An index of diseases, their symptoms and treatment : arranged in alphabetical order, for easy reference : including also a tabular synopsis of diseases, a very full appendix of formulae : arranged in twenty-one classes, directions for sick-room preparations, the use of mineral waters, climates for invalids, etc. / by Thomas Hawkes Tanner.

  • Tanner, Thomas Hawkes, 1824-1871.
Date:
1882
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Credit: An index of diseases, their symptoms and treatment : arranged in alphabetical order, for easy reference : including also a tabular synopsis of diseases, a very full appendix of formulae : arranged in twenty-one classes, directions for sick-room preparations, the use of mineral waters, climates for invalids, etc. / by Thomas Hawkes Tanner. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard Medical School.

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    of ammonia. Conium. Iodide of iron. Corrosive sublimate. Red iodide of niercLuy. Nourishing- food : milk or cream. Sea, air.—Water dressing. Iodine liniment. Diluted red iodide of mercury ointment. Iodide of lead ointment. Injections into substance of the glands of solutions of iodine and iodide of potassium, or of acetic acid. ADENOMA.—Malignant. Synon. Li/mphadenoma ; HodgMn's dis- ease. A disease in which the lymphatic glands become enlarged by increase of glandular structure. Symptoms. Gradual painless enlargement of nearly all the lymphatic glands. Glands of neck, axilla, groins symmetrically enlarged, not inflamed or fused together; thoracic and abdominal glands also affected. Patient weak, loses flesh, soon out of bi-'eath (jn exertion ; frequently there is an excess of white corpuscles in the blood. There may be symptoms of pres- sure on root of lung or other structures in chest or abdomen. Gradual increasing debility. No treatment of any avail. Strength to be sustained by nourishing food, cod-liver oil, etc. AGALACTIA.—From 'A, priv.; yd7,a, milk. Synon. Defechis Lactis ; Oligogalactia.—A diminution or complete absence of milk in nursing Avomen. May be caused by general weakness of constitution ; long-con- tinued mental anxiety; exhausting disease; general plethora; acute or chronic disease of breasts or nipples; torpor of the mammai; return of menstruation while suckling ; approach of change of life. Unless cured, infant must be weaned to prevent its suffering from insuffi- cient nourishment. See F. 427. AGUE.—From the French Aigu, acute.—See Intermittent Fever. ALCOHOLISM. — Alcohol is a poison which especially affects the nervous centres and liver. In a large dose it may destroy life imme- diately.—See Delirium Tremens ; Dipsomania ; Poisons. ALOPECIA.—From ^A%u->7ir]^, a fox—because this animal is said to be liable to baldness. Synon. Gapilloi'iun Defluviiim; Lapsus Pilorum; Baldness; Calvities {Calvus,\yd]d).—Loss of hair may be temporary or permanent. Senile calvities usually takes place gradually: hair fii'st becomes thin on crown of head, or on temples and forehead. A conse- quence of general loss of power; hair follicles participate in general weakening of nutritive functions. As follicular apparatus gets destroyed, the loss is generally irremediable. In baldness occurring from debility, hemorrhages, fevers, tuberculosis, syphilis, etc., the hair follicles remain entire, though inactive. Such cases generally curable. Treatment, Nourishing food. Quinine and steel, S80. Cod-liver oil. Scalp to be well brushed : to be washed with cold -wator every morning. Hairs which are withered and split to be cut off close to scalp. Blisters. Ammonia and cantharides liniment, 287. Cantharidcs, castor oil, balsam of tolu, etc., 287. Iodide of sulphur ointment, 310. Creasote and sulphur ointment, 311. Diluted iodine liniment. Diluted liniment of cantharides. Solution of ammonia Liniment of turpentine and acetic acid. Balsam of Peru. Glycerine. Oil of rosemary (Oleum Rosmarini). Oil of marjoram (Oleum Origani). AMAUROSIS.—From 'Afxavpoio, to obscure. Synon. Gutta serena.— Partial or complete loss of vision from disease of retina, optic nerve, or brain. Reflex amaurosis due to remote causes, irritation of teething, intestinal worms, ovarian or uterine disease, pregnancy, etc. •