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GLOSSARY. 



Effusion. — The outpouring of the watery 

 part of blood through the coats of over- 

 loaded blood-vessels. 



Emulsion. — A milky substance, produced 

 by uniting oil and water through the 

 intervention of some alkaline or muci- 

 laginous substance. 



Erysipelas. — See Addenda. 



Exostosis. — An abnormal deposit of 

 bone. 



Feverish symptoms. — Increased heat, 

 quickened pulse, languor and thii'st. 



Functional disease. — Disease due to 

 improper woi'king of an organ, as dis- 

 tinguished from structural disease of 

 the organ itself. 



Ganqeene. — A term applied to the first 

 stage of mortification. 



Hygiene. — The branch of medicine apper- 

 taining to health. 



Idiopathic. — A term applied to a disease 

 which is not dependent on, or produced 

 by, any other complaints. 



Incubation of disease. — The period 

 betweer the generation of a disease and 

 its full development. 



Infection. — Communication of disease 

 by the air. 



Inflammation. — See Chapter 18. 



Infdsion. — Medicine produced by pouring 

 water of any temperature over plants, 

 herbs, etc. 



Inoculation. — The communication of 

 disease by inserting infectious matter 

 under the skin or into the system. 



Lesion. — Any kind of wound or bodily 

 injury. 



Maceration. — The infusion of substances 

 in cold liquids. 



Malignant. — A serious disease tending to 

 a fatal issue. 



Miliary. — A term applied to small tuber- 

 cles like millet seeds. 



Mucilage. — (1) A term applied to slimy, 

 gummy substances, such as linseed tea, 

 gum and water, etc. (2) The fluids 

 which lubricate certain parts of the 

 body. 

 Mucus. — A fluid substMuce secreted by 



the mucous membranes. 

 Muscles. — A mass of fleshy fibres capable 



of contraction and relaxation. 

 Narcotics. — Agents which first stimulate 



and afterwards depress vital power. 

 Nodules. — Little hard tumours on a bone 



or other tissue. 

 OEDEMA. — Watery swellings in any part of 



the body. 

 Organic disease. — Disease of an organ 

 itself, as opposed to improper working 

 of the organ. 



Panacea. — A medicine pretending to 



cure all diseases. 

 Pathology. — The science of treatment of 



diseases. 

 Percussion. — The striking of a part of 



the body in order to determine by tlie 



sound the condition of a near inlying 



organ. 

 Peristaltic. — The worm-like motion of 



the intestines by which their contents 



are constantly carried forwards. 

 Plethora.— (1) A redundancy of blood. 



(2) A full habit of body. 

 Purulent. — Relating to pus. 

 Pus.— A cream-like Huid secreted in sores 



or abscesses. It may be healthy or un- 

 healthy. 

 Pustule. — A small conical swelling or 



pimple containing pus. 

 Putrefaction. — Decomposition of flesh. 

 Ramify. — The separating and dividing 



into numerous branches. 

 Reflex action. — Action or motion 



directed back to a state of rest. Reflex 



action is involuntary. 

 Regurgitation of blood. — A throwing 



or pouring back of blood. 

 Rigors or shivering. — A symptom of a 



severe chill, the result of a flow of 



blood from the surface of the body on 



to some internal vital organ. A sym- 

 ptom of serious disease. - 

 Secretion. — A component part of the V 



fluid separated from the fluid itself, e.^. i 



saliva separated from the blood. 

 Segregation. — A separation of animals 



to prevent the spread of contagious 



disease. 

 Serrated. — Indented, jagged like a saw. 

 Solution. — A dissolving, e.g. salt dis- 

 solved in water becomes a solution of salt. 

 Specific. — (1) A medicine supposed to 



ensure a certain result. (2) Peculiar to 



itself, e.g. a specific disease. 

 Sporadic. — A disease, dependent on causes 



common to all animals, but affecting 



only a few. 

 Sthenic. — Strength. As affecting a ^ 



robust animal, as o{)posed to asthenic fl 



(see Asthenic). 

 Structural disease. — Disease of an 



organ itself, as opposed to functional 



derangement. 

 Styptics. — Agents which stop bleeding. 

 Syncope. — Fainting. 

 Traumatic. — Applied to wounds. 

 Typhoid. — Low, subacute. 

 Veins. — Vessels which convey the blood 



back to the heart. 

 Vesicles. — Small blisters or vessels con- 

 taining fluid. 



