PERGOLA 



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PERICARDIUM 



Pergamum. 1. Gate of the Roman amphitheatre and, 2, part ol the ruined interior. 3. Statue of the Dying Gaul, an 

 example of the Pergamene school, now in the Capitoline Museum, Rome. 4. Restoration of the south wing of the great 



altar of Zeus 



in Berlin. Another famous ex- 

 ample of the statuary of the Per- 

 gamene school is the Dying Gaul, 

 falsely called the Dying Gladiator, 

 in the capitol at Rome. 



Pergola (Ital., arbour). Name 

 given to a trellis erection span- 

 ning a garden walk, upon which 



story of Paradise and the Peri- 

 told in Thomas Moore's Lalla 

 Bookh relates how one peri 

 secured admission into the abode 

 of the blessed. 



Periander (c. 665-585 B.C.). 

 Tyrant of Corinth, 625-585 B.C., 

 and one of the seven wise men of 

 ancient Greece. Though at first his 

 government was beneficent, he 

 degenerated into an oppressive 



Pericardium (Gr. peri, around ; 

 kardia, heart). Fibro-serous mem- 

 brane which encloses the heart. 

 The base of the pericardium is 

 attached to the central part of the 

 diaphragm or big horizontal muscle 

 which separates the abdomen from 

 the thorax, and the apex surrounds 

 the commencement of the aorta 

 or main blood-vessel of the body. 

 Immediately in front of the peri- 



the movements of the heart. 



Pergola of stone and wood 



flowers and creepers are trained. 

 It was introduced from Italy. The 

 best climbers for a pergola are 

 vines, roses, honeysuckles, clematis, 

 wistaria, aristolochia, and jasmine. 

 Peri. In Persian mythology, a 

 fairy-like being of a race between 

 angels and demons. They are 

 harmless and beautiful, but are 

 excluded from Paradise. The 



despot. Thrasybulus, tyrant of cardium is the middle piece of the 

 Miletus, consulted by him, is said sternum or breastbone, and the 

 to have taken the messenger cartilages of the fourth to the 

 through a cornfield, cutting off as seventh ribs on the left side. The 

 he went the tallest ears of corn, pericardium contains in health 

 Periander accordingly rid himself a small amount of lymph, the 

 of the noble families of the city, function of which is to lubricate 

 He was a generous patron of art the two surfaces and thus facilitate 

 and literature, and founded several 

 important colonies. 



Pericarditis. Inflammation of 

 the pericardium. It may occur in 

 the course of Bright's disease, rheu- 

 matism, gout, or fevers, or may 

 result from injury, or an extension 

 of inflammation from the lungs, 

 heart, or other organs. Suppura- 

 tive pericarditis may occur in the 

 course of septicemia and pyemia. 

 The most marked symptoms are 

 pain, increase of pulse rate, diffi- 

 culty in breathing, and coughing. 

 Acute pericarditis may terminate 

 in complete recovery, in sudden 

 death, or in chronic pericarditis 

 with thft formation of adhfisionu Pericardium. Diagram showing 

 t adnesions re i a tive position of the pericardium 

 and dilatation of the heart. to the heart 



