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Pneumonorrhaphy [nu-mon-or f -af-e) \_-veiuuv, lung; 

 pap'/, a seam]. Suture of lacerations of the lung. 



Pneumonotyphus. See Pneumotyphus (Ulus. Diet.). 



Pneumopaludism (nu-mo-pal'-u-dism) [irvevfta, breath; 

 pa.'us, a marsh]. A manifestation of malaria charac- 

 terized by the impairment of the percussion resonance 

 at one apex, bronchial respiratory murmurs, bron- 

 cophony. without rales, friction, or expectoration ; the 

 cough occurs only in paroxysms. 



Pneumoparalysis. See Pneumonoparalysis (Ulus. 

 Diet.). 



Pneumoperitoneum (nu-mo-per-it-on-e'-um) [vvevfta, 

 air; peritoneum'^. The presence of gas in the peri- 

 toneal cavity. 



Pneumophlebitis. See Pneumonophlebitis (Ulus. Diet.). 



Pneumoprotein [nit- mo-pro' '-te-in). A protein elabor- 

 ated by pneumococci. 



Pneumoptysis (nu-mo-ti'-sis). Same as Pneumono- 

 ptysis and Hemoptysis (Ulus. Diet.). 



Pneumopyra (nu-mo-pi'-rah) [-vevuuv, lung; nvp, 

 fire]. Malignant bronchitis. 



Pneumorachis, Pneumorrhachis. See Pneumatorrha- 

 chis (Ulus. Diet.). 



Pneumorrhagia. See Pneumonorrhagia (Ulus. Diet.). 



Pneumothermomassage | uu-mo-thur-mo-mas-ahzh') 

 [icvevfia, air; Oepur/, heat; ixdaaeiv, to knead]. The 

 application to the surface of the body of currents of air 

 under varying degrees of pressure and of temperatures, 

 and variously medicated or not. 



Pneumothorax. (See Ulus. Diet. ) See Sign, PfukP s; 

 WintricKi (Ulus. Diet.); Levdeit 1 ' s. P., Closed. 

 See P. by Occlusion (Ulus. Diet.). P., Loculated, 

 a rare form in which the air and fluid, if present, are 

 confined bv pleural adhesions to a limited space. 

 P., Open.' See P., Patent (Ulus. Diet.). 



Pneumotyposis {nu-mo-ti-po'-sis) [Trvevftuw, lung; 

 tv-ik, type]. See Pneumonia, Bilious (Ulus. Diet.). 



Pneumouria {tiu-mo-u'-re-ah). See Pneumaturia 

 (Ulus. Diet.). 



Pneusimeter (nu-sim'-et-ur} [rzievatc, a breathing; 

 uirpov, a measure]. An apparatus used as a spirometer 

 to measure the vital capacity of the chest in respiration. 



Pock, i See Ulus. Diet.) P. -sowing, a form of inocu- 

 lation against smallpox practised by the Chinese as 

 early as IOOO years B.C., by introducing into the nasal 

 vities of young children pledgets of cotton saturated 

 with variolous pus. [Park.] 



Pocket. (See Ulus. Diet.) P., Anal, a saccular fold 

 of the rectal mucosa. Syn., Hornets Saccule : Phv- 



Bsick's Pocket. P., Physick's. See P., Anal. P., 

 Rathke's. See Pouch, P.'s (Ulus. Diet.). P., 

 Seesel's. See Pouch, SeeseP s (Ulus. Diet.), 

 jculent {po / -ku-lent) tpoculentus]. Drinkable, pota- 

 ble. 

 Podex. (See Ulus. Diet.') 2. The fundament, anus. 

 Podocone ( pod / -o-kdn) \_~oiq, a foot; KtJioc, a cone]. 



BThe prolongation of the operculum into the interior of 

 the capsule of monopylian rhizopods. 

 jdodynamometer { pod-o-di-nam-om'-et-ur) [yroic, a 

 foot; dynamometer]. An apparatus for testing the 

 strength of the muscles of the feet. 

 Podometer. See Pedometer (Ulus. Diet.). 

 Podophyllin. 1 See Ulus. Diet.") 2. A glucosid con- 

 tained in the resin of Podophyllum peltatum, L. 

 Podophylloresin ( pod-o-fil-o-res J -in). Sec Podophyllin 



I (Ulus. Diet.), 

 odophyllotoxin. (See Ulus. Diet.) C M H, 4 9 4- 2- 

 H,6, bitter, whitish-yellow lumps or powder; used as 

 a purgative in severe constipation. Dose, x l 2~% £*■ 

 (0.0054-0.' oS gm.). 

 oecilonomy. See Pecilonomy. 

 cele-bark. See Pole-bark. 



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Pceonin (pS-o-nin). See Corallin (Ulus. Diet.). 



Poi (py-i) [Hawaiian]. A favorite food in the Sand- 

 wich Islands made by pounding the corms of the taro, 

 Colocasia antiquorum, Schott, to an adhesive mass and 

 allowing it to ferment. 



Poikilonomy. See Pecilonomy. 



Point. (See Ulus. Diet.) P., Archimedean, the 

 point in consciousness at which there is first recogni- 

 tion of one's own existence, the supposed point or ful- 

 crum on which to rear the whole structure of philoso- 

 phy. P., Barker's, a point on the skull located 1 ' 4 

 inches above and behind the auricular point. It is the 

 point of election for trephining in cases of abscess of 

 the temporosphenoidal lobe. P.s, Beard-Valleix's. 

 See P.s, Valleix's (Ulus. Diet.). P., Broca's, the 

 auricular point, the center of the external auditor)' 

 meatus. P., Covering, a name for the corresponding 

 retinal points. P. of Direct Vision, that place in 

 the monocular field at which forms can be most ac- 

 curately distinguished. P., Follicular (of J. Renaut). 

 Sec Islands, Langerhans' . P.. Gueneau-de Mus- 

 sey's. See P., de 3/ussey's, under Signs. P., Meg- 

 lin's Palatine, the point of emergence of the large 

 palatine nerve from the palatomaxillary canal ; it con- 

 stitutes at times one of the painful points in neuralgia 

 of the superior maxillary branch of the trigeminus. 

 P., Mental. See under Craniometric (Ulus. Diet.). 

 P., Monro's, the point sometimes selected in paracen- 

 tesis abdominis midway on Monro's line. P., de 

 Mussey'6. See under Signs. P., Nasofrontal, the 

 nasion. P., Premaxillary. See /'.. Alveolar { Ulus. 

 Diet.). P., Pressure, any area on the surface of the 

 body marked by hyperesthesia. P., Scapular, a pres- 

 sure-point at the lower angle of the scapula usually 

 observed in cases of neuralgia of the brachial plexus. 

 P., Spasmogenic. See Zone, Hysterogenic (Ulus. 

 Diet.). P., Spinous, a sensitive point over a spinous 

 process. P., Subtemporal, Topinard's name for the 

 point at which the sphenotemporal suture is crossed by 

 the infratemporal crest. P. of Sylvius, a point on 

 the equatorial ophryon-inion line located -j^ posterior 

 to the ophryon. Syn., Punctum sylvii. P., Tem- 

 poral, a painful point in neuralgia over the auriculo- 

 temporal nerve. P., Vogt's, the point selected bv 

 Vogt for trephining in cases of traumatic meningeal 

 hemorrhage. It is found at the intersection of a hori- 

 zontal line two fingers' breadths above the zygomatic 

 arch, and of a vertical line a thumb's breadth behind 

 the ascending sphenofrontal process of the zygoma. 

 P., Voillemier's.a point on the linea alba 6 to 7 cm. 

 below a line drawn between the two anterior superior 

 spines of the ilium ; suprapubic puncture of the blad- 

 der is made at this point in fat or edematous subjects. 

 P.s, Ziemssen's Motor, points of election in electri- 

 zation of muscles ; they correspond to the places of 

 entrance of the motor nerves into the muscles. P., 

 Zygomaxillary, v. Torok's name for the lowest point 

 on the zygomaxillary suture. P., Zygoorbital, the 

 highest point on the zygomaxillary suture. 



Poison. 1 See Ulus. Diet.) P., Acrid. See P., Irri- 

 tant (Ulus. Diet.). P., Acronarcotic, one that is 

 irritating to the part to which it is applied but acts on 

 the brain or myelon or both. P.s. Cellular, cyto- 

 toxins. P., Putrescent, P., Septic, a venom or 

 virus. P., Sausage. See Allantotoxicon (Ulus. 

 Diet.) and fiotulismotoxin. P., Vascular, one which 

 acts by augmenting or decreasing the blood-pressure 

 in the vessels. 



Poisoning. (See Ulus. Diet.) 2. The condition 

 brought about bv a poison. P., Crowd. See Ochlesis 

 (Ulus. Diet.). 



Poke (pok). 1. See Phytolacca. 2. Scrofula. 3. The 



