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I I. Mil HOCHORTON 



Lectulus {lek f -tU'ltts) [dim. of iectus, bed]. An old 

 name for various forms of splints, cushions, and pads 

 used in surgery; also, a bed or couch; a couch or 

 mattress containing medicinal substances. L. medi- 

 catus, a dry fomentation. 



Ledon [le'-don) [Xf/dov, cistus]. Sec Ladanum. 



Ledoyen's Disinfecting-fluid. A solution of lead 

 nitrate. 



Ledran's Suture. See Suture. 



Ledum (/,■' ' Jum) ['/f/dor, a species of cistus]. A genus 

 of ericaceous shrubs. L. palustre, marsh-tea, the 

 leaves of which have been used as a febrifuge and 

 sedative, and in skin-diseases. Unof. 



Ledyson, Powder of. A powder containing Armenian 

 bole, with powdered charcoal, slaked lime, sal am- 

 moniac, and powdered cinnamon. 



Leech {lech) [AS., lace, physician]. i. Hirudo mcdi- 

 cinalis, or other worm shaped aquatic and blood- 

 sucking animals employed in surgery. 2. Formerly a 

 medical practitioner; a physician. 3. To extract 

 blood by leeching. See Hirudo. L., Artificial, an 

 apparatus for cupping. See Heurteloup. L. -craft, 

 an archaic name for the art of healing. L., Horse. 

 See Horse-leech. L.-tube, a glass tube in which a 

 leech is placed so that its mouth will come in contact 

 with the skin of the part over which the tube is placed. 



Leecher (lech'-er) [ME., leeche, a physician]. A per- 

 son who applies leeches. 



Lees (lez) [AS., Ices, dregs]. The dregs or solid mat- 

 ter held in suspension by a liquid, that finally settles 

 at the bottom of the vessel. Especially the sediment 

 of vinous liquors. Also, a valuable side-product in 

 the manufacture of wine. It is the deposit formed on 

 the bottom of the casks, and consists of from 30 to 40 

 per cent, of vegetable matter, the remainder being 

 tartrates, sulphates (in plastered wines), alumina, 

 phosphoric acid, etc. 



Leeting [Uf '-trig's. The exudation on the surface of 

 the skin in eczema. 



Le Fort's Operation. See Operations, Table of 



Left [ME., left, left]. Sinistral; opposite of right. 

 The left-hand side. In man and other mammals, the 

 side containing the larger part of the heart. L.- 

 brained, having the speech-center in its normal situ- 

 ation, in the left third frontal, or subfrontal convolu- 

 tion. L. -handed, having more power and dexterity 

 in the left than in the right hand. L. Lateral 

 Recumbent Position. See Postures, Table of. 



Leg [ME., /<?<,, leg]. The lower extremity of man, 

 especially that part from the knee to the ankle. An 

 organ of locomotion in man and other animals. L., 

 Bandy, bow-leg. L., Barbadoes, elephantiasis of 

 the leg. L., Black, of Canada, a condition of 

 purpura affecting the legs of Canadian lumbermen. 

 L., Cochin. See L., Barbadoes. L., Crossed, a 

 crossing of the axes of the legs. L., Dentist's, a 

 painful cramp in the leg-muscles of dentists. L., 

 Dover's, a term for hypochondriasis. L.-ill. See 

 Black Leg. L., Lawn-tennis. See Laivn-tennis Leg. 

 L., Milk, phlegmasia alba dolens. L., Scissors. See 

 L., Crossed. L. , Weeping, a leg the seat of eczema 

 madidans. L., White. See L., Milk. 



Legal (lef-gal) [lex legis, law]. Pertaining to law. 

 L. Medicine, medical jurisprudence. 



Legal's Disease. Headache due to meningo-tympanic 

 disease. .See Diseases, Table of. 



Legitimacy (le-jif '-im-as-e) [legitimare, to make law- 

 ful]. . The condition of being within the bounds of the 

 law. Also, the statutory recognition of a child born 

 within wedlock, or within a period of time necessary 

 to gestation, which may elapse after the death of the 

 father. 



Legume (leg / -um or leg-Urn') \legere, to gather (so- 

 called because it may be gathered by the hand) ]. In 

 biology, the fruit "i plants of the pea or pulse family, 

 a pod splitting along both sutures, and formed from 

 a simple pistil. 



Legumin {leg-u f -miti) \legumen, pulse]. A proteid 

 compound in the seeds .>i many plants belonging to 

 the natural order of leguminosse. Vegetable casein. 

 See ( 'asein. 



Leguminosae (leg-u min-o'-se) \legumen, pulse]. The 

 pulse family ; an important family of plants compris- 

 ing the bean, the clover, the lentil, the pea. 

 Licorice, indigo, gum arable, senna, are also obtained 

 from species of this family. 



Leguminous {leg-u' '-min-us) [legumen, pulse]. Per 

 taining to or resembling the Leguminosce. 



Leicester System. A system of combating smallpox 

 that consists in isolation, quarantine, and disinfection, 

 without vaccination. 



Leiocephalous (li-o-sef'-al-us) [Xeiog, smooth; hioa'/J/, 

 head]. Having a smooth head. 



Leiodermia (li-o-der' '-me-ah) [>",.,, smooth; Sipfia, 

 skin]. A disease of the skin marked by abnormal 

 glossiness, and by atrophy. 



Leiodermatous (li-o-der' '-mat-us) [Xelog, smooth ; 

 6ep/ia, skin]. Smooth-skinned. 



Leiomyoma (li-o-mi-o'-mah) ['/.fine, smooth ; five, 

 muscle ; bun, a tumor: />/., Leiomyomala\ A tumor 

 consisting largely of unstriped muscle-fibers. 



Leiopilous (li-op'-il-us) [Attoc, smooth ; "//<»;, wool]. 

 Same as Leiocephalous. 



Leiopus (li'-o-fius) [/.t'toc, smooth ; ~ol%, foot]. Syn- 

 onym of Talipes planum, ox flat-foot. 



Leiotrichous, Liotrichous (li-of -rik-us) ['/Cine, 

 smooth ; dpi!-, hair]. Having smooth or straight hair. 

 See Lissotrichous. 



Leiphemia (li-fe' '-me-ah) [Xeiiretv, to fail ; a/wa, blood]. 

 Failure, poverty, or a depraved state of the blood. 



Leipodermia (li-po-der 4 '-me-ah) [Xeiireiv, to leave; 

 Skppa, skin]. A deficiency of the skin, especially of 

 the prepuce. 



Leipomeria (li-po-me* -re-aK) [/.e'i-eiv, to leave; uipoc, 

 part]. A monstrosity with absence of one or more 

 limbs. 



Leipopsychia (li-pop-si'-ke-ah) [Xeiireiv, to fail ; ipvxtj, 

 spirit]. Fainting; weakness; asphyxia. 



Leipothymia (li-po-thi f -me-ah) [Xeiireiv, to fail; dvpoq, 

 mind]. A fainting or syncope. 



Leipothymic (li-po-fhi'-»iik\ ['/ti-nr, to fail ; 9vft6g, 

 mind]. Faint ; affected with or pertaining to leipo- 

 thymia. 



Leipsic Green. Same as Schweinfurth Green. L. 

 Yellow. Same as Chrome-yellow. 



Leipyria (li-ptr' '-e-ah) [Aeiireiv, to fail; irvp, fire]. 

 Coldness, as of the extremities, during a high fever. 



Leitch's Blue. See Pigments, Conspectus of . 



Leiter's Apparatus, Coil, or Tubes. Tubes of soft, 

 flexible metal designed for application about any part of 

 the body. Cold water is passed through the tu 

 thereby reducing the temperature of the parts encased. 



Leithner's Blue. Same as Cobalt-blue. 



Lekene (/e'-keu). The principal constituent of Cau- 

 casian ozokerite ; it melts at 79 C, and has the com- 

 position C n H 2 n+2 or C',,11,,,. 



Lema (le'-mah) ['/i/uy, rheum]. The collection of dried 

 matter sometimes seen at the canthus of the eye. 



Lembert's Suture. See Suture. 



Lemery's Powder. A stimulant and digestive powder 

 containing cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, cloves, mace, 

 musk, and raisins. L.'s Salt, magnesium sulphate. 



Lemithochorton (lem-ith-o-kor 4 '-ton). Same as Hel- 

 mint hochor ton. 



