Scabies
Scabies. Definition.—an Inflammatory Conta Gious Disease Of The Skin, Due To The Pres Ence Of The Acorns Scabiei And Attended By Severe Pruritus. Symptoms. — The Eruption Produced By The Acarus Scabiei Consists Of Scat Tered Vesicles And Papules, Which Are Usually Located Between The Fingers And On The Flexor ...
Scleroderma
Scleroderma. Definition. — A Disease Characterized By Induration Of The Skin, And At Times Of The Subcutaneous Tissues, Which Some Times Progresses To Complete Atrophy Of These Tissues. Varieties. — Three Main Varieties Of Scleroderma Are Recognized: The Diffuse, Which Is Generalized Or Limited To Certain Areas; The Circumscribed, Or ...
Sclerosis Of The
Sclerosis Of The Brain.—scle Rosis Of The Brain Is A Condition Which Results From A Chronic Inflammation Of The Cerebral Tissue, Which Inflammation May Arise Primarily In The Connective Tissue Or Secondarily By Extension Or Contiguity, And Is Analogous In Many Re Spects To That Inflammatory Action Which Is Associated ...
Scorbutus Scurvy
Scorbutus (scurvy). Definition.—a General Disease Charac Terized By Marked Adynamia, Spongy Gums, And A Tendency To Haemorrhage, Due To Deficient Or Improper Food. Symptoms.—the First Sign Of The Dis Ease Is Fatigue And General Depression, Accompanied Sometimes By Muscular Pains In The Back And Calves. Pallor, Loss Of Flesh, And ...
Scrofulosis
Scrofulosis. — In Scrofulous Tions—so Called—iodine Fulfills A Useful Purpose. Lugol, Who Did So Much To Show The Merits Of Iodine In This Class Of Cases, Is Said To Have Obtained A Large Portion Of Recoveries By Means Of The Solution Bearing His Name As Far Back As 1828. Bazin ...
Seborrhoea Oleosa
Seborrhoea Oleosa Is Generally Lim Ited To The Face And Is Due To Hypersecre Tion From The Sebaceous Glands. As A Result, The Skin Is Covered With An Oily Coating, Which Gives The Region A Shiny Appearance. Upon The Application Over The Affected Area Of A Piece Of Absorbent Paper, ...
Secondary
Secondary Cataract.—this Cordi Tion Refers To The Changes That Are, At Times, Observed In The Capsule Of The Lens Following, For Example, Extraction Of Cataract. It Is Frequently Seen After The Attempted Removal Of An Immature Cat Aract In Which A Portion Of The Lens Substance Remains. This Occurs When ...
Secondary Ilemorrhage
Secondary Ilemorrhage. — When Secondary Hemorrhage Occurs From A Stump, Pre Sure And Elevation May Ar Rest It And Should Be Tried Before Resort Ing To Other Measures. If It Cannot Be Stopped By These Means, The Wound Is To Be Opened Up Again—provided The Union Is Not Far Advanced ...
Semispecifics And Antiseptics
Semispecifics And Antiseptics. The Profession Is Still Searching For A Specific For This Disease. Iodine, Men Thol, Cinnamic Acid, Oil Of Cloves, Cod Liver-oil, Peanut-oil, Nitrate Of Silver Hypodermically And Externally, Iodide Of Potassium, Europhen, Formalin, Creasote, Guaiacol, Ichthyol, Kalagua, Tuberculin, Antitubercle Serum, Various Forms Of Cold And Hot Inhalations, ...
Senna
Senna. Physiological Action. — Administered Alone, Magnesium Acts Very Slowly As A Purgative, But, Contrary To The Effects Ob Tained From Sulphate Of Sodium, The Purgative Effect Seems To Increase When The Same Dose Is Repeated Several Days In Succession. Again, While The Former Agent Gives Rise To No Notable ...
Sensory
Sensory Aphasta.—auditory Apha Sia.—this Variety Is More Rarely Met With Than Motor Aphasia. Both The Re Ception And Production Of Audible Speech Are Deficient, The Leading Symptoms Be Ing, On The Receptive Side, Word-deafness And, On The Productive Side, Word-am Nesia And Articulative Amnesia. Speech And Separate Words Are Dis ...
Sensory Aphasia
Sensory Aphasia. — Cortical Word Deafness Is Usually Caused By A Lesion Of The Middle Or Posterior Portion Of The First And Second Left Temporal Convolu Tion, Chiefly The First. Auditory Speech Is Not, However, So Exclusively A Left Brain Function As Is Motor Speech; Hence The Fact Of Incomplete ...
Sepsis
Sepsis. — Like Most Metallic Sub Stances, Copper Has Been Suggested In Septic Disorders, But Latterly Its Use Has Become Very Restricted. In Threatened Puerperal Fever Good Results Were Obtained By Washing Out The Uterus And Vagina With A 5-per-cent. Solution Of Copper Sulphate. By Control Experiments It Was Found ...
Septic
Septic Diseases.—the Value Of The Drug In The Management Of All Forms Of Sepsis Cannot Be Too Highly Extolled. It Is One Of The Very Few Agents That Make An Impression On Glanders In The Human Subject, And It Is Even More Effective In Anthrax, Puerperal Fever, Carbuncle, Etc., And ...
Serous And Sero Fibrinous Exuda
Serous And Sero-fibrinous Exuda Nox.—in Many Cases Besides The Fibrin There Is A Tangible Quantity Of Serous Exudation Containing Fibrinous Shreds. The Fluid Varies In Quantity From A Few Drachms To An Amount Sufficient To Enor Mously Distend The Chest. Unless Cir Cumscribed By Adhesions The Fluid Col Lects At ...
Shock
Shock. Definition.—a General Depression Of The Vital Functions Due To Lowered Blood Pressure, Brought On By Vasomotor Pare Sis Of Central Origin, And Occurring Either As The Result Of Considerable Loss Of Blood, The Accumulation Of Blood In The Larger Abdominal Venous Trunks, Or Contusion Of The Sensory Nerves. Symptoms.—shock ...
Shri3ips And
Shri3ips And Lobsters.—potted Shrimps (lancet, Sept. 17, '9s) Recently Caused Forty Persons To Suffer From Vio Lent Gastrointestinal Symptoms At St. Ann's-on-the-sea. In This Region The Shrimp-nets Are Piled For Some Miles Along The Coast, Where A Deep Channel Divides The Foreshore From The Shallow Banks. It Is Said That ...
Silver
Silver. — Silver (argentum) In Its Pure Metallic State Has A Perfectly White Color And A High Degree Of Lustre. It Is Unaffected By Oxygen Or Moisture, But Is Readily Attacked By Sulphur, And Tarnishes When Exposed To The Air Containing Hy Drogen Sulphide. The Metal Is Not Offi Cial, ...
Sitbacromial Dislocations A
Sitbacromial Dislocations.-a Few Cases Are Recorded In Which The Outer End Of The Clavicle Was Forced Down And Caught Under The Acromion. Direct Vio Lence And Muscular Action Are The Re Applied Obliquely In The Bony Surface And Directly On The Capsule Of The Joint, Through Which The Head Of ...
Skin
Skin Disornens.—ipecac Is Excreted In Part By The Skin (binz), And We Find That Its Diaphoretic Properties May Be Utilized In The Beginning Of Fevers, Colds, And Other Inflammatory Conditions, For Which Purpose It Is Associated With Opium As In The Official "pulvis Ipecacuanha Et Opii." In The Dermatitis Caused ...
Skin
Skin. — The Long-continued Use Of Arsenic Is Not Infrequently Followed By Changes In The Skin. The Changes May Be In The Form Of Eruptions, Pigmenta Tion, Etc. Case Of Brown Discoloration Of The Skin, Produced By Long Use Of Arsenic, In A Boy, 10 Years Of Age, Suffering From ...
Skin Disorders
Skin Disorders. — Chloride Of Cal Cium Will Often Abort Furuncles And Pro Duce A Salutary Influence Upon All Stru Mous Cutaneous Affections: Acne, Lupus, Etc. It Has Recently Been Recommended As A Depilatory. In Many In,tames It Will Abort Tu Mmies, But The Most Marked Effect Of Calcium Chloride ...
Skyphosis Or
Skyphosis Or Lordosis.—since 1883, Dieulafoy Has Practiced Thoracentesis 180 Times On 69 Hospital Patients And 200 Times In His Private Practice, And Never Once Has He Seen The Liquid Become Purulent After The Operation. Whenever The Liquid Reached 1800 Grammes (60 Ounces) Thoracentesis Was Imperative. Treatment By Irrigation Of The ...
Spasm Or Rigidity Or
Spasm Or Rigidity Or Other Abnor Malities Of The Cervix.—these Are Potent And Frequent Causes Of Dystocia, Their Tendency Being To Very Materially Prolong The First Stage Of Labor. The Spasm Of The Cervix May Be Due To Reflex Conditions, Such As Malpositions Of The Foetus, But A Most Frequent ...
Spasmodic
Spasmodic Disorders.—in Spasmodic Cough, With Little Or No Secretion From The Bronchial Tubes, Gelsemium Generally Gives Prompt Relief. It Has Been Recom Mended As A Useful Remedy In The Spas Modic Stage Of Pertussis, The Nervous Cough Of Hysteria, The Nagging Cough Of Phthisis With Scanty Secretion, And In Reflex ...
Spasmodic Sneezing
Spasmodic Sneezing. - This Repre Sents But A Manifestation Of A Physio Logical Function Repeated Frequently Or Continuing Beyond The Usual Limits. It May Be Caused By An Hypenusthetic State Of The Pituitary Membrane Coupled With The Presence Of Foreign Particles Capable, By Their Shape, Of Keeping Up A Titillation ...
Spasms And Convulsions In
Spasms And Convulsions In Children. Tetany.—tetany Is A Motor Neurosis Called By Some Authorities A Disease, But Is More Generally Described As A Mere Dis Order Based Upon Several Pathological Factors Which Are More Or Less Constant. It Is Probably Of Toxic Origin And Bears Close Etiological Relationship To Rickets; ...
Special
Special Symptoms.—pain Is A Symp Tom Of Great Frequency, And Is Always Present When The Lesion Extends To The Periphery Of The Lung. It Is Sharp, Bing, Agonizing In Character, And Is Usu Ally Referred To The Region Of The Nipple Of The Affected Side. Its Possible Tion To Other ...
Specific Infectious Fevers
Specific Infectious Fevers. Relapsing Fever (famine Fever). Definition.—an Infectious Fever Caused By Obermeier's Spirocheta Characterized By 'a Febrile Paroxysm Of About Six Days' Duration, Followed By A Remission Of About Equal Length, And One Or More Relapses Of Both Paroxysm And Remission. Symptoms And Diagnosis.—relapsing Fever Has Not Been Met ...
Spinal Subaraciinoid Injections
Spinal Subaraciinoid Injections. —this Method Of Producing Anfesthesia Was First Resorted To By J. Leonard Corn Ing, Of New York. It Consists In The In Jection Of A Solution Of Cocaine Into The Subarachnoid Cavity. This Soon Acts Upon The Spinal Centres And Ganglia, And The Whole Or Lower Half ...
So Malignant Tertian Fever
Malignant Tertian Fever, So Desig Nated By Marchiafava And Bignami To Distinguish It From Tertian Fever Of The Regularly-intermittent Type, Is Character Ized By Paroxysms Occurring Approxi Mately Every Forty-eight Hours. These Observers Describe The Temperature-curve As Possessing The Following Peculiarities: A Rapid Rise, Frequently Without A Chill; With Slight ...