The nomenclature of diseases, drawn up by a Joint Committee appointed by the Royal College of Physicians of London.

  • Royal College of Physicians of London.
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1869
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    Chronic osteo-arthritis. Synonym, Chronic rheumatic arthritis. Definition: An affection characterized by pain, stiffness, and deformity of one or more of the joints, associated with deposition of new bone around them. Syphilis. a. Primary syphilis. Definition: Syphilis while limited to the part inoculated, and the lymphatic glands connected with it. Varieties: Hard chancre. Indurated bubo. Soft chancre. Suppurating bubo. Phagedoenic sore. Sloughing sore. b. Secondary syphilis. Definition: Syphilis, when it affects parts not directly inoculated. Tertiary syphilis is a term sometimes applied to the latter symptoms, when separated by an interval of apparent health from the ordinary secondary syphilis. c. Hereditary syphilis. Definition: Constitutional sy- philis of the child, derived during foetal life from one of the parents. 1. Local syphilitic affections. Cancer. Synonym, Malignant disease. Definition : A de- posit or growth that tends to spread indefinitely into the surrounding structures, and in the course of the lymphatics of the part affected, and to re- produce itself in remote parts of the body. * In returning local syphilitic affections, specify whether the case be one of primary syphilis, secondary syphilis, syphilitic deposit, or syphilitic inflammation. Local syphilitic affections, local cancer, local colloid, and local scrofulous affections, are to be returned in the following order :— 1. Brain. 24. Lips. 45. Kidney. 2. Spinal cord. 25. Mouth. 46. Bladder and urethra. 3. Nerve. 26. Cheek. 47. Prostate gland. 4. Eye. 27. Jaws. 48. Penis. . 5. Eyelid. 28. Gum. 49. Scrotum. 6. Orbit. 29. Tongue. 50. Testicle. 7. Auricle. 30. Fauces. 51. Ovary. 8. Internal ear. 31. Tonsils. 52. Fallopian tube. 9. Face. 32. Salivary glands. 53. Uterus. 10. Nose. 33. Pharynx. 54. Vagina. 11. Pericardium. 34. (Esophagus. 55. Vulva. 12. Heart. 35. Stomach. 56. Female breast. 13. Lymphatics. 36. Intestines. 57. Male mammilla. 14. Lymphatic glands. 37. Rectum. 58. Bone. 15. Bronchial glands. 38. Anus. 59. Skull. 16. Thyroid gland. 39. Liver. 60. Joint. 17. Thymus gland. 40. Hepatic ducts and gall 61. Spine. 18. Supra-renal capsule. bladder. 62. Muscle. 19. Larynx. 41. Pancreas. 63. Tendon. 20. Bronchi. 42. Spleen. 64. Fascia. 21. Lungs. 43. Peritoneum. 65. Cellular tissue. 22. 23. Pleura. Mediastinum. 44. Mesenteric glands. 66. Skin. Latin Eq. 42. Ostoarthritislonga. Idem valet Arth- ritis rheumatica longa 43. Syphilis Syphilis primige- nia Ulcus venereum du- rum Inguen induratum [*15] Ulcus venereum molle Inguen suppurans Ulcus phagedaeni- cum Ulcus putre Syphilis secundaria Syphilis inveterata Syphilis ingenita... *1. Mala syphilitica partium singularum 44. Carcinoma. Idem valet Morbus ma- lignus