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and mucosa, especially of the mouth, lips, and nose; 

 is described by de Hahn as due to a mold-fungus. D., 

 Marie's. (See Illus. Diet.) 2. Hereditary cerebel- 

 lar ataxia. 3. Hypertrophic pulmonary osteoarthro- 

 pathy. 4. Spondylosis rhizomelica ; ankylosis of the 

 spinal column and the coxofemoral, less frequently 

 also of the scapulohumeral, articulations. The affec- 

 tion is identified with Struempell's disease. D., 

 Mathieu-Weil's. See D., Weir s (Illus. Diet). 

 D., Meyer's, hypertrophy of the pharyngeal tonsil; 

 adenoid vegetations of the pharynx. D., Mikulicz's, 

 chronic hypertrophic enlargement of the lacrimal and 

 salivary glands. D., Mitchell's (Weir), erythro- 

 melalgia. D., Mitral, disease affecting the mitral 

 valves. D., Moebius', periodic or recurrent paral- 

 ysis of the motor oculi. D., Moeller's. See D., 

 Barlow" 1 s. D., Mucous, a form of chronic gastro- 

 intestinal catarrh in children. It consists of a mucous 

 flux, from the whole internal surface of the alimentary 

 canal, which interferes mechanically with the diges- 

 tion and absorption of food, and so impedes nutrition 

 as to suggest the presence of tubercles. It usually 

 arises between the fourth and the twelfth year, fre- 

 quently as a sequel of pertussis. [Starr. ] D., Mucous 

 (Whitehead), D., Mucous (of the colon). See Coli- 

 tis, Mucous. D., National Hotel, severe irritation of 

 the alimentary canal and particularly of the large intes- 

 tine due to sewer-gas poisoning ; it occurred as an en- 

 demic among the occupants of the National Hotel in 

 Washington in 1857. D., Neftels', atremia; inability 

 to walk, stand, or sit without general discomfort and 

 paresthesia of the head and back, all movements being 

 readily executed in the recumbent posture. D., Neu- 

 mann's, pemphigus vegetans. D.s, Occupation. 

 See under Occupation (Illus. Diet.). D., Organic, one 

 due to structural changes. D., Ottawa, Canadian 

 syphiloid. D., Page's, railway spine. D., Painted, 

 mal del pinto (Sp.). See Carate (Illus. Diet.). D., 

 Pallid. See Pali (Illus. Diet.). D., Pandemic, a 

 disease epidemic over a wide area. D., Parasitic, one 

 due to an animal or vegetable parasite. D., Paren- 

 chymatous, that affecting the parenchyma of an organ. 

 D., Paris', acrodynia. D., Parrot. Ses Psittacosis. 

 D., Pearl, bovine tuberculosis. D., Periodic. See 

 under Periodic (Illus. Diet.). D., Phocas', chronic 

 fibrous mastitis, characterized by the presence of mul- 

 tiple fibrous nodules in both breasts. D., Piano- 

 player's. See Cramp, Pianist's (Illus. Diet.). D., 

 Pick's, pseudocirrhosis of the liver, met with occa- 

 sionally as a complication of adhesive pericarditis. D., 

 Planet-struck, apoplexy. D., Policeman's, tar- 

 salgia. D., Porcupine. See Ichthyosis hystrix (Illus. 

 Diet.). D.s, Protozoal, pathologic conditions due to 

 the invasion of the body by protozoa. D., Protozoic 

 (of Posadas, Wernicke, etc.). See Dermatitis, Blas- 

 tomycetic. D., Pulpy, tuberculous arthritis. D., 

 Ragsorter's. See Ragpicker's D. (Illus. Diet.). D., 

 Rat, bubonic plague. D., Recklinghausen's. I. 

 Multiple neurofibromatosis. 2. Hemochromatosis ; an 

 affection characterized by bronzing of the skin, hyper- 

 trophic cirrhosis of the liver, enlargement of the spleen, 

 and, in later stages, diabetes from pancreatic sclerosis. 

 D., Reichmann's, gastrosuccorrhea ; a neurosis of 

 the stomach attended with hypersecretion. D., Rice, 

 a name for cholera, from the supposition that it was 

 due to the ingestion of damaged rice. D., Riegel's, 

 Riegel's syndrome ; tachycardia associated with troubles 

 simulating asthma. D., Roger's, simple perforation 

 of the interventricular septum. D., Romberg's, pro- 

 gressive facial hemiatrophy. D., Rosenbach's, a 

 nodular enlargement, painful to the touch, of the dor- 

 sal aspect of the proximal ends of the last phalanges. 



The affection is regarded as identical with Heberden" s 

 nodes. D., Roth's, meralgia paresthetica, Bernhardt'* 

 paresthesia. D., Rougnon-Heberden's. See D., 

 Heberdeii 1 s (Illus. Diet.). D., Rummo's. Syno- 

 nym of Cardioptosis. D., Rust's, tuberculous spondy- 

 litis affecting the first and second cervical vertebras. 

 D., Sacroiliac. See Sacroiliac Disease (Illus. Diet.). 

 D., Saint Euphemia's, syphilis. D., Salmon. See 

 D. , Fish. D., Sarmatian. See Plica polonica 

 (Illus. Diet.). D., Savill's, dermatitis exfoliativa epi- 

 demica ; epidemic eczema. D., Scythian. See 

 Scythian (Illus. Diet.). D., Septinous, a form of 

 septic disease in which there is absorption of the toxic 

 substance through an abrasion of the mucosa of the 

 alimentary canal. D., Seven Days', trismus. D., 

 Smith's (Eustace). Set Colitis, Mucous. D., Spot, a 

 name given to various fungal diseases of plants ; e. g., 

 S. d. of violets, due to Alternaria viola:. Leaf-spot 

 d. of cherry-trees, due to Clasterosporium amygdal- 

 earum. D., Spotted, of Central America. See 

 Cutare (Illus. Diet.). D., Sternberg's, the tuber- 

 culous form of pseudoleukemia. D., Stokes-Adams'. 

 See D., Adams-Stokes' . D., Stomach-worm, a dis- 

 ease of cattle due to species of Strongylus, S. conlortus, 

 S. Cu?-ticei, S. Parker/', S. rctortaformis, S. fillicolis. 

 See Parasites, Table of (Illus. Diet.). D., Strad- 

 dling, quebrabunda ; a tropic disease resembling beri- 

 beri, attacking horses and pigs. D., Structural, one 

 involving a change of structure in the part first affected. 

 D., Struempell's. (See Illus. Diet.) 2. Chronic 

 ankylosing inflammation of the vertebral column. D., 

 Struempell-Leichtenstern's, acute encephalitis of 

 infancy. D., Summer, cholera infantum. D., Su- 

 prarenal-capsule, Addison's disease. D., Sutton 

 and Gull's. See D., Gull and Sutton's. D.. Swe- 

 diaur's, achillodynia. D.s, Symmetric, those af- 

 fecting both halves of the body. D., Talma's, myo- 

 tonia acquisita. D., Tea-taster's, a disorder char- 

 acterized by extreme neurasthenia, rapid heart action, 

 fibrillary muscular twitching and paresthesia due to ex- 

 cessive use of tea. D., Thunderstruck, apoplexy. 

 D., Tillaux- Phocas'. See D., Phocas'. D., Toma- 

 selli's, quinin-fever. D., Tricuspid, disease affect- 

 ing the tricuspid valve. D., Trousseau's, stomachal 

 vertigo. D., Tsetse-fly, that caused in horses, cat- 

 tle, and other stock in Africa by the hematozoon Try- 

 panosoma Brucei, which is transmitted by the tsetse- 

 fly (Glossina morsitans, Westwood). See Parasites, 

 Table of (Illus. Diet. ). D., Typical. See D., Cyclic. 

 D., Vagabond's, D., Vagrant's. See Vagabond's 

 D. (Illus. Diet.). D., Valsuani's, pernicious pro- 

 gressive anemia occurring in pregnancy. D., Van 

 Buren's, chronic circumscribed infiltration of the cor- 

 pus cavernosum. D., Venereal. See Venereal^ Illus. 

 Diet.). D., Virchow's, leontiasis ossium. D., 

 Waxy, amyloid degeneration. D., Wagner's (of 

 bone), epiphyseal osteochondritis occurring in infants 

 affected with hereditary syphilis. D., Wernicke's, 

 polioencephalitis acuta hemorrhagica ; acute superior 

 polioencephalitis. D., White's. See D. , Darter's 

 (Illus. Diet.). D., White-blood, leukemia. D., 

 Whytt's, hydrocephalus internus. D., Wilkinson's, 

 paralysis agitans. D., Wilk's, chronic parenchymat- 

 ous nephritis. D., Willard's, lupus vulgaris. D., 

 Wilson-Brocq's. See D., Wilson's (Illus. Diet.). 

 D., Wool-sorters'. See under Wool (Illus. D 

 D., Yellow, hemorrhagic malarial fever. D., Yel- 

 low-eye, the Chinese name for epidemic jaundice, 

 from the deep lemon color of the sclera. 

 Disgorgement {dis-gorf -ment) [O F., desgorger\. m 

 Ejection by vomiting. 2. The subsidence of an en- 

 gorgement. 



