Alcohol and the human body : an introduction to the study of the subject, and a contribution to national health / by Sir Victor Horsley and Mary D. Sturge, with a chapter by Arthur Newsholme.

  • Victor Horsley
Date:
1911
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Credit: Alcohol and the human body : an introduction to the study of the subject, and a contribution to national health / by Sir Victor Horsley and Mary D. Sturge, with a chapter by Arthur Newsholme. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Catarrh. Inflammation of a mucous membraue accompanied by increased secretion of mucus, e.g. a cold in the bead. Cerebritis. Inflammation of the cerebrum, or larger brain. Choreic. The involuntary jerky muscular contractions which characterise St. Vitus’s dance. Chronic. Of long standing, habitual, e.g. chronic alcoholism. Chronograph. An instrument for measuring and recording intervals of time. Cirrhosis. Fibrous degeneration of an organ. Clinic, Clinical. Pertaining to the study of disease by the bedside. Clinician. One who studies disease by the bedside. Coagulate. To clot. Coma. A state of profound insensibility. Congestion. An engorgement and distension of the blood-vessels of a ])art, commonly associated with inflammation. Consanguinity. Blood relationship by birth. Convoluted. Having convolutions or folds. Co-ordinate. To regulate and combine movements, e.g. “ the brain’s jmwer of co-ordinating,” bodily movements. Corpuscles. Microscopic protoplasmic cells. Corrugated. Wrinkled with alternate ridges and grooves. Cortex. The outer layer of an organ, e.g. cerebral cortex. Cultures. Masses of microscopic germs or micro-organisms grown artifici- ally in suitable media. Dehydration. The process of removing the water contained in a substance. Dementia. A progressive mental enfeeblemeut, resulting finally in complete absence of mind. Diagnose. To correctly determine the exact nature of a disease. Diastase. A ferment found in grain when it begins to sprout, and which turns the starch into sugar. Diastatic. Acting like diastase. Diastolic. Signifies expansion—a term applied to the heart. Diathesis. The particular habit of body predisposing to certain diseases. Dietetic. Relating to diet: dietetics, the branch of medical science which deals with the regulation of food. Dilatation. The enlargement of any organ by expansion, distension, etc. Dur.v ]\Iater. The thick membrane which covers the brain. Effete. Used up, waste. Elimination. Separating out. Kmbryo. The germ or beginning of anything in an undeveloped condition. Engorgement. Overloading of the blood-vessels with blood. Enzyme. A chemical substance which may be a ferment or the precursor of a ferment. See Ferment. Epithelial. Belonging to the epithelium, i.e. the layers of delicate cells forming the outer surface of the skin and mucous membrane. Ekgograph. An instrument for ex])erimentally estimating the work done mechanically by certain mu.scles. Erosion. Eating away. Erythema. A skin eruption chiefly characterised by redness.