SVAPNIA 



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SWEDISH 



near the alveolo-lingual sulcus of the mouth close to the 

 median line. It is distinct from the sublingual gland. 



Svapnia (svap'-neah). Denarcotized opium. 



Swab [swob) [MD. , swabber, splash]. A piece of cloth 

 or sponge upon the end of a stick, used in feeding 

 the sick, making applications to the throat, cleansing 

 the mouth and teeth, etc. S. -Stick, a rod or shaft, 

 one extremity of which is to be wound with cotton. 



Swaddle {sivod'-l) [ME., swathilen, to swaddle]. To 

 swathe ; to wrap in cloths, as a new-born child. 



Swaddling {swod' -ling) [ME., swadling\ The act 

 of wrapping in a swaddle. S. -cloth, S. -clout, a 

 cloth wrapped about a new-born child. 



Swallow (swol'-o) [ME., swolowen, to swallow]. I. 

 To take into the stomach through the throat. The 

 cavity of the throat and gullet ; the esophagus. 2. A 

 fissirostral oscine passerine bird, of the genus Hirundo. 

 S.'s-nest, the nidus hirundinis ; a deep fossa of the 

 cerebellum between the commissure of the flocculus 

 and uvula. S. -tails, notches on the teeth of a horse. 



Swallowing (swol f -o-ing) [ME., swolowen, to swallow]. 

 Taking into the stomach through the throat and 

 esophagus. 



Swamp (swomp) [origin obscure]. A piece of low, 

 wet, marshy land. S. -apple, a parasitic growth 

 found on swamp-azalea. S. -dogwood: I. Button- 

 bush. 2. A plant allied to Cornus Jlorida ; Cornus 

 sericea. S. -fever, a malarial fever. S.-itch. Same 

 as Army Itch. S. -laurel, Kalmia glauca. S. -milk- 

 weed, Asclepias incarnata. S. -pine, Pinus australis ; 

 broom-pine. S. -sassafras, magnolia. S. Yellow- 

 fever. See Hematuria, Malarial. 



Swan Alley Sore. Synonym of Chancre, Phagedenic. 



Swarm [ME., swarm, a swarm]. A cluster of insects, 

 as bees. S.-cell. See Zoospore. S. -spore. See 

 Zoospore. 



Swarming [ME., swarmen, to swarm]. I. Moving 

 in a swarm. 2. Breeding multitudes. A form of 

 endogenous cell-formation noted in certain algae (Con- 

 fervacece, DesmidiacecB). 



Swarthiness (swawr' -the-nes) [ME., swarty\. The 

 state of being swarthy. 



Swarthy [swawr f -the] [ME., swarthy - ]. Dark; tawny. 



Swartzia (swawrt'-se-ah). See Panococco. 



Sweat (swet) [ME., swette, sweat]. The secretion of 

 the sudoriferous glands. It consists of a transparent 

 and normally colorless, aqueous fluid, holding in solu- 

 tion neutral fats, volatile fatty acids, cholesterin, 

 traces of albumin and urea, free lactic acid, sodium 

 lactate, sodium and potassium chlorids, and traces of 



Section of Part of Coil of a Sweat-gland. 

 D. Duct. S. Secretory part. X 300. {From Stirling.) 



alkaline phosphates. S., Bloody, purpura affecting the 

 sweat-glands. See Hematidrosis. S., Blue, perspi- 

 ration which has a blue color; it is thought by some to 

 be due to oxidation of the colorless indican secreted 

 in the sweat. S., Cold, perspiration accompanied by 

 coldness of the surface of the body. S., Colored. See 



Chromidrosis. S., Critical, the profuse perspiration 

 which occurs at the crisis of a febrile disease. S., Dia- 

 phoretic. See S., Cold. S. -eczema, eczeni: 

 rhoicum. S. -glands, the small, lobular, reddish 

 bodies situated 



in the true skin 

 and subcutan- 

 eous areolar tis- 

 sue. Each con- 

 sists of a con- 

 v o 1 u t e d tube 

 from which the 

 excretory duct 

 passes outward 

 through the 

 skin. In its pas- 

 sag e through 

 the epidermis 

 the duct is more 

 or less spiral. 

 S . , Green, 

 sweat having a 

 bluish or green- 



ly 



Transverse Sec- 

 ti on of the 

 Secretory 

 Part of a 

 Sweat - gland 

 from the Ax- 

 illa. Magnific. 



a. Nuclei of unstri- 

 a t e d muscle. 

 (From Stirling.) 



Sweat-glands from the Pai 



the Hand X 20. 

 [. Horny layer of epidermis 



mucosum 3 Papillary layer. 



ma, or true skin. 5. Subcut: 



cellular tissue. 6,8,9. Sudori 



or sweat-glands. 



ish color, seen mainly in copper-workers, and due 

 to copper taken into the system by the inhalation of 

 particles or fumes, or with food and drink 

 S. -house, a room or inclosure furnished with appara- 

 tus for subjecting the occupant to the sudorific 

 of steam; achicolum. S., Night, drenching pen 

 tion occurring at night or whenever the patient - 

 as in the course of pulmonary tuberculosis. S., Phos- ' 

 phorescent, a very rare peculiarity of the swi 

 which it becomes phosphorescent; it lias been ol 

 served in some cases of miliaria and after eating pho 

 phorescent fish. The phosphorescence is though! 1 

 be due to bacilli {Crocker). S., Red, a peculii 

 perspiration noted in the axillas and genital 

 due to microorganisms which have developed 

 hairs of these warm, moist parts. 



Sweating (swet f -ing) [ME., swette, sweat], 

 excretion of the contents of the sudoriferous gl* 

 in sensible quantities. S. Fever, or S. Sickness 

 See Miliaria and Fever, Miliary. S., Morbid 

 hyperidrosis. S., Unilateral, sweating on one side ' 

 the body, due usually to disease of the nervous - 

 and often to the pressure of thoracic growths upon 

 sympathetic. 



Swedish {swe'-dish) [D., Zweedsch, Swedish] . Petti 

 ing to Sweden. S. Green. Same as Rinnan* 

 Green. S. Movements, certain scientific moveiW 

 intended to exercise and develop the human bod 

 They were originated by I. ing, a Swede, in the eai 

 part of the nineteenth century. /'• 

 are such as are applied to the patient without 

 ance; active movements are performed by the | 



