HARAMAITISM 



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able sensation aroused by touching certain objects, as 

 velvet, a peach, or a russet apple. 



Haramaitism {liar-am-a* -it-iztn) [Anglo Indian; from 

 Haram tnaiti, the name ol an Hindu offender in this 

 way]. Child-marriage in India; also, the collective 

 physical evils that resull from thai system. 



Hard [ME., hard, hard). Solid; firm to the touch. 

 H.-hack, the leaves and twigs of Spireea tomen- 



; i tringent and tonic, and a popular Ni l 

 land remedy in diarrhea and cholera infantum. I 

 gr. v-xv, in decoction; of the lid. ext. g ss j. I nof. 

 I he shrub Potenlilla fruticosa is locally called hard- 

 hack ; it> properties are the same as those of the 

 species named. H. Palate. See Palate. H. 

 Pitch. See Pitch. H. Resins. See Resins. H.- 

 tack, a form of biscuit used in the navy and army. 



Hardenbergia [har-den-ber 1 -Je-ah) [after Countess 

 Hardenberg\. A genus of Australian leguminous 

 plant-. The root of H. monophylla, called lilac, 

 and sarsaparilla, is said to be a good substitute for 

 true sarsaparilla. L'nof. 



Hardening [hard' -en-ing) [ME., hard, hard]. A 

 Stage in the preparation of tissues for microscopic ex- 

 amination. See Alcohol, Ammonium Chromate, 

 Ammonium Bichromate, Potassium Bichromate, 

 Mailer's /•'//tit/, Erlicki's Fluid, Chromic Acid, 

 Klein s Fluid, Raid's Fluid, Corrosive Sublimate, 

 Picric Acid, in Stains, Tabic of. Alcohol for pieces 

 under I inch square, and the bichromate solutions for 

 larger masses, are best for general use ; others in special 

 cases ; but in all, full twenty times the bulk of the 

 object should be used. See Stains, Table of. 



Haider's Glands. See Qland. 



Hare's Method. A method of determining the posi- 

 tion on the skull corresponding to the fissure of 

 Rolando. The pre-Rolandic region occupies 55.7 

 per cent, of the distance from the glabella to the 

 inion. 



Hare-eye (har'-i). See Lagophthalmos. 



Harelip [har'-lip). Congenital fissure of the lip due to 

 arrested facial development. The scheme of the 

 formation of cleft is shown in the annexed illustrations. 

 H., Complicated, with cleft or malformation of the 

 superior maxillary^ bone also. H., Double, two clefts 

 of the lip, or one of each lip. Twisted or Harelip 

 Suture, a figure-of-8 suture about a pin thrust through 

 the lips of freshened edges of the cleft. For opera- 

 tions for single harelip see Clemofs, (.'oil/.'.. Dieffen- 

 bac/i's, Gira/des' , Graefe' ' s, Jfagedorn's, Malgaigne's, 

 Miraulfs, Nelaton's, Fare's, Rose's, Stokes' itera- 

 tions; and for operations for double harelip see Barde- 

 leben's, B/andin's, Butcher' s, Desault's, Franco's, 

 Gensoid ' s, Langenbeck' s, Rose's, Sedillofs, Smith's 

 Operations, in Operations, Table of. 



Harlequin [har'-le-kwin | [OF., harlequin, a harlequin]. 

 Variegated ; party-colored. H. Fetus, a fetus with 

 congenital ichthyosis, general seborrhea, or diffuse 

 keratoma. Such subjects are always born prematurely, 

 and have no external ears, eyelids, or lips. 



Harmalin (har'-mal-in) [op/«zAa], C, S H U N 2 0. A 

 yellowish crystalline substance used as a dye. See 

 Figments, Conspectus of. 



Harmonia {Jiar-mo'-ne-ah\ [apfiovia, harmony]. A 

 suture (also a mode of suture) between two bones 

 that are apposed closely and immovably upon each 

 other. 



Harmonics (har-mon , -iks s ). See Or'er-loues. 



Harpoon (Jiar-poon'') [Fr., harpon, a grappling-iron]. 

 An instrument for the removal of bits of living tissue 

 for microscopic examination. 



Harrison's Groove. A transverse curve passing out- 

 ward from the level of the ensiform cartilage toward 



the axilla. Ii may be deepened at each inspiration 



in c ertain diseases, e. g., rickets. 

 Hartig's White Mass. A substance for injecting 



tissues. Dissolve 125 gms. of lead acetate in enough 



water to make the whole weigh 500 gms. lb 



is. of sodium carbonate in enough water to make 



the whole weigh 500 gms. One volume of each of 



these solutions is mixed with two volumes of strong 



gelatin soluti< »n. 

 Hartmann's Elixir. An elixir containing camphor 



50 pan-, and saffron 1 part, in alcohol 350 parts. 



H.'s Tubes, small tubes devised to be passed through 



a perforated drum membrane for the purpose of irriga^ 



tiiiL; and draining the middle-ear cavity. 

 Hartshorn [harts' -horn). 1. Comu cervi. 2. A 



name popularly given to ammonium hydrate. See 



Ammonium. 



Scheme of Formation of the Face and Arrest of 

 its Development. 



A. First appearance of the face. 1, 11, m, iv. The four vis- 

 ceral arches, f. Frontal process 1. Inner nasal process. 2. 

 Outer nasal process. 3. Superior maxillary process, u In- 

 ferior maxillary process, b, c. First and second visceral 

 clefts, a. Eye. z. Tongue. B. Normal union of the em- 

 bryonic parts Z. Intermaxillary bone. .V. Nasal orifice. 

 Nasal tear-duct. V Lower jaw (*», abnormal dilatation of 

 the mouth, constituting makrostomia). C. Arrest of the 

 development, constituting oro-qasal cleft. D. Arrest of de- 

 velopment showing an " oblique facial cleft " {Q). 



Harvest-bug. See Leptus autumnalis. 



Hashish (hash'-esh). See Cannabis. 



Hasner's Valve. A fold of the mucous membrane of 

 the nasal duct at the lower orifice. It is not of con- 

 stant occurrence. See Valve. 



Hassall, Concentric Corpuscles of. Peculiar bodies 

 found in the medulla of the thymus gland. They 

 eoiisist of a central granular part, around which are 

 disposed layers of llattened nucleated endothelial cells 

 arranged concentrically. 



Hastate (has'-tat) \hasta, a spear]. In biology, shaped 

 like the head of a spear ; halberd-shaped. 



Hastifolious [has-tif-& '-le-us) \hasta, a spear ; folium, 

 a leaf]. In biology, having hastate leaves. 



Hatters' Disease. A form of constitutional mercurial 

 I oisoning occurring in the makers of hats; also a 



