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Cotunnii ; sciatica. D., Cyclic, a disease follow- 

 ing cycles or periods of exacerbation or change. 

 D., Cystic, of the Breast. See D., A'eclus' 

 (Illus. Diet.). D., Dancing. See Tarantism 

 (Illus. Diet.). D., Danielssen's, anesthetic leprosy. 

 D., Debove's, splenomegaly. D., Dejerine's. hy- 

 pertrophic interstitial neuritis of infancy. D., Der- 

 cum's. See Adiposis dolorosa. D., Die-back, a 

 fungus-disease of certain plants; as of apricots. D.s, 

 Dietic. See Dietic (Illus. Diet.). D., Divers', an 

 affection similar to caisson disease. D., Dubois', 

 the presence of multiple necrotic foci in the thymus 

 glands of infants affected with hereditary syphilis. 

 D., Duroziez's, congenital mitral stenosis. D., 

 Ebstein's, hyaline degeneration and insular necrosis 

 of the epithelial cells of the renal tubules in diabetes. 

 D.s, Echinococcous, disorders due to the invasion of 

 echinococci. D., Eichstedt's, pityriasis versicolor. 

 D.. Elevator, i. An affection of the heart occur- 

 ring in elevator- men. Syn., Liftman's heart. 2. 

 See under Elevator i Illus. Diet.). D., Endemic. 

 See Endemic (Illus. Diet. ). D., English, rhachitis. 

 D., Enthetic, one introduced extraneously ; an infec- 

 tious disease. D., Entozootic, one due to the pres- 

 ence of animal parasites within the body. D., Epi- 

 demic. See Epidemic (Illus. Diet.). D., Fen- 

 wick's, primary atrophy of the stomach. D., Fibrous, 

 a condition of the system supposed to favor the forma- 

 tion of fibrous growths. D., Filatow's, acute febrile 

 cervical adenitis of children, probably identical with 

 Pfeiffer's glandular fever. D., Fish, a disease of 

 salmon and other fishes and of tritons and newts, due 

 to the growth of a facultative parasitic fungus (Sapro- 

 : ferox, Xees. ) on abraded places of the skin. 

 Also called Salmon disease. D., Fishskin, ichthyosis. 

 D., Fish-slime, a peculiar form of septicemia due to 

 punctured wounds by fish-spines. D., Flax-dress- 

 er's, pneumonia from inhalation of particles of flax. 

 D., Flash-worm, trichiniasis. D., Flint. Synonym 

 of Chalicosis. D., Foot and Mouth. See under 

 Foot (Illus. Diet.). D., Fothergill's, neuralgia of 

 the trigeminus. D., Fourth, Clement Dukes* term 

 for a contagious disease resembling measles, scarlet 

 fever, and rubella or rose-rash, but distinct. Syn., 

 Quatrieme fiivre eruptive. Cf. Erythema scarlatini- 

 forme. D., Friedlander's, obliterative arteritis. 

 D.s, Fungoid, D.s, Fungous, those due to the inva- 

 sion of fungi, causing impaired or perverted action of 

 cells encroached upon. D., Fungous, of India, 



i prevalent endemic disease of India affecting the ex- 

 tremities and disorganizing the tissues, due to the im- 

 plantation of spores in the tissues. D., Gannister, 

 the formation of fibroid tissue in the lungs of gannister 

 miners and grinders, due to constant irritation from 

 breathing the fine dust. D., Gaucher's. an affection 

 described by Gaucher as "primary epithelioma of the 

 spleen," but probably identical with splenic anemia. 

 D., Gayet's, a rare and fatal form of narcolepsy some- 

 what resembling the African sleeping sickness. Cf. 



Uncinariasis. D., Gerhardt's. See D., Mitchell s. 

 D., Giovannini's, a rare form of nodular disease of 

 the hair caused by a fungus. D., Goldflam's. 

 See D., Erb's (Il'lus. Diet.). D., v. Graefe's, 

 progressive ophthalmoplegia. D., Grancher's, 

 spleno-pneumonie ; pneumonie massive. A form of 

 pneumonia with splenization of the lung, the coagu- 

 lable exudate filling not only the alveoli, but also 

 the larger bronchi. D., Griesinger's, uncinariasis. 

 D., Grinder's, fibroid phthisis. D., Gross'. See 

 PkysicVs Encysted Rectum (Illus. Diet.). D., 

 Gruby's. See Alopecia areata (Illus. Diet.). D., 

 Guinea-worm, disease due to Filaria medinensis. 



See Parasites, Table of ( Illus. Diet). D., Guinon's, 

 tic de Guinon. See D., Toured/ s (Illus. DicL). 

 D., Gull and Sutton's, arteriocapillary fibrosis; 

 diffuse arteriosclerosis. D., Habit, one that results 

 from long continuation and frequent repetition of an 

 act. D., Hallopeau's, chronic pustular dermatitis, 

 a form of Neumann's disease. D., Hammond's 

 (W. A.). See Athetosis (Illus. Diet.). D., Hand, 

 Foot, and Mouth. See Pemphigus vegetans (Illus. 

 Diet. >. D., Hayem's, apoplectiform myelitis. D.s, 

 Hematopoietic, those affecting the blood-making 

 apparatus. D., Hendon, an endemic outbreak of 

 scarlet fever occurring at Hendon, England, from 

 ingestion of milk of cows suffering from a peculiar 

 vesicular eruption on the teats. D., Henoch-Ber- 

 geron's. See D. , Bergeron's (Illus. Diet.). D.s, 

 Heterotoxic, those due to toxic substances introduced 

 from without the body. D., Hide-bound. See 

 Scleroderma and Sclerema neonatorum. D., Hirsch- 

 feld's, a form of diabetes of rapid march which usually 

 ends in death in three months, by progressive cachexia 

 or by complication. D., Hirschsprung's, congenital 

 hypertrophic dilation of the colon. D., Hodara's, a 

 form of trichorrhexis nodosa that has been observed by 

 Hodara in women in Constantinople. D., Hook- 

 worm, uncinariasis. D.. Horner's, a slight ptosis ac- 

 companied by miosis, retraction of the eyeball, and 

 flushing of the face of the same side, in destructive 

 lesions cf the cervical sympathetic. D., Hotel. See 

 £>., National Hotel. D., Huchard's, excessive 

 arterial tension due to a spasm of the vasoconstrictors 

 and which, according to Huchard, causes gene»al 

 arteriosclerosis. D., Huguier's. (See Illus. Diet. ) 

 2. Hypertrophic elongation of the supravaginal por- 

 tion of the cervix uteri. D., Humoral, Theory of, 

 that of Christopher Ludwig Hoffmann [1721— 1807], 

 which referred diseases to certain bodily humors, and 

 in which the "acridities" of Boerhaave were mingled 

 with the "putridities" of the Pneumatists and the 

 "irritability" of Glisson. [Park.] D.. Hutchin- 

 son's. See Toy's Choroiditis, Table of Diseases 

 (Illus. Diet.). D., Hydrocephaloid, a disease of 

 children resembling hydrocephalus, following prema- 

 ture weaning. D., Infectious, one arising from the 

 invasion, growth, and multiplication in the body of 

 specific, pathogenic microorganisms which produce a 

 chemic poison that induces its characteristic effects. 

 D., Isambert's, tuberculous ulceration of the mouth, 

 fauces, and pharynx. D., Jumping, a form of choro- 

 mania. See Jumpers (Illus. Diet). D., Kahl- 

 baum's. See Catatonia (Illus. Diet.). D., Kahler's, 

 a rare constitutional affection characterized by the for- 

 mation of round-celled neoplasms in the skeleton, 

 paroxysms of pain, a tendency to spontaneous fractures, 

 especially of the ribs, enlargement of the spleen and 

 lymphatic glands, and the presence of Bence Jones' 

 bodies in the urine. The sarcoma-like growths first 

 invade the marrow and afterward destroy the osseous 

 tissue, and it appears that when the marrow is ren- 

 dered unable to perform its normal functions, albumose 

 is formed by the established pathologic condition and 

 this causes a true intoxication. D., Kuemmell's, 

 traumatic spondylitis. D., Kussmaul's, poliomyelitis 

 anterior acuta ; acute atrophic spinal paralysis. D., 

 Lardaceous, amyloid degeneration. D., Lasegue's, 

 mania of persecution. D., Lobstein's, osteopsathy- 

 rosis. D., Local, one confined to some particular 

 region of the body or to one tissue or organ. D., 

 Loco. See under Loco (Illus. Diet.). D., Lucas- 

 Championniere's, chronic pseudomembranous bron- 

 chitis. D., Matter's, perivaginitis simplex. D., 

 Malignant Mold-fungus, an affection of the skin 



