NETTLE-RASH 



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NEUCH&TEL 



leaves. Several species of nettle are 

 .ni|.l..\.-.l in the manufacture of 

 tr\t :! * mil ropes. 



Nettle-rash OR URTICARIA. Af- 

 le,-(i,.n of the skin which occurs in 

 the form of wheats or raised 

 patches, at first red and afterwards 

 white and bloodless in the centre, 

 but red at the edges. The condition 

 is mori- frequent in children than in 

 adults and in females than in 

 males, and is more frequently seen 

 in warm than in cold weather, pro- 

 liiihly owing to the greater fre- 

 quency of eating decomposed food 

 Urticaria may be due to local irrita 

 tion, such as stings of nettles, in 

 sects, jellyfish, etc. ; to the eating of 

 unsound food, particularly shell 

 tish, tinned fish, and pork ; to the 

 taking of certain drugs such as 

 copaiba ; to intestinal parasites ; or 

 to indigestion, diabetes, jaundice, 

 and other diseases. 



If indigestion is suspected as the 

 cause, a saline purgative should be 

 given, and if there are signs of a 

 disordered stomach a simple emetic 

 is often useful. 



Nettleship, HENRY (1839-93). 

 British scholar. Born at Kettering, 

 May 5, 1839, he was educated at 

 Durham and 

 j Charter house 

 1 Schools and 

 ] Corpus Christi 

 ! College, Oxford. 

 He won a fellow- 

 ship at Lincoln 

 College and from 

 18G8-73 was a 

 master at Har- 

 row. In 1878 he 

 was appointed 

 professor of Latin at Oxford, and ' 

 there he remained until his death, 

 July 10, 1893. A great admirer 

 of German scholarship, he was a 

 pioneer in the movement for intro- 

 ducing more critical study of the 

 ancient texts. He gave much 

 time to editions of Virgil, but his 

 best and most original work is in 

 his Contributions to Latin Lexico- 

 graphy, 1889. See his Lectures 

 and Essays, with Memoir by his 

 wife, 1895. 



Nettleship, JOHU TRIVETT (1841- 

 1902). British painter. Born at 

 Kettering, Feb. 11, 1841, a brother 

 of Henry Net- 

 tleship, he was 

 trained as a 

 lawyer, and 

 studied art at 

 Heat her ley's 

 and the Slade 

 School, London. 

 Heexhibited his 

 boldly con- 

 ceived pictures J. T. Nettleship. 

 at the R.A. and Britisb Dainter 

 the Grosvenor Gallery, 1874-1901, 

 making his studies at the Zoo- 



Henry Nettleship, 

 British scholar 



logical Gardens ; visited India in 

 1880; and died, after a long ill- 

 ness, in London, Aug. 31, l!Hn' II. 

 was an accomplished musician, and 

 the author of a critical volume 

 on Browning and of another on 

 George Morland. 



Nettle Tree (CeUia auttralu). 

 Tree of the natural order Ulmaceae, 

 native of S. Europe. The oval, 



Nettle Tree. Leaves and Iruit of the 

 S. European tree 



lance-shaped leaves are alternate. 

 The small, greenish flowers are 

 succeeded by small, berry-like 

 fruits, which are black when ripe 

 and very sweet. In Greece they are 

 known as honey-berries. The wood 

 is dense and hard. 



Netze. River of Germany and 

 Poland. It rises W. of Inowroclaw, 

 in Poznania (Posen), and flows 

 generally W. to join the Warthe, 

 which joins the Oder at Kiistrin. 

 Part of the middle course is along 

 the new boundary between Poland 

 and Germany. Its length is 200 m. 



Neu-Brandenburg. Town of 

 Germany, in Mecklenburg-Strelitz. 

 Situated on Lake Tollense, 17 m. 

 N.N.E. of Neu-Strelitz, it has old 

 walls with four fine Gothic gates. 

 The churches of S. Mary and S. 

 John, a grand ducal palace, and the 

 town hall are the principal build- 

 ings. There are distilleries and 

 flour mills. It is an important 

 rly. junction. Pop. 12,000. 



Neu-Breisach. Town of France, 

 in Alsace. Near the Rhine, oppo- 

 site Breisach, and on the Rhino- 

 Rhone canal, it was built in 1697 

 by the French 

 after they had 

 restoredBreisach 

 totheHapsburgs. 

 Vauban fortified 

 it in 1703, and it 

 was taken by the 

 Germans in 1870. 

 Pop. 4,000. 



N euburg . 

 Town of Bavaria. 

 Situated on the 

 right bank of the 

 Danube, it was 

 formerly the 



capital of the principality of Pfalz- 

 Neuburg and place of residence of 

 the princes. Pop. 9,000. 



Neuchatel. Lake of Switzer- 

 land. It runs N.E. and 8.W., be- 

 tween the cantons of Fribourg and 

 Neuchatel, and touches those of 

 Berne and Vaud Its extreme 

 length is 24 m., average breadth 

 4 m., alt. 1,427 ft., depth 500 ft., 

 and area 92| sq. m. The surplus 

 waters of Lake Morat are carried 

 to it by the Broye, while it dis- 

 charges its own by means of the 

 Tbielc through the lake of Bienne 

 to the Aar. The towns of Neu- 

 chatel, Grandson, Yverdon, and 

 Serrieres stand on its banks. 



Neuchatel. Frontier canton of 

 .N.W. Switzerland. Traversed by 

 the Jura Mts., it is bounded N.W. 

 by France, N.E. by Berne, S. by 

 Vaud, and S. and E. by the lake of 

 Neuchatel. It is divided into three 

 regions, viz. Le Vignoble, bordering 

 the lake, with an alt. of from 

 1,500 ft. to 2,300 ft.; Les Vallees 

 2,300 ft. to 3,000 ft. and Les Mont- 

 agnes, a valley in which stand La 

 Chaux de Fonds and Le Locle. 



In the lowest area the vine is 

 cultivated, in the Val de Travers 

 (q.v.) is a noted asphalt depos.it. 

 Cattle-rearing and cheese- making 

 are engaged in. The manufactures 

 are watches, electric appliances, 

 and soft goods. The principality 

 was under the kings of Prussia from 

 1707 to 1857, except for the period 

 1806-14, when it was French. In 

 1815 it entered the Swiss con- 

 federation, becoming a full mem- 

 ber in 1857. Area, 312 sq. m. 

 Pop. 133,400. 



Neuchatel (Ger. Neuenburg). 

 Town of Switzerland, capital of the 

 canton of Neuchatel. It stands on 



the N.W. shore r 



of Lake Neucha- 

 tel, 27 m. by rly. 

 W. of Berne. 

 Fine quays with 

 handsome mo- 

 dern buildings 

 line the lake 

 shore, this new 

 quarter having Neuchatel arms 

 several public gardens. The old 

 town, to the W., contains a castle 



Neuchatel, Switzerland. View bom the west, looking 



towards the lake. On the right are the chateau and 



adjoining abbey 



