Methomania; a treatise on alcoholic poisoning / With an appendix by Horatio R. Storer.

  • Albert Day
Date:
1867
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Methomania; a treatise on alcoholic poisoning / With an appendix by Horatio R. Storer. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library at Yale University, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library at Yale University.

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    GLOSSARY OP SCIENTIFIC TERMS. Atrophy, a wasting away. Anaesthetic, deadened or impaired feeling. Asphyxia, without pulsation. Anorexia, want of appetite. Bright's Disease, several forms of kidney disease. Cirrhosis, a yellow, contracted, fissured condition of the liver. Cutaneous, pertaining to the skin. Comatose, insensible. Carotids, large arteries of the neck. Cerebritis, inflammation of the brain. Degeneration, a diseased alteration. Diagnosis, distinguishing one disease from another. Epilepsy, a disease with convulsions and unconscious- ness. Encephalon, the contents of the cranium. Fauces, throat and back of the mouth. Febrile, pertaining to fever. Gastritis, inflammation of the stomach. [69]