Mesenteric Gland Disease
Mesenteric-gland Disease. This May Be Regarded As Being Practically Always The Result Of Tuber Culous Invasion Through The Gastro-intestinal Tract, Caused By The Use Of Uncooked Milk From Infected Cows. Pathological Research Has Demon Strated Abundantly The Fact That The Tubercle Bacillus May Rapidly Pass Through The Intact Intestinal Epithelium ...
Middle Ear
Middle Ear, Diseases Of. Acute Catarrh Of The Middle Ear, If Severe, Will Be Best Relieved By A Smart Purge And The Application Of 2 Or 3 Or 4 Leeches To The Auricle Or Over The Mastoid, And Hot Fomentations Will Encourage The Bleeding From The Bites, And Give Further ...
Migraine Megrim
Megrim, Migraine, Or Hemicrania. Upon The First Approach Of A Seizure, Even Before The Advent Of Pain. When The Eye Symptoms Give Warning Of An Attack. 2o Grs. Phenacetin Or So Grs. Antipyrine In Solution Should Be Given. Sometimes This Treatment Prevents The Headache Coming On And Cuts Short The ...
Motor Neuroses
Motor Neuroses. These Include Peristaltic Unrest Or Ilyffermotility, Nervous Vomiting, Rumination Or .1.1erycism„ Belching, Gastric Spasm, Gastric Atony And Pyloric Insufficiency. All These Common Conditions May Be But The Symptoms Of Organic Stomach Disease Or Of A Simple Dyspepsia Caused By The Continual Violation Of The Health Laws Which Should ...
Mumps
Mumps. The Disease Is Very Infectious From Its Onset, And Even Before The Swelling Of The Jaws Appears, And As The Incubation Stage Varies From 14 To 25 Days And The Contagiousness May Last For A Month After Apparent Convalescence, A Prolonged Period Of Isolation Is Necessary To Prevent The ...
Myelitis
Myelitis. Rest, As Near To Being Absolute As Possible, Should Be Insisted Upon From The Onset Of The First Symptoms. The Best Position Is The Horizontal. Most Authorities Insist Upon The Danger In Permitting The Spine To Become The Lowest Part Of The Body, And Recommend The Lateral Posture With ...
Myopia
Myopia. When The Myopic Eye Is Quite Healthy A Fair Amount Of Exercise Of The Ciliary Muscle Will Tend To Keep Up Its Normal Tone, But The Diminution Of 37 The Angle Of Convergence At Near Work By The Employment Of Suitable Concave Glasses Certainly Tends To Prevent The Myopia ...
Myxedema
Myxedema. Thyroid Feeding Is The Specific For This Condition. The Only Difficulty To Be Met With Is The Problem Of Dosage, Since It Is Impossible At First To Determine Whether Any Portion Of The Gland Is Still Functioning. Murray Has Shown That In Ordinary Routine Practice Ro Mins. Of The ...
Nerves
Nerves, Gunshot Injuries Of. See Under Neuromata, Where The Operations Of Nerve Transplantation, Nerve Anastomosis Or Nerve Transference Are Enumerated. Nettle-rash—see Under Erythema. Neuralgia. Probably No Such Condition As A Purely Functional Neuralgia Can Exist, And The Tendency To Regard The Majority Of Cases Formerly Labelled As Neuralgia In The ...
Neurasthenia
Neurasthenia. Though The Treatment Of The Hysterical Condition And That Of Neuras Thenia Often Run On Lines Which Arc Nearly Parallel, Much Confusion And Consequent Failure Results From Lack Of Appreciation Of The Fundamental Dif Ferences Between The Two States. If The Essential Element In Neurasthenia, Which Is Nervous Exhaustion ...
Neuritis
Neuritis. Treatment Depends Upon The Local Or Constitutional Cause : In Many Instances Where Only One Trunk Is Affected (mononeuritis) A Careful Inquiry Will Reveal Trauma, Pressure Or Compression, As When One Or More Of The Arm Nerves Become Inflamed After A Heavy Sleep During Which The Nerve Trunks Have ...
Neuritis_2
Neuritis, Peripheral. This Is Usually Of The Multiple Degenerative Type, And Commonly Caused By Alcoholism Alone Or In Combination With Arsenic, As In The Memorable Manchester Epidemic Of 19oo, But Other Causal Factors, As Diabetes, Rheuma Tism, Influenza, Malaria, Syphilis, Gout, Gonorrhoea, Diphtheria, Erysipelas, Beriberi, Leprosy, Mineral Poisons, As Copper, ...
Nevus
Nevus. Before Deciding Upon The Question Of Operative Interference For The Removal Of These Congenital Capillary Or Venous Growths, The Fact Must Be Realised That, Whilst The Purely Cutaneous Forms (exemplified In " Port Wine Mark " And Mevoid Moles) Show Little, If Any, Spontaneous Tendency To Disappear, The Subcutaneous ...
Night Terrors
Night Terrors. This Condition Occurs In Children And Resembles The Nightmare Of Adults, With This Essential Difference, That In Night Terrors The Neurotic Child Sees Some Whilst The Nightmare Is The Result Of A Vivid Dream. The Exciting Causes Should Always Be Sought For. Sometimes They Are Associated With Delayed ...
Nightmare
Nightmare. Preventive Treatment Is Often Successful; A Close Scrutiny Of The Causes Which Were At Work In Former Attacks Will Generally Give The Clue To The Management Of The Patient's Feeding, Sleeping Or Mental Work, Which Will Prevent The Recurrence Of The Disorder. As A Rule It Is Produced By ...
Nipples
Nipples, Sore. The Treatment Of Sore Nipples Begins During The Pregnancy, When The Patient's Breasts, Especially If She Is A Primipara, Should Be Examined, And Measures Taken To Remedy Any Defects In The Form Of The Nipple That May Be Present. Depressed Nipples Should Be Drawn Out Daily In The ...
Non Infective
Non - Infective Endonietritis.—under This Heading We May Group A Number Of Conditions In Which The Presence Of An Infective Agent Is Either Not Suggested Or Not Proven, And To Which The Title Of An Inflammatory Condition Suggested By The Name " Endometritis " Can Only Be Applied By Courtesy. ...
Obesity
Obesity. The Treatment Of Obesity Or Corpulency Cannot Be Regarded As In A Satisfactory State, As Of The Various So-called " Systems " Some Are Founded Upon Erroneous Theories At Variance With Recognised Physiological Laws, Whilst Others, Though Based Upon Sound Theory, Cannot Be Carried Out As A Routine Owing ...
Obstructed Labour
Obstructed Labour. The Practitioner Will Diagnose Obstruction When Strong, Regular And Frequent Pains Are Present, And Yet The Head Either Refuses To Engage In The Pelvic Inlet, Or, If It Has Engaged, Ceases To Advance. Treatment Will Largely Depend On The Diagnosis Of The Nature Of The Obstruction To Its ...
Onychia And Paronychia
Onychia And Paronychia. Acute Inflammation Of The Tissue Of The Matrix Or Soft Parts Surrounding The Nail Is Of Septic Origin And Is Known As Onychia, And As Whitlow Or Paronychia When The End Of The Finger Is Involved, The Treatment Of The Mild Subcuticular Or Most Superficial Form Consists ...
Opium Habit
Opium Habit (morphinism). The Treatment Of Chronic Morphinism Is A Serious Undertaking Which Can Only Be Expected To Prove Successful When The Patient Is Removed From His Home And Thoroughly Isolated From His Relatives And Environment In A Proper Nursing Institution Provided With An Experienced Resident Physician And A Staff ...
Optic Nerve Disease
Optic Nerve Disease. Inflammation Attacking The Terminal Portion Of The Optic Nerve Is Known As Optic Neuritis Or Papillitis, And Its Treatment Must Be Directed To The Removal Of The Primary Cerebral Cause, As Tumour, Internal Hydro Cephalus, Sinus Thrombosis, Cerebral Abscess, Meningitis, &c. Trephining Is Urged By Iiorsley And ...
Orchitis And Epididymitis
Orchitis And Epididymitis. In Dealing With Acute Inflammation Of The Testicle, It Is Worth While Remembering That When The Infective Organisms Are Conveyed In The Blood-stream The Body Of The Testicle Is Found To Be The Seat Of Inflamma Tion As In The Orchitis Of Mumps, Typhoid Fever And Gout, ...
Osteomyelitis
Osteomyelitis. Acute Inflammation Of Bone May Originate Either Beneath The Peri Osteum Or In The Medullary Cavity; The Modern View Tends Towards The Acceptance Of The Theory That In Most, If Not In All, Cases Of Acute Osteo Myelitis Involving The Shaft Of The Long Bones Formerly Known As Acute ...
Ovarian Tumours
Ovarian Tumours. At The Present Day It Is Scarcely Necessary To Say That The Treatment Of Ovarian Tumours May Be Shortly Stated In The Words—complete Removal As Soon As Practicable. No Drugs, Whether Administered Per Os Or Applied Locally, Can Have Any Beneficial Effect On The Tumour, And Short Of ...
Ovary
Ovary, Inflammation Of. Acute Ovaritis Occurs As A Rather Rare Complication Of Certain Infectious Fevers, Scarlatina, Smallpox And Mumps. It Is More Common As An Extension Of An Inflammatory Process In The Uterus Or Tubes, Either Gonorrhoeal Or Puerperal. The Inflammation May Affect The Surface Of The Organ (perioophoritis), Leading ...
Oxaluria
Oxaluria. Excess Of Oxalates In The Urine Is Determined By Various Causes, The Appreciation And Detection Of Which Will Afford Indications For Their Removal. Temporary Oxaluria Sometimes Of A Severe Type Is Well Known To Follow The Ingestion Of Certain Vegetables And Fruits, As Rhubarb, Sorrel, Straw Berries, Tomatoes And ...
Ozena
Ozena. Chronic Foul-smelling Purulent Discharge From The Nose, Accompanied By The Formation Of Offensive Crusts, Is Almost Always The Result Of An Atrophic Rhinitis Which Has Commenced In Early Life. Though The Atrophy Which Has Widened The Nasal Passages And Caused The Destruction Of The Ciliated Epithelium Can Never Be ...
Pancreas
Pancreas, Diseases Of. Cystic Disease Of The Pancreas Is Comparatively Rare. It Is Usually A False Cyst And Is Due To Traumatism Often Of A Severe Character. The Fluid Is Therefore Blood-stained And The Swelling Follows The Outlines Of The Lesser Sac Of Peritoneum. Excision Is Therefore Not Possible, But ...
Paralysis
Paralysis, General, Of The Insane. The Close Association Of This Incurable Malady With A Previous Syphilitic Invasion Leaves No Doubt That The Preventive Measures Accepted As Operative In Syphilis Should Be Maintained As Regards General Paralysis. As In Tabes, There Are Good Grounds For Believing, According To The Views Of ...
Paralysis
Paralysis, Diphtheritic. This Condition Is Due To A Peripheral Neuritis, As In The Case Of Poisoning By Alcohol And Arsenic. Though The Patient Is Certain To Recover The Use Of The Paralysed Members, Provided He Can Be Kept Alive Till The Poison Is Eliminated, Nevertheless The Danger Of Sudden Heart ...
Paralysis Agitans
Paralysis Agitans. Though This Disease Must Be Regarded As Progressive And Incurable, Nevertheless Much May Be Done To Relieve The Rigidity, To Minimise The Tremors And Even To Arrest The Progress Of The Muscular Weakness. As Soon As The Diagnosis Is Certain, The Patient Should Be Urged To Give Up ...
Paralysis From Progressive Muscular
Paralysis From Progressive Muscular Atrophy. As This Form Of Wasting Palsy Is Due To A Sclerotic Degeneration Of The Entire Motor Tract, Especially Of Its Lower Segment, Little Can Be Expected From Any Form Of Treatment. Nevertheless, By General Attention To Health Laws, Careful Feeding And Judicious Nursing The Fatal ...
Paralysis_2
Paralysis, Spastic. This Type Belongs To The Group Of Cerebral Or Centric Paralyses Which Include A Number Of Different Organic Lesions Produced By Disease Of The Neurons In Some Portion Of The Upper Motor Tract, Though The Lower Extremities Are Most Frequently The Seat Of The Tonic Spasm. The Treatment ...
Paraphimosis
Paraphimosis. The Sooner The Strangulation Is Reduced The Easier Will The Operation Be, And If Attempted Immediately After The Foreskin Has Been Drawn Hack A Cutting Operation Is Very Seldom Required. The Surgeon, Grasping The Penis Behind The Glans Between The Middle And Index Fingers Of His Interlocked Hands, Pulls ...
Pelvic Inflammation In The
Pelvic Inflammation In The Female. Acute Pelvic Inflammation.—when An Infection Of The Genital Organs Spreads Beyond The Organs Themselves To The Peritoneum Or To The Connec Tive Tissues In Their Immediate Neighbourhood, The Resulting Inflammation Is Termed Broadly Pelvic Bylammation. In Most Cases Such A Condition Arises From The Spread ...
Or Angeioleucitis Lymphangitis
Lymphangitis, Or Angeioleucitis. Inflammation Of Peripheral Lymphatic Vessels Is Always Septic, And Must Be Treated Upon The Lines Followed In Acute Adenitis Or Lvmphadenitis. Attention Should Be At Once Directed To Any Injury Or Wound Which Has Been The Starting-point Of The Affection. This Should Be Treated By Antiseptic Poultices ...
Or Bronchocele Goitre
Goitre, Or Bronchocele. The Treatment Of Endemic Goitre Is Often Satisfactorily Carried Out By The Simple Procedure Of Removing The Patient From The Goitrous District In The Early Stage Of The Disease, When The Thyroid Swelling Will Soon Begin To Diminish Rapidly. The Chief Source Of Mischief Is Certainly Contaminated ...
Or Coccygodynia Coccydynia
Coccydynia, Or Coccygodynia. This Condition Is Generally Due To Injury Of The Coccyx, Often The Result Of Difficult Delivery Or Trauma; It May Be Caused By A True Neuralgia Of The Sacral Nerves Which Will Only Yield To Persistence In The Use Of Anti Neuralgic Remedies. Occasionally It May Be ...
Or Entropion
Entropion, Or Inversion, When Spastic, Sometimes, But Very Seldom, May In Slight Cases Be Remedied By A Temporary Fastening Of The Lower Lid In Its Normal Position By Strapping. When Due To Senile Changes A Long Strip Of Skin, Including The Fibres Of The Orbicularis Muscle Along The Margin Of ...
Or Exfoliative Dermatitis Pityriasis
Pityriasis Ritbra, Or Exfoliative Dermatitis. Constitutional Treatment Is Of Little If Any Value In This Formidable Affection, Which Ilebra Wrongly Regarded As Invariably Fatal. Arsenic Should Not Be Given In The Early Acute Stage, Even In Those Cases Known As Of " Secondary " Type Where The Disease Originates In ...
Or Gastrectasis Gastric Dilatation
Gastric Dilatation, Or Gastrectasis. Acute Dilatation Of The Stomach Is A Very Rare And Generally Fatal Malady, The Cause Of Which Still Remains A Mystery, And Its Treatment Must Be Entirely Symptomatic. If Vomiting Has Not Occurred The Stomach Becomes Dangerously Dilated, Or This May Even Follow Shortly After A ...
Or Hay Asthma Hay
Hay Fever, Or Hay Asthma. Much Interest Is Attached To This Condition Owing To The Study Of The Phenomenon Of Anaphylaxis. The Hypersensitive Individual Reacts To The Pollen Of Certain Grasses In The Summer Or To Ragweed Pollen In The Autumn, As Other Sensitives Do To A Foreign Protein, As ...
Or Hematinuria Hemoglobinuria
Hemoglobinuria, Or Hematinuria. The Treatment Of This Condition, In Which Blood Pigment Or Hwmoglobin Appears In The Urine, Should Be That Of The Primary Hnmolysis Causing The Destruction Of The Red Blood Discs, And The Problem Is Simplified By Recognising That The Origin Of The Disease Is Independent Of Any ...
Or Insolation Sunstroke
Sunstroke, Or Insolation. For Both The Mild Type Of This Affection Known As And For The Grave Form Recognised As Thermic Fever Preventive Measures Ate Obvious. These Include Attention To Clothing, Which Should He Always As Light And Cool As Possible, Open-textured Woollen Garments Next To The Skin Being Essential. ...
Or Nettle Rash Urticaria
Urticaria, Or Nettle Rash. The First Step In The Treatment Is To Discover The Exciting Cause, Which May Be Either Some Local Irritant Or An Internal One. In The Former Case The Task Is An Easy One: Nettle Or Jelly-fish Stings, Mosquito Bites, Etc., Are As A Rule Obvious. The ...
Or Osteomalacia Mollities Ossium
Mollities Ossium, Or Osteomalacia. Bossi, Finding That The Removal Of One Suprarenal Capsule In The Sheep Was Followed By Softening And Brittleness Of The Bones, Has Tried Adrenalin Injections In Human Usteomalacia And Reports Complete Cure. If This Result He Confirmed Much Of The Mystery In The Pathology And Treatment ...
Or Phtheiriasis Pediculosis
Pediculosis, Or Phtheiriasis. The Ordinary Body Louse Is Seldom Seen Upon The Skin, And As It Reside: In The Seams And Creases Of The Clothing, It Cannot He Destroyed Until The Garments Are Subjected To The Action Of Heat Or Reagents Which Kill The Parasite. It Must Also Be Kept ...
Or Psilosis Sprue
Sprue, Or Psilosis. In This Obstinate Catarrhal Condition, Which Affects The Entire Intestinal Tract Of Europeans Residing In Hot Climates, Drugs Are Of Little Value. The Best Routine Treatment, As Determined By Experience, Is A Pure Milk Diet, The Fluid Being Administered In Wineglassful Doses Every Hour, As In The ...
Or Ringworm Tinea
Tinea, Or Ringworm. Linea Circinala Is The Name Applied To Ringworm Of The Glabrous Skin Of The Body. Whether Due To The Small Or Large Spored Trickophyton This Type Of The Disease Is Easily And Speedily Cured By Almost Any Anti Parasitic Application. The Best Routine Application In Mild Cases ...
Or Smallpdx Variola
Variola, Or Smallpdx. Prophylaxis Is Of Vital Importance In A Disease Of Such A Highly Contagious Nature, And As Vaccination Affords A High Degree Of Immunity, Especially When Repeated At Intervals Of 15 To 20 Years, Every Individual In The Community Above 15 Years Should He Revaccinated As Soon As ...
Or Tinea Tarsi Blepharitis
Blepharitis, Or Tinea Tarsi. This Is Due To An Eczema Of The Margins Of The Eyelid, And May Be Caused In Mild Cases By Errors Of Refraction, Which Tend To Produce A Chronic Hyperemia Of Their Conjunctival Covering. In Severe Cases The Disease May Be Part Of A Strumous Or ...
Or Trypanosomiasis Sleeping Sickness
Sleeping-sickness, Or Trypanosomiasis. Every Known Antiseptic Or Antiparasitic Drug Has Been Tried, Though, As Stated By 1). Bruce, There Is No Absolute Proof That A Single Case Of Recovery Has Ever Occurred. In The Second Review Published In The Re Ports Of The ‘vellcome Research Laboratories At Khartoum (19ii), Reference ...
Or Verruca Warts
Warts, Or Verruca. Most Simple Cases Of Warts About The Hand And Fingers Are Best Treated By Once A Day Touching The Elevations With A Pointed Piece Of Soft Wood Soaked In Glacial Acetic Acid. Where There Is A Very Extensive Layer Of Epithelium, The Wart Should Be Shaved By ...
Or Whooping Cough Pertussis
Pertussis, Or Whooping-cough. The Mortality Lessens Markedly With The Age Of The Patient Isolation Thus Becomes A Question Of Vital Importance. This Is To Be Decided Upon By The Peculiar Nature Of The Patient's Surroundings, And As It Generally Will Be Required For S Or Io Weeks Under Ordinary Circumstances, ...
Or Wry Neck Torticollis
Torticollis, Or Wry-neck. Several Different Diseased Conditions Are Included Under These Titles, Which Call For Treatment Based On Totally Different Principles. Rheumatic Tcrticollis, Or " Stiff Neck," Is An Acute Transient Condition Allied To Lumbago And Other Forms Of Fibrositis Which Come On After Exposure To Cold. The Pain, Tenderness, ...