I'll IK ACTION 





nii.1 1 ] mok n i 



Diffraction 



•i]. Tin . a when 



it ; tun D. Grat 



ing, ruled with fine lint -^ : it i> 



the bat- 

 terj 



Diffuse • over], 



d y . D . 

 Aneurysm. the walls 



D. Cerebral Sclerosis. 

 D. Inflammation 

 Diffusibl- ur]. 



I i. .in the 

 g stimulants, 

 ■ 

 :sion id]. A 



D.. Anodal, - 

 D. -circle, the im formed 



the true 



having been 



Digastric . belly]. 



II.. D. Muscle. See Mil 



D. Triangle. [able of. 



Digenesis - . aeration]. 



hi . the alternation of sexual and asexual gen- 



Digenous ex]. In biol- 



or originating from 



Digerent , to digest] A digest- 



medicine that excites the secretion of pus 

 in ' 

 Digestant to digest]. I. A 



that effects solution of the food in 

 tach, and intestines. 2. A remedy for 

 indij 

 Digestibility Hbilis, that can be 



bility of being digested. 

 Digestib'.-j /is. that can be di- 



->tio Difficilie -odif-ik' -il-is) [I.-]. Syn- 



Digestio: r-rere, to digest]. In lii- 



od taken into an 



me part thereof. D., 



Artificial, utside of the 



D., Primary, gastrointestinal digestion. D., 



Secondary imilation by the body-cells of their 



um. 



Digestive , -,] i. Relat- 



^ \n a^ent that | 



process of 

 D. Apparatus, -tion 



D. Tract, the whole aliment- 

 See lllustra- 



■ 



■]. Pertaining to the 

 D. Arteries. I the hands 



D. Comprc ,f a How .,f blood by 



D. Dilatation, tlv .-nlar^'- 



D. Examina- 

 tion, j) 



Nerves nd feel D. Pha- 



langes, 

 Digitalein 



Digita. • the 



I 



active principle of Digita urea, </. v. Dose gr. 



j. A precipitate from a tincture of Digitalis 



I not. Besides the foregoing there are 



various commercial preparations known by tin- name. 



Digitalis (dij-it-a'-lis) [digitalis, pertaining to the 

 fingers]. Foxglove. The leaves of D. purpurea. It 

 itains an amorphous complex substance, digitalin, 

 that does not, however, represent the full properties 

 of the leaves. It i- a cardial- stimulant and excito 

 motor, and in large doses causes severe gastric dis 

 turbance. It i- em] mainly in ms of the 



heart when the latter is rapid and feeble. Dos 

 the leaves gr. ss-iij. D. abstractum. strength twice 

 that of digitalis itself. Unof. Dosegr. ' + ii. D., Ext., 

 leaves yield 25 per cent, of extract. Dose gr. ' ,, '_-. 

 D., Ext., Fid., strength 100 per cent. 1 lose rr\ j-iij. 

 D. infusum, 1 > 2 per cent, in strength. I >ose ■• ss-j. 

 D., Tinct., 15 per cent. I >ose m^v- 3 j. See Digitalin. 



Digitalose idij-it-al-oz ,s \ [digitalis, pertaining to the 

 fingers]. A white crystalline constituent of digitalis. 



Salivary Gland 



hagus 



Lacttals 



Intestine 



ytrmiform Appendix 



RAL SCHEME OF THK DlGKSTlVK TRACT, WITH THE 



Chief Glands Opening into It; Together with mi- 

 rom im- Intestine and Joining 

 im-: Thoracic Dlct. (Landois.) 



Digitate {dij'-il-af\ [digitus, linger]. In biology, hav- 

 ing linger-like divis when the leaflets of a 

 compound leaf are all borne on the apex of the petiole. 



Digitation [dij-it-a'-shuti) [digitatus, having digits]. 

 A serration; a finger-like process, or a succession ol 

 such ] ir 



Digiten {dij'-it-en) [digitus, a finger], I'.elonging to a 

 digil in itself. 



Digiti mortui [dij'-iti nior'-tni) [I..]. Dead- 

 rs ; a cold and white -tat.- of the lingers, seen in 



