Tuberculosis Of The Kidney
Tuberculosis Of The Kidney Is, In The Majority Of Cases, Associated With Tuberculosis In Other Organs. The Kidney Is Enlarged, Sometimes Very Considerably, And Cheesy Masses Are Seen In The Secret Ing Substance. This Condition Was For Merly Known As Scrofulous Kidney. Symploms.—there Is Usually Tender Ness And Swelling In ...
Tuberculosis Of The Larynx
Tuberculosis Of The Larynx. Definition. — A. Tuberculous, Primary Or Secondary, Infiltration Of The Glandu Lar Elements And Connective Tissue Of The Larynx Characterized By Tumefaction And Ulceration And Giving Rise To Dysphagia, Aphonia, And Dyspncea. Symptoins.—tnberculosis Of The Lar Ynx Is Often Present In Cases Of Pulmo Nary Tuberculosis, ...
Tuberculosis Of The Lungs
Tuberculosis Of The Lungs. Definition. — Pulmonary Tuberculosis, Phthisis, Or Consumption, Is A Specific In Flammation Of Pulmonary Tissue Caused By The Inception Of The Tubercle Bacillus. Small Nodules Are Scattered, More Or Less Profusely, Throughout The Diseased Areas, And Cause Certain Pathological Changes, Such As Infiltration, Caseation, Fibrosis, Calcification, ...
Tuberculous Broncho Pneumonia
Tuberculous Broncho-pneumonia. —this Form Is Much More Common In Adults And Children Than Is Commonly Supposed. At Jefferson Medical College Hospital, Where I Saw Many Children And Adolescents, I Made Inquiries As To The Antecedents Of Many Of The Cases, And Found That There Could Be Separated A Group Of ...
Tuffnells
Tuffnell's Metnon.—the Best Known Method In This Connection Is That Of Tuffnell, Which, Though Usually Em Ployed For Internal Aneurisms, Has Also Been Advantageously Used For Aneurisms Of The Extremities. The Object Of Tuffnell's Treatment Is To Reduce The Watery Elements Of The Blood And To Increase The Solid Elements. ...
Tumors Of Larynx
Larynx, Tumors Of. See Tumors Of The Larynx And Lungs. Lead.—leaci (plunabum) Is Not Offi Cial, As It Is Uot Employed In Medicine. Lead Combines With Oxygen Forming Ox Ides, One Of Which (the Yellow) Is Official (plumbi Oxidum, U. S. P.), With The Acids And With Chlorine, Iodine, Bromine, ...
Tumors Of The Base
Tumors Of The Base Strictly Limited To The Anterior Fossa Would Affect The Olfactory Nerves, But By Extending Back Ward Into The Middle Fossa They May Cause Unilateral Loss Of Sight Or Some Form Of Hemianopsia. Mental Symptoms Are Usually Present On Account Of Press Ure On The Anterior Lobes. ...
Tumors Of The Brain
Tumors Of The Brain. Symptoms.—the Symptoms Of A Tumor Of The Brain Vary According To The Size Of The Growth, Its Location, The Rapidity Of Its Development, The Age Of The Pa Tient, The Character Of The Tumor, And The Indirect Effects On Distant Portions Of The Brain. These May ...
Tumors Of The Cerebellum
Tumors Of The Cerebellum Cause Well-marked General Symptoms, Such As Headache, Double Choked Disks, Vomiting, And Often Dizziness. Focal Symptoms, However, Will Be Entirely Wanting If The Tumor Is Not Very Large And Situated In One Hemisphere, Especially In Its Poste Rior Portion, So As Not To Affect The Func ...
Tumors Of The Larynx
Tumors Of The Larynx And Lungs. Tumors Of The Larynx. Symptoms.—the Location Of A Laryn Geal Tumor, Its Size, And Its Nature Bear Considerable Influence Upon The Symp Tomatology. A Growth Situated Ante Riorly In The Anterior Commissure May, Though Small, So Prevent Approximation Of The Cords As To Cause ...
Tumors Of The Maxillary
Tumors Of The Maxillary Gland. —this Gland May Be The Seat Of Any Of The Forms Of Tumor Met With In The Parotid, But, Like It, Is Often Involved In Growths That Develop In The Neighboring Structures, Especially Carcinoma Of The Inferior Maxillary. The Mass Usually Projects Beneath The Jaw. ...
Tumors Of The Pons
Tumors Of The Pons Give Rise To Dis Tinct, But Variable, Symptoms, Depending Upon The Size And Exact Location Of The Growth. A Tumor May Be Situated To One Side Of The Pons And Cause Decided Pontile Symptoms From Direct Pressure, And If The Pons Is Pushed To One Side, ...
Twisting Or Knotting
Twisting Or Knotting (volvulus). —this Form Of Obstruction Is Far More Difficult To Recognize. It Presents The Main Symptoms Of Intestinal Obstruction, Including Preliminary Constipation; But There Is, As A Rule, No History Of Tenesmus Or Of Muco-sanguineous Stools. The Acute Symptoms Appear .suddenly And Are Se Vere From The ...
Typhoid Fever
Typhoid Fever. — The Relations Be Tween Typhoid Fever And Malaria Are The Same As Between Malaria And Other In Fective Processes. From Our Present Knowledge Of Malarial Fever And The Aid In Diagnosis Afforded By The Microscope We Know That There Is No Distinct Clin Ical Type Of The ...
Typhoid Fever
Typhoid Fever. Definition.—typhoid Fever Is An Acute Contagious Self-limited Disease, Which Is Characterized By Inflammation And Ul Ceration Of Peyer's Patches And The Soli Tary Glands Of The Small And Large In Testine. Although These Lesions Are Present In Such A Number Of Cases That The Term "enteric Fever" Has ...
Typhus Fever
Typhus Fever. Synonyms. — Typhus Gravior; Camp Fever; Ship-fever; Spotted Fever; Ex Anthematous Fever. Definition.—an Acute Infectious Feb Rile Disease, Commencing Abruptly, Con Tinuous In Type, Reaching Its Crisis In About Two Weeks, Accompanied By Macu Lated Or Petechial Spots On The Surface And Prominent Nervous Symptoms. Symptoms.—the Period Of ...
Typiilitis
Typiilitis. — This Disease Is Charac Terized By A Gradual Onset, A Typhoid Course, And A Prolonged Convalescence. The Pain On Pressure In Typhlitis Is Dull, While In Appendicitis It Is Sharp, Typhlitis Is More A Disease Of Corpulent Aged Individuals Leading A Sedentary Life; Appendicitis Is An Affection Of ...
Ulceration Of Tiie
Ulceration Of Tiie Thema Frequently Occurs As A Complica Tion Of Lactation Particularly In Primip Am. Far More Distressing, However, Is A Condition Due To The Fact That The Co Lostrum Causes Maceration Of The Epithe Lium Of The Nipple; Small Vesicles Appear Which, If Not Arrested By Timely Treat ...
Undescended
Undescended Testicle.—the Testi Cle May Be Arrested In Any Parts Of Its Course In Its Descent From The Kidney To The Scrotum; When Retained In The Ab Domen, It Is Termed Cryptorchidism. It Is Sometimes Found In The Groin And In The Perineum. The Cause Of These Ab Normalities Has ...
Unguen Tem Crede
Unguen Tem Crede. — Unguentum Crede Is A Salve Containing 15 Per Cent. Of Soluble Metallic Silver. The Greatest Care Is Needed In Its Preparation, In Or Der To Obtain The Minute Subdivision Of The Silver Particles Necessary For Its Ab Sorption Through The Skin. It Is Indicated In The ...
Unofficial Preparations
Unofficial Preparations. - Aqua Picis, G. P. (tar, 1 Part; Water, 4 Parts), 1 To 2 Pints Daily. Liquor Picis Alkalinus, Bulkley (tar, 2 Parts; Caustic Potash, 1 Part; Water, 5 Parts). Fix Saccharatum (saccharated Tar; Tar, 4 Per Cent.). Vinum Picis, N. F. (tar, 1 Pint; Glyc Erin, White ...
Untoward Effects
. Untoward Effects. — Though Gau Cher Insists That It Would Require 2 Ounces, Per Day, Administered For Several Days In Succession, To Produce Dangerous Symptoms, His Confidence Is Not Sup Ported By Genera] Evidence, For It Has Been Known, In Considerably Smaller Doses, To Induce Parenchymatous Ne Phritis. This ...
Urettirotomt
Urettirotomt. — Gradual Dilatation Having Failed, Or Being Impossible, Some Form Of Cutting Operation Will Be Neces Sary. Internal Urelhrotony. — Strictures Of The Meatus And First Inch And A Half Of The Urethra May Be Divided Either By A Convex, Blunt-pointed Tenotome Or By One Of The Various Forms ...
Urjemia
Urjemia. — The Dyspncea Occurring As A Symptom Of Urmia Is More Or Less Continuous And Accompanied By Presence Of Casts In The Urine. Etiology. — Heredity Shows Itself In About One-half Of The Cases When Three Generations Are Included In The Compu Tation. The Influence Of Heredity Is Very ...
Urticaria Hives Nettle Rash
Urticaria (hives; Nettle Rash). Definition.—a Symptomatic Disorder Of The Skin Characterized By The Sudden Appearance Of Pinkish, Hard, Puffy Ings, Or Wheals, Usually Pinkish-white, But Varying Greatly In Color And Shape. Symptoms. — The Wheals Are Invari Ably Accompanied By Local Heat, Marked Pruritus, And Fornication, And Disappear Early. Its ...
Uses By
Uses By Inhalation.—inhalations Of Oxygen-gas Are, In A General Way, In Dicated In Conditions Where There Is A Deficiency Of Oxygen, Manifested By Symptoms Of Asphyxia, Dyspncea, Or Dis Turbed Nutrition, Or When There Is Some Functional Disturbance Of Or Impediment To Respiration. We Find Inhalations Of Oxygen Useful And ...
Uterine
Uterine Disorders.—certain Condi Tions Influencing The Genital Apparatus —such As Puberty, Pregnancy, Fibroid Tumor, Which Cause A Distinct Change In The Metabolism Of The Entire Organism— Very Frequently Cause An Enlargement Of The Thyroid Gland. Again, The Deficiency Of The Normal Thyroid Secretion Follow Ing Thyroidectomy In Myxcedema, Cre Tinism, ...
Uterine Myomata
Uterine Myomata. — Slow Growth, Resistance Of The Tumor, Presence Of Multiple Growths, Irregular Contour, And Relation To The Uterus Afford Confirmation In The Diagnosis. The Difficulty May Be As Great In Oedematous Fibroids And In Fibrocystic Tumors. Double Ovarian Cysts, Particularly Where The Pediele Is Short Or Absent, May ...
V Non Official Preparation S
V. Non-official Preparation-s. — Ferratin, To 30 Grains. Ferri Arsenas, 1/26 To 1/, Grain. Ferri Bromidum, 5 To 20 Grains. Syrupus Ferri Bromidi, 15 To 60 Drops. Ferropyrin, 8 To 15 Grains. Limmalbumin, 5 To 15 Grains. 11-raoferrum, 3 Grains. Iimmogallol, 2 To 8 Grains. Ilmmoglobin, 75 To 150 Grains. ...
Vacci Nation Variola Small Pdx
Variola (small-pdx), Vacci Nation, And Varioloid. Variola. Definition.—an Acute General Febrile Affection Accompanied By Characteristic Eruptions On The Cutaneous Surface And Propagated By A Specific Contagium. A Period Of Incuba Tion Varying From Nine To Fourteen Days The Active Symptoms Of Variola Com Mence Abruptly By A Chill Of Varying ...
Vagino Perineal Injuries
Vagino-perineal Injuries. Surgery Of The Of The Perineum May Be Described As A Split Ting Of The Perineal Body, Which Latter Directly Or Indirectly Supports The Blad Der, Rectum, Uterus, And The Intestines. Various Degrees Of Laceration Are De Scribed Which May Be Classed Under The Heads: "complete" And "partial ...
Valvular Diseases Of The
Valvular Diseases Of The Heart And Endocarditis. Endocarditis. Definition.—inflammation Of The Mem Brane Lining The Cavities Of The Heart. The Process May Be Acute Or Chronic. The Acute Form Is Variously Described As "simple," "benign," Or "verrucose," And "ulcerative," "septic," Or "malignant," According To The Mildness Or Severity Of The ...
Varicella
Varicella. Synonym.—chicken-pox. Definition.—a Mild, Contagious, Erup Tive Fever, Occurring Chiefly During Child Hood And Youth. The Name Varicella Was Applied To This Disease Early In Med Ical History, Before It Had Been Fully Dif Ferentiated From Variola. Symptoms.—after A Period Of Incuba Tion, Varying, In Different Cases, From Ten To ...
Varieties Of
Varieties Of Induration.—the In Itial Induration—initial Sclerosis—may Present Itself Under Different Forms: 1. The Simplest Form, The Parchment Induration, Usually Underlies Ulceration, And May Escape Notice Unless Carefully Sought By Pinching Up The Lesion With The Thumb And Finger So As To Press Lightly Upon Its Edges Without Bending It. ...
Varieties Of Eruption Observed
Varieties Of Eruption Observed After Ingestion Of Different Drugs. —erythematous And Erythemato-papu Lar Eruptions Are Sometimes Observed After Taking Belladonna, Hyoscyamus, Stramonium, Quinine, Nitrite Of Amyl, Chloroform, Arsenic, Opium, Turpentine, Cubebs, Copaiba, Antipyrine, And Ben Zoate Of Sodium. Sometimes These Are Attended With More Or Less Severe Itch Ing, And ...
Vascular Diseases Of The
Vascular Diseases Of The Brain. — The Subjects Of Cerebral Ilemorrhage, Encephalitis, Cere Bral Abscess, And Hydrocephalus Have Been Already Treated, And Hence Need No Further Mention. Cerebral Vascular Diseases Might Be Considered As To Their Effects: 1. On The Permeability Of The Vessel-walls. 2. On The Vasomotor Arrangements For ...
Venebeal
Venebeal Isoliders.—i/1 The Ame Mia Of Syphilis The Use Of The Iodide Of Iron Is Indicated. In Sloughing Phagedena Or Chancroid, The Amemia Incident To Those Affections Is Best Treated By The Iodide Of Iron, Though Many Prefer The Tartrate Of Iron And Potash. Twenty-five Cases Of Spermatorrhoca Treated With ...