The application of the principles and practice of homoeopathy to obstetrics and the disorders peculiar to women and young children / by Henry N. Guernsey.

  • Guernsey, Henry N. (Henry Newell), 1817-1885.
Date:
1874
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Credit: The application of the principles and practice of homoeopathy to obstetrics and the disorders peculiar to women and young children / by Henry N. Guernsey. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Hemorrhoids, Blind. See Piles, Blind. Hemostatic. Pertaining to the stoppage of blood. Heartburn. Impaired appetite with gnawing or burning pain in the stomach. Hectic. Debilitating and emaciating fever. Hemicrania. Half-side of the head. Hepatic. Pertaining to the liver. Hepatitis. Inflammation of the liver. Hepatization. Chapge in the lung by which it assumes the appearance of liver. Hermaphrodite. One who possesses the attributes of male and female; a term applied to one who is at the same time male and female. Hernia. Rupture. Herpes. See p. 576. Heterologous. Differing. Hilum. The fissure of the spleen, kidney, lung, ovary, etc. Also, a small blackish tumor in the eye. Homologous. Similar. Hooping Cough. See p. 817. Humerus. Bone of the upper arm. Hybrid. A thing produced from two different species; mongrel. Hydatid. Species of intestinal worm; serous vesicle. Hydremia. See p. 341. Hydrocele. Dropsy of the scrotum. Hydrocephalus. Water on the brain ; dropsy of the head. See pp. 903 and 905. Hydrometra. A disease characterized by circum- scribed protuberance in the hypogastrium, pro- gressively enlarging, without ischuria or preg- nancy. Hydrorrhosa. See p. 357. Hydrothorax. Dropsy of the chest. Hydrosis. Perspiring. Hygiene. The science of preserving health. Hymen. See p. 47. Hyperesthesia. Excessive sensibility. Hypergenesis. The excess of formative power which gives occasion to monstrosities by excess of parts. Hyperplasia. Excessive formation of tissue. Hypertrophy. Morbid enlargement of an organ. Hypochondriac One who is morbidly melancholy. Hypochondrium. The region under the false ribs. Hypogastrium. The lower anterior part of the abdomen. Hysteralgia. See pp. 555 and 671. Hysteria. See p. 555. Hysteroid. Resembling Hysteria. Ichor. Foetid, watery discharge from wounds, ul- cers, etc. Icterus. Jaundice. Idiopathic Primary, original disease. Idiosyncrasy. Individual peculiarity of constitu- tion. Ileum. The longest of the small intestines. Iliac Pertaining to the ilium. Ilium. See p. 15. Impregnation. Fecundation of the ova. Inanition. Exhaustion from want of nourishment. Incarcerated. Imprisoned; strangulated; con- stricted. Incisor. See Tooth. Incontinence. Involuntary passage of urine; in- ability to retain semen, etc. Incubation. The period that elapses between the introduction of a morbific principle into the sys- tem, and the development of the disease. Incubus. Nightmare. Indices. Signs. Indigestion. Dyspepsia. Induration. Hardening. Infection. Propagation of disease by miasm, or contact. Inferior. Lower. Infiltration. Flowing of fluids into the cellular tissue. Influenza. Epidemic catarrh. Ingesta. Food. Inguinal. Belonging to the groin. Innervation. The nervous influence necessary for the maintenance of life and the functions of the various organs. Innocuous. Harmless. Innominatum. See p. 15. Inosculation. Connecting of the extremities of the blood-vessels. Insomnia. Sleeplessness. Interstitial. Space between. Interteigo. See p. 874. Intramural. Within or between walls. Intra-uterine. That which takes place within the womb. Intumescence. Increase of size in a part or in the whole of the body. Intussusception. A portion of the intestine falling into the adjoining part and choking up the open- ing, producing strangulation. Ischium. Hip-bone; lower part of the pelvis. Ischuria. Retention or impossibility of discharg- ing the urine. Isomeric. A term applied to different bodies which agree in composition, but differ in properties. Jactitation. Tossing about; restlessness; twitch- ing. Jaundice. A bilious disease, inducing yellowness of the skin, etc. Jugular. Large vein in the neck. Jurisprudence. Embodied laws and regulations that relate to the teaching and practice of med- icine. • Legal medicine. Kiestf.ine. A peculiar albuminoid pellicle which forms on the urine of a pregnant female when allowed to stand for a few days. Labia majora or externa. See p. 43. Labia minora or interna, or nymphe. See p. 45. Labor. Parturition. Child-birth. Labor-pains. See p. 177- Laceration. Tearing. Lachrymation. Discharge of water from the eyes. Lactation. Secretion of milk. Lactiferous. Milk-carrying vessels. Lamine. Thin, flat part of a bone.