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INTERACINOUS 



(Illus. Diet.). I., Hepatic, that attributed to hepatic 

 disease and usually melancholic in type. I., Homi- 

 cidal. See Mania, Homicidal (Illus. Diet.). I., 

 Homochronous, hereditary insanity appearing in the 

 child at the same period in which it appeared in a 

 parent. I., Homologous, hereditary insanity marked 

 by the same characteristics as that of the parent. I., 

 Hypochondriacal, hypochondriasis. I., Hysterical, 

 chronic insanity secondary to hysteria and preserving 

 the simulative tendencies of the former. I., Ideal, a 

 general term embracing all the forms in which ideas 

 dependent upon the senses are perverted. I., Ideo- 

 phrenic. See /., Ideational, and Ideophrenia (Illus. 

 Diet.). I., Imitative, a form of communicated in- 

 sanity marked by mimicry of the insane characteristics 

 of another. I., Imposed, delirious ideas imposed by 

 one maniac upon another individual weaker than him- 

 self. I., Impulsive, an uncontrollable insane im- 

 pulse actuating the commission of crime in an indi- 

 vidual sane before and afterward; the existence of this 

 condition is denied. I., Induced. See/., Communi- 

 cated (Illus. Diet. ). I., Infantile, of infant life wheth- 

 er hereditary or acquired. I., Inhibitory, that in which 

 the loss of the power of inhibition is the chief symptom. 

 I., Instinctive, hereditary insanity. I., Intellectual. 

 See /., Ideational and Monomania (Illus. Diet.). I., 

 Intermittent. See /., Recurrent. I., Intervallary 

 Epileptic, that occurring between paroxysms of epi- 

 lepsy. I., Irascible, a form of mental disturbance 

 in which the prevailing symptom is anger. [Hol- 

 lander.] I., Ischemic, that attributed to persistent 

 cerebral anemia. I., Katatonic. See Catatonia (Illus. 

 Diet. ). I. of Lactation, a form of puerperal insanity 

 occurring during nursing or weaning. I., Limophoi- 

 tosic, that due to starvation. I., Lucid, moral in- 

 sanity. I., Malarial, that due to malarial poisoning. 

 I., Maniacal. See Mania (Illus. Diet.). I., 

 Melancholic, melancholia. I., Menstrual, that 

 connected with the appearance of the menses or with 

 the menopause; also a form recurring at each men- 

 strual period. I., Metastatic, that due to the metas- 

 tasis of a disease. I., Monomaniacal, monomania. 

 I. of the Muscles, a name for the play of the muscles 

 chorea. I. of Negation, a type in which the 

 tient denies the reality of all his surroundings and 

 own existence. Fr., Delire des negations. I., 

 Neuropathic, I., Neurotic, hereditary insanity origi- 

 ating in neuroses and giving rise to neuroses. I., 

 Notional, a form in which the patient sees objects as 

 they exist but conceives grossly erroneous ideas con- 

 cerning them. I., Onanistic, insanity of puberty at- 

 tributed to masturbation. I., Opium, due to misuse 

 of opium. I., Ovarian, that due to disease of the 

 ovary; generally melancholy in type. I. of Oxaluria, 

 a form of melancholia associated with excess of oxalates 

 in the urine. I., Paralytic, general paralysis of the 

 insane. I., Paranoiac. See Paranoia (Illus. Diet). 

 I., Paroxysmal. Synonym of Paroxysmal Mania. 

 I., Partial, monomania. I., Pathetic. See /., 

 Affective. I., Pellagrous, a form dependent upon 

 pellagra. I., Perceptional, a form characterized by 

 illusions. I. of Persecution. See Delirium persecu- 

 tionis (Illus. Diet.). I. of Phosphaturia. that at- 

 tended by excess of phosphates in the urine. I., 

 Post-connubial, an acute form shortly following 

 marriage in men of rigid continence. I., Post-epilep- 

 tic. See /., Acute Methepileptic. I., Post-febrile, 

 mental aberration occurring during convalescence from 

 fevers due to abnormal metabolism. I., Post-puer- 

 peral, puerperal insanity occurring after deliverv. I., 

 Preepileptic, mental disturbance preceding an epilep- 

 tic convulsion and gaining in intensity until the onset 



of the paroxysm. I., Preparturient, I., Prepuer- 

 peral, puerperal insanity coming on before labor. I., 

 Primary Confusional, mental disturbance marked by 

 incoherence and confusion of ideas, but with no true 

 dementia. I., Primary Delusional, hereditary in- 

 sanity in an early stage with limited delusions and 

 without great mental debility. I., Primordial. See 

 /., Primary (Illus. Diet.). I., Progressive, heredit- 

 ary insanity intensified by transmission from one gen- 

 eration to another. I. of Puberty, I. of Pubescence 

 (Skae and Maudsley), a form occurring soon after 

 puberty marked by silliness, mental enfeebleinent and 

 delusions following a period of depression and progress- 

 ing to complete dementia ; it is attributed to masturba- 

 tion, overstudy, menstrual irregularities, etc., in those 

 having an inherited predisposition. Syn., Hebephrenia 

 (Hecker). I., Reasoning. See /. , Moral (Illus. 

 Diet.). I., Recurrent, a psychoneurosis in which 

 there are alternating periods of mental aberration and 

 mental health. I., Regressive, hereditary insanity 

 alleviated by a series of fortunate crossings. I., Relig- 

 ious. See Mania, Religious (Illus. Diet.). I., 

 Saturnine, that due to lead-poisoning. I., Scythian. 

 See Scythian Disease (Illus. Diet.). I., Secondary 

 Delusional, of Pepper, a chronic form progressing 

 gradually from mental disorder and persistent delusion 

 to marked dementia. I., Secondary Partial, active 

 dementia. I. of Self-abuse. See /. , Onanistic. 

 I., Senile, insanity occurring in the aged; conform- 

 able to no particular type. I., Simulated, that 

 feigned for some ulterior end. I., Sthenic, that 

 in which there is forcible manifestation of the mental 

 derangement. I., Suicidal, that characterized by 

 a suicidal propensity. I., Sympathetic, a form 

 due to reflex influences. I., Symptomatic, that 

 which manifests itself as a symptom of some other 

 disease. I., Syphilitic, that associated with syphilis. 

 I., Toxic, that caused by toxemia from alcohol, drugs, 

 etc. I., Transformed. See /., Dissimilar. I., 

 Transitory, a form described by Kraft-Ebing and dif- 

 fering from other forms of mental disease only in the 

 period of its duration, viz., two to six days. I., Trans- 

 mitted. I. Hereditary insanity. 2. Communicated 

 insanity. I., Traumatic, insanity marked by perver- 

 sity, violence, and brief spells of maniacal self-exalta- 

 tion progressing slowly with remissions to dementia ; 

 it is attributed by Skae, Tuke, and Bucknill to injury. 



• I. of Uncertainty. See /., Doubting (Illus. Diet.). 

 I., Uterine, that attributed to uterine disease. I., 

 Visceral, that attributed to visceral disease. 



Insemination (in-sem-in-a'-sknn) \_inseminare,\.o plant 

 in].' The act or process of animal fecundation. 



Inspersion [iu-spur / -shun). See Inspergation (Illus. 

 Diet.). 



Inspirator (in'-spir-a-tor) [in, in ; spirare, to breathe]. 

 An inhaler. 



Instillator (in'-stil-a-tor) [instillare, to pour in by 

 drops]. An instrument for pouring a liquid by drops. 



Insulator (in'-su-la-tor) [insulatus, made into an island]. 

 A nonconducting substance by means of which insula- 

 tion is effected. 



Insusceptibility (in-sus-sep-ti-bil'-it-e) [in, priv. ; sus- 

 cipere, to take] Immunity. 



Intemperant {in-tem' -pur-ant ). An intemperate per- 

 son. 



Intensification ( in - ten' - si/- ik-a- shun ) [intensus, 

 stretched]. I. The act of making anything intense. 

 2. The act of becoming intense. 



Intentional-tremor. See Intention-tremor (Illus. 

 Diet.). 



Interacinous (in-tur-as'-in-us) [inter, between ; acinus, 

 a berry]. Situated between acini. 



