Ophthalmic
Ophthalmic Disorders.—pil0carpille Is Useful In All Disorders; Of The Eye Asso Ciated With Increased Ocular Pressure. De Schsveinitz Recommends Very Highly The Hypodermic Rise Of Pilocarpine To Grain Daily) For Opacities Of The (1/12 Vitreous Humor. Diaphoresis Should Be Avoidtd. As A Myotie (1 To -1 Grains To Tl E ...
Opiithal3ology
Opiithal3[ology. — In Inflammatory Diseases Of The Eye, The Active Principles Of Suprarenal Hare The Power Of Suddenly Stimulating The Vasomotors, Thus Deplet Ing The Engorged Vessels. In A Method Recommended By Barraud, Sheep-capsules Are Used, And With The Product Of Evapo Ration A Solution Is Prepared With Equal Quantities ...
Opium And Derivatives
Opium And Derivatives. Opium (u. S. P.) Is The Concrete, Milky Exudation Obtained By Incising The Un Ripe Capsules Of Papaver Somniferum (nat. Ord., Papaveracew), Or White Poppy Plant, Which Is Indigenous To Asia Minor, But Is Now Grown In Many Other Parts Of The World. It Occurs In Moist ...
Opium Or Belladonna
Opium Or Belladonna Poisoni.ng.— From Opium Poisoning, Pin-point Pupils, And From Belladonna Poisoning, The Equal Dilation Of The Pupils Usually Exclude Alcoholism, But Alcohol May Be Present With Either Of The Other Poisons. Some Times The Greatly Lowered Temperature Points To Alcoholism. Apoplexy.—the Respiration Is Usually Stertorous And The Coma ...
Ordinary Type
Ordinary Type. — The Invasion Is Usually Sudden, And Is Marked By Vomit Ing. Fever, Sore Throat, And Rapid Pulse. Occasionally A Short Period Of Malaise Precedes The Onset Of Definite Symptoms. In Older Children A Chill Is Sometimes The First Symptom; In Younger Children A Convulsion. The Vomiting Is ...
Organic Disease In General
Organic Disease In General And Of The Nervous System Especially. —as Is Well Known, There May Be An Association Of Organic And Functional Dis Ease At The Same Time, Or A Person Who Is Predisposed To Hysteria May Develop Or Ganic Disease, And This, In Turn, May Cause The Manifestation ...
Orthoform
Orthoform. — Orthoform Is The Methyl-ester Of Meta-amido-para-oxy Benzoic Acid. It Occurs As A White, Or Light, Dirty-yellow, Odorless Powder, Slightly Soluble In Water, And Easily Dis Solved In Glycerin Or In Water Acidulated With Hydrochloric, Nitric, Or Acetic Acid. It Is Feebly Antiseptic, And Has No Poison Ous Properties. ...
Orthopedic Surgery
Orthopedic Surgery. Definition. — Orthopaedics Is That Branch Of Surgery Which Relates To The Prevention And Correction Of Deformities. Although It Is Difficult To Draw A Sharp Line Between Cases That Enter Into The Field Of Orthopedic Surgery And Those That Do Not, It Is Generally Conceded That True Orthopmdic ...
Osseous Deformities
Osseous Deformities. — Although Affording But Little Information As To The Actual Value Of Marrow In Disorders Of Bone, The Following Cases Are Never Theless Suggestive:— Case Of Rheumatoid Arthritis With Sym Metrical Spindle-shaped Joints And Ulnar Deviation. Under Marrow, Pain, Creak Ing, And Deformity Were Markedly Re Duced. Case ...
Other Forms Of Hepatic
Other Forms Of Hepatic Tumor.— Cavernous Angioma Are Common, But Produce No Symptoms During Life. They Occur As Small, Reddish Bodies, And Con Sist Of Dilated Blood-vessels. They Have Produced Large Tumors In Children Occa Sionally. Adenomata Observed: I. Post-mortem, In Subjects Affected With Atrophic Cir Rhosis Or Rarer Disease. ...
Other Septic
Other Septic Pnocesses May Be Con Fused With Malarial Fever, Such As The Fever Accompanying Malignant Endo Carditis; Septic Processes Involving The Biliary Passages Or The Genito-urinary Organs, As Pyelitis, Pyelonephritis, Or Urethral Fever, So Called, Arisin,g From Gonorrlicea Or The Introduction Of Instru Ments Into This Passage; The Fever ...
Oxalic
Oxalic Acid.—oxalic Acid Is A Caus Tic And Corrosive Poison Obtained From Cellulose. It Occurs As Transparent Monoclinic Crystals (resembling Epsom Salts), Having A Strong Acid Taste. It Is Soluble In And In Alcohol, And Slowly Soluble In Ether. Of All The Irri Tant Vegetable Poisons, Oxalic Acid Is The ...
Oxaluria
Oxaluria. Definition.—although, Logically, The Term Oxaluria Ought To Be Limited To An Abnormal Condition Of The Urine Terized By The Presence Of An Increased Amount Of Oxalic Acid, Ordinarily It Is Employed To Signify The Precipitation Of A Sediment Of Oxalate Of Lime By The Urine, Caused Commonly By Diminution ...
Painful
Painful Disorders.—the Analgesic Effects Of Guaiacol Have Been Utilized In The Treatment Of Arthritis Deformans, Acute Articular And Muscular Rheuma Tism, Sciatic Coxalgia, And Pains Of A Superficial Or Deep-seated Nature. The Pains Of Orchitis And Epididymitis Are Relieved By Applying Guaiacol In Oily Solu Tion Or In Ointment (1 ...
Painful Disorders
Painful Disorders. — For The Relief Mf Pain And Pruritus. Menthol Is An Cielt Rcm«ly Applied In The Form Of A Inn( Nr Pencil, In Alcoholic Solution, Or ..intment. One Drachm Of Menthol Di:,7.0lved In 1- Ounces Of Soap L.r.;mint For External Use,. The Pain Itchin.:-.7 Of Herpe, Znster And ...
Or Carbolic Phenic
Phenic, Or Carbolic, Acid And Derivatives. Phenic Or Phenylic Acid, Carbolic Acid (acidum Carbolicum, U. S. P.), Phenol, Phenyl-hydrate, Phenylic Alcohol, Or Coal Tar Creasote Obtained By Fractional Distil Lation, At 338° To 446° F. Pure Carbolic Acid (acidum Carbolicum, U. S. P.) Oc Curs In Long, Colorless Needles, Melting ...
Or Ciironic Cocaine Poisoning
Ciironic Cocaine Poisoning, Or Cocainomania.—the Treatment Of The Cocaine Habit, Or Chronic Cocaine Intoxi Cation, Is Very Much More Difficult. It Is More Essential To Have Complete Control Of The Cocainomaniac And His Actions Than Even In Chronic Alcohol Or Naor Phine Mania. There Is Less To Work Upon In ...
Or Cleidotomy
Cleidotomy, Or Cutting Through One Or Both Clavicles, Is One Of The New De Structive Operations. It Is Indicated In Impacted Shoulders Either In Case Of Spas Tic Contraction Or When The Shoulders Are Abnormally Developed And Large. Thus, Occasionally, After Delivering The Head, It Is Impossible To Deliver The ...
Or Cocaine Habit Cocainomania
Cocainomania, Or Cocaine Habit. Definition.—cocainomania Is An Irre Sistible Craze, Crave, Or Impulse To Intox Ication By Cocaine, Or Any Of Its Salts Or Combinations, At All Risks. -unless A Cure Of The "habit," Or, More Accurately, The Disease Of Cocainonmnia Be Effected, The Cocaine Habitue Cannot Refrain From Resorting ...
Or Delayed Union Pseudarthrosis
Pseudarthrosis, Or Delayed Union'. —when On Account Of A Constitutional Taint (e.g., Syphilis), A Drain On The Sys Tem (pregnancy, Lactation), A Cachectic Condition, Or Most Commonly An Imper Fect Reduction Or Inefficient Immobiliza Tion Of The Fragments, The Fibrous Callus Which Unites The Fragments Fails After A Sufficient Length ...
Or Diaphthol
Diaphthol, Or Quinaseptol.— This Occurs In Yellowish-white Crystals, Soluble In 35 Parts Of Boiling Water, And Slightly Soluble In Cold Water. It Has Antiseptic And Antifermentative Properties And Is Used In Solution To Disinfect The Urinary Tract. It Prevents The Decomposition Of Urine Better Than Salol. It Is Slightly Toxic, ...
Or Double Quar Tan
Doflii.1; Infection', Or Double Quar Tan Fever. — This Occurs When Two Of Quartan Parasites Exist In The Hod D' The Same Time, And Attain The Zi Ye Of --...-rat,ntation Upon Successive Days. In This Manner One Day Of Inter7 Then Ithon Examination R F Thp 11(c.d The Existence Of ...
Or Farcy Glanders
Glanders, Or Farcy. Definition.—this Disease Develops Pri Marily In The Nasal Passages And Bron Chial Tubes Of Horses And Cattle, Produc Ing A Mucous Flow. It Has Been Found To Be Due To The Bacillus Mallei. Large Nodules Form In The Respiratory Passages, And Metastatic Nodules In The Liver, Spleen, ...
Or Galloping Piithisis Florida
Piithisis Florida, Or Galloping Consumption.—in Acute, Or Galloping, Consumption There Is Usually The Clinical Picture Of An Ordinary Lobar Pneumonia —with Suddenness Of Onset And Chill Rapidly Followed By Fever. Pain In The Side, And Cough With Rusty Sputum. There Are The Ordinary Physical Signs Of Increased Tissue-density. The Crisis ...
Or Hypermetro Hyperopia
Hyperopia, Or Hypermetro Pia.—from Gr., {,n4), Over, And 61,].„ Sight, Was Proposed By Helmholtz. Later Donders Introduced The Root Yetpor, Measure, Into The Word, Changing It To "hypermetropia" To Make It Correspond With Other Terms Introduced By Him As Ametropia And Emmetropia. The Term Is Often Replaced By The Abbreviation ...
Or Nepierorriia Y Nepiiropexy
Nepiiropexy, Or Nepierorriia Y, And Nepiirolithotomy, Being Only In Dicated In Special Disorders, Are Described Above Under The Heading Of The Latter. Surgery Of The Ureters. Ureterectomy.—the Term Has Been Ap Plied Not Only To The Total Extirpation Of The Ureter, But To Resections Of More Than Two Or Three ...
Or Oxyquinaseptol Diaphtherin
Diaphtherin, Or Oxyquinaseptol. —this Is A Yellow, Crystalline Powder, Soluble In Water And Dilute Alcohol, And Is A Non-poisonous Antiseptic. It Is Used In 'a- To 2-per-cent. Solutions For Dress Ing Wounds, Ulcers, Burns, Etc., In Exter Nal And Median Otitis And In Eczema Of The Ear And Nose. In ...
Or Pasteurization Sterilizing At
Sterilizing At A Low Temperature, ' Or Pasteurization, Is The Second And Preferable Method. By Pasteurizing Is Meant Heating The Milk For Half Au Hour Or More At A Teinperature Of From 155° To 170°. This Is Sufficient To Destroy The Pathogenic Germs, Though Not Their Spores; Such Milk Will ...
Or Prociden Tia Complete
Complete Prolapse, Or Prociden Tia Recti.—when Partial Prolapse Has Repeatedly Occurred, It Is Apt To Result In The More Serious Form, In Which All Of The Tunics Of The Bowel Are Involved. In Some Instances An Extensive Prolapse Takes Place Suddenly As A Result Of Vio Lent Straining. In Both ...
Or Purulent Pleurisy Empyema
Empyema, Or Purulent Pleurisy, Is To Be Treated By Free Incision And Drain Age. A Few Cases In Children Get Well After One Or Two Aspirations, But If Pus Reaccumulates Free Drainage Should At Once Be Effected. If The Exudation Is Very Large It Is Wise To Remove Much Of ...
Or Septic 3 Cases
3. Cases Of Mixed Infection, Or Septic Diphtheria.—rncier This Head Are Grouped Those Cases In Which Bac Teriological Investigation Shows The Pres Ence Of The Diphtheria Bacillus, Together With Other Pathogenic Bacteria, Usually Streptococci, In Some Cases Pneumococci, And In Which These Additional Organisms Seem To Exert A Definite Influence ...
Or Sequelar Late
Late, Or Sequelar, Nerve And Brain Sypiiilis.—the Nervous Lesions Of Late Syphilis Are More Severe, And The Prognosis Much Graver, Than In The Case Of The Early Nerve Phenomena. The Ac Cumulation Of Neoplastic Material In And About The Delicate Nerve-structures, Oc Curring In Late Syphilis, Is Associated With And ...
Or Soft Polypi Adenomata
Adenomata, Or Soft Polypi, Are Prob Ably The Most Frequent Form Of The Be Nign Neoplasms Met With In The Rectum. They Occur With The Same Relative Fre Quency In Both Of The Sexes And Especially Between The Ages Of Three And Twelve. They Vary In Size From That Of ...
Or Surgical Traumatic
Traumatic, Or Surgical, Fever.— This Fever Was Well Known Before The Advent Of The Antiseptic Treatment Of Wounds, As More Or Less Inflammation Was Considered As One Of The Necessary Feat Ures Of Normal Wound-healing Even In The Absence Of Suppuration. It May Be Observed During The Healing Of Wounds ...
Or Sweating Miliary
Miliary, Or Sweating, Fever. Definition.—miliary Fever Is An Infec Tious Disease Attended By Profuse Sweat Ing And Vesicular Eruption Of The Skin. Symptoms.—the Attacks Begin With Gastric Distress And General Discomfort, Which May Precede The Main Symptoms By Several Days; But, In The Majority Of Cases, A Person Apparently Perfectly ...
Or Tonsillar 2 Pharyngeal
2. Pharyngeal, Or Tonsillar, Diphtheria.—(a) Mild Cases Without Membrane, Or Catarrhal Diphtheria.— During The Prevalence Of An Epidemic Of Diphtheria, Especially In Institutions, A Certain Number Of Cases May Be Ob Served In Which, Without The Appearance Of Pseudomembrane, The Pharynx And Tonsils Become Reddened And Somewhat Swelled, The Children ...
Or Tonsillar Piiaryngeal
Piiaryngeal, Or Tonsillar, Cases. —these Often Present Difficulties In Di Agnosis, But A Full Consideration Of All The Factors In Any Case Will Usually Lead To A Correct Judgment. The Most Diffi Cult Cases Are The Milder Ones, Where There Is Little Or No Membrane And The Constitutional Symptoms Are ...
Or So Called Motor
Tumors In Tiie Rolandic, Or So Called Motor, Region Usually Give Rise To Definite Localizing Symptoms. In The Irritative Stage Of Tumors Of The Cortex, These Are Jacksonian Epilepsy, Involving The Muscles Of The Face, Arm, Or Leg, Ac Cording To The Seat Of The Growth, And Sensory Disturbance, Often ...
Or That Of Cavity
Timid Stage, Or That Of Cavity Formation.—on Inspection There Is Now Seen Superficial And Rapid Breathing And Uneven Expansion Of The Two Sides Of The Chest; Sinking In Of The Supra Clavicular And Infraclavicular Spaces Causes Undue Prominence Of The Cor Responding Clavicle. The Auxiliary Re Spiratory Muscles Of The ...