WHITE'S DISEASE 



1618 



WILL 



See Actea. W. Commissure, the ventral commissure 

 of the spinal cord. W. -crowned, having the crown or 

 top of the head white. W. Diarrhea, diarrhea in 

 which there is a large amount of thin mucus in the 

 stools. W., Dutch, a mixture of white lead and 

 barium sulphate, 1:3. W. Dysentery, dysentery 

 without admixture of blood in the stools. W. Flake, 

 lead subcarbonate. W. Flux (of India), " Hill 

 diarrhea;" tropical diarrhea associated with the 

 presence of the ankylostoma. See Diarrhea. W. 

 Galls, the nutgalls procured after the escape of the 

 insect ; they are inferior to the blue or black galls. 

 W. Gangrene. See Gangrene. W. Gum, Milia 

 strophulus albidus of Willan. W., Hamburg, a 

 mixture of white lead and barium sulphate, 1 : 2. 

 W. Infarct. See Infarct. W. Lead, lead car- 

 bonate. See Pigments, Conspectus of. W. Lead 

 Substitute. See Pigments, Conspectus of. W. Leg. 

 See Phlegmasia alba dolens and leg. W. Leprosy. 

 See Vitiligo. W. Lettuce. See Nabalus. W. 

 Line (of the pelvic fascia), a thickened, whitish band 

 in the pelvic fascia, extending from the lower part of 

 the symphysis pubis to the spine of the ischium. This 

 line marks the point of division of the fascia into two 

 layers, the obturator and the recto-vesical. W.- 

 lipped, having white lips. W. Matter. See Brain. 

 W. Mole. See Mole. W. Mustard, sinapis alba. W. 

 Nail, a condition of the nail in which spots and bands 

 of white are seen on its surface. Occasionally the 

 whole nail may be white. The mechanical cause is 

 the presence of air between the affected lamella;, but 

 the origin is unknown. The condition is sometimes 

 associated with gout, syphilis, or leprosy, or is a part of 

 trophic changes. The white spots commonly seen on 

 the nails of young persons are due to trauma. W. 

 Oak Bark. See Quercus alba. W., Paris, whiting. 

 W., Pearl, bismuth subnitrate. W., Permanent, 

 pulverized barium sulphate mixed with white lead. 

 W. Pneumonia. See Pneumonia. W. Precipitate. 

 See Precipitate and Hydrargyrum. W. Rosin, ordin- 

 ary rosin which has been melted and mixed with 

 water. W. Sage. See Erotia lanata. W. San- 

 dalwood. See Santalum. W. Softening, a form 

 of cerebral softening in which the affected area pre- 

 sents a dirty-white color, due to embolism of one 

 of the larger arteries or to gradual narrowing of the 

 arteries by chronic endarteritis. W. Substance of 

 Schwann. See Schwann. W. Swelling. See 

 Hydrarthrosis. W. Tache, a form of tache observed 

 in typhoid fever, in which the vessels of the area 

 irritated by the nail undergo contraction and remain 

 empty. W. Tanned Leather. See Leather. W., 

 Venetian, a mixture of equal parts of white lead 

 and barium sulphate. W. Vervain, the root of Ver- 

 bena urticifolia ; of reputed value in malarial fevers'. 

 W. Vitriol, zinc sulphate. See Pigments, Conspectus 

 of. W. Wax, yellow wax bleached by exposure to 

 air, light, and moisture. W. Wine. See Wine. W.- 

 winged, having white wings. 



White's Disease. Same as Darter' 's Diseas, ■■. 



Whites (hwttz). See leukorrhea. 



Whiting (hwlt'-ing) [ME., whit, white]. Purified 

 calcium carbonate. 



Whitleather (Invif -leth-er) [ME., whittlether\ The 

 ligamentum nucha;, or pack wax, of the ox. 



Whitlow (hwit'-to). See Panaris. W., Painless. 

 See Aforvan's Disease. 



Whole (hoi) [ME., hoi, whole]. Hale; healthy; 

 sound. 



Whoop (hoop) [ME., houpen, to whoop]. The in- 

 spiratory crow which precedes or occurs during a par- 

 oxysm in whooping-cough. 



Whooping Cough (hoo'-ping-kawf). See Pertuia 

 and Bacillus tussis convulsive, Afanassiew, unde 

 Bacteria, Synonymatic Table of 



Whorl (hworl) [ME., whorle, whorl]. See Vortex 

 In biology, organs disposed in a circle about a cen 

 tral axis are said to be arranged in a whorl. W. ol 

 Heart. See Vortex of Heart. 



Whytt's Disease. Acute hydrocephalus. W.'s Tine 

 ture, a preparation consisting of cinchona 6, orange 

 peel 2, gentian 2, cinnamon I, dilute alcohol 50. 



Wickersheimer's Fluid. A fluid employed chiefly fa 

 the preservation of museum specimens. There an 

 two formulae, the first for injecting, and the second foi 

 immersing. They are as follows : — 



First Second 

 Solution. Solution. 



Arsenious acid, 16 gms. i2gms. 



Sodium chlorid, 80 60 



Potassium sulphate 200 150 



" carbonate, ... 20 15 



" nitrate, 25 18 



Glycerin, 4,000 c.c. 4,000 c.c. 



Wood-naphtha 750 750 



Water, 10,000 10,000 



Widal Reaction (Gruber-Widal Reaction, Agglu 

 tination - test). The clumping and sedimentation 

 with loss of mobility, of certain bacteria on additici 

 of blood-serum from persons who have passed 

 passing through the disease to which the respectiv 

 bacterium gives rise. 



Wig [abbr. of periwig]. A covering of false hair fo 

 the head. 



Wigger's Ergotin. An alcoholic extract prepared hoi I 

 ergot deprived of fixed oil by means of ether. W.' 

 Method, a Method of Generating Chlorin. 

 18 parts of finely ground common salt with 15 

 of finely pulverized good manganese dioxid. 1' 

 mixture in a flask and pour a completely cooled m 

 of 45 parts of concentrated sulphuric acid a 

 parts of water upon it, and shake. 



Wild (wild) [ME., wilde, wild]. Not domesl 

 W. Bean. See Apios. W. Bergamot, the 

 Monarda fistulosa, in large doses a powerful di 

 retic. A reputed antiperiodic. Dose of the W 

 ITLxv-^j. W. Cherry. See Prmm 

 W.-fire. Synonym of Erysipelas. W. Ginger. s 

 Asarum. W. Indigo. See Baptisia. W. Liquo 

 ice. See Abrus. W.-mare, the night-mare. V 

 Marjoram. See Origanum. W. Potato. See Col 

 volvulus panduratus. W. Sage. See Serra 

 W. Silk. See Silk. W. Sunflower. 

 delia. W. Yam. See Dioscorea. 



Wilde, Cords of. Transverse stria; of the o 



losum. W.'s Incision, in operations in the tni 

 toid region, the incision of the soft parts. I 

 Operations, Table of. 



Wilder's Fissures. See Fissure. W., Foramen 1 

 See Foramina, Table of. 



Wildermuth's Ear. See Ear, Deformities. ,11: 

 eases, Table of. 



Wilkinson's Formula. An animal parasiticide 

 in dermatology. It consists of sulphur, tar, and la 

 of each two ounces, precipitated chalk on 

 ammonium sulphid one-half dram. It is 

 tinea tonsurans and scabies. W.'s Ointment, 

 Salve, for psoriasis ; it consists of sublime* 

 and oil of cade, of each four drams, green > 

 and lard each one ounce, prepared chalk two and 

 half drams. 



Wilks's Kidney. The large white kidney 1 

 parenchymatous nephritis. See Diseases, I'ablt <;/• 



Will (wil) [ME., willen, to will]. Volitioi 

 with more or less engagement of the moti 

 and of the muscular system. 



