Punctate And
Punctate A.nd Capillary.—these Are Sufficiently Explained. By The Terms. Of Themselves They Are Rarely Of Suffi Cient Moment To Be Of Other Than Patho Logical Interest. Symptoms.—p Rodromata. — Th E So Called Premonitory Symptoms Include Headache, Dizziness, Pallor Or Flushing Of The Face, Fullness In The Head, Flicker Ing ...
Purulent
Purulent Affections.—the Appli Cation Of Hydrogen Dioxide To Pus-secret Ing Surfaces And Cavities Is Followed By The Most Satisfactory Effects. Whenever This Agent Meets Pus, Active Effervescence Ensues, Germs And Pus Are Disintegrated, And The Part Is Rendered Aseptic Without Any Fear Of Poison. For This Purpose Its Use Is ...
Putrid
Putrid Bronciiitis.—in This Disease The Odor Resembles Somewhat That Of Acacia-blossoms. The Sputum Does Not Contain Disintegrated Lung-tissue And Is Less Dense. A History Of Bronchitis Can Usually Be Obtained, And The Marasmus Attending Gangrene Is Not Present. In Early Cases, However, The Distinction Can Only Be Based Upon The ...
Quinine
Quinine). Cinchona Febrifuge (see Qiiinetum, On Pages 197 And 200). Cupreine, 1 To 15 Grains. Cupreine Sulphate, 1 To 15 Grains. Esencia De Calasaya, 4 To 12 Drachms. Compound Elixirs Of Cinchona (all Kinds), 1 To 2 Drachms. Lleberden's Ink (aromatic Iron And Cin Chona Mixture), 1 To 2 Ounces. ...
Rabies
Rabies. Synonyms.—lyssa; Hydrophobia. Definition.—an Acute Infectious Dis Ease Of Animals Occasionally Communi Cated To Man, Characterized By Ex Citement, Hypermsthesia, Deglutitionary Spasm, And Paralytic Weakness; When Not Specifically Treated Ending In Death, And Undoubtedly Caused By A Specific Bacterial Poison. Incubation And Period Of Incubation Varies Widely In Dif Ferent ...
Race
Race: Among All The Aboriginal Peo Ples, When Suddenly Ushered Into The Midst Of Artificial Life Consequent Upon Civilization,—and The Same May Be Said Of Animals Which The Ingenuity Of Man Has Succeeded In Bringing Into Captivity, —the Disease Is Terribly Fatal; One Has But To Look Upon The Record ...
Reaction
Reaction. — As Soon As Reaction Oc Curs In These Cases Another Danger Threatens The Patient, That Of Hemor Rhage, Which The State Of Collapse Has So Far Prevented To A Degree, Unless An Extensive Injury Have Caused Overwhelm Ing Exsanguination. In This Event, How Ever, The Patient's Recovery From ...
Rectal
Rectal Injections.—rectal Injec Tions Of Iodine Solutions Have Been Used In Colitis Or In Diseases In Which This Con Dition Is The Most Prominent Factor, Dys Entery And Chronic Diarrhoea, The Ulcer Ative Processes Present Being Favorably Influenced. One Drachm Of Lugol's Solu Tion In 1 Pint Of Lukewarm Water ...
Regional
Regional Zoster.—herpes Zoster May Attack Any Part Of The Body, But It Apparently Exhibits A Preference For Cer Tain Sites, And To Its Appearance In These Localities Certain Names Indicative Of The Region Affected Are Given. Thus We Have Zoster Capillitii, Z. Frontalis, Etc. When The Disease Invades Two Adjoining ...
Relapse
Relapse In Measles Is Extremely Rare And Is, In Fact, Of Doubtful Occurrence. A Secondary Rise In Temperature After A Normal Fall Indicates A Complication. Eleven Eases Of Measles With Relapses Were Seen In Two Epidemics At About The Same Time. From The Two Series Of Cases It Would Appear ...
Renal Diseases
Renal Diseases. — In This Class Of Affections Iron Should Be Given With Prudence, Especially In Chronic Nephritis. In Chronic Albuminuria The Tincture Of The Chloride Improves The Digestion And Counteracts The Anaemia. Many Prefer Basham's Mixture (liquor Ferri Et Am Monii Acetatis), 2 To 4 Drachms Three Or Four ...
Renal And Biliary
Renal And Biliary Colic.—ill Renal And Biliary Colic Inhalations Of Chloro Form Offer The Best Source Of Relief When The Suffering Is Beyond The Influence Of Safe Doses Of Morphine. It Is Superior To Ether In That A Much Smaller Dose Is Required To Relieve The Pain, While The After-effects ...
Renal And Urinary
Renal And Urinary Maladies.— It Is Also Frequently Recommended In Bright's Disease Where The Urine Is Tinged With Blood, And Upheld As An Almost Specific For Urethral Spasm, For Chordee, And The Acute Stage Of Gonor Rlicea; Also In Gonorrhoea And Vesical Irritation, And In Spermatorrhcea. Cantharides.—the Blister-beetle, Or "spanish ...
Resorcin
Resorcin. — Resorcin (resorcinum, U. S. P.; Meta-di-oxy-benzene) Is A Di Atomic Phenol Obtained From Benzene Meta-di-sulphonic Acid By Sodium Hy Drate With Heat. It Is Also Produced From Different Resins And From Mnbellif Crow Gum-resins On Fusion With Caustic Potash. It Is Isomeric With Pyrocatechin Hydroquinone. It Occurs In ...
Retention Of The Secundlnes
Retention Of The Secundlnes. This Is The Most Frequent Complication Of Abortion, Spontaneous Or Criminal, And May Present Either Of The Following Characters: The Placenta Is Non-adher Ent, But Remains Within The Uterine Cavity Until Finally Expelled, Either En Tire, Or In Pieces. As Infection Easily Occurs In Such A ...
Rheumatic Neuritis Tubercular Neuritis
Tubercular Neuritis, Rheumatic Neuritis, Septiczmic Neuritis, Dia Betic Neuritis, And Many Other Forms Are Spoken Of By Writers. Their Nature Is Sufficiently Indicated By The Name. Functional Disorders. Varieties.—the Functional Disorders Of The Peripheral Nerves May Be Classed As Motor, Sensory, And Mixed Forms. The Motor Functional Neuroses Of Pe ...
Rheumatism
Rheumatism. — The Liniment Some Times Quickly Relieves Mild Forms Of Rheumatism And Lumbago. When The Skin Is Delicate, As It Is In Women, It Acts As An Active Rubefacient. Ammonium.—when An Acid Gas And Ammonia-gas Are Brought Together With Out Liberation Of Hydrogen, A Compound Of Ammonium Is Formed, ...
Rhinoscleroma
Rhinoscleroma. — In This Disorder There Are Hard Or Ivory-like Masses Im Bedded In The Nose. Prognosis. — Acne Rosacea Does Not Always Increase; It May Remain Station Ary Or Even Recede, Especially In Women After The Menopause. It May Also, How Ever, Assume Malignancy, But This Sequel Is Very ...
Ridge
Ridge.] While Memory During The State Of Hypnosis Is Usually So Acute And So Accu Rate For All Previous Hypnoses, Yet The Hypnotist Has It In His Power, By Simply Suggesting To This Effect, To Prevent The Subject In One Hypnosis Remembering Anything That Has Occurred During All Previous Hypnotic ...
Right Sided Pleurisy
Right-sided Pleurisy With A Serous Or Sero-sanguineous Exudation. This Con Dition Has Not, As Yet, Been Thoroughly Worked Out; So Far As I Can See It Is Not Of A Tuberculous Nature, For I Have Come Across Cases Showing Such Pleurisy In Which There Has Not Been A Sign Of ...
Riteumatoid
Riteumatoid Artiiritis.—it May In Many Cases Be Difficult To Distinguish Between The Chronic Gouty Affection Of A Joint And The Morbid Change Caused By Rheumatoid Arthritis,—or, As It Is More Properly Called, The Polyarthritis Defor Mans,—which Disease Attacks The Car Tilages, As Well As The Bone, And Leads To Destruction ...
Rudimentary Uterus
Rudimentary Uterus. — The Rudi Mentary Uterus May Be Of Any Size From A Cylinder-shaped Body An Inch Long Down To A Slight Thickening Of Tissue On The Posterior Surface Of The Bladder At The Junction Of The Rudimentary Fallo Pian Tubes. It Is Usually Solid, Although In Rare Instances ...
Rumination
Rumination Is A Gastric Neurosis Characterized By Habitual Regurgitation Of Small Quanties Of Food Into The Mouth For Several Hours After Its Ingestion, Which Regurgitated Food Is Not Expectorated, But Rechewed And Re Swallowed, All After The Manner Of The Ruminant. The Affection Occurs In Neu Rotic Individuals, And Is ...
Rupture Of Cystic
Rupture Of Cystic Tumors.—the Rupture May Occur Suddenly As A Result Of A Fall Or Blow, Or Gradually From Changes In The Cyst-wall. In Papillary Growths The Pressure Of The Vegetation Causes Thinning Of The Cyst-wall, And Finally Rupture, Or The Growths Extend Through The Wall Of The Cyst And ...
Sajous
Sajous.] Symptoms.—the Earliest Symptoms Of Leprosy In The Majority Of Cases, Accord Ing To Morrow (who Claims To Have First Called Attention To The Early Evidences In The Nasal Mucous Membrane) And Other Observers, Are Alteration Of The Voice, Betrayed By A Slight Husky Or Rough Phonation—besnier's Voix Lepreuse —which ...
Salicylic Acid And The
Salicylic Acid And The Salic Ylates. Salicylic Acid (ortho-oxy-benzoic Acid; Acidum Salicylicum, U. S. P.) Is An Or Ganic Acid Existing Naturally In The Oils Of Wintergreen (gaultheria Procumbens) And Sweet-birch (betula Lenta) In Com Bination As Methyl-salicylate; Its Arti Ficial Preparation Was Discovered By Kolbe In 1874, Who Produced ...
Salophen
Salophen. — Salophen (acetyl-para Mido-phenyl Salicylate) Contains 50.9 Per Cent. Salicylic Acid. It Occurs In Fine, White, Odorless And Tasteless Scales; Solu Ble In Alcohol, Ether, Alkalies, And Hot Water, And Nearly Insoluble In Cold Water. It Is Not Official. Salophen Was Introduced As A Substi Tute For Salicylic Acid ...
Sandal Wood And Oil Of
Sandal-wood And Oil Of San Dal-wood. — Sandal-wood (red Saun Ders; Santahim Rubrum, U. S. P.) Is The Wood Of Pterocarpus Santalinus (nat. Ord., Leguminosw). It Occurs In The Form Of Raspings. It Contains A Red Coloring Matter Of A Resinous Character, Known As Santalic Acid, Or Santalin, Which Occurs ...
Sanitarium Treatment
Sanitarium Treatment. — It Is A Conceded Fact That, When Possible To Ob Tain Admission To A Properly-conducted And Scientific Sanitarium, The Tubercu Lous Improve More Rapidly, And That The Ultimate Prognosis Is More Favorable Than When Treated Under The Best Pos Sible Environment Outside. Sixty-eight Per Cent. Of Wise ...
Sarcoma
Sarcoma May Arise Primarily In Either Part Of The Uveal Tract. In The Iris It Ap Pears As A Tumor Which Grows Very Slowly, Usually Brown And Deeply Pigmented Sometimes Of Lighter Color, With Visible Vessels. Case Of Primary Sarcoma Of The Iris, With Secondary Nodes In The Choroid. The ...
Sarcomata
Sarcomata Of The Naso-pharvnx Are Of Exceedingly Rare Occurrence. To Distin Guish Between A Benign And Malignant Growth Of This Region Is Sometimes Diffi Cult. The Round-cell Variety Is That Usu Ally Found In The Naso-pharyngeal Cav Ity. Age Has No Particular Significance, As The Disease Has Been Observed In ...