Iszas
Iszas Attnilnd Lo The Size Of About One Tb.r1 A The Blood-corpuscle, The Pig Lolleets In The Middle Or In That 1. .rt I•ii Of The Border Where Aruceboid Mmements Have Ceased. Following The 1,14--in;_r Of The Pigment In This Manner A Dark, Quiescent Clump The Para S.te Reaks Up ...
J Bronchial Tubes And
J. _bronchial Tubes And Lungs.— In Bronchitic Actinomycosis The Affection Is Less Severe In Winter Than In Summer, Which Is The Contrary Of What Is Observed In Ordinary Bronchitis. It Can Be Classi Fied In Three Groups: (1)lesions Of Chronic Bronchitis, (2) Miliary Actinomycosis, And (3) Cases With Broncho-pneumonia And ...
J E Graham
J. E. Graham.] At Present The Serum For The Test Is Obtained In Three Ways: From The Fresh Blood, From The Dried Blood, And From The Fluid Of A Superficial Blister. The First Method Is The One To Be Preferred, If Possible, For Counting Leucocytes. The Pipette Of An Ordinary ...
Jalap
Jalap. —jalap (jalapa, U. S. P.), Named From Jalapa; A City Of Mexico, Is The Dried Tuberous Root Of The Poincea Jalapa (exogonimn Pur G A Or I Ponuca Purg A), One Of The C Onvolvulacew, Which Is Indigenous To Mexico. The Root Has A Peculiar Smoky Odor, And An ...
Jaundice Icterijs
Jaundice (icterijs). Defluition.—this Is Not A Disease, But Only A Symptom-group, Occurring Under A Variety Of Conditions And Characterized By A Yellowish Discoloration Of The Skin, Tissues, And Fluids Of The Body With Bile Pigment, And The Excretion Of The Pig Ment In The Urine. It Has Been Customary To ...
Jr Lewis H Adler
Lewis H. Adler, Jr., Philadelphia. Epilepsy.—from Knf7.ayi3civetv, To Fall Upon Or Seize. Synonyms. — Morbus Sacer; Falling Sickness. Definition.—epilepsy May Be Defined As A Disease Characterized By The Habit Of Having Convulsions, Attended Usually With Unconsciousness, The Seizures Occur Ring Suddenly And At Irregular Intervals, The Subject Showing An Essential ...
Keratitis
Keratitis. — Gr., Kipac, Cornea, And Uric, Inflammation. Definition.—infiammation Of The Cor Nea. Varieties.—the Varieties Of Keratitis Are Interstitial, Neuropathic, Malarial, Dendritic, Herpetic, Punctate, Phlyctenu Lar, Bullous, Pannous, Traumatic, Striate, Suppurative, And Xerotic Keratitis. Symptoms.—the Most Constant Symp Tom Is Opacity; And This May Be The Only Objective Symptom Present. ...
Laryngeal
Laryngeal Cases.—when The Laryn Gitis Appears As The Extension Of A Pre Vious Process In Nose Or Throat, Except In The Case Of Measles Or Scarlet Fever, We Can Safely Put It Down As Diphtheritic. The Pseudomembranous Throat Inflam Mations Of Measles And Scarlet Fever Often Involve The Larynx, Trachea, ...
Laryngitis And Kindred Dis
Laryngitis And Kindred Dis Orders. Definition And Varieties.—the Term "laryngitis" Means Inflammation Of The Larynx; But To Properly Distinguish The Various Inflammatory Disorders To Which This Organ Is Liable, Several Types Of Laryn Gitis Are Recognized: Acute Laryngitis, Ill Which The Mucous Membrane Alone Is Supposed To Be Inflamed; Oedema ...
Laryngological And Respiratory
Laryngological And Respiratory Disorders.—in Asthma The Use Of The Nitrate In 3- Or 4-grain Doses Has Been Highly Commended. In Pulmonary Tuberculosis, When The Bronchial Secretion Was Scanty And Viscid, E. Maragliano Obtained Good Results From The Use Of The Following, As A Spray: So Dium Bicarbonate, 15 To 30 ...
Laxis
Laxis. Observers Who Have Had Occasion To Study Large Numbers. Of Cases Generally Uphold This Opinion. In The Hawaiian Islands Kissing And Nose-rubbing, Which Are The Native Forms Of Salutation; Cohabitation; And The Reception Of The Secretion Of Lepers Through Abrasions Of The Skin Are Con Sidered As Causes Of ...
Le Nobels Test
Le Nobel's Test. — Le Nobel And Fehr Hold That Legal's Test Is Only Re Liable When Much Acetone Is Present; And That, When There Is Only A Small Quantity Of It In The Urine, The Test May Be Fallacious, Since Other Substances Con Tained In The Urine Can Produce ...
Lead Poisoning
Lead Poisoning May Cause Blindness, With Atrophy Of The Optic Nerve. Diagnosis. — Sudden Or Rapidly Pro Gressive Amblyopia Should Always Raise The Suspicion Of A Toxic Origin. Inquiry Will Elicit The History Of Exposure To One Of The Above Noxious Agents. Testing The Field Of Vision Will Determine The ...
Length Of
Length Of Quarantine.—the Bac Teriological Researches Of Recent Years Have Given Us Some Very Definite Informa Tion Bearing On This Point. It Has Al Ready Been Noted That The Bacilli May Persist In The Throat For Weeks After An Attack, And That Such Bacilli Have Beeia Proved Fully Virulent. Park ...
Lesion Of Genito Urinary Organs
Lesion Of Genito-urinary Organs. —any Lesion Of The Genital Apparatus May Cause Amenorrhoea, Especially Me Tritis, Endometritis, And Parametritis (both Acute And Chronic), And Flexion Or Malposition Of The Uterus. Adhesion Due To A Previous Pelvic Peritonitis Is An Occasional Cause Of Hyperinvolution Of The Uterus Following Pregnancy. At Rophy ...
Leukeiviia
Leukeiviia. Definition.—leulmmia Is A Disease Characterized By A Marked Excess Of Lymphatic Tissue In The Body, By A Pecul Iar Excess Of Circulating White Corpuscles, And Wide-spread And Varied Symptoms Of Tox:rmin. With The Frequent Presence Of Mechanical Symptoms Of Pressure. Varieties.—there Arc Three Types Of The Dkease. Considered From ...
Lids
Lids. See Palpeer2e. Lime. See Calcium. Linum.—linum (linseed Or Flaxseed) Is The Dried Ripe Seed Of Linum Usitatis Sinzum, The Common Flax: A Plant Of Almost Universal Cultivation. The Seeds Are Oval And Flattened, And Have Sharp Edges And Somewhat Pointed Extremities. Externally They Are Brown And Shining; Internally They ...
Liebens Iodoform
Lieben's Iodoform Test.—to A Few Cubic Centimetres Of The Distillate A Few Drops Of A Solution Of Potassium And Some Drops Of A Solution Of Iodine And Iodide Of Potassium Are Added, The Solu Tion Of Potassium Being Added In Excess. When Acetone Is Present, A Thick, Yellow Precipitate Of ...
Lji Ia
L.ji! Ia\ .! Iir011ie Malaria. I 1‘. Lit R. Liowl Vlr, Describe • • Kidiar Occasionally Met - In Thy,. Condition: The Cong,ested At, 1 T Atrophic Form. The Hist° . A; Clangls Charactlrizing These Con S S Liardlv Called For In The Scope • Fa:litt Article. Diaguosis.—the Diagnosis Of ...
Lobar Pneumonia
Pneumonia, Lobar. Synonyms. — Croupous Pneumonia; Fibrinous Pneumonia; Pneumonitis; Lung Fever. Definition. — Pneumonia Is An Acute Infectious Disease With A Characteristic Pulmonary Lesion, Due To The Outpouring, Into An Extensive Portion Of The Alveolar Structure Of The Lung, Of An Heemorrhagic Fibrinous Exudate. Symptoms. — The Symptoms Of Acute ...
Lobar Pneumonia
Lobar Pneumonia. See Pneu Monia. Lobelia.—lobelia Is The Dried Leaves And Tops Of The Lobelia Inflata, Or Indian Tobacco, A Weed Indigenous To The -united States, Collected After A Portion Of The Capsules Have Become Inflated. It Is A Small Herb, With Alternate Leaves, An Erect Hairy Stem, With Blue ...
Local Anesthesia
Local Anesthesia. — Hirschbruck, To Obtain Local Anaesthesia, Injects A 2-per-cent. Solution Of Cocaine Grain Of The Salt) And Then Injects 15 Minims Of Distilled Water Containing 3 Per Cent. Of Orthoform Grain) In Suspension, The Syringe Being Constantly Shaken When Administering The Latter. This Process Appears To Be Quite ...
Local Circumscribed Peritonitis
Local Circumscribed Peritonitis May Give Rise To The Symptoms Of A Gen Eral Peritonitis. The Disease Becomes Localized By Reason Of A Rapid Adhesive Inflammation Shutting Off The General Peritoneum. This Often Follows Ulcera Tion Of The Stomach And Other Abdom Inal Viscera. The Most Frequent Seat Of Local Or ...
Local Effects
Local Effects. — In Burns Of The First Degree The Appearances Produced Are Superficial. There Will Be Observed A Dis Tinct Hyperaemia With Redness Of Varying Intensity From The Slightest Blush Up To A Pinkish Red Or Brownish Red. This May Or May Not Be Entirely Effaced By Pressure. Persons ...