An index of diseases and their treatment / by Thomas Hawkes Tanner.

  • Thomas Hawkes Tanner
Date:
1883
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Credit: An index of diseases and their treatment / by Thomas Hawkes Tanner. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    of zinc and aconite, 413. Phosphate of zinc, 414. Siilpliur. Quinine. Belladonna plaster over prfccordia. An is.sue at nape of neck. Avoidance of cold, slimulant.s, strong exercise, walking soon after meals, sexual intercourse, and mental excitement. ANOREXIA.—From 'A, priv. ; ope^is, appetite. Synon. Tnappe- tentia.—Lost of appetite is a common sjmptom in most diseases. When present without apparent cause, attempts must be made to give tone to digestive organs. Mineral acids, pppsine, rhubarb, aloes, quinine, salicine, and bitter vegetable tinctures or infusions are the chief I'emedies. AOETIC ANEURISM.—From 'Aoprr^, the great artery ; 'Apevpuvw, to dilate.— Varieties:—True aneurism, in which all the coats of artery dilate and unite iu forming walls of pouch ; false aneurism, in which inner and middle arterial tunics being ruptured, walls are formed by cellular coat and contiguous parts; and mixed or consecu- iive false aneurism, in which the three coats having at first dilated, inner and middle ones subsequently rupture as distension increases. When the two inner tunics are ruptured, and blood forces its way between them and outer coat by a kiral of false passage, so as to form a spreading diffused tumour, disease known as a dissecthu/ aneurism. Lastly, varicose aneurisms are those where a communication has formed between aorta and either of the vente cava?, or between aorta and one of auricles, or between this vessel and right ventricle, or between aorta and pulmonary artery. Aortic aneurism, a disease of advanced life, rather than of youtli; more common in men than in women; often results from calcareous deposits, or from atheromatous or fatty degeneration of coats of vessel; sometimes from syphilitic disease, and consequenll}'other vessels arc not uncommonly found afl'ected at same time. ^lay be produced in young subjects by strain or by pressure on chest of belts and straps, as in soldiers. Death may result from internal or external hremorrhage owing to rupture of sac; or sudden death m;ly occur without any rupture (as from suffocation) ; or, more commonly, there may bo gradual sinking from exhaustion caused by long-continued sutlering, or from the effects of pressure on the lungs or other oi-gans, or from debility brought about by repeated escape of small quantities of blood, or from co-existent tubercular consumption. 1, Aneurism of Thoracic Aorta.—Cliicfly met witli in ascending portion, or in transverse part of arch. iSv.MPTdMS AND pHvsicAi, SifjNs.—In oarlv stage obscure, parti)' because they resemble those caused by heart disease. When tumour is of some size and has been (piickly developed, there is disturbed action of heart with some modilication of radial pulse; pain about the chest and back, most constant and severe when erosion of bones of spine or steminu or ribs is going on. 'J'ho ]>rinci]inl physicd signs are jjulsation in situations whcri^ none exists naturally, intensification c>f the aortic second sound, diastolic sliock, perhaps murmurs; dulness on
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