The doctor at home, and nurse's guidebook ... / edited by George Black.

  • Black, George
Date:
1891
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Credit: The doctor at home, and nurse's guidebook ... / edited by George Black. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    the antihelixj the helix; i, the fossa of the helix. Auricle, Imperfect Develop- ment of.—Sometimes individuals are born without auricles; or they may be bom with several auricles, some of which may be un. naturally placed, as, for example, low down on the neck. Again, the auricle may be only partially formed; yet with all these defects the hearing may be good. The hear- ing is rarely affected in such cases unless the defect of the auiicle is found to extend to sary, or mixed naturally with nutritious food. These substances are mostly added by choice, or voluntarily sought by man, either to gratify his palate or to act upon his nervous system. They are generally called medicinal or auxiliary foods—medi- cinal, because they act like medicines upon the system; auxiliary, because they stimu- late the powers of the stomach and aid in the digestion of the food. This class com- prises such substances as alcohol, volatile oils, tea, coffee, and tobacco, which con- stitute a very large group of substances used Fig. 1.—Teaitsvbesb Section op Eab thbough Side Wale op Skuee. Fiq.]. the auditory canal or deeper parts of the ear. Australian Meat.—fi'ec Preserved Meat. Australian Wines.—See Wines op Commerce. Autumnal Ague.—/See Ague. Auxiliary Foods (Lat. auxllium, help, assistance).—Besides substances neces- sary or accessory, there are a number of things taken as food which are not neces- for the sake of flavour and their action on the nervous system and circulation. Bacillus (Lat. bacillum, a little stick, diminutive of bac'ulum, a stick).—A slender vegetable rod-like organism, perceptible only under a powerful microscope, and so called on account of its shape. In accordance with the “ germ ” theory which has been promul- gated in the medical world of late years, and is accepted to a considerable extent by medical men, all diseases are supposed to be occasioned by bacilli, which are received into the human body by inoculation and inhal-