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Phthisiotherapy [tiz-e-o-ther' f -ap-e) [tyOiaiKOQ, consump- 

 tive ; depaneia, therapy] . Therapeutic measures for 

 the cure of pulmonary tuberculosis. 



Phyllobiology (jil-o-bi-ol'-o-je) [y'vAXov, a leaf; bi- 

 ology]. The science of biologic phenomena associated 

 with leaves of deciduous plants. 



Phyllyrin. See Phillyrin. 



Physaliphorous {jis-al-if'-or-us') [0t«ya?iA<c, a blad- 

 der; (bipeiv to bear]. Furnished with vesicles or 

 bladders ; relating to or containing physaliphores. 



Physalis alkekengi. (See Illus. Diet.) The fruit is 

 aperient, diuretic, and febrifugal. Dose, 6-12 berries 

 or I oz. of expressed juice. 



Physicist. (See Illus. Diet. ) 2. One versed in physics. 



Physiergic (Jiz-e-ur / -jih) [_<pi<Gtq, nature; epyov, work]. 

 Relating to, due to, or acted upon by the forces of 

 nature. 



Physiobathmism ( fiz-e-o-bath' '-mizm) [tyroic, nature ; 

 fiaOog, a threshold]. E. D. Cope's word for inherited 

 growth energy which has been interfered with by 

 physical energy. 



Physiocratia (jiz-e-o-hra' '-she-ah). See Physiautocracy 

 (Illus. Diet). 



Physiopathology (fiz-e-o-path-ol'-o-je). The study of 

 function as affected by disease. 



Physiotherapy ( fiz-e-o-ther' -ap-e). See Physiauto- 

 therapia (Illus. Diet.). 



Physis (Jiz'-is) [v'uaic, nature]. One of the names 

 applied to the vis vita or vital principle. Cf. Psyche, 

 Pneuma, Thermon. 



Physopathists ( fiz-of^-aih-ists) [owrtc, nature ; naOoq, 

 disease]. A designation adopted by the botanic phy- 

 sicians of New England about 1852. 



Physostigminism (Ji-sos-tig'-min-izm). Poisoning by 

 physostigmin ; marked by gastralgia, vertigo, myas- 

 thenia, disordered vision with miosis, and in severe cases 

 with a condition resembling paralysis. Syn. , Eserism. 



Phytanatomy (Ji-tan-at' -o-me) [(j>vtov, a plant; 

 anatomy']. Vegetable anatomy. 



Phytelephas {fi-tel'-e-fas) \_0vt6v, plant ; eAe<j>ac, ele- 

 phant]. A genus of palms. P. macrocarpa, R. et 

 P., a South American species, the negrito palm. The 

 unripe seeds and the fruit are used in making liquors, 

 the leaf buds are eaten and the ripe seeds, Tagud nuts, 

 constitute vegetable ivory, introduced into commerce 

 about 1826. 



Phytiphagous (Ji-tif'-ag-us). See Phytophagous 

 (Illus. Diet.). 



Phytogenous {Ji-toj'-en-us) \jt>vrov, plant ; yevvav, to 

 produce]. Of vegetable origin. 



Phytolacca. (See Illus. Diet.) 2. A genus of plants 

 of the order Phytolaccacea. P. acinosa, Roxb., an 

 Asiatic species, has been used long in Japan as a 

 diuretic. 



Phytolaccotoxin {fi-to-lak-o-toks f -in). An amorphous 

 resin, acting as a spinal convulsant, found in Phytolacca 

 acinosa, Roxb. 



Phytolin (fi'-tol-in). A proprietary liquid said to be 

 prepared from berries of Phytolacca decandra,h.', used 

 in obesity. Dose, IO drops one half-hour before and 

 one hour after meals. 



Phytomelin (fi-tom'-el-in). See Rutin (Illus. Diet.). 



Phytopathogenic {fi-to-path-o-jen'-ik) \$vt6v, plant; 

 ■KaOoq, disease; ytvvav, to produce]. Causing disease 

 in plants. 



Phytopsyche {fi-to-si'-ke') [4>vt6v, plant; ipvxi/, soul]. 

 The plant soul ; according to Ilaeckel, it is the sum- 

 mary of the entire psychic activity of the tissue-forming 

 multicellular plant. 



Phytosyntax (fi-to-sin f -taks) \_6vt6v, plant ; ovvraooeiv, 

 to put together]. A term introduced by Barnes to 

 designate the process of formation of complex carbon 



compounds out of simple ones under the influence of 

 light. Cf. Photosynthesis. 



Pian-bois. A disease common to the forest regions of 

 Guiana. It is characterized by circumscribed tumefac- 

 tions of the skin, particularly of the legs ; they give 

 rise to crateriform ulcers ; there is severe pain in the 

 legs and enlargement of the inguinal glands. The 

 disease is distinct from pian proper or frambesia. 



Piazza's Fluid. Sodium chlorid and ferric chlorid each 

 I gm., water 4 c.c. It is used as a means of coagulat- 

 ing blood. 



Picardy-sweat. See Fever, Miliary (Illus. Diet.). 



Picein (pi'-se-in) \_picea, the pitch pine]. C u H Ig 7 - 

 H 2 0. A glucosid isolated by Tanret from the leaves 

 of the Norway spruce, Picea excelsa, Link. 



Piceol ( pi'-se-ol). A decomposition-product of picein, 

 by action of emulsin. 



Pichurim Beans (pe-chu'-rim). The seeds of A T ectan- 

 dra pichury-major and N. pichury-minor [q. v.). P. 

 Camphor. See under Camphor. P. Fat, the fatty 

 oil from pichurim beans. 



Pickeridge (pik'-ur-idj ). See Warbles (Illus. Diet.). 



Pick's Preserving Fluid. See under Stains, Pich's 

 Method. 



Picnometer. See Pycnometer (Illus. Diet.). 



Picote (pe-hot) [Fr.]. Smallpox. 



Picraena [pik-r^-nah) (Vi/cpoc, bitter]. A genus of 

 the Simarubea indigenous to the West Indies. P. 

 excelsa, bitter ash, Jamaica quassia, picraena wood, 

 furnishes Jamaica-quassia. P. vellozii, Engl., quina 

 quassia, a Brazilian species ; the bark is used in dys- 

 pepsia and in intermittent fever. It or a nearly allied 

 species furnishes cascara amarga and contains the 

 alkaloid picrasmin. 



Picramin [pik-ram'-in). Berzelius' name for amarin 

 {q.v.). 



Picramnia ( pik-ram'-ne-ak) [ninp6r, bitter]. A genus 

 of the Simarubea. P. pentandra, Sw., a West 

 Indian species called macary-bitter, majo-bitter tree, is 

 a bitter tonic. The bark of the root and stem (Hon- 

 duras bark) is used in colic, syphilis, and cholera. 



Picrasma (pik-raz'-mah) [lunpoc, bitter]. A genus 

 of the Simarubea. The bark of P. javanica, Bl., of 

 Java, and of P. quassoides, Benn., of India, is used 

 as an antipyretic, the wood as a substitute for quassia; 

 the last contains quassiin. 



Picrasmin (pik-raz'-min). C g5 H 46 O, . A crystalline 

 alkaloid contained in Picrana vellozii, Eng. 



Picratol ( pik'-rat-ol). See Silver trin it rophenolate. 



Picroadonidin ( pik-ro-ad-on'-id-iti). A name given 

 by Podwyssotski to the active principle of Adonis ver- 

 nalis, L. , described by him as an intensely bitter, 

 amorphous glucosid and powerful cardiac poison. 



Picroanilin [pik-ro-an'-il-in). A histologic stain con- 

 sisting of a mixture of saturated solutions of picric acid 

 and anilin blue. 



Picrocrocin (pik-ro-kro'-sin). C S8 H ?6 0, 7 . A bitter 

 glucosid extracted by Kayser from saffron (the stigmas 

 of Crocus saliva, E. ), forming colorless prisms soluble 

 in water and alcohol, melting at 75 C. By action of 

 dilute acids or baryta water it splits into crocose and a 

 terpene. 



Picroformal ( pik-ro-form'-al). A fixing agent con- 

 sisting of a mixture of a saturated solution of picric 

 acid and a 6 r r aqueous solution of formal. 



Picrolf/v^-zW). C 6 HI,(OH),SO ? K. A white, odor- 

 less, crystalline powder containing 52% of iodin; 

 soluble in alcohol and ether; used as a wound anti- 

 septic. Syn., Potassium diiodoresorcinmonosul/h/c. 



Picronigrosin ( pik-ro-ni'-gro-sin). A stain consisting 

 of picric acid and nigrosin in alcohol. 



Picropyrin (pik-ro-pi'-rin). A derivative of picric 



