The cure of diphtheria by tissue-cell treatment / by M. Leclerque.

  • Leclerque, M.
Date:
1893
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Credit: The cure of diphtheria by tissue-cell treatment / by M. Leclerque. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard Medical School.

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    Abdomen. The lower Delly, or that part of the body which lies between the thorax and the pelvis. Abcess. A collection of pus (purulent matter) in some tissues of the body; generated by suppuration or fester- ing; a purulent tumor. Acid. Sharp, sour to the tast. Acofiite. Extract of the poisonous Monk's Hood, acting on the heart and circulation, the nervous system, etc. Acrid. Sharp; pungent; bitter; of a hot, biting nature. Acrimoidus. Bitter; corrosive; abounding with acrimony. Acute. Opposed to chronic; an acute disease is one which is attended with symptoms of certain degrees of severity, and comes speedily to a crisis, as pleuris}% inflammation; etc. Adynamic. Weak; destitute of strength through disease. Albumen. A substance existing abundanth* in the white of an &%%, and forms a constituent principle of the animal organism, consisting of carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, sulphur, and phosphorus. Albuminoid. Like albumen; that organic basis of the cells which is composed of the proteine, and constitutes part of fibrin. Ammonia. A chemical compound, otherwise called Volatile alkali, which in its uncombined form exists in the state of a highly pungent gas, three parts nitrogen and one part hydrogen AncBmia. A deficiency of blood; bloodlessness; incipient loss of the vital power of the blood. Ajialysis, quantitive. Consists in the determination not merely of the component parts of a compound, but their relative proportions. Anatomy. The art of dissecting, or artificially separating the different parts of an animal body to discover their situation, structure, and economy. Morbid anatomy deals with the structure of diseased parts.