The practice of medicine / by M. Charteris.

  • Charteris, M. (Matthew), 1840-1897.
Date:
1894
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    Pyelitis.—From Tr6e\os a tub, trough, terminal -itis.— Inflammation of the pelvis, iufunclibula, and calyces of the kidney. Pyrosis.—From irvpdo} to burn.—A disease consisting in a hot sensation in the stomach and copious eructation of thin, watery, acid, or insipid fluid. Pythogenic.—From tttjOo) to rot, yevvdo] to generate.—A term applied to typhoid, gastric, or enteric fever. Rabies.—From rabio to be furious.—A disease of dogs and otlier animals, which, if implanted by means of the saliva into the human system, produces Hydrophobia. Eales.—From rdler to rattle in the throat.—Liquid sounds produced by the air passing through mucous or other fluids. Resolvents.—From resolvo to relax, undo.—Substances possessing the power of promoting the resolution of tumours. Rhonchus.—From p6yxos a rattling sound in the throat.— Sonorous rhonchus is a dry deep-toned sound produced by ob- struction to the tide of air in a large bronchial tube. In the smaller tubes the pitch is higher, and whistling, hissing sounds are heard, called sibilant rhonchi. Roseola.—Diminutive of rosa, a rose.—An efiiorescence of transient patches of redness. Non-contagious. Rubeola.—From nobeo to blush.—A disease combining cer- tain symptoms of scarlatina with symptoms resembling those of measles. RupiA.—From ptjiros dirt, uncleanness.—A non-contagious eruptive disease characterised by flat vesicles, which are suc- ceeded by dark and rough crusts. SarcinaVentriculi.—From crapKivos fleshy.—A microscopic cryptogamous plant, found in the contents of the stomach in pyrosis. . Scabies.—From scabo to scratch.—A contagious cutaneous disease attended with severe itching. Sciatica.—From l<rx^ov the hip.—A form of neuritis with pain in the sciatic nerve. _ Sclerosis.—From (xk\t]p6s hard, tough.—A state of indura- tion, hardness, and toughness. The term is also applied to the process by which such a state is brought about in organs and tissues. Scrofula.—From scrofa a sow.—A morbid state of the system revealed by chronic swelling and suppuration of tho absorbent glands, etc. Septicemia.—From ctt^ttw to rot, ai/xa blood.—Putrid infec- tion. _ A morbid state of tho blood, due to the presence of bacteria, i.e. rod-like microscopic bodies. Sequelae.-From seqitor to follow.—Morbid affections left as the result of a disease. Shingles.—From cinguhtvi a girdle.—The popular name for