VERRUCIFORM 



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VERSION 



as well as the trunk. V. follicularis, wart-like ac- 

 cumulations around the mouths of the sebaceous 

 follicles. They are composed of dried epithelium and 

 sebaceous matter. V. glabra, a smooth wart. V. 

 necrogenica, Anatomic tubercle ; post-mortem wart; 

 wartv tubercle ; tuberculosis verrucosa cutis ; a warty 

 excresence found usually on the fingers of those who 

 frequently handle the tissues of tuberculous subjects. 

 It begins as a vesicular or pustular lesion rising from 

 an engorged base, and may be a purely local disorder, 

 or give rise to general infection. V. perstans, a wart 

 that does not tend to spontaneously disappear. V. 

 plana, a flattish wart with a slight elevation and broad 

 and relatively >mooth surface ; seen in older patients. 

 V. sebacea, the type met with in persons of sebor- 

 rheic tendency and uncleanly habits. V. senilis, 

 Pigmentosa; a flattened and markedly pig- 

 mented wart of old people. It occurs on the face, 

 trunk, hands, and genital regions usually. It often 

 lergoes an epitheliomatous metamorphosis. V. 

 silis. Same as V. plana. V. subunguinalis, 

 aft wart growing under the nails. V. syphilitica, 

 ilitic condylomata. Verrucse venerese, tuber- 

 syphiloderm arranged in clusters. V. vulgaris, 

 : single or multiple horny warts, in size from a pin- 

 head to a pea, seen often on the hands of young persons 

 of both sexes. 

 Verruciform (zer-u' ' -sif-orni) [verruca, wart; forma, 



form]. Wart-like. 

 Verrucose, Verrucous (ver'-u-koz, ver'-u-kus) \ver- 



.-. •-]. Warty ; covered with or having warts. 

 Venucula (ver-u'-ku-lah) [L. : //., Verrucuht\. A 

 I little wart ; a minute, wart-like eminence. 

 Venuculose {ver-uf -ku-loz) [verrucula, a little wart]. 



:-d by small, warty growths. 

 Verrugas \ver - u'- gahs) [Sp.]. See Verruca. V. 

 peruana, Carrion's Disease (after Daniel A. Carrion, 

 ruvian medical student). Permian Wart ; a nar- 

 ly endemic, specific disease of the skin occurring 

 ! in the Western Andes, in Peru. It consists in the de- 

 oment of raised spots, in size from a lentil to a 

 pea, which become cylindric, conic, or hemispheric 

 tumors, in size from a raspberry to an orange. Severe 

 febrile symptoms precede the eruption of the lesions. 

 The consistence is soft or elastic ; the epidermis thins 

 i over the tumor; cracks and bleeding,' often copious, 

 1 follow. There may be hundreds of the tumors, which 

 ulcerate and fungate. Death usually results from pro- 

 found anemia. The disease is believed to be due to a 

 I special bacillus known as Yzquierdd 's bacillus, hav- 

 ing been first described by Professor Vzquierdo of 

 Santiago de Chile. 

 Versatile yver'-sat-il) [tersare, to turn]. In biology, 



swinging or moving freely ; reversible, 

 /ersicolor [ver-sik-uV -or) [versare, to change ; color, 

 I color]. Of variegated or changing color, 

 /ersio (rer'-zAe-o). Same as Version. 

 Version -er'-zhun) [versio ; vertere, to turn]. Turn- 

 ing : an obstetric operation whereby one end of the fetal 

 ovoid is made to replace the other. V., Abdominal. 

 Same as /", External. V., Ano-pelvic, a variety of 

 pelvic version, the child being seized by the pubic arch 

 through the mother's pelvis. V., Bipolar, version 

 by acting upon both poles of the fetus. V., Cephalic, 

 turning the fetus so as to bring the head to present. 

 V.. Combined, bipolar version, consisting of a combi- 

 nation of external and internal version. V., External, 

 version effected by external manipulation. V., 

 French Method of, podalic version.. in which the 

 hand is first directed to the breech and then follows 

 ! down the thighs to the feet. V.. German Method 

 podalic version, in which the hand is carried 



directly over the abdominal aspect of the fetus to the 

 feet. V., Internal, by entering the hand within the 

 uterus. V., Mixed. Same as V, Combined. V., 

 Pelvic, turning the fetus so as to bring about a breech- 

 presentation. V., Podalic, bringing down one or 

 both feet. V., Spontaneous, the process whereby 

 a transverse position is, without external influence, 

 changed into a longitudinal one. V., Two-finger, 

 version by the introduction of two fingers into the 

 uterus. 



First Stage of Bipolar Version. {After R. Barnes^ 





Second Part of the First Stage of Bipolar Version, 

 when Head becomes Extended. (After R. Barnes.) 



