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called from its power of leaving the blood-current and 

 entering the tissues. See Leukocyte. W. Erysipelas. 

 : t>elas migrans, erysipelas with frequent change of 

 localization. W. Kidney. See Floating Kidney. W. 

 Liver. See Liver. W. Pneumonia, a migrant, or 

 locally progressive pneumonia ; one that changes its 

 seat. See Pneumonia. W. Rash, Geographic Tongue, 

 noid, Circinate Eruption, a peculiar and rare 

 disease of the tongue occurring, as a rule, in children 

 under two years of age. It consists in the appearance 

 on the dorsum of the tongue of round, raised, whitish 

 patches surrounded by a raised ring of epithelial tissue 

 yellowish in color. These rings may intersect and cover 

 the tongue with sinuous lines. It is a chronic disease 

 of a harmless nature, very resistant to treatment. See 

 aphic Tongue. 'W. Spleen, a rare condition in 

 ii the attachments of the spleen become relaxed to 

 such a degree that it descends by the force of gravity 

 into the left iliac fossa, or may be found upon the oppo- 

 site side of the body when the patient lies upon the right 

 side. W. Tumor, usually a displaced or floating viscus. 



Vane (wan) [ME., waney, to wane]. To decrease; 

 to decline ; to fade. 



Vang [ME., wange, cheek]. I. The jaw, jaw-bone, or 

 cheek-bone. 2. A cheek-tooth or grinder. W. -tooth. 

 A cheek-tooth ; a grinder or molar. 



Vanklyn's Ammonia Process. A process for the 

 estimation of nitrogenous organic matter in water. 

 This process operates on the water itself, and not on the 

 residue obtained on evaporation, and it gives as char- 

 acteristic data the " free ammonia" and " albuminoid 

 ammonia'' yielded by waters. The principle of the 

 method is the measurement of the nitrogenous organic 

 matter in waters by the quantity of ammonia yielded by 

 iestruction of the organic matter. For the measure- 

 ment of the quantities of ammonia, the very delicate 

 of Xessler is utilized. 



Var Fever. Synonym of Typhus Fez 



Varble {war' ' -bl ) [also wormil, wormul, warnle, wornil, 

 nal. Origin obscure, perhaps connected with ME. , 

 . pus, humor, or with worm~\. (a) A small, boil- 

 like tumor on the back of horses, cattle, deer, etc. , pro- 

 duced by the galling of a saddle or by the presence 

 of the larva of the warble-fly. The inflammation pro- 

 duces a condition of the surface of the carcass beneath 

 the warble known as " licked beef," or " butchers' 

 jelly."' W.-fly. See Hypoderma bovis, under Para- 

 sites {Animal), Table of. 



Varburg's Tincture, Tinctura pyrexialis. It consists 

 of aloes soc. lb j, rad. rhei, sem. angelica, confec. 

 Damocratis aa 3*iv; rad. helenii, croci sativi, sem. 

 foeniculi. creUe pnep. aa 3 ij ; rad. gentianae, rad. 

 zeodari.t, pip. cubebce, myrrh, elect., camphone, bolet. 

 laricis, aa 3J. Digest with proof spt. 3500, and add 

 quinin disulph. 3 x. Filter. Dose 3 j in two doses three 

 hours apart. 



/ard [ME., 7vard, ward]. A division or room of a 

 hospital. W. -carriage, an apparatus tor hospital 

 service mounted upon wheels, and containing a reser- 

 voir of water, and other materials, instruments, etc., 

 used in surgical operations and dressings, 

 /ard's Paste, confection of black pepper. See Paste. 

 /ardrop's Disease. Malignant onychitis. See Dis- 

 eases. Table of. W.'s Operation, ligature of the 

 artery beyond an aneurysm. 



/arega-fly {war-a'-ga'hfli) [S. A. Ind., warega , fly] . 

 See Musca sp. (?) under Parasites {Animal), Table of. 

 Warehousemen's Itch. See Grocers' Itch. 

 taring's System. A system of sewage-disposal by 

 means of sub-surface irrigation. It should be called 

 " Moule 's System" because invented by the late Rev. 



Warm [ME., warm, warm]. Having a moderate degree 

 of heat. W.Bath. See Bath. W. -blooded, a term 

 applied to animals that maintain a uniform temperature, 

 whatever the changes of temperature in the surrounding 

 medium. 



Warming [ME., warmen, to warm]. Making warm. 

 W. Plaster. See Cantharis. 



Warner's Laudanum. See Laudanum. 



Warras [war'-as) [Ind.]. A variety of kamala, said to 

 be obtained from Flemingia grahamiana, a leguminous 

 tree of India ; it is a teniafuge and useful in skin-dis- 

 eases. Dose of powder ^iss-v; of tincture f 3 j. Unof. 



Warren's Styptic. See Lotio adsiringens. 



Wart [ME., wert, wart]. See Verruca and Condyloma. 

 A small, circumscribed elevation on the skin, with an 

 uneven papillary surface and a broad base. In farriery, 

 a spongy excrescence in the pastern of the horse. In 

 biology, a small glandular or gland-like excrescence on 

 the surface of a plant. W., Peruvian. See Verruca 

 peruana. 



Warty [ME., wert, wart]. Resembling a wart; covered 

 with warts. W. Smallpox, Hornpox, a name given 

 to those cases of smallpox in which the eruption does 

 not develop beyond the papular stage. W. Tubercle. 

 See Verruca necrogenica. W. Ulcer. See Marjo- 

 lin's Ulcer. 



Wash [ME., washen, to wash]. To cleanse with a 

 liquid. See Lotion. W., Black. See Lotio hy- 

 drargyri nigra. W.-leather Skin, that condition of 

 the skin in which certain metals, especially silver, mark it 

 with a black line. It occurs, as a rule, in patients suf- 

 fering from diseases which directly or indirectly affect 

 either the trophic or the sensory nerves. It sometimes 

 precedes the occurrence of bed-sores. W.-rag. See 

 Luffa. W., Yellow. See Lotio hydrargyri flava. 



Washerwoman's Hand. See Cholera-hand. W.'s 

 Itch or Scall, psoriasis of the hand, occurring in wash- 

 erwomen. 



Washing {wash' -ing) [ME., washen, to wash]. Ablu- 

 tion. The mechanical operation of separating soluble 

 from insoluble matter. 



Waste {wast) [ME., 7vast, waste]. Any ultimate pro- 

 duct of katabolisra ; loss by reason of disease, inanition, 

 or over-use. W. and Garbage. See Sewage. W. 

 Silk, that which proceeds from perforated and double 

 cocoons, and such as are soiled in steaming or in any 

 other way. This wa-te silk is washed, boiled with 

 soap, and dried. When carded and spun like cotton it 

 yields the so-called flurt-silk. 



Wasting {wast' -ing 1 [ME., waste*, to waste]. De- 

 stroying ; running ; laying waste. See Atrophy. W. 

 Disease, a popular term for Pulmonary Tuberculosis 

 and for tuberculous disease of cattle. W. Palsy. 

 See Atrophy, Progressive Muscular. 



Watchmakers' Cramp. See Cramp. 



Water {waw'-ter) [ME., water, water], H,0. A 

 transparent, inodorous, tasteless fluid, boiling at 212° F. 

 (ioo° C), and freezing at 32 F. (o° C). The 

 specific gravity of water at 39. 2° F. (4 C.) is I. See 

 Aqua. W. -analysis, the analysis of water. W.- 

 bag, the reticulum of the stomach of the camel and 

 other Camelide. A rubber bag in which water of 

 varying degrees of temperature can be introduced for 

 topical application. W.-bed. See Bed. W.-blue. 

 See Pigments, Conspectus of. W. -brain, gid or stag- 

 gers of sheep, caused by the brain-worm. W. Brain- 

 fever. See Meningitis, Tuberculous. W. on Brain. 

 See Hydrocephalus. W. -brash. See Pyrosis. W.- 

 braxy, a disease of sheep in which there is hemor- 

 rhage into the peritoneal cavity. W. -breather, any 

 branchiate which breathes water by means of gills. 

 W. -cancer. Svnonvm of Cancrum oris. W.- 



