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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    Latin Eq. 52. Diabetes. Idem valet Diabetes mellitus Ergotismus 53. Purpura a. V.-Simplex b. V.-Hsemorrka- gica 54. Scorbutus 55. Anaemia 56. Chlorosis. Idem valet Pallor luteus foeminarum 57. Anasarca 58. Beriberia Diabetes. Synonym, Diabetes mellitus. (985a.) Ergotism. Purpura. Definition: A disease not usually attended by fever, characterized by purple spots of effused blood, which are not effaced by pressure, and are of small size, except where they run together in patches. Varieties: a. Simple. b. Hemorrhagic. Definition: The disease when accom- panied by hemorrhage from a mucous surface. Scurvy. Definition: A chronic disease, characterized by sponginess of the gums, and the occurrence of livid patches under the skin of considerable extent, which are usually harder to the touch than the surrounding tissue. * Anaemia. Definition : Deficiency of red corpuscles in the blood. Chlorosis. Synonym, Green Sickness. *General dropsy. Definition: An accumulation of serum in the areolar tissue, with or without effusion into the serous cavities. Note.—Local dropsies, such as ovarian, and effusions into the serous cavities, as hydrothorax or ascites, when not connected with anasarca, should be returned as local diseases. Beri-Beri. [*29] LOCAL DISEASES. MOEBI PARTIUM SINGULARTJM. ARRANGEMENT OF LOCAL DISEASES. ORDO MORBORUM. The diseases printed in italics are to be returned, not among the local diseases, but under the headings referred to by number. The local diseases have been drawn up in accordance with the following arrange- ment :— Latin eq. Catarrhus Inflammatio Inflammatio exulcerans Inflammatio suppurans Inflammatio plastica ... Inflammatio pyaemica ... Inflammatio rheuma- tica Inflammatio podagrica Inflammatio syphilitica. Catarrh. Inflammation. Ulcerative inflammation. Suppurative inflammation. Plastic inflammation. (31.) Pyaemic inflammation. Rheumatic inflammation. Gouty inflammation. (431.) Syphilitic inflammation. *■ When the cause of this affection has been ascertained, the case should be returned