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Agriothymia (ag-re-o-lhlm' '-e-ah) \a?^piog, wild ; Ovpoc, 

 mind, will]. Maniacal fury; it is variously divided 

 or classed as ambitious, hydrophobic, religious, etc. 



Agrippa (ah -grip' '-ah) [L.]. A person born with the 

 feet foremost. 



Agromania (ag-ro-ma' '-ne-ah) [hypor, a field ; fiav'ia, 

 madness]. A mania for living in the country. 



Agrostography (ag-ros-tog' -ra-fe) \_aypu>(STiq, conch- 

 grass ; ypdcpeiv, to write]. See Agrostology. 



Agrostology (ag-ros-tol'-o-je) [aypucric, conch-grass ; 

 Myeiv, to speak of]. The botany of grasses. 



Agrypnetic (ah-grip-nef -ik) [dpriv.; virvoc, sleep]. I. 

 Sleepless ; wakeful. 2. Preventing sleep ; agrypnotic. 



Agrypnia (ah-grip' -ne-ah) [ayptoq, restless ; virvog, 

 sleep]. Loss of sleep, sleeplessness, Insomnia, a. v. 



Agrypnocoma (iih-grip-no-ko' '-wah) [aypvTvvoQ, sleep- 

 less ; Kufia, coma]. Coma vigil ; wakeful lethargy, 

 with low-muttering delirium. 



Agrypnotic (ah-grip-not' '-ik) [d priv. ; virvoc, sleep]. 

 I. Preventing sleep; causing wakefulness. 2. A 

 medicine that prevents sleep. 



Aguardiente (ah-guar-de-en' '-id) [Sp.]. Ardent spirits ; 

 brandy or rum. 



Ague (a r -gu)\acutus, sharp, acute ; Fr., aigu]. Malarial 

 or intermittent fever, characterized by paroxysms, or 

 stages, of chill, fever, and sweating at regularly recur- 

 ring times, and followed by an interval or intermission 

 whose length determines the epithets, quotidian, ter- 

 tian, etc. In some cases there is a double paroxysm, 

 and hence called double quotidian, double tertian, etc. 

 The duration of each paroxysm varies from two to 

 twelve hours. The most frequent and important com- 

 plication of intermittent fever is pneumonia, the con- 

 solidation occurring very suddenly. In the blood of 

 many malarial patients a minute hematozoan, the 

 hematomonas malaria, has been found. They are 

 seen in the red corpuscles, are hyaline, and include 

 pigment granules. They gradually increase in size, 

 fill the cell, a process of segmentation occurs, the 

 cell wall breaks down, and the segments, each contain- 

 ing a pigment granule, are set free. These are oval 

 and possess one to three flagella. These bodies dis- 

 appear under the use of quinin. A. Aden. See 

 Dengue. A., Brass-founders', a disease common 

 among brass-founders, characterized by symptoms 

 somewhat resembling an imperfect attack of inter- 

 mittent fever, the recurrence of the paroxyms, however, 

 being irregular. The direct cause is generally thought 

 to be the inhalation of the fumes of deflagrating zinc or 

 "spelter." A., Brow, intermittent neuralgia of the 

 brow. A. Cake, chronic enlargement of the spleen 

 in diseases of malarial origin. A., Catenating, ague 

 associated with other diseases. A. Drop. See Fowler* 's 

 Solution. A., Dumb, latent ague ; masked ague ; 

 ague with no well-marked chill, and with at most only 

 partial or slight periodicity. A., Latent, see A-, 

 Dumb. A., Leaping, a term for the dancing mania. 

 A., Masked. See A. Dumb. A. Tree, common 

 Sassafras. A. Weed. I. See Grindelia. 2. The 

 Eupatorium perfoliatum, or thorough-wort. 



Agynary (aj'-in-a-re) [d priv.; yvvi), female]. In 

 biology, having no pistil, as a double flower. 



Agynous (aj'in-us)[a priv.; ywi), female]. In biology, 

 destitute of female reproductive organs. 



Ahypnia (ah-hip' '-ne-ah) [d priv. ; virvor, sleep]. 

 Sleeplessness. 



Ahypnosis (ah-hip-no'-sis) \hvKvta, sleeplessness]. 

 Entire absence of the capacity to sleep, most marked 

 in insanity. 



Aichmophobia (ak-mofo' '-be-ah) \_a\xuii, a spear point ; 

 ttP, to fear]. An extravagant dread of sharp or 

 pointed Hi iniments. 



Aid-Forceps (ad' '-for-seps) [Fr., aide; forceps]. A 

 device for making safe and effective traction upon the 

 obstetrical forceps by means of a fillet or tape and a 

 dynamometer. 



Aidoio- (a-doi / -o). See Edeo-. 



Aidoiomania (a-doi-o-ma' '-ne-ah). See Edeomania. 



Aiglet (ag'-let). See Aglet. 



Aigret, Aigrette (a f -gret, a-gret'). In biology, same as 

 Egret. 



Ailanthus (a-lan' -thus) [Malacca, Ailanto, " tree of 

 heaven"]. The bark of A. glandulosa, commonly 

 known as Tree of Heaven. Properties due to an 

 oleoresin and a volatile oil. A nauseant and drastic 

 purgative, constituting an excellent anthelmintic against 

 tape-worm. A., Ext. Fid. Dose mjc-^j. A., Tinct. 

 Dose tl\x- g ij . 



Ailing (al'-ing) [M. E. , eyle]. Indisposed; out of 

 health ; not well. 



Ailment (al'-moit) [M.E. , eyle\. A disease ; sickness; 

 complaint ; usually used in reference to chronic dis- 

 orders . 



Aimorrhea (am-or-e' '-ah) [al/ia, blood ; pola, a flowing]. 

 A bleeding, or hemorrhage. 



Ainhum (ln-yoon') [negro word, meaning to saw']. A 

 disease in Guinea and Hindostan, peculiar to negroes, 

 in which the little toes are slowly and spontaneously 

 amputated at about the digito-plantar fold. The process 

 is very slow, does not affect other toes or parts, is un- 

 accompanied by any constitutional symptoms, and its 

 cause is unknown. It sometimes attacks the great toe. 

 Called also Dactylolysis spontanea. 



Air \aijp from aeiv, to blow, or breathe]. The chief 

 part of the atmosphere. Atmospheric air consists 

 of a mixture of 77 parts by weight, or 79.19 by vol- 

 ume, of nitrogen, and 23 parts by weight, or 20.81 by 

 volume, of oxygen, with 3.7 to 6.2 parts by volume of 

 C0 2 in 10,000 parts. 100 cubic inches weigh 30,935 

 grains. The pressure of the air at sea-level is about 

 14^ pounds upon the square inch. A., Alkaline, 

 free or volatile ammonia. A., Azotic, nitrogen. A. 

 Bag. See A. Cushion. A. Bath, therapeutic ex- 

 posure to air that may be heated, condensed, or 

 variously medicated. See Bath. A. -bed, an air- 

 tight, rubber, inflated mattress employed in conditions 

 requiring long confinement to bed. A. -bladder. See 

 A. -vesicle. A. Bubbles, in microscopy, are prepared 

 by heating a drop of thin mucilage. They are useful 

 as a test for central light. In oblique light the bright 

 spot will appear on the side away from the mirror. 

 A. -cell, an air-sac ; an air-vesicle of the pneumonic 

 tissue. A., Complemental, is that that can still 

 be inhaled after an ordinary inspiration. A. Con- 

 duction, a method of testing the hearing-power by 

 means of a watch held at varying distances from the 

 ear, or by the employment of a number of tuning 

 forks of varying pitch. See Bone Conduction. A.- 

 cure, the therapeutic employment of air. A. -cush- 

 ion. A cushion filled with air ; usually made of soft 

 india-rubber. A., Dephlogisticated, an old name 

 for Oxygen. A. -douche. The inflation of the 

 middle ear with air. A. -duct. See Duct. A.- 

 embolism, free air in the blood-vessels during life, 

 or the obstruction due to it. A., Expired, that 

 driven from the lungs in expiration. A., Facti- 

 tious, carbon dioxid. A., Fixed, an old name for 

 carbon dioxid (carbonic acid). A. Hunger. See 

 Diabetes tnelli/us. A., Inspired, that taken into the 

 lungs on inspiration. A., Mephitic, carbon dioxid. 

 A. -meter. See Anemometer. A. Passages, the 

 nares, mouth, larynx, trachea, and bronchial tubes. 

 A., Phlogisticated, nitrogen. A. -pump, an appar- 

 atus for exhausting or compressing air. A., Reserve 



