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HYALOID 



Humor (hu'-mor or u'-mor) [L. ]. Any fluid or semi- 

 fluid part of the body. H., Aqueous, the trans- 

 parent fluid that fills the anterior chamber of the eye. 

 H., Crystalline. See Lens, Crystalline. H., Vitre- 

 ous, the transparent gelatin-like substance filling the 

 posterior chamber of the eye. 



Humoral (hu'-mor-al) \humor, moisture]. Pertain- 

 ing to the natural fluids of the body. H. Pathol- 

 ogy, an obsolete theory that all diseases result from 

 a disordered or abnormal condition of the fluids or 

 humors of the body. 



Humoralism (hu' -mor-al-izm), or Humorism (hu'- 

 mor-izm). Same as Humoral Pathology. 



Humoralist (hu' -mor-al-ist) [humor, moisture]. The 

 name given to one who was an advocate of the 

 supreme importance of the blood in the processes of 

 health and disease. 



Humoro-vitalism (hu'-mo-ro-vi'-tal-izm) [humor, 

 moisture ; vita, life]. The obsolete belief that the 

 fluids of the body are the seat of life. 



Humpback [hump' -bak) . See Kyphosis. 



Humulin (hu'-mu-lin) \humulus, hop]. I. The same 

 as Lupulin. 2. A concentrated preparation from 

 the tincture and decoction of hops. Unof. 



Humulus \hu' -mu-lus) [L. : gen.,Humuli\. Hop. The 

 strobiles of H. lupulus. It contains various principles, 

 hopein and lupulin being the most important. It is a bit- 

 ter stomachic tonic and feeble hypnotic, increasing the 

 cardiac action. A poultice of hops is a favorite remedy 

 for painful conditions and in inflammations. H., In- 

 fusum, unof., 3SS-OJ. Dose Jj-iv. H., Tinct., 20 

 per cent, in strength. Dose 3 j-ij. Lupulinum, the 

 glandular powder. Dose gr. v-xv. L., Ext. (B. P.) 

 Dose gr. v-x. L., Fid. Ext., alcoholic. Dose n\x- 

 3J. L., Oleoresina, ethereal. Dose gr. ij-v. L., 

 Tinct., unof., strength 12^ per cent. Dose gss— ij. 



Humus (hu'-mus) [L., the earth, ground, soil]. Vege- 

 table mold. It contains ulmin and ulmic acid, humin 

 and humic acid. H. Pigments, certain pigmentary 

 bodies of a more or less dark-brown color, produced 

 when carbohydrates are treated with acids or alkalies. 

 When urine is treated with acids in the presence of oxy- 

 gen, it becomes darker from the formation of some of 

 these humus-pigmented substances by the action of 

 the acids on the carbohydrates. 



Hunchback {hunch' -bak ). See Kyphosis. 



Hungarian (hung-ga'-re-an) [Hungaria, Hungary]. 

 Pertaining to Hungary. H. Balsam, or H. Tur- 

 pentine, a thin turpentine from the branches of 

 Pinus pumilio. H. Disease. Synonvm of Typhus 

 r. 



Hungary Blue. Same as Cobalt-blue. 



Hunger (hung'-ger) [ME., hunger, hunger]. A con- 

 dition marked by a sensation of emptiness of the 

 stomach, with intense desire for food. H.-cure. See 

 fiatria. H.-pest. Synonym of Relapsing Fever, 

 q.v. H. -typhus. Synonym of Relapsing Fever, q. v. 



Hunter, Canal of. See Canal. H.'s Line. See Lines, 

 Table of. H.'s Method, a method of treating aneur- 

 ysm by ligating the artery on the proximal side of the 

 sac. 



Hunterian Chancre. See Chancre. 



Huntingdon's Chorea. Hereditary Chorea. An affec- 

 tion characterized by irregular movements, disturbance 

 of speech, and gradual dementia. It is frequently 

 hereditary, is associated with psychic troubles, and 

 occurs between the thirtieth and fortieth years. The 

 disease has no connection with Sydenham's Chorea. 

 horea, Hereditary, and Diseases, Table of . 

 Huntsman's Cup. See Trumpet Plant. 



Hunyadi Janos (hun-yah' -de) [from the name of the 

 Hungarian national hero, otherwise called John Cor- 

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vinus\ An aperient mineral water from Buda-Pesth, 

 in Hungary. It is an effective laxative or cathartic. 

 It should be taken in the quantity of from a half to 

 one wineglassful, fasting. 



Hura (hu'-rah) [S. Amer.]. A genus of poisonous 

 euphorbiaceous trees of tropical America. H. bra- 

 siliensis, H. crepitans, and H. strepens, are the 

 best- known species. They have the general acrid, 

 pustulant, and cathartic properties of nearly all 

 euphorbiaceous plants. Unof. 



Huschke, Auditory Teeth of. Xipple-like projections 

 along the free border of the labium vestibulare of the 

 ear. H., Canal of. See Canal. H., Foramen of. 

 See Foramen. H., Valve of, the fold of mucous 

 membrane at the point where the common canal 

 formed by the junction of the canaliculi enters the 

 lachrymal sac. 



Husky (hus'-ke) [E. dial., hasky, rough, dry]. Harsh, 

 rough, as the voice. 



Hutchinson's Lotion. A lotion used in the treatment of 

 eczema. It has the following composition : Liquor 

 plumbi subacetatis, ^ ounce ; liquor carbonis deter- 

 gentis, 2^£ ounces. Of this one teaspoonful is mixed 

 with a pint of water, and used as a lotion. H.'s 

 Patch. See Signs and Symptoms, Table of. H.'s 

 Teeth, a notched or furrowed condition of the free 

 edges of the permanent teeth, especially the central 

 incisors of the upper jaw, due to inherited syphilis. 

 See Signs and Symptoms, Table of. H.'s Treat- 

 ment. jj| *e Treatment, Methods of H.'s Trio of 

 Symij>/oms. See Signs and Symptoms, Table of 



HutWning (hut' -on-ing) [after Hutton, the inventor]. 

 A method of manipulating a luxated joint, introduced 

 by one Hutton, a bone-setter. 



Huxham's Tincture. See Cinchona. 



Huxley's Angle. See Angle. H.'s Layer, Mem- 

 brane, or Sheath, a layer of nucleated, elongated, 

 polygonal cells lying within Henle's layer of the inner 

 root- sheath of hairs. H. Law. See Law. 



Huygenian Ocular (hi-je'-ne-an). See Ocular. 



Huygens. Theory of. The undulatory theory of light. 



Hyalin (hi'-al-in) \ya/joc, glass]. A translucent sub- 

 stance, called also canalized fibrin, that sometimes 

 occurs in miliary tubercle. Also, the membrane or 

 sac forming the walls of hydatid cysts. Also, a substance 

 found in echinoderms and other invertebrates. Its 

 centesimal formula is, 0=45.3 to 44- I > H = 6-5 to 

 6.7; N = 5.2to4-5; = 43 to 44.7. 



Hyaline (hi'-al-in) [ya?**;, glass]. Resembling glass 

 in transparency. H. Cartilage. See Cartilage. H. 

 Cast, or Cylinder, a clear, nearly transparent urinarv 

 tube-cast. H. Degeneration, a degeneration of 

 fibrous tissue, which becomes transparent , jelly-like, and 

 homogeneous in structure. 



Hyalinosis (hi-al-in-o'-sis) [ya2oe, glass]. Hyaline or 

 waxy degeneration. 



Hyalinuria (hi-al-in-u'-re-ah) \ya7joc, glass; oipov, 

 urine] . The presence of hyalin in the urine. 



Hyalitis (hi-al-i'-tis) [ya'/.oc, glass ; <77f, inflammation]. 

 Inflammation of the hyaloid membrane. It is also 

 used as a synonym of inflammation of the vitreous 

 humor. 



Hyalogen (hi-al'-o-jen) \ba?jOc, glass ; ytwav, to pro- 

 duce]. One of the albuminoids found in cartilage; 

 it is readily changed into hyalin, whence the name. 



Hyaloid (hi'-al-oid) [ia/oc, glass; eldoc, form]. 

 Transparent ; like glass. H. Artery, in the embryo^ 

 a branch of the arteria centralis retime, traversing the 

 vitreous humor to the posterior capsule of the lens. 

 Its hyaloid sheath forms the Canal of Cloquet. Per- 

 sistence of this artery after birth has been observed. 

 H. Membrane, a delicate, transparent membrane 



