AXELECTROTOXTZE 



.nelectrotonize {an-el-ek-tro* -ton-lz) [av, priv. ; if/en- 

 , electricity; ruioc, tension]. To render anelectro- 

 tonous. 



nemasia, Anemasis {an-e-maz'-e-ah, an-e-maz 

 See Anemia. A. epizootica, a disease of young 

 mules marked by prostration, slight, rapid pulse, and 

 hardness of the abdomen, usually proving fatal in from 

 6 to 24 hours. Autopsy reveals pale lungs and thin 

 blood deficient in fibrin. 



nemia, Anaemia. (See Illus. Diet. ) A., Addison's, 

 A., Biermer's, pernicious anemia. A., Bothrio- 

 cephalous, that caused by Bothriocephalus latus. A., 

 Cerebral, a lack of blood in the brain. A., Chlorotic. 

 See Chloranemia (Illus. Diet.). A., Cytogenic. 

 See A., Idiopathic (Illus. Diet.). A., Essential 

 Febrile. See A., Progressive Pernicious {Visas. Diet.). 

 A., Essential Malignant, A., Essential Perni- 

 cious. See A., Progressive Pernicious (Illus. Diet.). 

 A., Fecal. See Stercoremia (Illus. Diet.). A., 

 Globular, a form marked by diminution of the number 

 of red blood-corpuscles. A. infantum pseudoleu- 

 kaemica, a form of primary anemia described by v. 

 Jaksch as peculiar to the young child. Morse holds 

 that chlorosis is a condition wholly foreign to infantile 

 life and that v. Jaksch' s disease does not represent a 

 distinct clinical entity. [DaCosta.] A., Miners'. 

 See Uncinariasis. A., Myelogenous, anemia at- 

 tended with hyperplasia of myelogenous tissue. A., 

 Paludal, anemia associated with or caused by malaria. 

 A., Pernicious, Runeberg's Type of, a form of 

 pernicious anemia with remissions. A., Pseudoleu- 

 kemia (of v. Jaksch). See A. infantum pseudoleu- 

 A., Spinal, a deficient blood-supply to the 

 spinal cord. A., Splenic, chronic anemia with en- 

 larged spleen, blood-changes, chloranemia, leukopenia, 

 hemorrhages from the stomach, and pigmentation of 

 the skin. A. spuria acutissima, Winternitz's term 

 for profound anemia due to trauma in which no blood 

 was lost, but a stasis of blood occurred in the larger 

 vessels. A., Tropic. See Uncinariasis. A., True, 

 anemia caused by hemorrhages. A., Tunnel. See 

 Uncinariasis. 



jnemious {an-em'-e-us) \avtuoc, the wind]. Growing 

 in windy exposures, 

 aemochrous (an-em'-ok-ms) [diwuoc, bloodless; 



l^potii, the skin]. Pallid, without color. 



nemonism | an-em' '-, n-izm ) [ai'e/wvr/, wind-flower]. 



! Poisoning from ingestion of fresh ingredients of ranun- 

 culaceous plants (ranunculus, anemone, clematis), 

 which yield anemonol. It gives rise to inflammation of 

 the mouth, stomach, intestines, and kidney, 

 lemopathy ian-ern-op , -ath-e) [avefiw, wind; -ddoc, 

 disease]. Therapeutic treatment by inhalation, 

 lemosarcous {an-em-o-sar / -kus) [avaiuoc, bloodless; 



flesh]. Having white flesh. 

 lemoscope (an-em'-o-skop) [avruor, wind; OKtmin, to 

 An instrument to determine the speed of wind, 

 "lemydria, Anaemydria (an-em-id'-re-ah) [a, priv.; 

 . water]. Insufficiency of the 

 watery element in blood, 

 lencephalemia I an-en-sef-al-e'-me-ah). See Anen- 



hemia ( Illus. Diet.), 

 lenterate an-en'-tur-at). Same as Anenterous (Illus. 



leronomatic (an-er-o-no-mat / -ik). See Andronym. 

 lesime | :n-es'-im-e). See Aneson. 

 lesin ( :>:'■ -in ). Same as Aneson. 

 leson ■.'-()«). 1. An old name for dill. 2. 

 uie commercial name of a watery solution containing 

 :etonechloroform, recommended as a local anes- 

 I thetic instead of cocain. As a hypnotic it is used in 

 doses of 8 gr. 



69 AXESTHETIC 



Anesthecinesis, Anaesthecinesis (an-es-t/ie-sin-e / -sis) 

 [a, priv.; aicttTjatc, feeling; niveau:, movement]. A 

 condition marked by loss of sensibility and motor ca- 

 pacity. 



Anesthesia. (See Illus. Diet.) A., Central, that 

 due to disease of nerve-centers. A., Cerebral, that 

 due to disease of the cerebrum. A., Dolorous, of 

 Liebreich, the transient but painful anesthesia pro- 

 duced by the injection of water in sufficient quantity 

 to edematize the papillary layer of the derm and subja- 

 cent layers. The pain is due to the inhibitory swell- 

 ing of the cells. A., Efferent, that due to disorder of 

 the nerve terminations, disturbing their conductivity. 

 A., Electric, anesthesia caused by the passage of an 

 electric current through a part. A.. Facial, anesthesia 

 of those parts to which the sensory branches of the fifth 

 cranial nerve are distributed. A., General, that of 

 the whole body ; loss of perception and consciousness. 

 A., Genital, the absence of the sensation attending 

 coitus. A., Girdle, a zone of anesthesia encircling the 

 body, due to circumscribed disease of the spinal cord. 

 A., Gustatory. Same as Ageusia (Illus. Diet. ). A., 

 Hemiplegic. Set Hemianesthesia (Illus. Diet. . A.. 

 Infiltration, local anesthesia effected by subcuta- 

 neous injections. A., Javanese, that produced by 

 pressure upon the carotids. A., Korffs. See under 

 Anesthetic. A., Mixed, that partially produced and 

 prolonged by the administration of morphin or other 

 cerebral anodyne before the anesthetic is given. A.. 

 Muscular, absence of muscular sensibility, as in loco- 

 motor ataxia. A., Olfactory. See Anosmia (Illus. 

 Diet. ). A., Optical. See Amaurosis (Illus. Diet.). 

 A., Primary, temporary insensibility to slight pain in 

 the beginning of anesthesia. A., Rectal, local an- 

 esthesia induced by means of an anesthetic placed 

 in the rectum. A., Regional, the suppression of all sen- 

 sorial impressions made upon a region by blocking their 

 path in the nerve-trunks, paralyzing the peripheral 

 nerve-endings, or anesthetizing the sensory centers in 

 the cerebral cortex itself. A., Schleich Infiltration. 

 See under Anesthetic. A., Schneiderlin's. See 

 under Anesthetic. A., Spinal. See under Anesthetic, 

 Corning- Bier Method. A.. Subarachnoid. See under 

 Anesthetic, Corning- Bier Method. A. by Sugges- 

 tion, hypnotism. A., Tactile, loss or impairment of 

 the sense of touch. A., Thermic, loss of the percep- 

 tion of heat ; thermoanesthesia. A., Unilateral. 

 See Hemianesthesia (Illus. Diet.). 



Anesthesin [an-es-the / -sin). 



XII 

 Q^i^rfv'ir h E. Ritsert's name for paramido- 



benzoic acid ester ; a white, tasteless, odorless powder, 

 soluble with difficulty in cold water, more soluble in 

 hot water, readily in alcohol, ether, acetone, chloro- 

 form, and fatty oils ; it is used as a local anesthetic. 



Anesthesis (an-es-the / -sis). See Anesthesia. 



Anesthetic, Anaesthetic. (See Illus. Diet.) 2. Re- 

 lating to, attending, or producing anesthesia. Bjg- 

 ot's Local Anesthesia Mixture, cocain hydro- 

 chlorate, O.04, and spartein sulfate, 0.05 ; this is dis- 

 solved in 1 or 2 c.c. of boiled water. Bernard's 

 Method. See Xussbaurn's Method (Illus. Diet.). 

 Bonain's Mixture for anesthesia of the external sur- 

 face of the tympanic membrane. Phenol, menthol, 

 cocain hydrochlorate, aa I.o; or phenol 2.9, menthol 

 0.5, cocain hydrochlor. 1.0. Ceci's Mixed Mor- 

 phin-cocain ; the local anesthetic action of an 

 analgesic drug is preceded or supplemented by the 

 action of morphin or other cerebral anodyne. Chloro- 

 form-oxygen. See lloh/gemuth's Method. Cole's 

 Method, the use of ether preceded by nitrous oxid 

 gas. Corning- Bier Method, the spinal subarach- 





