New London surgical pocket-book : (medical, operative, and mechanical,) founded on the popular lectures and works of Mr. Abernethy, Sir Astley Cooper, Mr. Lawrence, and other distinguished surgeons ... including an adapted pharmacopoeia.

Date:
1836
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Credit: New London surgical pocket-book : (medical, operative, and mechanical,) founded on the popular lectures and works of Mr. Abernethy, Sir Astley Cooper, Mr. Lawrence, and other distinguished surgeons ... including an adapted pharmacopoeia. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Resolution. One of the terminations of inflammation, in which the disease disappears without any abscess, mortification, &c. Resolvent. A term given to such substances as discuss in- Iflammations and other tumours. Resuscitation. Restoring of persons apparently dead to life. Retention. Keeping back any thing which should be t expelled. Reticular. Interwoven like a net. Retiform. Net-like. Retrocedent. Retrograde. When a disease retires from oone place and remains fixed in another, not its original site, it is isaid to be retrocedent. Retroversion. Turned back. A term applied to the uterus, aand other parts. Rhinophonia. a nasal voice. Rigor. A sudden coldness, attended by a shivering more or Wess perfect, a symptom whicli ushers in many diseases, especi- lly fevers, and acute inflammation of internal parts, &c. S. Saccated. Encysted, or contained in a bag-like membrane. Sacro. Names compounded of this word relate to the sacrum. Sanguification. A natural function of the body, by which e chyle is changed into blood. Sanguineous. Bloody; appertaining to the blood. Sarcocele. a disease of the body of the testicle. Sardonic Grin. A term applied to a singular convulsive grin r laugh, which was first observed in those who had eaten the herb ailed sardonia. Satyriasis. Inordinate desire for venery in men. Scapular. Belonging to the shoulder. Scarification. A superficial incision made with a lancet, or instrument called a scarificator, for the purpose of abstracting Rood, or letting out fluids. Sclerotic. Applied to membraneous parts. Searching. The introduction of a sound through the urethra nto the bladder, to ascertain if there be calculi in the bladder. •\ M :i