1262 CYCLOPEDIA OF LIVE STOCK AND COMPLETE STOCK DOCTOR. 



Panacea — A supposed universal cure. A medicine applicable to manv 



cases. 

 Pancreas — The narrow, flat gland extending across the abdomen, some- 

 times called the sweet-bread. 

 Paralysis — An affection impairing or destroying the natural function, and 



especially the voluntary movement, of a i)art ; in popular usage, the 



palsy. 

 Parotid— ^anv the car. Parotid gland : the largest of the salivary glands. 

 Paroxysyn — In disease, a recurrence coming on after an intermission. 



Chills and fever, for example, are paroxysmal. 

 Parturition — The act of bringing forth young. 

 Patella — The knee-pan. 

 Pathology — The science which treats of the causes, nature, symptoms 



and cure of diseases. 

 Paunch — The rtrst stomach of ruminating aninuils. 

 Pectoral — Pertaining to the breast, as the pectoral nuiscles. A medicine 



adapted to relieve affections of the chest and lungs. 

 Pectin — Tiie gchitinizing principle of certain fruits and vegetables. 

 Pelvis — That i)art of the trunk bounding the abdomen, containing a pan 



of the intestines, and the internal urinary and genital organs. 

 Penis — The exterior male organ of urination, and of the passage of the 



semen. 

 Pepsin — A substance assisting digestion. 

 Peptic — Promoting digestion ; relating to digestion. 

 Pericarditis — Inflammation of the pericardium. 

 Pericardium — The serous membrane enclosing the heart. 

 Perichondrium — The membrane covering the cartilages. 

 Pericranium — The membrane lining the bones of the skull. 

 Perinoeum — The space between the anus and the genital organs. 

 Periosteum — The fibrous membrane investing a bone. 

 Peritoneum — The serous membrane lining the cavity of the abdomen 

 Peritonitis — Inflammation of the peritoneum. 

 Permeate — To penetrate every part of, and pass through without rupture 



or sensible displacement. Water permeates sand ; light permeates glass. 

 Pharynx — The opening or tube at the back part of the mouth which 



leads to the stomach. 

 Phlebitis — Inflammation of a vein. 

 Phlebotomy — The operation or act of bleeding. 

 PhthiAs — Consumption . 

 Physiology — The science which treats of the functions of the varioui? 



organs of a living body. 



