (liquor ...
External Imes
External Imes. — Belladonna Used Externally (liniment, Ointment, Or Plas Ter Of Belladonna; Or Atropine) In Solu Tion Is Of Value In The Treatment Of Swollen Lymphatic, Parotid, And Other Salivary Glands And The Mammw. It May Be Applied Over Sprained Or Inflamed Joints. The Application Of A Mild Sin ...
External Uses Of
External Uses Of Silver.—silver Nitrate Has A Wide Range Of Usefulness In Its External Applications. It Is Employed As An Escharotic, Irritant, Stimulant, Alterative, Astringent, And Antiseptic. —the Solid Or Lunar Caustic, Has Been Found Useful In Stopping Hxmorrhage From Leech-bites. Fissures Of The Lips, Tongue, Nipples, Rectum, And Mucous ...
External_2
External Application.—the Tinct Ure Of Iodine Is Extensively Used As A Counter-irritant. As Such It May Be Said To Have Become A Household Remedy, And To Be More Or Less Beneficial In Almost All Ailments Characterized By Pain, Except When Abrasions Arc Present. When Ap Plied Over The Skin, The ...
Externally
Externally. — Alcohol Used Exter Nally Is Detergent, Antiseptic, Disinfect Ant, Astringent, And Haemostatic. These Properties Make It A Valuable Agent In The Treatment Of Wounds, Especially If The Seat Of Infection. Whisky, Plain Or Diluted (1 To 4), May Be Used. For Non Infected Wounds And Granulating Ulcers The ...
Extracts
Extracts.) Twelve Cases In Which The Thyroid Gland Extract Was Used. In 5 Eases Ob Served In The Hospital And In 5 Out Patient Cases A Definite Influence Of The Treatment Could Be Observed; The Goitres Markedly Decreased In Size, But In No Case Disappeared. Nearly The Same Effect Is ...
F Levison
F. Levison, Copenhagen. Ox-gall.-0x-gall, Fel Bovis (u. S. P.), Or Fel Tauri Is The Fresh Bile Of The Ox (bos Taunts). It Is Green, Or Brown Ish-green, Viscid Liquid Of Disagreeable Odor And Bitter, Nauseous Taste. Crude Ox-gall Is Not Employed In Medicine. Inspissated Ox-gall Occurs As A Yellowish Green, ...
F Levison
F. Levison, Copenhagen. Rhubarb.—rhubarb, Or Rheum (u. S. P.), Is The Root Of Rheum Officinale And Of Other Undetermined Species Of Rheum (nat. Ord., Polygonacece): A Plant Indigenous To Asia (china, India, Tar Tary, And 'tibet), But Which Is Cultivated In America And Elsewhere. It Contains Extractive, Sugar, Starch, Pectin, ...
Far Advanced Cases
Far-advanced Cases. Improved 3 Stationary 3 Unimproved 60 Died 9 75 Therefore It Is Seen That Of The In Cipient Cases 58 Per Cent. Were Cured Or The Disease Arrested, Of The Moder Ately-advanced Cases 9 Per Cent. Were Cured Or The Disease Arrested, While In The Far-advanced Stage Only ...
Fatty Heart And Obesity
Fatty Heart And Obesity. Term "fatty Heart" Embraces Two Pathological Distinct Affec Tions: (1) Fatty Infiltration, In Which There Is An Abnormal Accumulation Of Fat About The Surface Of The Organ And In The Interstitial Tissue, And (2) Fatly Degenera Tion, By Which Is Meant The Transforma Tion Of The ...
Febrile
Febrile Maladies.—it Will Be Read Ily Surmised That Chloral Preparations, Chloral-hydrate Especially, May Find A Place In The Treatment Of Pyrexias, Not Alone Because Of Its Sedative, Antiseptic, And Hypnotic Properties, But Also Be Cause Of Its Distinct Influence Upon Tem Perature. Chloral-hydrate Is Often Employed. And Very Valuably, In ...
Febrle And Infectious Diseases
Febr[le And Infectious Diseases. —in Low Forms Of Pyrexia Camphor Is Often A Remedy Of Great Value. A Solu Tion In Acetic Acid Was At One Time Held To Be An Almost Specific In Common Con Tinued, Pestilential, Exanthematic, And Puerperal Fevers; And Even Yet It Is Ad Mitted To ...
Felons
Felons. — Liquor Potassm Has Been Used Externally In The Treatment Of Felons. The Undiluted Solution, Painted On The Felon Every Hour Or Two In Its Early Stages, In Many Cases Will Abort It. Poul Tices Containing A Considerable Quantity Of Unleached Wood-ashes Is Used For The Same Purposes By ...
Fevers And Septic
Fevers And Septic Disorders.—a Favorite Treatment For Enteric Fever With Some Is A Combination Of 1 Part Of Car Bolic Acid And 2 Parts Of Tincture Of Iodine; 2 Or 3 Drops Are Given In Water Every Three Or Four Hours. R. H. Quill Uses Carbolic Acid And Spirit Of ...
Fissured
Fissured Fractures.—these Fract Ures Are Caused By The "binding" Or "bursting" Of The Skull Under Pressure Applied Broadly. They Are The "indi Rect" Fractures Of The Skull, Just As The Circumscribed Fractures Are "direct." Consequently Fissured Fractures Are Much More Common In The Base, And Circum Scribed Fractures More Common ...
Flap S Plitting Operation
Flap-s Plitting Operation. - This Operation Was Introduced By Lawson Tait And Indorsed By Saenger, Martin, Munde, And Others. In This Operation No Tissue Is Removed, The Result Being Achieved By Simply Splitting Transversely And Perpendicularly The Surfaces Which Are Later United. This Operation Is Useful Alike In Partial And ...
Focal Symptoms
Focal Symptoms May Be Direct And Result From The Invasion Of A Portion Of The Brain By The Growth, Or Indirect And Due To Its Interfering With The Function Of Structures More Or Less Distant From The Tumor. Both Sets Of Symptoms Are Frequently Present And Prominent At The Same ...
For The Relief Of
For The Relief Of Labor-pains. Hypnotism Has Been Employed By A Number For This Purpose. It Is A Very Uncertain Agent In These Cases Unless The Subject Has Been Hypnotized Before Labor Begins. This Often Requires Considerable Time And Patience, And A Few Inhalations Of Chloroform Answer The Purpose Much ...
Foreign
Foreign Bodies.—small-sized Foreign Bodies Frequently Make Their Way Into The Conjunctival Sac And Cause Consider Able Pain By The Pressure Which They Exert Upon The Cornea With Every Move Ment Of The Lid. If The Body Be Found Imbedded In The Lower It Is An Easy Matter To Remove It, ...
Formaldehyde
Formaldehyde. — This Gaseous Compound, Discovered By Von Hoffman In 1867, Is Produced When A Current Of Air Charged With Vapor Of Methyl-alcohol (wood-alcohol, Or Refined Wood-spirit) Is Directed Upon An Incandescent Spiral Of Platinum Wire, Or Spongy Platinum. By Means Of A Suitable Condensing Apparatus A Liquid Called Formol ...
Fracture Of The Internal
Fracture Of The Internal Con Dyle.—this Is Caused By Indirect Vio Lence Through Forcing Upward The Con Dyle With The Ulna Attached To It. The Line Of Fracture Runs From The Inner Side Of The Humerus Downward And Outward To The Centre Of The Trochanter Or Be Tween It And ...
Fracture Of The Lower
Fracture Of The Lower End Of The Radius (colles's Fracture).—this Is, After Fracture Of The Ribs, The Commonest Of All Fractures. It Is Generally Pro Duced By A Fall Upon The Palm Of The Hand. The Line Of Fracture Runs Irregu Larly Across The Bone Within An Inch Of Its ...
Fracture Of The Neck
Fracture Of The Neck Of The Femur.—the Division Of These Fractures Into Intracapsular And Extracapsular Has No Clinical Value And Is Not Borne Out By Post-mortem Findings. The More Accu Rate Classification Is: (1)fractures Through The (narrow Part Of The) Neck, And (2) Fractures At The Base Of The Neck. ...
Fracture Of The Surgical
Fracture Of The Surgical Neck Is By Far The Most Common Of The Fract Ures Of The Upper Extremity Of The Humerus. Under This Head Are Classed All Fractures Between The Line Of The Epi Physial Junctures And The Insertion Of The Pectoralis And Teres Major. They Are Caused By ...
Fractures Of The Great
Fractures Of The Great Trochan Ter.—the Trochanter Alone May Be Sepa Rated By Direct Violence, Or The Line Of Fracture May Pass Through The Neck Above The Lesser Trochanter And Thence Through The Lower Part Of The Great Trochanter. In Such Cases There Are The Usual Signs Of Angle Is ...
For Eign Bodies In
Respiratory Passages, For Eign Bodies In. Foreign Bodies In The Nasal Cavities. Foreign Bodies Of Various Kinds May Be Introduced Into The Nasal Cavities, Or Concretions May Form Therein And Give Rise To The Symptoms Occasioned By Foreign Bodies. Again, Living Organ Isms—flies Or Their Ova, Maggots, Leeches, Etc.—may Enter ...