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SHELDON'S METHOD 



obtained by heating a virulent culture of plague bacilli 

 to 70 C. It is used as a prophylactic against cholera. 

 S., Hayem's : (1) sodium chlorid, 5 gm.; sodium 

 sulfate, 10 gm.; sterilized water, 1 liter. (2) sodium 

 chlorid, 7.5 gm.; sterilized water, 1000 c.c. Syn., 

 S., Physiologic. S. of Hoffmann. See S., Anti- 

 epitheliomalous. S., Huchard's : sodium phosphate, 

 10 gm.; sodium chlorid, 5 gm. ; sodium sulfate, 2.5 

 gm.; distilled water, to 100 c.c. S., Huchard's 

 Concentrated: sodium chlorid, 5 gm.; sodium phos- 

 phate, 10 gm.; sodium sulfate, 2.5 gm.; carbolic acid, 

 1.5 gm.; water, 100 c.c. S., Jequiritol, an antitoxin 

 prepared on the principle of Behring's method, which 

 has the power of rapidly and surely paralyzing the 

 effects of jequiritol in the human system when applied 

 locally in the conjunctival sac, and when injected sub- 

 cutaneously. S., Kronecker and Lichtenstein's : 

 sodium chlorid, from 6 to 7.5 gm.; sodium carbonate, 

 o. 10 gm.; water, 1000 c.c. S., Latta's : sodium 

 chlorid, from 3 to 5 gm.; sodium carbonate, 1.7 

 gm.; water, 3400 c.c. S., Leclerc's (very strong): 

 sodium chlorid, 4 gm.; sodium phosphate, sodium sul- 

 fate, of each, 0.5 gm.; boiled distilled water, 100 c.c. 

 S., Leukotoxic, one which destroys the leukocytes. 

 S., v. Leyden's, blood serum taken from convalescent 

 scarlet-fever patients. Cf. S., A/oser's. S., Luton's: 

 crystallized sodium phosphate, 5 gm.; sodium sulfate, 

 10 gm.; boiled distilled water, 100 c.c. S., Marag- 

 liano's, an antituberculous serum obtained from an ass 

 or horse treated with repeated injections of tuberculous 

 toxin. S., Marmorek's, a polyvalent serum obtained 

 by the inoculation of animals with streptococci of 

 various origin. S., Mathieu's : sodium sulfate, 6 

 gm.; sodium phosphate, 4 gm.; sodium chlorid, I gm.; 

 glycerin, 20 gm.; distilled water, to IOO c.c. S., 

 Moser's (Paul), an antistreptococcous serum obtained 

 by simultaneous inoculation of horses with several 

 varieties of streptococci taken from the blood of scarlet- 

 fever patients. S., Neurotoxic, one which acts 

 directly upon the nerve tissues. S., Normal, that of 

 which o.I c.c. neutralizes 10 times the minimal 

 lethal dose of a specific bacterial poison. S., Paquin's, 

 an antitoxic serum of tuberculosis produced by succes- 

 sive inoculation of horses. It is injected in daily doses 

 of from 10 to 150 drops. S., Parascandolo's, an 

 immunizing serum produced by inoculation of animals 

 with mixed cultures of streptococci and staphylococci. 

 S., Physiologic. See S. , I fay em' s (2). S.s, Poly- 

 valent, serums derived from animals infected by a 

 number of different streptococci. S., Protective, any 

 immunizing serum. Cf. S., Haffkine' 's. S., Renzi's : 

 iodin, 1 gm. ; potassium iodid, 3 gm.; sodium chlorid, 

 6 gm.; water, 1000 c.c. S., Richet and Heri- 

 court's. See S., Anticancerous. S., Roussel's: 

 sodium phosphate, 50 gm.; water, loco c.c. S., 

 Roux's. See S., Antidiphtheric. S., Sapellier's: 

 sodium chlorid, 60 gm.; potassium chlorid, 5 gm.; 

 sodium carbonate, 31 gm. ; sodium phosphate, 4.5 

 gm.; potassium sulfate, 3.5 gm.; boiled water, 1000 

 c.c. S., Schiess's: sodium chlorid, 75 gm.; 

 sodium bicarbonate, 50 gm.; water, 1000 c.c. S., 

 Schwartz's: sodium chlorid, 6 gm.; solution of caustic 

 soda, 2 drops ; water, 1000 gm. S., Sclavo's, cultures 

 of pneumococci in egg-albumin. S., Seraphthin, a 

 proprietary prophylactic against foot and mouth disease. 

 S. sublimatum, one part of corrosive sublimate to 

 from 50 to 100 parts of serum. It is used subcutane- 

 ously as antiseptic, and for impregnating bandages. 

 S., Sydmann's : sodium chlorid, 6 gm.; sodium 

 bicarbonate, I gm.; water, 1000 c.c. S. of Tizzoni 

 and Cattani, obtained by evaporating in a vacuum 

 the serum of an immunized horse. Each gram of the 



powdered residue corresponds to 10 c.c. of the serum. 

 S., Trunecek's, for the treatment of symptoms caused 

 by arteriosclerosis: sodium chlorid, 4.92 gm.; sodium 

 sulfate, 0.44 gm.; sodium carbonate, 0.21 gm.; potas- 

 sium sulfate, 0.40 gm.; sodium phosphate, 0.15 gm. 

 This is given in hypodermatic injections of I c.c. every 

 3 or 4 days, increasing to 5 to 7 c.c, or in rectal 

 injections of 35 c.c. S., Vandervelde's : 1. Sodium 

 glycerophosphate, sodium chlorid, of each, 3 gm.; 

 water, loco c.c. 2. Sodium chlorid, potassium chlorid, 

 of each, 3 gm.; sodium carbonate, 2.5 gm.; sodium 

 phosphate, 3 gm.; potassium sulfate, 2 gm.; water, 

 to 100 c.c. S. of Villiers and Wlaeff. See S., 

 Aittiepitheliomatons. S. of Wlaeff. See S., Anti* 

 epitheliomatous. S., Yersin's, serum of a horse im- 

 munized by intravenous injection of a virulent culture 

 of the plague bacillus. 



Serumal (se'-ru-mal). Relating to the serum. S. 

 Calculus, a calculus formed about the teeth by exuda- 

 tion from diseased gums. 



Sesquih. Abbreviation of sesquihora, an hour and a 

 half. 



Sesunc. Abbreviation of sesuncia, an ounce and a half. 



Set [ME. setteti~\. I. To reduce the displacement in a 

 fracture and apply suitable bandages. 2. To harden, 

 to solidify — as a cement or amalgam. 



Setaria (se-ta / -re-ah) [seta, a bristle]. A genus of 

 grasses including millet, S. italica, Beauv. 



Setarin {se-ta'-rin). A toxic glucosid isolated by E. F. 

 Ladd, 1899, from millet, Setaria italica, Beauv. 



Setfast. See Furunculus (Illus. Diet.). 



Setose (se / -tdz) [seta, a bristle]. Beset with bristle-like 

 appendages. 



Sevadilla. See Cebadilla (Illus. Diet.). 



Seviparous {se-vip' '-ar-us) [sevum, suet; parere, to 

 produce]. Sebiferous, fat-producing. 



Sextipara (seks-tip'-ar-ah) [sextus, sixth ; parere, to 

 produce]. A woman in labor for the sixth time. 



Sexual. (See Illus. Diet.) S. Involution, the meno- 

 pause. 



Shabbed, Shabby (shabd, shab'-e). Mangy, scabby. 



Shaddock (sliad'-ok) [Captain Shaddock, who introduced 

 the tree into the West Indies from Java in the early 

 part of the eighteenth century]. The fruit of Citrus 

 decumatia, L. , grape fruit. 



Shadowgram {shad'-o-grani). Set Skiagram. 



Shadowgraph [shad / -o-graf). See Skiagraph . 



Shameful Diseases. Venereal diseases; those the 

 avowal of which would tend to incriminate or degrade 

 the patient. 



Shank. (See Illus. Diet.) S., Black, a disease of 

 potatoes due to Bacillus phytophthorus. 



Shanker (sha/ik'-ur). See Chancre (Illus. Diet.). 



Shape [AS. gesceap, a creation, pi. gesccapu, the geni- 

 tals]. The vulva. 



Share (shdr) [AS. scare, the pubes]. S.-bone, the os 

 pubis. 



Shea Butter. See Bambuc Butter. 



Sheath. (See Illus. Diet. ) S., Crural, the femoral 

 sheath. See under Femoral (Illus. Diet.). S., 

 Henle's. (See Illus. Diet.) 2. The cellular layer 

 forming the outer portion of the inner root-sheath of 

 the hair. S., Neural. Sec S., Medullary (Illus. 

 Diet.). S. of the Optic Nerve. See S., Dura! 

 (Illus. Diet.). S., Pial, the investment of the optic 

 nerve derived from the pia. S. of Rectus, that formed 

 by the aponeuroses of the external and internal oblique 

 muscles and the transversalis. S., Schwalbe's, the 

 delicate sheath which covers elastic fibers. 



Sheldon's Method of hemostasia in disarticulation of the 

 hip-joint consists in a preliminary disarticulation of the 

 head of the femur, followed by the introduction of the 



