Fractures
Fractures. Definitions.—the Sudden, Forcible De Struction Of The Continuity Of A Bone, In Whole Or In Part, Except When Done With A Cutting Instrument, Is Called A Fracture (stimson). More Briefly, A Fracture Is A Laceration Or Crushing Of A Bone. A Simple Fracture Is One That Is Not Com ...
Fractures Of The
Fractures Of The Ring.—under This Title Are Grouped All Fractures That Dissolve The Continuity Of The Pelvic Ring. Such Fractures Must, Of Necessity, Be Ver Tical In The Main. They Are Usually Caused By A Crushing From Before Back Ward. The Line Of Fracture Usually Runs Through The Upper (just ...
Fractures Of The Shaft
Fractures Of The Shaft Of One Or Both I3ones.—fracture Is Usually In The Middle Or Lower Third Of The Forearm, And The Radius Is Usually Fractured At A Higher Level Than The Ulna. Fracture Of A Single Bone Is Most Frequently Due To Direct Fracture Of Both Bones To Indirect ...
From Birth To The
From Birth To The End Of The Fourth Aiontil-in Mak Ing Up The Food For This Period Experi Ence Shows That The Best Results For An Average Child Are Obtained When The Fat In The Formula Is Approximately Three Times The Amount Of The Proteid: Prac Tically The Ratio In ...
G Archie Stockwell
G. Archie Stockwell, New York. Cystitis.—lat., From Gr., Xiiartg, The Bladder, And Cri; Inflammation. Definition.—inflammation Of The Uri Nary Bladder, Involving One Or More Of Its Four Coats: Mucous, Submucous, Mus Cular, And Serous. Varieties.—cystitis Has Been Divided Into A Large Number Of Varieties, The Sub Divisions Being Based Upon ...
G Brain
G. Brain. — Here, Tumor-like Symp Toms Exist During Life, With Headache, Paralysis Of The Abducens, Congestion Of The Optic Papilla, And Attacks Of Uncon Sciousness. Necropsy Indicating The Probable Mode Of Infection Of The Orbit And Brain. Sinus Found Leading From The Orbit To The Gum Of The Upper ...
Galabius
Galabius Operation.—in This Opera Tion The Extent Of Surface To Be Denuded Is Generally That Of The Cicatrix Resulting From The Laceration, But. "it Is Well To Go A Little Beyond The Limits Of This In All Directions, Especially Up The Median Line Of The Vagina And Toward The Lower ...
Gastric
Gastric Disorders.—in Atonic Dys Pepsia, Dilute Hydrochloric Acid May Be Given Alone Or Combined With Some Prep Aration Of Pepsin, Immediately After Meals. Thus Given, It Is Also Useful When There Is A Deficiency Of Acid In The Gastric Juice, As In Gastric Cancer, A Con Dition Often Made Manifest ...
Gastric Cancer
Gastric Cancer. — This Condition Almost Always Shows Itself After The Age Of Forty Years, Whereas Pernicious Anae Mia Is Generally Observed Early In Life. In Cancer The Skin Is Pale; In Pernicious Anemia The Peculiar Lemon Color Is Strik Ing In The Majority Of Cases. While Gastric Symptoms And ...
Gastric Catarrh And Hepatic
Gastric Catarrh And Hepatic Torpor.—that Ammonium Chloride Is Valuable In Catarrhal Disorders Of The Stomach, Especially In Children, Is Sus Tained By The Frequency With Which It Is Still Resorted To. It May Be Given In Compressed Pills, But A Half-tumblerful Of Pure Water Should Be Taken Simulta Neously To ...
Gastro 1ntestinal
Gastro-1ntestinal Disordee.s.—ni Troglycerin Is Advised By Humphreys Against All Kinds Of Vomiting, Except That Of Pregnancy And Of Peritonitis. Reflex Vomiting-, Is Especially Amenable To Its Favorable Influence. Seasickness Is Often Relieved With Great Promptness By Nitroglycerin. It Will Re Lieve The Pain In Gastralgia. Nitroglyc Erin Is Of Especial ...
Gastro 1ntestinal_2
Gastro-1ntestinal Disorders.—t110 Preparations Of Nux Vomica, Like Other Bitters, Produce A Sensation Of Hunger, And, 011 Account Of An Inherent Slight Ir Ritant Action Upon The Gastric Mucous Membrane, Increase The Digestive Secre Tions And Thereby Promote Digestion. They Are Found Useful In Cases Of Debility, And In Convalescence, Where ...
Gastro Gastrostomy
Gastro-gastrostomy. — In This Pro Cedure An Opening Is Made In Each Of The Two Gastric Pouches, And A Free Com Munication Is Established Between Them By The Anastomosis Of The Opening. The Operation Is Sometimes Known As Wol Fler's Operation For Hour-glass Contrac Tion Of The Stomach. It Has ...
Gastro Intestinal
Gastro-intestinal Disorders.—ni Trate Of Silver Has Been Found Of Great Value In The Treatment Of Gastric Ulcer, Especially When Combined, In Pill Form, With Extract Of Hyoscyamus Or Opium. Pyrosis Is Generally Relieved By 1-grain Doses Of The Oxide, Given In Pill Form, A Half-hour Before Meals. In Dyspepsia, With ...
Gastrosuccorbhcea Continua
Gastrosuccorbhcea Continua Chroislica (chronic Continuous Flow Of Gastric Juice; Reichmann's Dis Ease).—this Is An Affection In Which The Stomach, Even During The Fasting State, Is Never Free From A Considerable Quan Tity Of Gastric Juice, Due To Its Constant Excessive Secretion. This Affection Is Rare As A Primary Neurosis, Although ...
General
General Maladles.—in Dropsies— The Anasarca Of The Aged, Hydrocephalus, Hydrothorax, Anasarca Following Fevers, Etc.—colchicum Is Often Very Efficacious, Especially In Combination With Other Diuretics And A Diuretic Alkali. It Is One Of The Most Satisfactory Remedies In Chronic And Obstinate Constipation, But The Dose Should Be Small, As The Object ...
General Adexopathy
General Adexopathy. — The Syph Ilitic Infection Eventually Arrives At The Receptaculum Chyli, From Which It Is Carried To The General Circulation, And After Entering The Right Heart Is Finally Disseminated Throughout The Tissues Gen Erally, Producing Its Characteristic Effect Of Cell-proliferation, The First Evidence Of Which Usually Consists In ...
General_2
General Treatment.—general Treat Ment Will Essentially Consist In Feeding The Patient And Giving Tonics, Chief Among These Will Be The Tincture Of The Chloride Of Iron In Doses Of 30 Drops Every Two Hours. This Is Supposed To Have More Of A Specific Action Than Any Other Drug Recommended For ...
Generalized Fibroid Periiiepatitis
Generalized Fibroid Periiiepatitis May, With Great Difficulty, Be Distinguish Able From True Portal Cirrhosis. If The Organ Can Be Felt, The Rounded Character Of The Edge, The Absence Of Roughness Of Fine Nodulation On Palpation, The Pres Ence Of A Thickened ()mental Mass Below The Liver, All Are In Favor ...
Genit 0 Urinary Irritation
Genit 0-urinary Irritation. - In All Kinds Of Irritation Of The Genito Urinary Tract It Is Useful. Irritable Blad Der, Priapism, Chordee, Seminal Emis Sions, Incontinence Of Urine, And Sexual Erethism In Its Varied Phases Yield To Lupulin, Given In Doses Of 5 To 10 Grains In Syrup Or Jelly ...
Genito Urinary
Genito-urinary Tract.—the Injec Tion Of A Few Drops Of A 2-per-cent. Solu Tion Of Cocaine Renders Catheterization Easy And Painless, Provided There Is No Stricture. Operations On The Bladder (lithotrity, Litholapaxy, Catheterization Of Ureters, Etc.) Are Rendered Painless Through Previous Injections Of Cocaine. Weal: Solutions (not Strong, The 2 Per ...
Genito Urinary
Genito-urinary Diseases.—in Dis Orders Of The Urethra And Vulva Supra Renal Extract. Has Recently Been Found Of Considerable Value. Its Effects Are Sim Ilar To Those Produced Upon The Tissues Of The Upper Respiratory Tract. A 1 To 10,000 Solution Was Also Found By Fritsch Greatly To Facilitate Cystoscopy And ...
Genito Urinary Disease
Genito-urinary Disease. —in Functional Leucorrhcea, Due To Excessive Secretion Of The Glands Of The Cervix Uteri, The Vaginal Injection Of A Weak Solution Of The Bicarbonate (1 Drachm To 1 Pint) Will Give Relief; When The Dis Charge Is Like The White Of An Egg Or Lumpy, Three Or Four ...
Genito Urinary Disorders
Genito - Urinary Disorders. — In Acute Cystitis The Lower Part Of The Abdo Men May Be Painted With Ichthyol, Pure Or In A 30-per-cent. Ointment, To Relieve The Pain. The Bladder May Then Be Irri Gated Five Or Six Times Daily With A Warm (s6° F.), Aqueous Solution (2 ...
Genito Urinary Andvenereal
Genito - -urinary And Venereal Diseases.—by Reason Of Their Astrin Gency, Copper Salts Are Frequently Em Ployed In Weak Solution For The Treat Ment Of Gonorrhcea, Leucorrhcea, Cystitis, Etc., And In Solution Or Crystal As Topical Applications To Chancres And Other Syphi Litic Sores And Internally In Lieu Of The ...
Genito Urinary_2
Genito-urinary Maladies.—corn Silk Is Serviceable In All Inflammatory Conditions Of The Genito-urinary Appa Ratus, Acute Or Chronic, Idiopathic Or Traumatic. It Is Especially- Valuable Where Intravesical Decomposition Of Urine Has Given Rise To Irritation; And It May With Advantage Be Combined With Other Antilithics In The Treatment Of G-ravel, Etc. ...
Genitourinary Diseases
Genitourinary Diseases. — In In Flammation Of The Bladder And Rectum This Drug Has Been Used In Solution As An Injection. In Acute Rectal Catarrh With Mucous Diarrhoea And Tenesmus H. C. Wood Advises The Use Of A Solution (20 Grains To 1 Ounce) Of Chlorate Of Potash By Rectal ...
George Ii Rohe
George Ii. Rohe, Baltimore. Alum.—the Alum Generally Used Is An Aluminium And Potassium Sulphate. This Salt Is Likewise Official In The U. S. P. It Occurs In The Form Of Translucent, Whitish, Octahedral Crystals Having A Sweetish And Strongly-astringent Taste. Alum Is Soluble In Water, Insoluble In Alcohol, And Soluble ...
Gical Diseases Of
Gical Diseases Of. Gauliberia Pro Cumbens, Or Winter-green, Is A Small, Shrub-like Evergreen Plant, Bearing A Small, Red Berry (called Teaberry, Checker Berry, Partridge-berry, Boxberry, Or Deer Berry) Which Is Edible. It Is Indigenous To The Woods Of The United States, From The Extreme North Down To The Caro Linas. ...
Gigantism
Gigantism. — In True Gigantism The Body Grows Symmetrically. In Acro Megaly The Abnormal Development Is Promiscuously Localized. Gigantism And Acromegaly May, However, Be Present In The Same Case. Acromegaly May Be Regarded As A Par Tial Giant-growth, But It Differs Very Essentially From The Latter. In Gigan Tism The ...
Gltnsiiot Wounds
Gltnsiiot Wounds. —in A Gunshot Wound The Bullet May Cause Merely A Contusion, It May Cut The Artery Com Pletely Across, Giving Rise To Considerable Haemorrhage, Or, If It Injures The Neigh Boring Vein Also, An Ancurismal Varix May Result. This Subject Has Been Con Sidered In The Various Departments ...
Glycerin
Glycerin. — Glycerin (glycerinum, U. S. P.) Is A Colorless, Syrupy Liquid, Of A Sweet, Warm Taste. It Is Obtained By The Saponification Of Fats. It Is Soluble In Water And Alcohol. Exposed To The Air It Does Not Become Rancid Or Undergo Fermentation, And It Increases In Weight On ...
Glycosuria
Glycosuria. Definition.—evacuation Of Urine Con Taining Sugar In Sufficient Quantity To Be Revealed By The Ordinary Tests. Symptoms.—glycosuria Is A Symptom Occurring Under Various Conditions And Compatible With Perfect Health; Transi Tory Glycosuria Does Not Give Any Morbid Symptoms And Is Only Revealed By Exam Ination Of The Urine. Case ...
Gonorriiceal
Gonorriiceal Rheumatism.—it Has Been Claimed That This Drug Is Eminently Serviceable In The Management Of Gonor Rhceal Rheumatism, But That It Must Also Be Given In Very Small Doses And Per Sisted In For Some Length Of Time; Also That Colchicum May Be Advantageously Connected Therewith. But The Rationale Of ...
Gout
Gout). If The Nervous System Be At Fault, Remedies Tending To Increase Their Nutrition,—strychnine, For Instance,— Assisted By Electricity, Especially The Static, Are Indicated. In Other Words, The General Causative Factor Should Be Ascertained And Appropriately Treated. L. D. Bulkley Has Emphasized The Fact That Psoriasis Is Benefited By Alkaline ...
Gout
Gout. Synonyms.—podagra; Arthritis Uri Ca. Definition.—gout Is A Constitutional Disease Manifesting Itself In Various Ways And Attacking Various Tissues And Parts Of The Body, But Most Frequently The Ar Ticulations. It Occurs In An Acute And A Chronic Form, Both Of Which Are Charac Terized By The Deposit Of Orates ...
Gouty Disorders
Gouty Disorders. — Colocynth Is A Favorite Remedy In Habitual Constipation And Various Dyspeptic Conditions; But It Is Contra-indicated, Except In Minute Doses, In Inflammatory Conditions Of The Intestinal Canal. In Dropsical Affections, Too, Particularly When Connected With Disease Of The Liver, It Is Often Effective, Particularly If A Hyd.ragogue ...
Grene
Grene. Pulmonary Abscess. Although Abscess Of The Lung Is Almost Always Associated With Pulmonary Tuber Culosis, It May Also Be The Result Of Other Local Or Neighboring Pathological Proc Esses And Injuries. Hence Its Considera Tion Here. Mechanical Injuries, Such As Fractured Ribs And Penetrating Wounds, May Cause Abscess Of ...
Group H Psychoses Due
Group H. Psychoses Due To Vi Cious Or Abnormal Brain-organiza Tion (always Hereditary). Paranoia. Definition.—a Chronic, Inherited, In Curable Form Of Insanity, Generally Pro Gressive, Characterized Principally By Hal Lucinations And Persistent Delusions, And Rarely Terminating In Dementia. The Literal Meaning Of The Term Para Noia Is A Dislocation Or ...
Group I Psychoses Due
Group I. Psychoses Due To Imper Fect Development Of The Brain. Idiocy And Imbecility. — These Two Conditions Of Defective Mental Function Are Merely Different In Degree. They Are Both Dependent Upon Defective Or Ar Rested Cerebral Development. This De Fective Development May Be Hereditary, Congenital, Or Acquired; That Is, ...
Group Iv Psychoses Due
Group Iv. Psychoses Due To Mi Croscopic Structural Alterations In The Brain (primarily Probably Nutritional Or Toxic). General Paresis. Definition. — General Paresis Is A Chronic, Progressive, Diffuse, Structural Alteration Of The Cerebral Tissue, With In Volvement Of The Cortical And Meningeal Blood- And Lymph- Vessels, Attended By Characteristic Psychical ...
Group V Psychoses Due
Group V. Psychoses Due To Gross Lesion In The Brain. Under The Term Organic Dementia Authors Describe Those Forms Of Insanity Due To Destruction Of Areas Of Brain Tissue Following Syphilitic Deposits, Ab Scesses, Hemorrhagic Infarctions, Tumors, Aneurisms, And Cranial Traumatisms. Syphilitic Insanity. Definition.—insanity Due To Syphilitic New Formation In ...
Group Vi Psychoses Due
Group Vi. Psychoses Due To Toxic Substances Circulating In The Brain. In This Group Are Brought Together Not Only Those Cases In Which The Cause Can Be Clearly Attributed To A Poison Circu Lating In The Blood,—such As Alcohol, Lead, And Drugs (salicylic Acid, Opium, Co Caine),—but Also Those Which ...