Volume 2

The modern practice of physic : exhibiting the symptoms, causes, prognostics, morbid appearances, and treatment of the diseases of all climates / by Robert Thomas.

  • Robert Thomas
Date:
1853
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Credit: The modern practice of physic : exhibiting the symptoms, causes, prognostics, morbid appearances, and treatment of the diseases of all climates / by Robert Thomas. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Hydatids - - - - . . _ - ib. Hydrocephalus, Acute (Dropsy in the Head), front voup, water, and KE(j)a\r], the head - - - _ . -11.5 1 Chronic - - _ - - -126 Hydrothorax (Drops?/ of the Chest), from vliop, water, and $<opa£, the chest - - - - - _ -130 Rachitis {Rickets), from pa^ie, the spine of the back, which is very frequently affected in this disease - - - - 139 ORDER III. Impetigtnes (Cutaneous Diseases), from in, and petigo, a scab - 148 Scrofula ( Scrofula, or King's Evil), from scrofula, a swine, because this animal is said to be subject to a similar disorder - - ib. Mesenterii Glandulae Morbosa; (Diseased Mesenteric Glands) - 176 Syphilis (Venereal Disease), from aupXog, filthy - - 180, 203 Gonorrhsea Virulenta - - - - - -184 Sybbens, or Sivvens ------ 239 Framboesia (Yaws), from framboise, the French for a raspberry - 240 Elephantiasis (Leg swelled like an Elephant's), from eXerpag, an ele- phant - - - - - - -241 Lepra (Leprosy), from Xeirig, a scale .... - 250 Plica Polonica (Plaited Hair), from plico, to entangle - - 252 Scorbutus (Scurvy), from shorbact (Germ.), scurvy - - 255 Icterus (Jaundice), from iKrepog, the jaundice - 266 CLASS IV. LOCALES (Local Diseases), from locus, a place - - - 277 ORDER I. Dysesthesia (Diseases of the Senses), from Sue, bad, and aicrdrjaig, feeling ------ 277 Nyctalopia (Night Blindness), from vvl, the night, and u)\p, an eye - ib. Amaurosis, or Gutta Serena, from a/jLuvpwais, obscurity - - 2^8 Paracusis (Deafness), from icapa, wrong, and cikovio, to hear - 280 ORDER II. Increased Appetite. DrsoREXiJE (Depraved Appetites), from Ivg, bad, and opeStc, ap- petite ------- 283 Bulimia (Canine Appetite), from ftovg, an ox, and Xif-wg, hunger - ib. Furor Uterinus, or Nymphomania (UncontrollableDesire of Vencry in Women), from vv^a, a nymph, and fxavia, madness - ib. Defective Appetite. Anorexia (Loss of Appetite), from a, priv. and opefc, appetite - 287 Anaphrodisia (Impotence), from a, priv. and atypoBima, venery - ib. ORDER HI. Dyscinesie, (Motion impeded or depraved from an Imperfection of the Organ), from Svc, bad, and nveio, to move - - 288 Strabismus (Squinii?ig), from rrrou&ify, to squint - - ib.