D'Ol I REPON 1 > \ 1 RSI< »N 





liRIl.I. 



D'Outrepont's Version. In obstetrics, indirect version, 

 the head I" 1 from without by the hand 



the other hand, well 



ne, is introdu< ed 



into the utei ing shoulder 



i which the bn e< h i> 

 ted. 

 Dover's Powder. Pulvis mpositus. 



5 

 Dowel ; I 1" dentistry, 



tin il uniting an) artificial crown 



to t. 'til. 



Dowell's Operation 

 Doycrc. Eminence, Hillock, Papilla, or Tuft of. 



Dracina . gon |. A genus 



ike. D. cinnabari 

 I), schizantha I \ ■- • and D. draco 



,i part «>t" the so-called 



Dracol 



Dracontiasis j ■' ujv, dragon]. 



a skin-disease due to the 

 ed nematode worm, dra- 

 iy the devel- 

 >ses. The disease is 

 and various parts of Africa and 

 male worm is cylin- 

 •i diameter and about },o inches long, 

 a much longer. It may be felt lit of 



i. When about to make its 

 itching and discomfort, followed 

 ■ of the worm gains en 

 lie human body and there develops with 

 tnimal \, Tabl 

 Dracunculus ku-lus] [dim. of draco, a drag- 



thread- worms, belonging 

 Parasites {Anitn 

 D. medinensis. See Draconti 

 Draft. Draught . to draw], i. A 



ally a medicine drunk at one 



a poultice. D., Black, 



una. D., Chopart's, a mix- 



aiba, alcohol, peppermint 



;n of tolu. and sweet ,-pirit of niter. 



D., Effervescing, one containing sodium or potassium 



■ id. 

 Dragee oated pill, bolus, 



DragendorfTs Tests. 



Dragendorff and Kossow's Test Table of . 



Dragon Root Indian I 'urnip. 



and dia 

 n\xv-zj. I 'not. 

 Dragon's Blood i '| 



. I ! Indian rat- 



c na, 



,aW. Ii. 



blood are astrin- 



v m the arts and in mak- 



Dra | n |, \ , hannel tli. I 



buildin 

 rial that affords a 

 mnd or 

 D. -throat. 



ithing the air fn 

 Drainaiy tin]. I. I he 



i WOUl 



cavity, j ; t£ D. Anchor, a rubber fila- 



ment inserted in an abscess or cavity. D.-tube, a 

 rubber tube with perforations for draining wounds or 

 cavities. D.-tube, Decalcified, a decalcified bone 

 . of a chicken, etc.) used as a drainage-tube. 

 Dram, or Drachm [dram) ['\""i'"/. ;l Greek weight]. 

 The eighth part of the apothecaries' ounce, equal to 

 grains or 3.8 grams. Also the one sixteenth part 

 of the avoirdupois ounce, equal to -7-.u grains. D., 

 Fluid, the eighth part of a fluidounce, equal to 00 



minims. 



Dramatism [dram'-at-izm) [ipafia, a drama]. In- 

 sanely stilted and loftj spee< h oi behavior. 



Draper's Test. See Tests, Table of. 



Drastic [dras , -tik) \6paeiv, todraw]. 1. A powerful and 

 irritating purgative, such as scammony or gamboge. 

 j. Severe, harsh, powerful. 



Draught [draft). See Draft. 



Draw [ME. , drawen, todraw]. To digest and 1 

 to discharge ; said of a poultice. In dentistry, to re- 

 move a tooth from its socket. In andrology, to re- 

 move the urine from the bladder by means of a 

 catheter. D. -bench, a bench for drawing wire, so 

 constructed as to confine a wire-plate at one end, 

 with a roller and windlass at the other end for draw- 

 ing the wire through the plate. 



Drawer, Gold. An apparatus for use in the dental 

 laboratory to collect gold scraps and filings. 



Drayman's Bottom. An enlargement of the bursa 

 situated over the tuberosity of the ischium. 



Dream (i/rcw) [Ml*!., dremen, to dream]. 1. An invol- 

 untary series of images, emotions, and thoughts pre 

 sented to the mind during sleep. 2. To be conscious 

 of such manifestations. D., Waking, an illusion or 

 hallucination. D., Wet, a term given to the emission 

 of semen during sleep. 



Dreamy [dre f -me) [ME., dremen, to dream]. Full of 

 dreams. D. State, a common psychic aura of epi- 

 lepsy in which the patient experiences a sensation 

 of strangeness or sometimes of terror. It may be 

 assoi iated with flashes of light or auditory aune. 



Drechsel's Test. See Tests, Table of. 



Drechsler's Test. See Tests, Table of. 



Drench [ME., drenchen, to drench, drown]. In 

 veterinary practice, a draught ol medicine. 



Drepanidium [dre-pan-id 1 '-e-um) \6ptiratnj, a sickle]. 

 The sickle-shaped young of certain protozoans. D. 

 ranarum, a (probably) parasitic cytozoon of frogs' 

 blood. 



Dressed Mouth [drest mowth). That condition pro- 

 duced by the fraudulent practice of filing th 1 

 used to make an old horse appear young. 



Dresser ' , [ME., dressen, to make straight]. 



An attendant (in English hospitals, usually a student) 

 whose special duty it is to dress and bandage wounds, 

 and attend t< • other ward work. 



Dressing (dres'-in 1 [ \1 1'.. , d> •, ■ ten, to make straight]. 

 1. The application of a bandage, lint, or other sub- 

 stance i" a wound or ulcer. 2. The material so 

 applied. 3. In metallurgy, the mechanical h 

 that an ore re eives after being brought to the surl 

 concentration. 



Dressler's Disease. See Di 1 . Table of. 



Drewsen's Test. = of. 



Drill (dril) [AS., thyrelian, to pierce]. A surgical 

 instrument used in perforating bones, calculi, or t< 

 D.-bone, a flat osteoma. D.-bow, a bow and string 

 for rotating a drill ted by passing the 



string around it. and moving il backward and forward. 

 D. -stock, an instrument for holding and turning a 

 drill, either by the thumb and finger or by a handle. 

 D. -stock, Flagg's, ument for drilling into the 



