I Flatulence Anm Habitual
I. Flatulence A:nm Habitual Colic. —these Symptoms Are Ahnost Invaria Bly Due To Difficulty In The Digestion Of The Proteids. The Cause Of This Diffi Culty May Be Either That The Proteids Are Too High Or That The Child Has A Feeble Digestion As Regards Proteids. There Are Three Methods ...
Ic Malarial Caciiexia
Ic Malarial Caciiexia. N R It S Rathulogical Changes Are To Be Rvld In The Org.ans Of Those Who Have 1 -7.1; ,ubjetts Of Lon_ce-continued Z:•,1 L;ith Malaria; The Most Note F These Changes Occur In The 1;n-cr. And Bone-marrow. Sp.'ren.—notable Enlargement Of :lc Sr•14 On Always Occurs, And Thickening ...
Ichthyol
Ichthyol. — Ichthyol (ammonium Ichthyol-sulphonate) Is A Distillation Product Prepared From A Bituminous Mineral, Found In The Tyrol, Which Is Rich In Fossilized Remains Of Fish And Sea Animals, Whence The Name "ichthyol" (ixot"z, Fish). By Dry Distillation Of This Bituminous Mineral A Crude Volatile Oil Is Obtained Which, At ...
Idiocy
Idiocy. — Children Suffering From Idiocy, When Not Due To Disturbance Of The Thyroid Function, Do Not Suffer, As A Rule, From Retardation Of Physical Growth. Their Heads Are Apt To Be Smaller, Much Smaller Than Those Of Cre Tins, Except In Cases Of Hydrocephaly, And The Fontanelles And Sutures ...
Idiopathic Aneurisms
Idiopathic Aneurisms. —'these Are Subdivided Into Three Varieties:— 1. Rah/alai, Or Fusiform, In Which The Three Coats Of The Artery Are Dilated Simultaneously. The Dilatation Affecting The Circumference As Well As The Length Of The Vessel, It Presents The Appearance Of A Circular Enlargement Rather Than That Of A Tumor. ...
Immunization By Injections Of
Immuniz..a.tion By Injections Of An Titoxin.—by The Injection Of Small Doses Of Antitoxin It Has Been Found Possible To Induce An Artificial Immunity Which Holds Good For A Period Of At Least Four Weeks, As A Rule. Epidemics Of Diphtheria In Children's Hospitals Or Asylums Have Been Repeatedly Checked By ...
Impetigo Iierpetifor3iis Of Hebra
Impetigo Iierpetifor3iis Of Hebra, Which Was At First Regarded By Duhring As Merely A Variety Of D. Herpetiformis, Is Now Conceded By Him To Be A Distinct Disease. Its Lesions Are Always Pustular. It Nearly Always Occurs In Pregnant Women, Or During The Puerperal Period; Is Attended By Symptoms Of ...
In Severe Infectious Diseases
In Severe Infectious Diseases, Un Less There Be Signs Of Obstruction Of A Valve, It May Be Impossible To Determine Whether There Be Endocarditis Or A Myo Carditis Due To Toxins, Rendering The Wall Flabby And The Mitral Valve Relatively Incompetent. Etiology. — Endocarditis Is An Infec Tious Disease, And ...
Indian
Indian Method.—in This Procedure A Pear-shaped Flap, Somewhat Larger Than Needed To Make Up The Aggregate Of Soft Tissues That Would Represent A Normal Nose, Is Mapped Out On The Forehead. The Flap Should Lean Somewhat Toward One Of The Eyebrows, The Narrow Portion Corresponding To The Root Of The ...
Induced Abortion
Induced Abortion. — It Is Seldom Necessary To Induce Abortion During The Earlier Months Of Pregnancy, As The Dis Orders Occasionally Rendering This Step Obligatory Are Frequently Amenable To Other Measures. The Most Important Conditions That May Necessitate This Step Are Incoercible Vomiting, Heart Disease Threatening Life, And Serious Hydramnios. ...
Inevitable
Inevitable Anontion.—when Abor Tion Cannot Be Avoided, All The Foregoing Measures Are Contra-indicated. During The First Two Months But Little Treatment Is Necessary Other Than Rest In Bed. If No Untoward Symptoms Appear, Such As Marked Hremorrhage, Rise Of Tem Perature, Etc., Expectant Measures Are Sufficient, At Least For Some ...
Infantile Myxedema Cre Tinism
Infantile Myxedema (cre- ' Tinism). Definition.—cretinism Is A Chronic Disease Of Nutrition Due To Loss Of, Or Im Pairment Of, Function Of The Thyroid Gland, And Appears At Any Time Between Birth And Puberty; After Puberty It Is Known As Myxcedema. It Causes Retar Dation Of Development In The Sensory, ...
Infantile Scorbutus
Scorbutus, Infantile. Definition.—a Constitutional Disease Probably Identical With Scurvy Of Adult Life, But Occurring In Children And Usu Ally In Those Under Ten Years Of Age. Although The Disease Is Often Associ Ated With Rickets. There Appears To Be No Necessary Connection Between Them. Many Cases Have Been Described Under ...
Infectious Parotitis
Infectious Parotitis. — Two Forms Of Parotitis Occur As The Direct Result Of Germ Invasion: 1. Mumps; Epidemic Parotitis. 2. Metastatic, Symptomatic, Suppurative, Or Septic Parotitis. Infectious Parotitis, Or Mumps. Mumps Is An Acute, Infectious, Con Tagious Inflammation Of One Or Both Paro Tid Glands Or Other Salivary Glands, Usu ...
Inflammation And
Inflammation And Suppuration.— In Acute Catarrhal Inflammation Of The Air-passages 10 Grains Of Quinine Com Bined With Dover's Powder, Opium, Or Morphine, If Given Early, Will Avert The Attack. Ten Grains Of Quinine Given At The Beginning Of An Attack Of Acute Ton Sillitis Will Sometimes Abort The Disease And ...
Inflammatory Diarrhcea
Inflammatory Diarrhcea Iiv Which In Addition To The Systemic Infec Tion The Symptoms Of An Acute Local Inflammation Have A Promi Nent Part—acute Ileocolitis (molt). Symptoms.—the Symptoms In This Form Of Disease Generally Commence Abruptly, And For The First Few Days Closely Resemble Those Of The Preceding Form. The Vomiting, ...
Inflammatory Diarrheas In Which
Inflammatory Diarrheas In Which The Symptoms Of A Toxic Systemic Infection Are Predominant-acute Gastro - Enteric Infection - Acute Gastrointestinal Catarrh. Symptoms.—as We Might Be Led To Almost Expect, When We Consider The Various Ways And The Varying Numbers And Characters In Which These Toxin Producing Bacteria Make Their Entrance ...
Influenza
Influenza Is Usually Recognizable By The Suddenness Of The Attack, By The Great Prostration, By The Severe Headache, By The Cutaneous Hypercesthesia And Mus Cular Pain, And By The Disproportion Be Tween The Great Respiratory Distress And The Comparative Paucity Of Physical Signs. In Cases Of Gradual Onset And Of ...