ALOETAMID 



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bra, aloes made in India from Aloe vera, L. A.- 

 purple. See Acid, Aloetic. A., Shining, Cape 

 aloes. A., Socotrine, that obtained from Aloe perry i 

 and A. succotrina ; it is tonic and cathartic. Fid. 

 Ext., dose, I - 6 gr. (0.065 -0.4 gm.). A., Zanzi- 

 bar. See A., Socotrine. 



Alaetamid {al-o-ef -am-id). C 1 ,H,(NH,)(NO,),. A 

 body obtained from aloetic acid by action of dilute 

 ammoniacal gas. 



Aloetic. (See Illus. Diet.) 2. A preparation con- 

 taining aloes. 



Aloetica (al-o-et / -ih-ah). Preparations containing aloes. 



Alogy. See A login (Illus. Diet.). 



Aloid (al'-oid). Resembling the genus Aloe or aloes. 



Aloisol (al-o-is-ol'). An oily liquid obtained from the 

 distillation of aloes with quicklime. 



Alopecia. (See Illus. Diet.) Syn., L^apsus capillorum; 

 Lapsus pilorum ; Defiuxio capillorum ; Vulpis morbus. 

 A., Accidental, A. area. See A. areata (Illus. 

 Diet.). A., Cachectic, that due to general malnu- 

 trition. A. eczematodes, baldness due to eczema. 

 A., General. See A. universalis (Illus. Diet.). A. 

 leprosorum, the falling of the hair occurring in 

 leprosy. A. localis congenita, congenital baldness 

 limited to circumscribed regions. A., Natural, con- 

 genital baldness or that due to old age. A. neuri- 

 tica. (See Illus. Diet.) 2. Falling of the hair from 

 neuritic atrophy. A. normalis, infantile and senile 

 baldness. A. pityrodes, a gradual lessening of the 

 hair with abundant desquamation of epithelium and 

 sebaceous matter. A. praematura, A., Premature, 

 Idiopathic. See A., Presenile. A. praesenilis, A., 

 Presenile, baldness resembling senile alopecia in gen- 

 eral character, but occurring at an earlier age. A., 

 Symptomatic, loss of hair through local causes, and 

 in circumscribed regions. A. unguis, A. unguium, 

 the falling of the nails. Syn., Onychoptosis. A. uni- 

 versalis congenita, congenital baldness affecting the 

 whole body. 



Alopeciatus (al-o-pe-she-a'-lus). Characterized by or 

 affected with alopecia. 



Alopecic (al-o-pe'-sih). I. Relating to alopecia. 2. 

 An individual affected with alopecia. 



Alopecy (al'-o-pe-sy). See Alopecia (Illus. Diet.). 



Alpenstich (alp'-en-stifc) [Ger.]. A form of severe 

 pleurisy or pleuropneumonia with typhoid symptoms 

 peculiar to mountainous regions. It occurred as an 

 epidemic in the Swiss Alps in 1771 and in north Ger- 

 many in 1832. See Alpjlecken. 



Alpestris (al-pes / -tn's) [L. ]. Applied to organisms 

 growing on mountains below the snow line. Syn., 

 Alpigenous. 



Alpflecken (alp-flek'-en) [Ger.]. Blue spots some- 

 times occurring on the skin after Alpenstich. 



Alpha. (See Illus. Diet.) 2. The fiber of esparto 

 grass. A.eigon, a compound of iodin and albu- 

 min containing 15% of iodin and soluble in water. 

 A.eunol. See under Eunol, A. leukocyte, one 

 disintegrating during blood-coagulation. 



Alphabet [al' -fa-bet) [a?i<l>a, pijra, first and second 

 letters of the Greek alphabet]. The letters forming 

 the elements of a written language. A., Braille-, a 

 system of letters consisting of elevated points, for the 

 use of the blind. A., Chemic, Lully's system, in 

 which each letter of the alphabet had a symbolic 

 signification. 



Alphabetum chymicum (al-/a-be / -tt/w kim'-ik-um). 

 See Alphabet, Chemic. 



Alphasol (a I' -fa -sol). A commercial preparation used 

 as an antiseptic in rhinology and laryngology. 



Alphene (al-fen'). N,H 4 C. A hypothetic radicle. A. 

 Sulfid. See Ammonium Sulfocyanate. 



Alphenols [al-fe-nolz'). A class of compounds having 

 the characteristics of both alcohols and phenols. 



Alphodeopsoriasis (al-fb-de-o-so-ri-a / -sis) [d/.i 

 leprous ; ^icdpiaaic, psoriasis], A form of psoriasis 

 resembling leprosy. 



Alphodermia [al-fo-dur' -me-ah) [a/.(p6c, white ; dip/ia, 

 the skin]. Achromatosis ; any disease marked by 

 lack of pigmentation. 



Alphodes (al'-fo-dez). See Alphoid. 



Alphoid (al'-foid). Resembling alphos ; leprous. 



Alphol (al' -fol). C I7 H 12 3 . The salicylic ether of a- 

 naphthol, a white crystalline powder, soluble in alcohol, 

 in ether, and in fatty oils, insoluble in water ; melts at 

 83 C. It is an internal antiseptic. Dose, 8-15 gr. 

 (0.52-I gm.) 3 times daily. Syn., Betol. 



Alphous (al'-fus). Relating to alphos. 



Alphus. See Alphos (Illus. Diet. ). A. confertus, a 1 

 scrofulous form of impetigo with clustered lesions at- 

 tended with formation of white crusts. A. leuce, 

 Plenck's name for a skin disease marked by white spots, I 

 which penetrate the skin deeply and involve the hairs. 

 and if pricked a milky water exudes. Syn., Vitiligo ; 

 leuce; Leuce. A. simplex, Plenck's name for a skin , 

 disease marked by white patches not involving the [ 

 hairs and wandering from one part to the other, with' 

 roughening of the skin. A. sparsus, a scrofulous' 

 disseminated ecthyma attended with formation of white 

 crusts. 



Alpigenous (al-pi/-en-us). See Alpestris. 



Alpine (al'-pin). Inhabiting regions above the forest] 

 line, or among perpetual snow on mountains. 



Alpinin [Alpiuia'j. C 17 H u ,0 6 . A constituent of the! 

 coloring-matter of galangal root. 



Alsidium (al-sid'-e-um) [a/ oufit/c, woody, bushy]. Al 

 genus of Algtr, belonging to the order Floridea. A 

 helminthochortus, Agardh., a species found in the 

 Adriatic and Mediterranean and especially on the 

 of Corsica. It chiefly constitutes the Corsican mos 

 (a. 7'.) of commerce. Cf. Gigartina aciculari 

 and Desmarctia aculeata, L. 



Alsol (al'-sol). Aluminium acetotartrate. 



Alstonamin (al-sto-na»/-in). See Alston in. 



Alstonia (al-sto'-nc-ah) [Charles Alston, 1683-1760 ! 

 Scotch physician and botanist]. A genus of apo 

 ceous trees and shrubs. A. constricta, F. Muel., th 

 Australian fever-tree, yields the alkaloid alsl 

 The bark is tonic, antiperiodic, and antipyretic, a 

 used in intermittent fevers. Fl. Ext., dose, 30- 

 (1.8-3.7 c.c. ). A. scholaris, R. Br., the devil 

 a native of the East Indies, furnishes dita bark 

 tonic, astringent, antiperiodic, and anthelmintic. 



Alstonicin (al-ston'-is-in). An alkaloid obtaine 

 Alstonia constricta. 



Alstonidin (al-ston'-id-in). An %alkaloid isolate 

 Alstonia constricta; it is soluble in ether ai 

 chloroform. 



Alstrcemeria {al-strum-e' -re-ah) [Claudiui 



rius, a Swedish botanist]. A genus of herbs ol t: 

 order Amaryllidace<r. A. ligtu, a South Am 

 plant, furnishes Tnlcahuana arrowroot. 



Alteration. (See Illus. Diet.) 2. Castration. 



Alterative. (See Illus. Diet.) 2. Changing; all 

 reestablishing healthy nutritive processes. .; 

 ducing thirst. 



Alternator (a7el'-tur-na-tor). An apparatus fo 

 verting the direct dynamo current into an alten 

 current. 



Althaea. (See Illus. Diet.) 2. A genus of plat 

 the order Afalvaccr. The mot of A. rosea, holh 

 is used as a substitute for.-/, officinalis. Unguentu: 

 Althaeas, an ointment composed of marshmallo' 

 root, 2 parts; turmeric, flaxseed, and fenugreek, e»< 



