Infracortical Motor
Infracortical Motor Aphasia.—a Pure Motor Aphasia Without Word-blind Ness Or Word-deafness Is Likely To Be Of Infraeortical Origin. Cases, However, Have Been Reported In Which An Infra Cortical Lesion Has Caused Aphasia, Word Blindness, And Word-deafness. Etiology. — The Various Varieties Of Aphasia Occur Almost Always As A Mani Festation ...
Injections
Injections. — — The Use Of Alcohol In Carcinoma Has Been Productive Of Encouraging Results. Interstitial In Jections Of Very Strong Alcohol Have Been Used By Vulliet, Of Geneva, As A Palliative In Inoperative Cases Of Cancers Of The Uterus. The Beneficial Action Obtained This Author Ascribed To The Local ...
Injuries Of The Abdomen
Abdomen, Injuries Of The. Contusion. Symptoms. — The Symptoms Attend Ing A Contusion Of The Abdomen, Whether Caused By Blows, Kicks, Spent Bullets, The Passage Of Heavy Bodies—such As Ve Hicles—over The Abdomen, Etc., Are Not Always Such As To Call Attention To The Seriousness Of The Lesion Present. The ...
Insanity
Insanity. Definition.—insanity Means Disordered Mental Function. All Disordered Mental Function Is, However, Not Insanity; For Example, The Delirium Of Fever, Of Alcoholic Or Drug Intoxication, Although Disordered Mental Function, Is Not, Strictly Speaking, In Sanity; Still, The Physical Disorder Upon Which The Febrile Or Toxic Delirium De Pends Does Not ...
Insolation
Insolation. Synonyms.—sun-stroke; Heat-stroke; Thermic Fever. Definition.—the Terms "insolation," "sun-stroke," "heat-stroke," And "ther Mic Fever" Are Applied To A Series Of Symptoms Occurring As The Result Of Ex Posure To Undue Heat Of The Whole Or Parts Of The System, While The Latter Is In A Condition Of Physical Debility, And ...
Intercurrent
Intercurrent Diseases.—many In Stances Of The Occurrence Of Another In Fection With Typhoid Fever Have Been Recorded. It Was At One Time Thought That Malarial Fever Was A Frequent Com Panion Of Typhoid, And The Probability Of A Hybrid Disease—typho-malarial Fe Ver—was Strongly Believed In By Many Physicians. It Is ...
Intermediate And Irregular
Intermediate And Irregular Fractures.—most Fractures Of The Skull Are, In A Sense, Intermediate Between The Two Great Divisions Of Circumscribed And Fissured Fractures, For With Every Sharp Blow There Is Seen To Be Some Compression Of The Whole Globe, And Even The Blunt Est Force, If Applied With Sufficient Mo ...
Intermittent Form Landau
Intermittent Form (landau). In This Variety Decided Variations In The Size Of The Tumors Occur: I.e., Coincident With A More Or Less Sudden Increase In The Quantity Of Urine Passed (polyuria) The Tumor Quickly Diminishes. On The Other Hand, The Enlargement Gradually In Creases From Retention As The Flow Of ...
Internal
Internal Use.—the Employment Of Iodoform By The Mouth Has Never Re Ceived Much Support. In Pulmonary Tuberculosis It Has Been Tried By Many Clinicians, But The Results Have Generally Been Disappointing, Notwithstanding Gosselin's Experiments Showing That Guinea-pigs, When Saturated With Iodo Form, Could Stand With Impunity Inocula Tions With Tubercular ...
Intertrigo
Intertrigo. Definition.—intertrigo Is An Hyper Aemic Affection Of The Skin Characterized By An Erythematous Condition Produced Upon Contiguous Surfaces, Accompanied With An Exudation Of Sweat With Macera Tion Of The Skin. Symptoms.—intertrigo Is Produced Through Closeness Of Contact Between Two Opposing Surfaces The Juxtaposi Tion May Cause Irritation Whether As ...
Intestinal
Intestinal Disomumts.—naphthalin, In 5-grain Doses, Has Been Used With Ap Parent Benefit In Typhoid Fever (wolff), In Acute And Chronic Intestinal Catarrh, In Fermentative Diarrhcea, And In Cholera. It Diminishes The Activity Of The Intes Tinal Bacteria, As Shown By C. Sehrwald, Who Advises Its Use In Conjunction With Calomel. ...
Intestinal Colic
Intestinal Colic. — Iii Intestinal Colic The Seat Of Pain And The Character Of The Latter Differ From Those Of Biliary Colic. Chills And Fever Accompany Bil Iary More Frequently Than Gastric Or In Testinal Colic. Acute Appendicitis. — The Differ Entiation Of Acute Appendicitis Is Some Times Very Difficult, ...
Intestinal Fluxes
Intestinal Fluxes. — Camphor, Either In Powder Or Tincture, Is An Excellent And Popular Remedy For The Diarrheas Of Summer And Autumn. Which So Often Assume A Choleraic Form. When The Body Is Cold As Ice, There Is Great Prostration, The Voice Squeaky And Husky, And The Upper Lip Retruded, ...
Intestinal Il Obstruction
Obstruction, Intestinal (il Elf S) Definition.—a Complete Or Partial Oc Clusion Of Any Portion Of The Intestinal Canal, Caused By Strangulation, Intussus Ception (invagination), Twisting Or Knot Ting (volvulus), Strictures, Tumors, Fa:cal Impactions, Concretions, Or Foreign Bod Ies. The Occlusion May Occur Suddenly, Causing Acute Obstruction, Or Be Of Gradual ...
Intestinal Ilemorriiage
Intestinal Ilemorriiage. — When Symptoms Of Haemorrhage Appear, The Patient Should Be Kept Quiet; The Foot Of The Bed May Be Raised To Prevent Fainting, And Blood Which Is Passed Through The Bowels Should Be Removed With As Little Disturbance As Possible. All Stimulants Should Be Forbidden. Nerv Ousness On ...
Intestines
Intestines. Duodenum, Inflammation Of. Synonyms. — Duodenitis; Duodenal Catarrh. Symptoms.—while The Possibility Of Isolated Inflammation Of The Duodenum Cannot Be Denied, It Is Probable That The Condition Is Usually Associated With In Flammation Of The Stomach, On The One Hand, And Of The Remainder Of The Small Intestine, On The ...
Intimation Of The
Intimation Of The Larynx.— Few Operations In The History Of Medi Cine Have Excited More Wide-spread In Terest Than Intubation Of The Larynx. It Modifying The Instruments As To Make Them Of Practical Utility. The Relief Of Laryngeal Stenosis By Means Of Catheters Introduced Into The Trachea Through The Larynx, ...
Intussusception
Intussusception. — Intussusception, Or Invagination Of One Portion Of In Tt.;:.tie Into Another Portion Of The Same, Mainly Due To Irregular Peristalsis, T, -tilting. In Turn, Either From Consti Pation. Diarrliwa, Colic, Or Paralysis. ,ntarlv 40 Per Cent. Of The Cases Occur In Children. In A Series Of 300 Fatal ...
Inversion Of The
Inversion Of The Uterus.—inver Sion Of The Uterus Is Occasionally Served As A Complication. The Uterine Wall Should Be Handled With Care When Efforts At Reduction Are Made, Pressure With Finger-tips Being Avoided. But 1 Case Of Inversion Of Uterus Met With In 190,000 Labors At Rotunda Hos Pital; 250,000 ...
Iodoform Iodine
Iodine, Iodoform, And Other Derivatives.—iodine, Obtained From The Ashes Of Sea-weeds And From Crude Chilean Saltpeter, Occurs In The Form Of Bluish-black Scales. It Gives Off A Char Acteristic Violet Vapor And Emits An Acrid And Unpleasant Odor When Burned. Io Dine Was Discovered By Courtois In 1s12 In Sea-salt. ...
Iodophenin
Iodophenin. — Iodophenin, Or Iodo Phenacetin, Is A Reaction-product Of Phe Nacetin In Hydrochloric Acid And Iodine In Potassium Iodide. It Contains 25 Per Cent. Iodine. It Occurs In Black Crystals, Having An Iodine Odor And A Burning Taste. It Is Soluble In Al Cohol And In Water With The ...
Irregular
Irregular Gout.—besides The Symp Toms Directly Dependent On Or Associated With The Deposition Of Mates In The Artic Ulations And In Other Structures, Many Morbid Symptoms Have Been Observed In The Course Of Gout And Have More Or Less Correctly Been Named Symptoms Of Irreg Ular Gout; These Symptoms May ...
Is D I Sorders
Nervot,is D I Sorders. — In Melan Cholia And Neurasthenia Coca Has Been Used With Advantage, Especially When As Sociated With A Moderately-anmmic Con Dition, A Feeling Of Depression, Loss Of Appetite, And Impaired Digestion, Other Appropriate Remedies Being Associated With It. A Wineglassful Of Coca-wine Every Three Hours Usually ...
Isso
Isso, He Was Able To Pass Half An Out Of Bed. At The Same Time The Pig Mentation Grew Less Marked And Grad Ually Disappeared. At The End Of Two Years The Patient Could Be Regarded As Cured, And Recovery Has Since Been Main Tained. H. Neumann (deutsche Med. Woch., ...