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. Inflammatio strumosa... lnflammatio gonor- rhoi'ca Gangrsena Congestio passiva Suffusio sanguinis. Hsemorrhagia Hydrops Fibrina deposita [*31] Magnitudo mutata Dilatatio Contractio Hypertrophia Atrophia Degeneratio Adiposa et calcarea. Idem valent Athe- roma, Conversio in calcem Fibrosa Morbus lardaceus./c?m valent Morbus amy- lodes, morbus cereus Morbus syphiliticus Carcinoma Morbus collodes Tumores non maligni... Cystis Struma a. Cum tuberculis b. Sine tuberculis Morbus parasiticus Calculus et concreta... Deformitas ingenita Injuria Corpus adventitium Vitia naturalium actio- num (491.) Scrofulous inflammation. Gonorrhoeal inflammation. Gangrene. Passive congestion. Extravasation of blood. Hemorrhage. Dropsy. Fibrinous deposit. Alteration of dimensions. Dilatation. Contraction. Hypertrophy. Atrophy. Degeneration. Fatty and calcareous. Syn. Athei’oma. Ossification. Fibroid. Lardaceous disease. Syn. Amyloid disease. Waxy disease. (43'.) Syphilitic disease. (441.) Cancer. (45».) Colloid. Non-malignant tumors. Cyst. (49*.) Scrofula. (49,a.) a. With tubercle. (49lb.) b. Without tubercle. Parasitic disease. Calculus and concretion. Malformation. (992, &c.) Injury. (1014, &c.) Foreign body. Functional diseases. The attention of those making use of the Nomenclature is especially called to this “ Arrangement of Local Diseases,” which includes nearly all the important forms of dis- ease that affect the various organs, and is therefore a key to the general arrangement of those diseases adopted throughout the work. DISEASES OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM. [*33] MO RBI NERVORUM APPARATUS. The diseases printed in italics under this heading, are inserted for the sake of local classification only, and are not to be.registered here, but at the place referred to in each instance by number. DISEASES OF THE BRAIN AND ITS MEMBRANES. MORBI CEREBRI MEMBRANARTJMQUE. Latin eq. 59. Encephalitis Encephalitis. Definition: Inflammation of the brain or of its membranes. Note.—This term is to be used only when the precise seat of the inflammation has not been ascertained by post-mortem examination.