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FASCIA 



Face. (See Illus. Diet.) F., Adenoid, a stupid, 

 half-idiotic expression combined with a long, high 

 nose flattened at the bridge, narrow nostrils, open 

 mouth displaying irregular upper teeth, a drooping 

 jaw, and broadening between the eyes. F.-ague. 

 See Brozu-ague (Illus. Diet.). F. grippee, the 

 pinched face observed in those affected with peritonitis. 

 F., Mask-like, a face frequently seen in alcoholic 

 multiple neuritis in which an expressionless band 

 stretches across the nose and cheeks between the eyes 

 and lips ; the skin remaining motionless while the eye- 

 brows, forehead, and lips may be moving freely. 



Facies. ( See Illus. Diet. ) F., Corvisart's. See under 

 Signs (Illus. Diet.). F., Hutchinson's, the pecu- 

 liar facial expression caused by immobility of the eye- 

 balls in ophthalmoplegia externa. F. leontina, F. 

 leprosa, the disfigurement of the face in leprosy by the 

 puffed, knotty thickening of the skin over the eyes, 

 giving to it a wild, morose appearance. F., Parkin- 

 son's. See Signs and Symptoms (Illus. Diet.). F. 

 tortualis. See F. hippocratica (Illus. Diet.). F., 

 Wells's. (Spencer.) See F. crqprina (Illus. Diet. ). 



Faciolingual (Ja-si-o-lin'-gzoal). Relating to the 

 face and tongue. 



Faex. (See Illus. Diet.) F. medicinalis liquida, 

 liquid yeast. It is used in the treatment of acne in the 

 young. Dose, x / 2 teaspoonful to I tablespoonful mixed 

 with water once or twice daily with meals. F. me- 

 dicinalis sicca, dry yeast. It is used internally in 

 smallpox to diminish suppuration; also in broncho- 

 pneumonia in the course of measles. Dose, l% tea- 

 spoonfuls mixed with 80 c.c. of boiled water in high 

 rectal injection. 



Falcadina, Falcadine (fal-kad-S-nak, fal'-kad-en) 

 [Falcado, a village of northern Italy]. The popular 

 name for a disease occurring in the Italian province of 

 Belluno in 1786 and known in Norway as radesyge 

 (a. v.). Cf. Scherlievo. 



Falcular 1 fal'-ku-lar) \_falx, a sickle]. Sickle- 

 shaped. 



Falculate {fal'-ku-ldt). 

 nail. 



Falx. (See Illus. Diet.) 

 F. cerebri (Illus. Diet.) 

 Falcula (Illus. Diet.). 



Familial (fam-il'-yal ). Characteristic of a family. 



Fango {fan' -go). Clay from the hot springs of Battag- 

 lio (Italy); it is used as a local application in gout. 

 F. -therapy, the therapeutic application of heat and 

 pressure by means of heated fango or other mud. 



Fantascopy { fan-las' -ko-pe). See Relinoscopy (Illus. 

 Diet.). 



Faradization. (See Illus. Diet.) F., General, the 

 therapeutic application of the electric current to the 

 organism as a whole rather than to any part. 



Faradocutaneous (far-ad-o-ku-ta'-ne-us). See Elec- 

 trocutaneons. 



?arcy (far'-se). The infectious disease (known as 

 glanders when confined to the mucosa of the nose) 

 caused by Bacillus mallei in horses, mules, and asses, and 

 communicable to man. It is characterized by granulo- 

 mas under the skin along the course of the lymphatics 



I and in the lymphatic glands ; they proceed as a rule to 

 abscess- formation and suppuration. [Abbott.] F., 



! Acute, cases in which the lymphatics are conspicuously 

 involved, presenting along their course the cloudy nodu- 

 lar swellings known as farcy buds. The local seats of 

 , the infection are acutely inflamed, presenting the char- 

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Furnished with a falcular 



F. magna, F. major. 

 F. minor, F. parva. 



See 

 See 



acters of an acute phlegmon. The mortality is high, 

 death ensuing in 2 or 3 weeks. F., Chronic, is char- 

 acterized by little lymphatic involvement. There are 

 local abscesses in the extremities ; they break down and 

 ulcerate. The disease often lasts for months, with fre- 

 quent recurrence of the local suppuration. It is not 

 necessarily fatal. 



Farsightedness {far-sit' -ed-nes). Hypermetropia. 



Fascia. (See Illus. Diet.) 3. See Fimbria (Illus. 

 Diet.). 4. A bandage. F.ae, Abdominal, those in 

 the abdominal walls. F., Abernethy's, the subperi- 

 toneal areolar tissue that separates the external iliac 

 artery from the iliac fascia overlying the psoas. F., 

 Antibrachial, the continuation of the brachial apo- 

 neurosis on to the forearm ; attached to the superior 

 borders of the anterior and posterior annular ligaments 

 of the wrist. F.. Aponeurotic, F. aponeurotica. See 

 F.. Dec/-. F. aponeurotica femoris. See F. lata 

 (Illus. Diet). F. ascialis. See Ascia (Illus. Diet.). 

 F., Axillary, F. axillaris, a fibrous layer extended 

 across the axilla in a concave manner, attached ven- 

 trally to the fascia investing the border formed by the 

 pectoralis muscles, dorsally attached to the border 

 formed by the latissimus and greater teres muscles and 

 below to that of the serratus muscle. F., Bicipital. 

 See F., Semilunar. F., Brachial, F. brachialis, 

 F. brachii. See F. of Arm (Illus. Diet.). F., 

 Broad. See F. lata (Illus. Diet.). F., Buccal, F. 

 buccalis. 1. The buccopharyngeal fascia. 2. The 

 buccopharyngeal fascia and parotid fascia regarded as 

 one. F., Buccinator, F. buccinatoria, the part of 

 the buccopharyngeal fascia covering the buccinator 

 muscle. F., Buccopharyngeal, one covering the ex- 

 ternal aspect of the buccinator muscle and extending 

 backward beneath the masseter muscle to the pterygo- 

 maxillary ligament and thence over the lateral wall of 

 the pharynx to join the deep cervical fascia. F., 

 Buck's, the sheath of the corpora cavernosa and the 

 corpus spongiosum, which arises from the symphysis 

 pubis by the suspensory ligament of the penis and is 

 continuous with the deep layer of the superficial peri- 

 neal fascia. F. bulbi (oculi), Tenon's capsule. F. 

 clavicularis, the clavicular part of the coracoclavicular 

 fascia. F., Colles'. See under Colles (Illus. Diet.). 

 F. colli. I. The deep and superficial fasciae of the 

 neck regarded as one. 2. The deep cervical fascia. 

 F., Cooper's, F. cooperi. 1. The fascia transver- 

 salis. 2. The cellular layer beneath the dartos. F. 

 coracoclavicostalis, F., Coracoclavicular, F. t 

 Costocoracoid. See Ligament, Coracoclavicular 

 (Illus. Diet.). F., Crural, F. cruralis, F. cruris. 

 See F., Deep, of Leg (Illus. Diet.). F., Crural. 

 Anterior, in comparative anatomy, a fibrous layer ex- 

 « tending from the fold of the flank to the patella and 

 inner surface of the leg and united to the fascia lata. 

 F., Cruveilhier's. See under Crirveilhier (Illus. 

 Diet.). F., Deep, a strong layer of fibroconnective 

 tissue covering the muscles and forming an almost con- 

 tinuous investment to the body under the superficial 

 fascia to which it is attached. Cf. F., Superficial. 

 F. deltoidea. a continuation of the fascia of the arm 

 and covering the deltoid muscle. F., Denonvilliers', 

 the rectovesical fascia between the prostate gland and 

 rectum. F. dentata cinerea, F. dentata hippo- 

 campi, F. denticulata. See Fasciola (Illus. Diet.). 

 F., Dorsal, F. dorsalis, the fascia of the back. F. 

 dorsalis pedis. See F. of the Dorsum of the Foot 

 (Illus. Diet.). F. endoabdominalis, F. endogas- 



