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## PRESIDENT GARFIELD'S

### ENDORSEMENT OF THE

# Invalids' Hotel and Surgical Institute

## AND ITS FOUNDER.

The following letter from an eminent lawyer of Tennessee, is noteworthy, inasmuch as it shows the estimation in which Dr. Pierce and the institutions which he has founded were held by the lamented Garfield, who was one of the Doctor's intimate friends and colleagues while he was serving as a member of Congress:

> OFFICE OF H.F. COLEMAN,
> ATTORNEY AT LAW,
> SNEEDVILLE, TENN., Aug. 11, 1884

World's Dispensary Medical Association, 663 Main St., Buffalo, N.Y.

GENTLEMEN:—Your letter of the 31st ult. just received and contents noted. I am perfectly satisfied with the explanation, and ask pardon for the sharp letter written you some days since. The mails are very irregular, as you know, and we are too apt to be impatient and attribute our mishaps to the wrong cause. Your honesty, integrity and ability are not doubted in the least by me.

I have, perhaps, a higher endorsement of you than any other patient under your care, and for your gratification I will give it to you.

Some time since I was in conversation with Congressman Pettibone, of this State, when the following conversation took place: "You say," said the Major, "that you have visited Dr. Pierce's medical establishment in Buffalo, New York?" "Yes, sir, I did." "You found everything as represented?" "Yes, sir, as was represented, and which I assure you was quite encouraging to a man who had traveled as far as I had to visit an institution of that kind." "That man, Dr. Pierce," said the Major, "is one of the best men of the times. While at Washington, during my first term," he continued, "one day I was in President Garfield's room and a fine-looking, broad-foreheaded gentleman came in, and President Garfield arose and took him by the hand and said, 'Good morning, Doctor, I am so glad to see you,' and then turned and introduced him to me as Dr. Pierce, of Buffalo, New York. Knowing the Doctor by reputation, and having seen his pictures, I at once recognized him. He, in a short time, left the room, and Garfield said to me, 'Major, that is one of the best men in the world, and he is at the head of one of the best medical institutions in the world.'"

With this high endorsement, I have unbounded confidence in your integrity and ability.

> Very truly yours,
> H.F. COLEMAN.

[pg 974]NOTICES OF THE PRESS.

### OUR PROFESSIONAL STAFF.

The Buffalo Evening News says: "Each and every member of the medical and surgical staff of the Invalids' Hotel and Surgical Institute is a graduate in medicine and surgery from one or more legally chartered medical colleges, and several of the members have had many years of experience as army surgeons, and in hospital and general as well as in special practice. One is a licentiate of the Royal College of Physicians, Edinburgh; licentiate of the Faculty of Physicians and Surgeons, Glasgow; licentiate of midwifery, Glasgow; member of the Royal College of Surgeons, London, England; extraordinary member of the Royal Medical Society, Edinburgh, etc. Another is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania, at Philadelphia; another of the New York Medical College; another of the Buffalo Medical College, and of the College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York; another of Cincinnati Medical College, and of the University of New York; another from Buffalo Medical College, and diplomas from all these institutions, as well as from many others equally noted, can be seen at the offices of this institution, if any one feels any interest in them."

#### From the "Roman Citizen," (Rome, N.Y.).

### THE INVALIDS' HOTEL AND SURGICAL INSTITUTE.

One of the most extensive institutions in this country for the treatment of chronic ailments is the Invalids' Hotel and Surgical Institute at Buffalo, under the control of the World's Dispensary Medical Association, of which Dr. R.V. PIERCE is President. The hotel itself is a wonderful affair, combining all the comforts and conveniences of a luxurious home with the most complete facilities for the successful treatment of all chronic diseases incident to humanity. Dr. PIERCE has a world-wide fame as a skillful practitioner, and his corps of assistants comprises many physicians and surgeons of great ability and large experience in the treatment of chronic and surgical diseases. Those who have been treated by the Association are loud in their praises, and we understand that the number of its patients increases with each succeeding year. The country is full of people who have been "doctoring" year after year without successful results, and the probabilities are that in a majority of such cases a few months spent at the Invalids' Hotel and Surgical Institute in the care of its medical experts, would result in material and permanent benefit.

#### From the Washington (D.C.) Chronicle.

### ONE OF THE ATTRACTIONS AT BUFFALO.

In the enterprising city of Buffalo some eminent and capable professional people have established an "Invalids' Hotel and Surgical Institute," under the comprehensive direction and control of the "World's Dispensary Medical Association" at 663 Main Street, in that beautiful city. This Institute is organized with a full staff of eighteen physicians and surgeons, and the hotel is exclusively devoted to treatment of chronic diseases. This corps of doctors make a specialty of chronic [pg 975]maladies, and the Institute is reputed to have abundant skill, facilities and apparatus for the successful treatment of every form of chronic ailment, whether requiring for its cure medical or surgical means.

The building occupied is a massive one of five stories.

#### From the Missouri Republican (St. Louis).

### A REMARKABLE PROFESSIONAL SUCCESS.

Among the notable professional men of this country who have achieved extraordinary success is Dr. R.V. PIERCE, of Buffalo, N.Y. The prominence which he has attained has been reached through strictly legitimate means, and so far, therefore, he deserves the enviable reputation which he enjoys. This large measure of success is the result of a thorough and careful preparation for his calling, and extensive reading during a long and unusually large practice, which has enabled him to gain high commendation, even from his professional brethren. Devoting his attention to certain specialties of the science he has so carefully investigated, he has been rewarded in a remarkable degree. In these specialties he has become a recognized leader. Not a few of the remedies prescribed by him have, it is said, been adopted and prescribed by physicians in their private practice. His pamphlets and larger works have been received as useful contributions to medical knowledge. He has recently added another, and perhaps more important work, because of more general application, to the list of his published writings. This book, entitled "The People's Common Sense Medical Adviser," is designed to enter into general circulation. For his labors in this direction, Dr. PIERCE has received acknowledgments and honors from many sources, and especially scientific degrees from two of the first medical institutions in the land. His works have been translated into the German, Spanish, French, and other foreign languages.

#### From the Toledo Blade.

Dr. PIERCE has now been before the general public long enough to enable the formation of a careful estimate of the efficiency of his treatment and his medicines, and the verdict, we are glad to know, has been universally favorable to both.

#### From the St. Louis Globe.

### THE SUCCESSFUL PHYSICIAN.

Dr. PIERCE is a type of a class of men who obtain success by careful and well-directed effort, not attempting too much, nor creating false ideas as to ability. The only reliable physician, in these days of complicated disorders and high-pressure living, is the "Specialist," the man who understands his own branch of the business. Such, in his line, is Dr. Pierce. He has written a "Common Sense Medical Adviser," which is well worth reading. With strict business honor, high professional skill, reasonable fees, and a large corps of competent assistants Dr. Pierce has made his name as familiar as "household words."

From the Rocky Mountain Herald.

Dr. R.V. PIERCE, the greatest American specialist, and proprietor of the World's Dispensary, Buffalo, N.Y., has sent us his new book entitled "The People's Common Sense Medical Adviser," which is a handsome, large volume, elegantly got up, with hundreds of wood-cuts [pg 976]and colored plates, and a complete cyclopedia of medical teachings for old and young of both sexes. It has every thing in it, according to the latest scientific discoveries, and withal is wonderfully commomensical in its style and teachings.

From the Lafayette Daily Courier.

Dr. R.V. PIERCE, of Buffalo, distinguished in surgery, and the general practice of the profession he honors, has made a valuable contribution to the medical literature of the day, in a comprehensive work entitled "The People's Common Sense Medical Adviser." While scientific throughout, it is singularly free from technical and stilted terms. It comes right down to the common-sense of every-day life, and, to quote from the author himself, seeks to "inculcate the facts of science rather than the theories of philosophy." This entertaining and really instructive work seems to be in harmony with the enlarged sphere of thought, as touching the open polar sea of evolution. He considers man in every phase of his existence, from the rayless atom to the grand upbuilding of the noblest work of God. Dr. PIERCE is a noble specimen of American manhood. He has sprung from the people, and with many sympathies in common with the masses, has sought to render them a substantial service in this the great work of his life.

#### From, the New York Independent.

### LAURELS FOR TRUE WORTH.

> "A wise physician, skill'd our wounds to heal,
> Is more than armies to the public weal."

To be honored in his own land is the crowning blessing of the man who has been "the architect of his own fortune"—the man who has made for himself, with his own hands and brain, a princely fortune and an enduring fame. From COMLEY'S History of New York State, containing biographical sketches of the men who "have given wealth, stamina, and character" to the Empire State, we clip the following brief sketch of the distinguished physician, Dr. R.V. PIERCE, of Buffalo: "Every nation owes its peculiar character, its prosperity—in brief, every thing that distinguishes it as an individual nation,—to the few men belonging to it who have the courage to step beyond the boundaries prescribed by partisanship, professional tradition, or social customs. In professional no less than in political life there occasionally arise men who burst the fetters of conventionalism, indignantly rejecting the arbitrary limits imposed upon their activity, and step boldly forward into new fields of enterprise. We call these men self-made. The nation claims them as her proudest ornaments—the men upon whom she can rely, in peace for her glory, in war for her succor. Of this class of men the medical profession has furnished a distinguished example in the successful and justly-celebrated physician, Dr. R.V. PIERCE, of Buffalo, N.Y., and any history treating of the industries of the Empire State would be incomplete without a sketch of his useful and earnest work. * * * Specially educated for the profession which he so eminently adorns, he early supplemented his studies by extensive and original research in its several departments. He brought to his chosen work acute perceptive and reflective powers, and that indomitable energy that neither shrinks at obstacles nor yields to circumstances. In physique, Dr. PIERCE is an ideal type of American manhood. Of medium stature, robust, his appearance is characterized by a healthful, vigorous vitality, while the full, lofty brow and handsomely cut [pg 977]features are indicative of that comprehensive mental power and remarkable business sagacity which have combined to place him among the distinguished men of the age. * * * As an earnest worker for the welfare of his fellow-men, Dr. PIERCE has won their warmest sympathy and esteem. While seeking to be their servant only, he has become a prince among them. Yet the immense fortune lavished upon him by a generous people he hoards not, but invests in the erection and establishment of institutions directly contributive to the public good, the people thus realizing, in their liberal patronage, a new meaning of the beautiful Oriental custom of casting bread upon the waters. Noted in both public and private life for his unswerving integrity and all those sterling virtues that ennoble manhood, Dr. PIERCE ranks high among those few men whose names the Empire State is justly proud to inscribe upon her roll of honor." Dr. PIERCE has lately erected a palatial Invalids' Hotel for the reception of his patients, at a cost of over half a million dollars.

### A MAN OF THE TIME.

Speaking of Dr. R.V. PIERCE, the Buffalo (N.Y.) Commercial says: "He came here an unknown man, almost friendless, with no capital except his own manhood, which, however, included plenty of brains and pluck, indomitable perseverance, and inborn uprightness, capital enough for any man in this progressive country, if only he has good health and habits as well. He had all these great natural advantages, and one thing more, an excellent education. He had studied medicine and been regularly licensed to practice as a physician. But he was still a student, fond of investigation and experiment. He discovered, or invented, important remedial agencies or compounds. Not choosing to wait wearily for the sick and suffering to find out (without any body to tell them) that he could do them good, he advertised his medicines and invited the whole profession of every school, to examine and pronounce judgment on his formulas. He advertised liberally, profusely, but with extraordinary shrewdness, and with a method which is in itself a lesson to all who seek business by that perfectly legitimate means. His success has been something marvelous—so great, indeed, that it must be due to intrinsic merit in the articles he sells, more even than to his unparalleled skill in the use of printer's ink. The present writer once asked a distinguished dispensing druggist to explain the secret of the almost universal demand for Dr. PIERCE'S medicines. He said they were in fact genuine medicines—such compounds as every good physician would prescribe for the diseases which they were advertised to cure. Of course, they cost less than any druggist would charge for the same article, supplied on a physician's prescription, and, besides, there was the doctor's fee saved. Moreover, buying the drugs in such enormous quantities, having perfect apparatus for purifying and compounding the mixture, he could not only get better articles in the first place, but present the medicine in better form and cheaper than the same mixture could possibly be obtained from any other source.

#### Extracts from Biographical Sketches of New York Senators.

At the age of eighteen, he (Dr. PIERCE) entered a medical school, and proved a devoted student, graduating at twenty-three with the highest honors. A simple knowledge of the routine of practice as then in vogue, was not enough. He sought new means of healing, and explored "schools" of practice that were prohibited by his sect. He denounced [pg 978]errors in the prevailing "schools" and accepted truths belonging to those prohibited. Every one knows how such daring and destructive innovations are regarded by the medical profession generally. Dr. PIERCE was no exception to the rule. But he paid no attention to detraction, pursuing his own way with that energy which proves now to be a most excellent ally of his medical instincts.

The World's Dispensary is to-day the greatest institution of its kind in the world. More than two hundred persons are employed, eighteen being skillful physicians and surgeons, each devoting himself to a special branch of the profession, all acting together when required, as a council. The printing department of the Dispensary is larger than the similar department of any paper outside of the New York Herald.

#### From the New York Times.

### WELL-MERITED SUCCESS.

The author of "The People's Medical Adviser" is well-known to the American public as a physician of fine attainments, and his Family Medicines are favorite remedies in thousands of our households. As a counselor and friend, Dr. PIERCE is a cultured, courteous gentleman. He has devoted all his energies to the alleviation of human suffering. With this end in view and his whole heart in his labors, he has achieved marked and merited success. There can be no real success without true merit. That his success is real, is evidenced by the fact that his reputation, as a man and physician, does not deteriorate; and the fact that there is a steadily increasing demand for his medicines, proves that they are not nostrums, but reliable remedies for disease. The various departments of the World's Dispensary in which his Family Medicines are compounded and his special prescriptions prepared, are provided with all modern facilities.

#### The New York Tribune says:

"The American mind is active. It has given us books of fiction for the sentimentalist, learned books for the scholar and professional student, but few books for the people. A book for the people must relate to a subject of universal interest. Such a subject is the physical man, and such a book 'The People's Common Sense Medical Adviser,' a copy of which has been recently laid on our table. The high professional attainments of its author,—Dr. R.V. PIERCE, of Buffalo, N.Y.,—and the advantages derived by him from an extensive practice, should alone insure for his work a cordial reception." Price $1.50, post-paid. Address, WORLD'S DISPENSARY MEDICAL ASSOCIATION, Buffalo, N.Y.

#### From, the Boston Daily Globe.

### A CURE FOR MANY EVILS.

What can be accomplished by judicious enterprise, when backed up by ability and professional skill, is shown by the magnificent buildings of the World's Dispensary and the Invalids' Hotel and Surgical Institute, at Buffalo. While models of architectural beauty and completeness, their real worth and usefulness consist rather in the humanitarian objects they are made to serve. They stand superior to all institutions of their kind, not only in material proportions but as well in the medical knowledge and practical experience of those connected with them. In each department are those and those only who by natural bent and training are specially adapted to combating their particular class of "the ills which flesh is heir to."

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# VOCABULARY

## OF THE

# COMMON SENSE MEDICAL ADVISER,

### GIVING EACH TECHNICAL WORD EMPLOYED, REFERRING TO ITS images/advise WHEN POSSIBLE, AND IN CASE THE WORD WILL NOT PERMIT OF A SHORT DEFINITION, REFERRING TO THE PAGE WHERE A FULL DESCRIPTION OF ITS MEANING MAY BE FOUND.

A

Abdomen. The part of the body between the diaphragm and pelvis, containing the stomach, intestines, etc. The belly.

Abdominal. Belonging to the Abdomen.

Abortion. Expulsion of the foetus before the seventh month of pregnancy.

Absorption. The function of taking up substances from within or without the body.

Acetabulum. The bone socket which receives the head of the thigh bone.

Acne. Pimples upon the face, more common at the age of puberty.

Adipose Tissue. A thin membrane composed of cells which contain fat.

Adventitious. Acquired.

Albumen in urinein chemical composition resembles the white of an egg, and is detected by the application of heat, nitric acid, etc.

Albuminoid. Of the nature of albumen.

Albuminuria. A condition or disease in which the urine contains albumen. (See above.)

Alimentary Canal. The canal extending from the mouth to the anus, through which the food passes.

Allopathy. Allopathic school. Defined on page 293.

Alterative. A medicine which gradually changes the constitution, restoring healthy functions.

Alveolar process. The bony structure which contains the sockets of the teeth.

Amaurosis. Loss or decay of sight from disease of the optic nerve.

Amenorrhea. Suppression of the menses.

Amnion. A membrane enveloping the foetus and the liquid.

Amputation. The operation of cutting off a limb.

Amyloid degeneration. Alteration in the texture of organs, which resembles wax or lard.

Amyloids. Foods composed of carbon and hydrogen; as sugar, starch, etc.

Anæmia. Privation of blood. Lack of red corpuscles in the blood.

Anasarca. Dropsy attended with bloating all over the body.

Anatomy. The science of the structure of the body.

Anesthetic. An agent that prevents feeling in surgical operations, and in some diseases of a painful nature.

Angina (pectoris). Violent pain about the heart, attended with anxiety and difficult breathing.

Animalcula, Animalcule. An animal so small as to be invisible, or nearly so, to the naked eye.

Anodynes. Medicines which relieve pain.

Anteversion. The womb falling forward upon the bladder. Illus. p. 716.

Anthelmintics. Medicines which destroy or expel worms from the stomach and intestines.

Antidote. A remedy to counteract the effect of poison.

Antifebrile. A remedy which abates fever.

Antiperiodic. A remedy which prevents the regular appearance of similar symptoms in the course of a disease.

Antiseptic. Medicines which prevent putrefaction.

Antispasmodics. Medicines which relieve spasm.

Anus. The circular opening at the end of the bowel, through which the excrement leaves the body.

Aorta. The great artery of the body arising from the heart. Illus. page 58.

Aperient. A medicine which moves the bowels gently.

Aphthæ. Sore mouth, beginning in pimples and ending in white ulcers.

Aphthous. Complicated with aphthæ.

Apnoea. Short, hurried breathing.

Apoplexy. The effects of a sudden rush of blood to an organ; as the brain, lungs, etc. Brain pressure, from rupture of a blood-vessel.

Aqueous humor. The clear fluid contained in the front chambers of the eye.

Arachnoid. A thin, spider-web like membrane covering the brain.

Areolar Tissue. The network of delicate fibres spread over the body, binding the various organs and parts together.

Artery. A vessel carrying blood from the heart to the various parts of the body; usually red in color.

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Articular. Relating to the joints.

Articulated. Jointed.

Articulations. The union of one bone with another. A Joint.

Ascites. Accumulation of fluid in the abdominal cavity.

Asphyxia. A condition of apparent death owing to the supply of air being cut off; as in drowning, inhalation of gases, sun-stroke, etc.

Aspirator. An instrument for the evacuation of fluids from the cavities of the body, as water in abdominal dropsy, the contents of tumors, etc.

Assimilation. Appropriating and transforming into its own substance, matters foreign to the body.

Astringents. Medicines which contract the flesh.

Atonic, Atony. Wanting tone.

Atrophied. Wasted; lessened in bulk.

Atrophy. Wasting away; diminution in size.

Auditory nerves. The nerves connecting the brain with the ears and employed in exercising the sense of hearing.

Auscultation. Diagnosing diseases by listening, either with or without instruments.

B

Balanitis. Gonorrhea of the mucous surface of the head of the penis.

Benign. Harmless; a term applied to tumors.

Beverage. A liquor for drinking.

Bile. A yellow bitter fluid secreted by the liver. Defined on page 80.

Bilious. Disordered in respect to bile. Relating to bile.

Bilious temperament, Volitive temperament. See page 173.

Biology. The science of life.

Bistoury. A small cutting knife.

Bladder (urinary). The organ, situated behind the pubic bone, which holds the urine until its expulsion. Illus. pages 206 and 207.

Blebs. Eminences of the skin containing a watery fluid.

Bloody-flux. A disease characterized by frequent, scanty, and bloody stools.

Boil. An inflamed tumor which comes to a head and discharges matter and a core. See page 443.

Bolus. A large pill.

Bougie. A long, flexible instrument used for dilating contracted canals and passages.

Breach. Some form of hernia of the abdomen. See page 862.

Broad ligaments of the uterus. Folds of the peritoneum which support the womb and contain the Fallopian tubes and ovaries. Illus. p. 206.

Bronchea. Tubes formed by the division of the windpipe. Illus. page 64.

Bronchocele. Thick neck, goitre.

Bubo. An inflammatory tumor in the groin.

Bulla. A bleb or large pimple containing transparent fluid.

C

Cachexia. A depraved condition of the system; as from poor food, syphilis, etc.

Calcareous. Containing lime.

Calcification. The process of forming of, or converting into, chalk.

Calculus, calculi. Stones or similar concretions formed by the deposit of solid matter; of lime, soda, uric acid, urates, oxalates, etc.

Calisthenics. Healthful exercise of the body and limbs, for purposes of strength and agility.

Cancellated structure. Cells communicating with each other forming a structure resembling "lattice-work."

Canker. Ulcers in the mouth.

Capillaries. Very small blood-vessels. Defined on page 60.

Carbonic Acid. A heavy, poisonous gas. Choke damp.

Cardiac. Pertaining to the heart. Near or towards the heart.

Carminatives. Medicines which allay pain in the stomach and intestines by expelling the gas.

Carotids. The great arteries at the sides of the neck.

Cartilage. A solid part of the body found in the joints, ends of the ribs, etc. It is softer than bone but harder than ligament.

Cartilaginous tissue. Parts of the body of the nature of cartilage.

Carunculæ. Fleshy growths.

Casein. The part of milk which contains nitrogen. Cheese curd.

Catalytics. Medicines which destroy morbid agencies in the blood. Alteratives.

Catamenia. Monthly flow of the female.

Cataract. Opacity of the lens of the eye, or its covering, or both.

Cathartics. Medicines which cause evacuation of the bowels.

Catheter. A hollow tube introduced into the bladder through the urethra for the purpose of drawing off the urine.

Caustics. Substances which destroy animal tissue.

Cauterization. Burning or searing by a hot iron, or caustic medicines.

Cauterize. To burn or sear by a hot iron, or by medicines which destroy.

Cell. A little vessel having a membranous wall and containing fluid. The whole body may be considered as formed of different kinds of cells.

Cellular structure. See Cancellated structure.

Cerebellum. Little brain. Base brain. Illus. page 100.

Cerebrum. The upper or large brain. Illus. page 100.

Cervix. Neck; neck of the womb. Illus. page 206.

Chalybeate. Mineral waters which contain iron.

Chancre. A virulent, syphilitic ulcer. Figs. 27 and 28, Plate V., Pamphlet X.

Chancroid. Resembling infectious chancre. Soft chancre.

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Chlorosis. Green sickness. A disease of young women attended with a greenish hue of the skin, debility, etc.

Cholagogues. Cathartics which stimulate the liver.

Chordæ tendineæ. Cord-like substances about the valves of the heart. See page 57.

Cordee.

Choroid. The dark colored lining membrane of the eye.

Chyle. Food digested and ready for absorption. See pages 45 and 49.

Chylous products. See Chyle.

Chyme. Food after being subjected to the action of the gastric fluids.

Cicatrix. The scar or place where parts which have been cut or divided, are united.

Cilia. Small hairs.

Circumcision. An operation for removing superfluous foreskin.

Circumvallate. Arranged in oblique lines, as the prominences on the back of the tongue.

Clap. Gonorrhea. A venereal disease of the urethra.

Clavicle. See Collar-bone.

Clinical medicine. Investigation of disease at the bedside.

Coagulate. To thicken or harden, as heat hardens the white of an egg.

Coition. Sexual intercourse. The act of generation.

Collar-bone (Clavicle). A bone at the front and top of chest, attached by one end to the breast-bone and by the other to the shoulder-blade.

Colon. Part of the large intestines. Illus. page 40.

Coma. A condition of profound sleep from which it is difficult to arouse the patient.

Comedones. Pimples on the face. See page 412, and Fig. 8. Plate II.

Compress. A soft cloth folded to several thicknesses, so that with a bandage pressure can be applied, or by wetting in hot water, a part can be subjected to the influences of heat and moisture.

Conception. Impregnation of the ovum; the beginning of a new being.

Congenital. Applied to a disease born with one; from birth.

Congestion. An abnormal amount of blood in a part or organ.

Conjunctiva. The membrane which covers the external surface of the eyeball.

Conjunctivitis. Inflammation of the eye.

Contagion. The transmission of disease from one to another by contact, as hydrophobia, syphilis; or otherwise, as measles, scarlet fever, etc.

Contagious. Capable of being transmitted from one person to another.

Continence. Abstinence from sexual intercourse or excitement.

Convalescence. The recovery of health after sickness.

Convoluted. Curved or rolled together.

Copulation. Sexual intercourse.

Corlum. A layer of the akin.

Cornea. A transparent covering of the front of the eye.

Corpuscles of the blood. Defined and illustrated on page 53.

Counter-irritants. Defined on page 331.

Cowper's glands of the male. Glands situated in front of the prostate gland. Illus. page 207.

Coxalgia. Hip-joint disease. See page 451.

Cranium. The skull. The bones of the head.

Crayons. Sticks or cylinders made of Cocoa butter and medicated.

Cross-eye. One or both eyes drawn towards the nose. Squint.

Crustaceous. Belonging to the class of animals covered by a crust-like shell.

Cutaneous. Belonging to, or affecting, the skin.

Cuticle. The outer layer of the skin, consisting of small bony scales.

Cystitis. Inflammation of the bladder. In chronic form, Catarrh of the bladder.

D

Debris. Broken-down tissue. Waste material.

Decoction. Defined on page 303.

Defecation. Voiding excrement from the body.

Degeneration, fatty. The deposit of particles of fat instead of the proper muscular tissue.

Deglutition. Swallowing. Conveying food to the stomach.

Dejection of mind. Despondency. Low spirits.

Dejections. The matter voided from the bowels.

Deleterious. Destructive. Poisonous.

Dentition. Cutting of the teeth in infancy.

Deodorizer. A substance that destroys a bad smell.

Depletion. To empty the blood-vessels by lancing a vein or by medicines.

Depravation. Corruption.

Depurating. Cleansing.

Dermatologist. One who makes diseases of the skin a specialty.

Desiccate. To dry up.

Desquamation. Scaling off of the skin, after fevers.

Desquamative nephritis, Bright's Disease, in which epithelial cells escape with the urine.

Diabetes. Defined on page 835.

Diagnosis. The determination of a disease by its symptoms or characteristics.

Diagnostic. The symptoms by which a disease is distinguished from others.

Diaphoretic. Medicines which increase perspiration.

Diaphragm. Defined on page 32.

Diathesis. Peculiarity of constitution. Predisposition to certain diseases.

Digestion. The function by which food passing along the alimentary canal is prepared for nutrition.

[pg 982]Dilatation. Increasing in size by Instruments or other agencies.

Diluents. Fluids which thin the blood or hold medicines in solution.

Director. An instrument having a groove which directs the knife and protects underlying parts from injury.

Disinfectants. Substances which arrest putrefaction.

Dislocation. The act of or state of, being forced from its proper situation.

Distilled. Separated by heat from other substances and collected by condensation.

Diuretics. Medicines which increase the flow of urine.

Douche. Dashes of water. An instrument for washing the nasal membrane.

Drastics. Medicines which move the bowels harshly or frequently.

Dropsy. The accumulation of fluid In the cavities or cellular tissue of the body.

Duodenum. The first portion of the intestines. Illus. page 44.

Dura mater. A thick, fibrous membrane lining the skull.

Dyscrasia. A bad condition of body.

Dysentery. A disease characterized by frequent, scanty and bloody stools.

Dysmenorrhea. Difficult or painful menstruation.

Dyspnoea. Difficult breathing.

E

Ear, Internal. Defined on page 110. Illus. page 109.

Earthy phosphates. The white deposit in urine, composed of phosphoric acid and a base.

Ecchymosis. Black or yellow spots produced by effused blood. Black eye Is an example.

Eclectic School. See page 294.

Ecraseur. An instrument which amputates by a loop of wire.

Eczematous. Of the nature of Eczema. See page 430.

Edema (Œdema). Puffiness of the skin from the accumulation of fluid. General dropsy.

Effluvia. Unpleasant odors or exhalations.

Effusion. The pouring out of blood or other fluid.

Electrolysis. Decomposing or modifying by the application of electricity.

Eliminated. Discharged, expelled.

Emaciation. Leanness in flesh.

Embryo. The young of an animal at the beginning of its development in the womb.

Emetics. Medicines which empty the stomach upwards.

Emmenagogues. Medicines which favor or cause menstruation.

Empiricism. Practicing medicine upon results of experience, generally by a person without a medical education.

Encephalic Temperament. Defined on page 177.

Endocarditis. Inflammation of the lining membrane of the heart.

Endocardium. The lining membrane of the heart

Endometrltls. Disease of the lining membrane of the womb.

Enteric. Intestinal.

Enteritis. Inflammation of the mucous lining of the small intestines.

Epidemics. Diseases which attack a number of persons at the name time: as yellow fever, small-pox, etc.

Epiglottis. A cap over the windpipe, allowing the admission of air, but preventing the introduction of foreign bodies.

Epithelial cells. Cells belonging to the epithelium.

Epithelium. The thin covering upon the lips, nipple, mucous and serous membranes and lining the ducts, blood-vessels and other canals.

Esophagus (OEsophagus). The food-pipe. Illus. page 44.

Eustachlan Tube. The tube leading from the throat to the inner ear. Illus, page 109.

Evacuaut. Cathartic.

Evolution. Defined on page 14.

Excoriates. Removes the skin in part.

Excoriation. A wound which removes some of the skin.

Excrementitious. Pertaining to the matter evacuated from the body.

Excrescences. Surface tumors; as warts, piles, polypi, etc.

Excretion. The process by which waste materials are removed from the blood, performed particularly by the lungs, skin and kidneys.

Excretory ducts. Minute vessels which transmit fluid from glands.

Exhalations. That which is thrown off by the body, as vapor, gases, etc.

Expectorants. Medicines which promote discharges from the lungs.

Expiration. Expelling the breath.

Extraneous matter. Any substance which finds a place in the body and does not belong there. Foreign substances.

Extra-uterine. Outside of the womb, but in its vicinity.

Extravasated. Escaped into surrounding tissues.

Extremities. Legs or arms.

Exudation. Substances discharged through the pores.

Exude. To sweat; to pass through a membrane.

F

Fallopian Tube. The canal through which the ovum passes from the ovary to the womb.

Faradization. The application of electricity by inductive currents.

Fascia. The white fibrous expansion of a muscle which binds parts together.

Fatty degeneration. The deposit of particles of fat instead of proper muscular tissue.

Febrifuge. A medicine which abates or cures fevers.

Febrile. Relating to fever.

[pg 983]Fecundation. The ovum uniting with the male germ. Impregnation.

Femoral Hernia. Thigh hernia. Illus. page 863.

Fermented. Changed by a process of decomposition.

Ferruginous. Containing iron.

Fetid. Having an offensive smell. Stinking.

Fetor. Offensive smell. Stench.

Fibrous. Composed of fibres.

Fibrous Tissue. The texture which unites every part of the body.

Filaments. Fibre; the basis of texture.

Fimbriated. Finger-like.

First intention, Healing by. Healing without suppuration or the formation of pus.

Fissure. A crack.

Fistula: Fistulæ. Small canals or tubes which carry pus or other liquids through the flesh.

Fistula, Urinary. The abnormal communication between the urinary passages and the external surface.

Fistulous openings. The outer end of canals or tubes which carry pus to the surface.

Flatulency. Wind gathered in the stomach or bowels.

Flexion of the Womb. A partial misplacement in which the womb is bent upon itself.

Flexures. Bending. Motion of a joint.

Flocculent. Combining or adhering in flocks or flakes.

Fluid Extracts. The active principles of medicines in fluid form.

Foetus. The unborn child.

Follicles (of hair). Small depressions in the skin.

Follicular. Relating to or affecting follicles.

Fomentations. Local application of cloths wrung out of hot water.

Forceps. An instrument having a motion and use like the thumb and fore-finger. Pincers. Obstetrical forceps embrace the head of the foetus.

Foreskin. That part of the skin of the penis which is prolonged over the head of the organ.

Formication. A sensation like a number of ants creeping on a part.

Fracture. Broken bone. In compound fracture the end of the bone projects through the skin.

Function. The peculiar action of an organ, or part of the body.

Functional. Pertaining to the specific action of an organ or part.

Fundus. The bottom or base of an organ. The fundus of the womb is its upper part, when in its natural position.

Fungiform. Mushroom-shaped.

G

Galvanism. Electricity.

Galvano-cautery. Burning or scarring by galvanic electricity.

Ganglion. A nerve center which forms and distributes nerve-power.

Gangrene. Death of a part.

Gastric. Pertaining to the stomach.

Gastric Juice. The digestive fluid supplied by the mucous membrane of the stomach.

Gelatinous. Jelly-like.

Generation. The functions which are active in reproduction.

Genitals. The sexual organs.

Gestation. Carrying the embryo in the uterus.

Glans. Head of the penis.

Gonorrhea. A discharge of mucous from inflammation of the urethra or vagina, caused by impure connection. Clap.

Granular casts. Moulds of epithelium found by the microscope in chronic Bright's Disease.

Granular lids. Roughness on the inner surface of the eyelids.

Granulations Heal by. See Granulations.

Granulations. Flesh-like shoots, which appear in a wound and form its scar.

Granules. Small grains.

Gravel. Substances precipitated in the urine resembling sand.

Groin. The oblique depression between the belly and thigh.

Grubs. Pimples on the face. See page 442.

Gynecologist. One who makes the Diseases of Women a specialty.

H

Hair bulbs. The expansion or root of the hair.

Hallucinations. Perception or sensation of objects which do not exist; as in Tremens.

Hectic. Constitutional; as hectic fever, in which all parts of the body become emaciated.

Hemiplegia. Paralysis affecting only one side of the body.

Hemorrhoidal veins. The veins about the rectum which enlarge and form piles.

Hepatic. Relating or belonging to the liver.

Hereditary. A disease transmitted from parent to child.

Hernia. Defined on page 862.

Hollow of the Sacrum. The concave portion of the lower part of the spinal column within the pelvis.

Homeopathy. Defined on page 294.

Hyaline casts. Glassy appearing substances found by the microscope in urine in chronic Bright's Disease.

Hydragogues. Cathartics which produce copious watery discharges.

Hydrocele. Accumulation of fluid in the scrotum.

Hydrocephalus. Accumulation of fluid in the membranes about the brain.

Hydrothorax. Accumulation of fluid in the chest cavities.

Hygiene. The principles or rules for the promotion or preservation of health.

Hymen. Described on page 687. [pg 984]Hypersemia. Full of blood. Congestion.

Hypertrophy. Enlargement, thickening.

Hypochondriac. A person, usually dyspeptic, who is unreasonably gloomy, particularly about his health.

Hypodermic Syringe. An instrument having a very fine tube and needle-like point, by which medicines are lodged immediately under the skin.

Hysterotome. An instrument described and illustrated on page 696.

I

Idiopathic. Primary: not depending on another disease.

Illicit. Not permitted; unlawful.

Illusions. See Hallucinations.

Impacted. Wedged. Applied to feces which have remained in the rectum a long time.

Imperforate. Without a natural opening.

Impotency. Loss of sexual power.

Impregnation. Imparting the vital principle of the sperm-cell to the germ-cell, by which a new being is created.

Incipient. Commencement; first stage.

Independent Physician. Defined on page 295.

Indigenous. Native. Grows in a country.

Indolent. Painless; a term applied to tumors.

Induration. Hardening of a part or organ.

Infection. A prevailing disease. A disease spread only by contact, as itch, syphilis, etc.

Infiltration. The passage of fluid into the cellular tissue; as in General Dropsy.

Inflammation. Defined on page 398.

Infusion. Defined on page 303.

Inguinal Canal. A canal situated in the groin, through which the spermatic cord passes. The common seat of Hernia. Illus. page 862.

Inoculate. To communicate a disease by inserting matter in the flesh; as by vaccination.

Inorganic. Mineral. Bodies without organs.

Insalivation. Mixed with the saliva of the mouth, as food.

Insemination. The emission of sperm in coition.

Inspiration. Drawing in the breath.

Integument. The skin.

Intention, Healing by first. Healing without the formation of pus.

Intercostal. Between the ribs.

Intermittent. Having paroxysms or intervals.

Internal ear. Described on page 110; Illus. page 109.

Intussusception. One part of the intestines forced into another part.

Invagination. See Intussusception

Iridectomy. A surgical operation for the removal of the Iris.

Iris. A curtain which gives the eye its color.

Isolation. Separation from others.

K.

Kadesh-barnea. The holy place in the desert of wandering; the headquarters of the Israelites for 37 years.

L

Laboratory. The work-room of a chemist or pharmacist.

Laceration. A wound made by tearing.

Lachrymal. Belonging to the tears.

Lachrymal Glands. Minute organs about the eyes which secrete tears.

Lactation. The act of giving suck.

Lacteals. The vessels of the breast which convey milk.

Lamella. Layer.

Laminæ. Thin bones, or the thin parts of a bone.

Lancinating. Acute, shooting pains fancifully compared to the pierce of a lance.

Larynx. That portion of the air-passage indicated in the male by "Adam's Apple."

Lascivious. Lustful; producing unchaste emotions.

Lateral operation. Cutting through the perinæum into the bladder.

Laxatives. Medicines which move the bowels gently.

Lesion. Derangement. Tearing or other division of parts, previously continuous.

Leucorrhea. Described on page 702.

Liberal Physician. Defined on page 295.

Ligament. A white inelastic tendon binding bones together.

Ligation. See Ligature.

Ligature. A cord or catgut tied around a blood-vessel to arrest hemorrhage.

Line. One-twelfth part of an inch.

Lithic deposits. Sediment or stone formed in the urine by uric acid.

Lobes. Bound projecting parts of an organ; as lobes of the lungs, of the liver, etc.

Loin. The side of the body between the hip-bone and ribs.

Lotion. A wash.

Lumbago. Rheumatism in the small of the back and loins.

Lumbar vertebræ. That part of the backbone in the vicinity of the loins.

Lymph. A transparent fluid, resembling blood, found in lymphatic vessels. It contains corpuscles and coagulates.

Lymphatics. Defined on page 49.

Lymphatic Temperament. Described on page 157.

[pg 985]M

Malaria. See Miasm.

Malformation. Irregularity in structure.

Malignant. Applied to diseases which threaten life.

Mammæ. See Mammary Glands.

Mammalia. Animals that suckle their young.

Mammary Glands. The breasts or organs which secrete milk.

Manipulations. Examination and treatment by the hand.

Massage. Kneading, rubbing and stroking the surface to improve circulation and nutrition and to remove effete material.

Mastication. Chewing.

Masturbation. Excitement of the sexual organs by the hand.

Meatus. Canal or passage. External opening of a canal.

Median section. An operation for stone in the bladder in which the perineum and part of the urethra are cut; the prostatic portion of the urethra is dilated to introduce forceps and withdraw the stone.

Medulla Oblongata. Described on page 90; illus. page 96.

Melancholia. A mild form of insanity attended with great gloom and mental depression.

Membranous. Of the nature or construction of membrane.

Meninges. Membranes covering the brain.

Menorrhagia. Immoderate monthly flow.

Menses. Monthly flow of the female. See page 686.

Menstruation. The bloody evacuation from the womb.

Menstruum. A solvent; as water, alcohol, etc.

Mesenteric Glands. Glands about the peritoneum which secrete lymph.

Mesentery. Described on page 49.

Miasm, Miasma. A poisonous, gaseous exhalation from decaying vegetation, or from the earth.

Midwives. Females who attend women at childbirth.

Miscarriage. Defined on page 682.

Molecule. A minute portion of any body.

Monads. The smallest of all visible animalcules.

Monomania. Insanity on one subject.

Muco-purulent. Composed of mucus and pus.

Mucous Membrane. The thin, web-like lining to the canals and cavities which secretes a fluid by which it is constantly lubricated.

Mucus. A mucilaginous fluid found on the surface of certain membranes which keeps them soft and pliable. See Mucous Membrane.

Muscle. The structures of the body which execute movements.

Muscular Tissue. The flesh forming the muscles of the body.

Myalgia. Muscular rheumatism.

N

Narcotics. Medicines which stupefy.

Necrosis. Mortification or death of bone.

Nervines. Defined on page 345.

Nervous Tissue. That part of the body composed of nerve-fibres.

Neuralgia. Described on page 635.

Nicotin. A poisonous principle of tobacco.

Nitrogen. One of the gases in the atmosphere.

Nodes. Hard lumps, principally found upon the bones in syphilis.

Noxious. Injurious.

Nymphomania. Extreme desire for sexual intercourse in the female.

O

Obstetrical. Relating or appertaining to childbirth.

Occlusion. Approximation or closure.

Oedema. See Edema.

Olfactory Nerve. The nerve employed in the sense of smell. Illus. page 111.

Onanism. See Masturbation

Opacity. Opaque condition of parts of the eye, causing blindness.

Opalescent. Reflecting a milky light.

Opaque. See Opacity.

Ophthalmia. Inflammation of the eye.

Ophthalmic. Belonging to the eye.

Ophthalmoscope. An instrument for examining the inside of the eye, for diagnostic purposes.

Optic Nerve. The nerve connecting the brain and eye, and employed in the sense of sight.

Organic. Pertaining to the structure of an organ.

Orifice. Opening or mouth.

Osseous Tissue. Bony structure.

Ossification, Ossifying. Made into bone by the deposit of phosphate of lime.

Os uteri. Mouth of womb. Illus. page 206.

Ova. Plural of ovum.

Ovaries. Two ovoid bodies situated either side of the womb. Illus. page 206.

Ovary. The female organ in which the ovum, or germ-cell, is formed. Illus, page 206.

Ovulation. The formation of the germ-cell in the ovary and its release from that organ.

Ovum. Defined and illustrated on pages 12 and 13.

Oxygen. The vital gas of the atmospheric air.

Ozæna. Described on page 474.

P

Palliative. A remedy or treatment which relieves, but does not cure.

Papilla, Papillæ. Small, nipple-shaped prominences found on the tongue, the skin, etc.

[pg 986]Paraplegia. Paralysis affecting the upper or lower extremities of the body

Parasites. Animals which live in the bodies of other animals; as the tape-worm itch insect, etc.

Parenchyma. The texture of an organ; as the liver, kidneys, etc.

Parotid Glands. These are situated under the ear, just at the angle of the lower jaw, and secrete saliva.

Paroxysms. The periodical attack, fit or aggravation in the course of a disease.

Parturient. Bringing forth or having recently brought forth.

Parturition. Labor; the delivery of the foetus.

Pastiles. Small medicated lozenges.

Pathognomonic. A characteristic symptom of a disease.

Pathology. That part of the Science of Medicine the object of which is the knowledge of disease.

Pedicle. The stalk or narrow part of a tumor by which it is attached and supported.

Pelvic. Belonging to and relating to the pelvis.

Pelvis. The lower part of the abdomen or trunk, composed of bone, containing the genital and urinary organs; supports the backbone and is supported by the legs.

Penis. The male organ of generation. Illus. page 207.

Pepsin. The digestive solvent secreted by the stomach.

Peptic. Pertaining to the stomach.

Percusslon. Striking the surface and by the sound produced judging of the condition of the internal organs.

Pericarditis. Described on page 548.

Pericardium. The membranous sac enclosing the heart.

Perineal section. An operation by division of the perineum.

Perineum. The space bounded by the end of the spine, sexual organs and the bony prominences on which one sits.

Periostium. The membranous covering to all bones.

Peristaltic motion. A worm-like movement of the bowels by which the food is moved forward.

Peritoneum. The membrane (serous) which lines the abdominal cavities and surrounds the intestines.

Peritonitis. Inflammation of serous membrane lining abdominal and pelvic cavities.

Pessaries, Pessary. An instrument for holding the womb in its place.

Pestilence. A malignant, spreading disease. A plague.

Phagadenic. That which corrodes or eats away rapidly.

Pharmaceutical. Anything belonging to pharmacy.

Pharynx. The cavity back of the mouth and palate through which the air passes when breathing and the food when swallowing.

Phimosis. Elongated prepuce

Phlegmonous. Affecting the cellular membrane. The common boil is an example.

Phosphate. A substance containing phosphorus.

Phosphates, earthy. The white deposit in urine composed of phosphoric acid and a base.

Phthisic. Consumption. By some the word is used for Asthma, or difficulty in breathing.

Phthisis. Consumption. See p. 497.

Physiological Anatomy. The branch of medicine that defines the organs of the body and their particular actions.

Physiology. The science which treats of the phenomena and functions of animal life.

Pia Mater. The internal vascular membrane covering the brain.

Pimples on the face. Defined on page 443.

Placenta. Afterbirth.

Plague. A malignant epidemic; begins in Asia Minor.

Plethora, Plethoric. Full of blood; maybe general or confined to a part.

Pleura. Defined on page 64.

Pleurodynia. Spasmodic or rheumatic pain in the chest muscles.

Pleuro-pneumonia. Inflammation of both the pleura and lungs.

Pollution (self). Excitement of the sexual organs by the hand or other unnatural method.

Polyp. An aquatic animal, as the coral builders.

Polypi. More than one polypus.

Polypoid. Like a polypus in shape or construction.

Polypus. Tumors which grow from mucous membranes, commonly found in the nasal and vaginal cavities.

Portal vessels. The cluster of veins which join and enter the liver.

Pott's Disease. Described on page 898; illus. pages 898 and 899.

Poultice. A mixture of bread or meal, etc., and hot water, spread on a cloth and applied to the surface.

Pox. Syphilis.

Precocity. Prematurely developed.

Prehension. Carrying food to the mouth.

Prepuce. Foreskin.

Probang. Soft swab.

Probe. An instrument for examining wounds and cavities. A piece of wire with a blunt point is a probe.

Procreation. Production or generation of offspring.

Prognosis. Opinion of the future course of a disease.

Prolapsus. A falling down of an organ through an orifice, as the womb, bowel, etc.

Prophylactic. Preventive.

Proprietary Medicines. Described on page 298.

Prostate Gland. Described on page 778 and illus. on page 207.

Proteids. goods composed Of carbon, hydrogen, oxygen and nitrogen: as the white of an egg.

[pg 987]Protozoon. First life; life in the lowest scale; as sponges.

Proud-flesh. Abnormal growths which arise in wounds or ulcers.

Pruritic. Itching.

Pruritus vulvæ. A nervous disease attended with excessive itching of the external genital parts of the female.

Psoas or Lumbar Abscess. An abscess discharging at the groin.

Psychical. The relation of the soul to animal experiences and being.

Psychological. The spiritual potencies of the soul.

Ptyalin. The ferment of the saliva which converts starch into sugar.

Puberty. The age at which the subject is capable of procreation.

Pubic. Relating to the pubes, a part above the genital organs, covered with hair at puberty.

Puerperal Fever. Child-bed fever.

Pulmonary. Relating to the lungs.

Pupil. The circular opening in the colored curtain within the eye.

Purgatives. Medicines which cause evacuation of the bowels.

Purulent. Discharging pus; as an ulcer.

Pus. A yellowish, inodorous, creamy secretion from inflamed parts; contained in abscesses or discharging from ulcers.

Pustular. Belonging to or affected by pustules.

Pustule. An elevation on the skin, containing pus or "matter," and having an inflamed base.

Putrescence. Decomposition, rottenness.

Putrescent. Decomposing offensively.

Putridity. Corruption.

Pyræmia. Blood-poisoning from the absorption of decomposing pus or "matter."

Pyloric orifice. The lower opening of the stomach; illus. page 39.

Pyriform. Shaped like a pear.

Q

Quickening. The time when the motion of the foetus within the womb is first perceptible; between the fourth and fifth months of pregnancy.

R

Radical cure. A cure in which the disease is entirely removed, root and branch.

Rales. Noises produced by air passing through mucus in the lungs.

Rectal. Pertaining to the rectum.

Rectum. The lower portion of the intestines terminating in the anus.

Recumbent. Reclining.

Reflex action. See pages 93 and 99.

Regurgitation. The act by which blood is forced backwards in an unnatural manner.

Remission. A temporary diminution of the symptoms of fever.

Reproduction. Producing living bodies similar to the parents.

Resolution. The disappearance of inflammation without suppuration.

Respiration. The function by which the blue blood is converted into red blood in the lungs.

Respirator. Described on page 230.

Retina. Defined on page 107.

Retrocedent. Moving from one part of the body to another; as gout.

Retrocession. Change of an eruption from the surface to the inner parts.

Retroversion. A change in the position of the womb in which the top falls back against the rectum.

Revulsion, Revulsive. Calling the blood away from the diseased part.

Rickets. A disease in children characterized by crookedness of the spine and long bones resulting from scrofula or poor and insufficient food.

Rickety. Affected with rickets.

Rings (Hernial). Circular openings with muscular edges through which a vessel or part passes.

Rubefacients. Medicines which produce redness of the skin.

Rupture. Bursting. Hernia.

S

Saccharine. Like or containing sugar.

Saliva. The secretion of the glands of the mouth.

Salpæ. Little sack-like shaped, soft, fleshy bodies, found in the open ocean, and sometimes phosphorescent.

Sanative. Curative. Tending to restore lost health.

Sanguine Temperament. Described on page 163.

Sanitarium. An institution for the treatment of the sick. A healthy retreat.

Scales. The epidermis or outer part of the skin consists of minute scales. See Fig. 50, page 71.

Scalp. The skin covering the head.

Scapula. Shoulder blade.

Sciatic nerve. The great nerve of the thigh.

Scirrhus. Stony hardness, characteristic of cancer.

Sclerotic coat. The hard, pearly white covering of the eye.

Scorbutic. Producing scurvy, a disease caused by improper or insufficient food.

Scorbutus. Scurvy.

Scrofulous. Suffering from a condition of the system characterized by enlargement of the glands, eruptions, etc., with great susceptibility to contagion.

Scrotum. The bag of skin which covers the testicles.

Scurvy. A disease due to impaired nutrition.

Sea Tangle. A water-plant, which in its dried state is introduced into a canal and dilates the canal as it expands by the absorption of moisture.

Sebaceous Glands. The oil-tubes of the skin. Illus. page 71.

[pg 988] Secretion. The process by which substances are separated from the blood.

Sedatives. Medicines which allay irritation or irritability of the nervous system.

Sedentary. Requiring much sitting.

Self-pollution. See Self-abuse.

Semen. The secretion of the testicles which is thrown out during sexual intercourse and contains the principle of generation.

Semi-fluid. Half fluid.

Semilunar Valves. Valves in the heart. See 9 and 17, Fig. 41, page 58.

Seminal vesicles. Reservoirs for the sperm. See Seminal Sac, on page 207.

Septic. That which corrodes or produces putrefaction.

Septicæmia. Blood-poisoning; usually by absorption.

Sequel. That which follows; the condition or malady which follows a disease.

Serous. Watery. Pertaining to the serous membrane.

Serous Tissue. The membranes lining the closed cavities of the body, which secrete a watery, lubricating fluid.

Shock. Sudden depression of vitality occasioned by injury.

Sitz Bath. See page 367.

Sloughing. The process of separating a mortified part from a healthy part, through the agency of pus.

Smell, Nerves of. Illus. page 111.

Solar Plexus. Described on page 104.

Solvents. Those chemicals which break up or dissolve substances.

Sordes. Foul accumulation on the teeth, noticed in fevers.

Sound. An instrument for exploring cavities or canals for diagnosis or treatment.

Specialty. That to which special attention is given.

Specific gravity. Comparative weight; as between urine and water.

Speculum. An instrument for examining cavities. Illus. pages 717 and 718.

Sperm. See Semen.

Spermatic Cord. The mass of arteries, veins, nerves, absorbents and their coverings, which passes along the groin and over the pubic bone, to the testicle.

Spermatorrhea. Described on page 772.

Spermatozoa. More than one Spermatozoön.

Spermatozoön. Defined on page 12; Illus. page 13.

Sphincters. Bound muscles which close natural openings.

Sphygmograph. An instrument for examining the heart. Illus. page 548.

Spicula. A small pointed piece of bone.

Spinal Column. The twenty-four bones, which, situated one above the other, form the backbone.

Spinal Cord. Described on page 90.

Spirometer. A gauge of chest capacity. Illus. page 392.

Sponge tent. Compressed, dried sponge previously treated with Gum Arabic, used for dilating the uterine canal.

Sporadic, Sporadically. A term for diseases which appear frequently, independent of epidemic or contagious influences.

Sprain. A straining or rupture of the fibrous parts of a joint.

Staphyloma. Protrusion of the eye, sometimes with loss of sight.

Sterility. Barrenness. Inability to bear children.

Sternum. The breast-bone.

Stethoscope. An instrument for examining the heart and lungs.

Stimulants. Medicines which increase the vital activity of the body.

Stool. Evacuations of the bowels. Dung.

Strabismus. Cross-eyes.

Strangulated. Caught or fastened in the hernial canal.

Striated. Grooved or striped.

Stricture. A contracted condition of a canal or passage; of the food-pipe, rectum, urethra, etc.

Structural. Belonging to the arrangements of tissues or organs.

Strumous. Scrofulous.

Stupor. Great diminution of sensibility.

Stye. A little boil on the eyelid.

Styptic. An external astringent wash.

Sub-acute. A moderate form of acute.

Sudoriferous Glands. Minute organs in the skin, which secrete the perspiration. Illus. page 70.

Supporters (Uterine). Instruments intended to hold the womb in its natural position.

Suppression. Stoppage or obstruction of discharges; as urine, menses, etc.

Suppuration. A gathering. Formation of pus, as in an abscess or ulcer.

Suture pins. Pins or needles, which are passed through the edges of wounds to bring them together. Thread is then wound around the pin to hold the edges in place.

Sutures. The ragged edges of bones by which they are joined to each other. Stitches of thread to bring the edges of a wound together for their union.

Sympathetic Nerve. Defined on page 101.

Symptom. A change in the body or in its functions which indicates disease.

Symptomatic. Pertaining to symptoms.

Synovial Membrane. The lining of a joint, which from its oily secretion allows the bones to move freely upon each other.

Synovitis. Described on page 452.

T

Tapping. Removing collected fluid by introducing a hollow tube through the flesh.

Temperament. Peculiarities of the constitution manifested by traits which we denominate character.

[pg 989]Tenesmus. Straining at stool.

Tent. A compressed, dried cylinder of sponge, previously treated with Gum Arabic, which enlarges the canal in which it is placed by expansion from the absorption of moisture.

Testicles. Described on page 773; Illus. page 207.

Thermometer. An instrument for determining temperature.

Thoracic Duct. A canal which carries the chyle from its repository in the abdomen to the large vein in the chest, near the heart.

Thorax. Chest.

Tinctures. Medicines held in solution by alcohol.

Tonic. Defined on page 350.

Topical. Local.

Topography. Description in detail of a place; in hygiene, to determine its adaptability to residence.

Tormina. Griping of the bowels.

Torticollis. Stiffness or contraction of the muscles of the neck. Wryneck.

Tourniquet. An instrument to stop bleeding. Illus. Fig. 252, page 890.

Trachea. Windpipe. See page 63.

Translucent. Transmitting light, but not permitting objects to be seen distinctly.

Transudation. Passage of liquid through the tissues of the body.

Traumatic. Relating to a wound or injury.

Trephining. Removing a piece of bone by a cylindrical saw.

Triturate. To pulverize.

Trocar. An instrument for removing fluids from cavities. It consists of a perforator within a cylinder.

Truncated. Shaped like a pyramid with its top cut off.

Truss. A mechanical appliance for preventing protrusion or strangulation. Hernial support.

Tubercle. See pages 431 and 498.

Turn of life. The change of life when menstruation ceases.

Tympanum. Ear-drum. Illus. p. 109.

U

Umbilical. Of the navel; as umbilical hernia. Illus. page 883.

Umbilical Cord. A cord-like substance which conveys the blood to the foetus from the placenta or afterbirth.

Umbilicus. The Navel.

Unstriated. Not grooved or striped.

Uræmic. Pertaining to blood-poisoning from the presence of urea in the circulation.

Urates. The pinkish deposit found in urine.

Urea. A constituent of the urine.

Ureters. The canals leading from the kidneys to the bladder. Illus. pages 85 and 207.

Urethra. The canal leading from the bladder outwards, by which the urine is voided. Illus. page 207.

Urethrotomy. The operation for opening the urethra for the removal of stricture.

Uric Acid. A constituent of the urine.

Urinary Fistula. Abnormal communication between the urinary passages and the surface.

Urino-genital organs. Pertaining to the urinary and sexual organs.

Uterine. Belonging or relating to the womb.

Uterine Cavity or Canal. From the month of the womb to a constriction called the internal orifice, is a cylindrical space called the canal. Above this to the fundus or base is a triangular and flat space called the cavity.

V

Vagina. A canal, five or six inches long, situated between the vulva and womb.

Vaginal. Pertaining to the vagina.

Vaginismus. Irritable vagina.

Valves of the Heart. See page 58.

Varicocele. Described on page 803.

Varicose. Veins that are twisted or dilated.

Vascular. Belonging or relating to vessels.

Vascular System. The heart and blood-vessels.

Veins. The vessels which return the blue blood to the heart.

Venereal. Syphilitic.

Ventricles. Chambers in the heart. See 5 and 14, Fig. 41, page 58.

Vermifuge. A medicine which destroys or expels worms.

Version. Displacement of the womb forwards or backwards.

Vertebræ. The twenty-four bones which joined together form the backbone.

Vertebrates. Animals having the jointed skeleton within; distinguishes between these and insects, worms, oysters, jelly fish, etc.

Vertigo. Dizziness Or swimming of the head.

Vesicles. Small bladders or sacs. Pimples.

Vesicular. Belonging to or containing cells.

Villi. Minute thread-like projections.

Virile power. Masculine vigor. Sexual vigor.

Virus. Poison. The agent which transmits infectious disease.

Viscera. (Plural of Viscus.) More than one internal organ.

Viscous. Sticky. Tenacious.

Viscus. Any internal organ.

Vitreous Humor. The fluid in the eye behind the lens. Illus. page 107.

Volitive Temperament. See page 171.

Vulva. The external organs of generation in the female, or the opening between these projecting parts.

W

Walls. The sides of an enclosure, as the walls of the vagina, which to soma extent support the womb.

Whites. Described on page 702.

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# HOW TO AVOID SWINDLERS

### Who Sometimes Infest the Cars and Depots in and Near this City.

We warn all those who contemplate visiting us, that we have the most positive proofs that a gang of confidence men have at different times made it their business to watch for sick and infirm people on the way to our institutions, and divert them into the hands of "sharpers," confidence men and swindlers. These men have watched for the coming of invalids on the cars, in and around the depots, in the offices of the hotels located near the depots, and if inquiry was made for our institutions, or if the object of the visit to the city was made known or suspected from the invalid appearance of the traveler, they at once commenced weaving their skillfully-wrought web to catch a victim.

## WE, THEREFORE,

# Advise all those Desiring to Visit Us,

FIRST.—To ask for no information from policemen, or those appearing to be policemen, in or about our depots. Confidence men often assume a style of dress similar to that worn by policemen.

SECOND.—Let the object of your visit to the city be known to no one whom you meet on the cars, or in the depots or near them.

THIRD.—If you have a check for baggage, when the baggage-man comes through the cars, as one does on every train before it reaches the city, asking if you will have your baggage delivered anywhere in the city, or, if you will have a carriage; if you have a trunk, give him the check for it, pay him 25 cents only and he will have it delivered at the INVALIDS' HOTEL AND SURGICAL INSTITUTE. 663 Main Street. (Do not forget the number). You had [pg 991]better, also, procure a ticket from this baggage-man, or agent, for a coupe or carriage to our place, for which you will have to pay only fifty cents. (Outside prices are higher.) This saves all trouble and anxiety, as the agent will look carefully after both yourself and baggage, and you are sure of reaching our place promptly and safely. If you have only hand-baggage, such as bundles, traveling-bags, or similar luggage, you can take it with you in the carriage without extra cost.

Mr. C.W. Miller, whose agents solicit on all the in-coming trains for the delivery of passengers and baggage, has an office in every passenger depot in this city, to which you can apply if, by any chance, you miss his agent on the train.

THE INVALIDS' HOTEL AND SURGICAL INSTITUTE IS OPEN DAY AND NIGHT, and you will be cordially received and well taken care of.

The table is provided with the best of food.

No hotel in the city has better rooms or beds than the Invalids' Hotel.

This institution is not a hospital, but a commodious and comfortable invalids' home.

If all we say of our institutions, and our advantages and facilities for the successful treatment of disease is not found, on your arrival and investigation, to be just as we have represented them, we will pay all the expenses of your trip and you can return home at once.

# "A Word to the Wise,"

in the nature of advice, to those about to visit us, in conclusion, may not be out of place.

Keep your business to yourself while on the road here, also when about the depots, and ask no questions of ANYBODY.

Make no traveling acquaintances. They are dangerous.

Observe the foregoing directions, and any child of twelve years, possessed of ordinary intelligence, can reach our conspicuous place, 663 Main Street, Buffalo, N.Y., without fail.

WORLD'S DISPENSARY MEDICAL ASSOCIATION.

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[pg 993]

# INDEX.

> A
> Abortion, 682
> Abscess, Lumbar, 446
> Abscess, Psoas, 448
> Absence of the Ovaries, 688
> Absence of the Womb, 689
> Absolutely Painless Operation, 491
> Absorption, 48
> Acacia Catechu, 325
> Accidents, 889
> Acetabulum, 25
> Acetate of Potato, 338
> Acid, Aromatic Sulphuric, 310
> Acid Bath, 367
> Acid, Carbolic, 318
> Acid, Gallic, 325
> Acid, Hydrochloric, 310
> Acid, Muriatic, 310
> Acid, Tannic, 325
> Acid, Uric, 86
> Acids, 309, 895
> Acidum Gallicum, 325
> Acidum Tannicum, 325
> Acne, 442
> Aconite, 346
> Acute Articular Rheumatism, 425
> Acute Bright's Disease, 830
> Acute Bronchitis, 509
> Acute Catarrh, 473
> Acute Gastritis, 883
> Acute Inflammation of the Bladder, 824
> Acute Inflammation of the Bowels, 655
> Acute Inflammation of the Kidneys, 823
> Acute Inflammation of the Liver, 569
> Acute Inflammation of the Stomach, 565
> Acute Laryngitis, 496
> Acute Nephritis, 829
> Acute Peritonitis, 886
> Adhesion, 400
> Adipose Tissue, 20
> Affections, Alphous, 441
> Affections, Boil-like, 443
> Affections, Bullous, 438
> Affections, Eczematous, 430
> Affections, Erythematous, 436
> Affections, Furuncular, 443
> Affections, Nervous, of the Skin, 440
> Affections of the Hair-follicles, 441
> Affections of the Male Generative Organs, 773
> Affections of the Urinary Organs, 825
> Affections of the Urinary Organs, Sympathetic, 826
> Afferent Nerves, 87,93
> Afterbirth, 216
> Age of Nervousness, the, 619
> Ague, 405
> Air-cells, 63
> Air-passages, Foreign Bodies in the, 893
> Air, Pure, 822, 223, 378
> Albumen, 53, 238
> Albuminuria, 422
> Alcohol, 849, 627, 896
> Alcohol Habit, 627
> Alcoholic Liquors, 255
> Alder, 304
> Alkalies, 809, 895
> Alkaline Bath, 367
> Allopathic School of Medicine, 293
> Alnuin, 305
> Alnus Eubra, 304
> Aloes, 328
> Alphos, 441
> Alphous Affections, 441
> Alteratives, 303
> Alteratives, Compounding of, 303
> Alternate Generation, 16
> Althea Officinalis, 336
> Amenorrhea, 687
> American Colombo, 353
> American Hellebore, 347
> American Poplar, 350
> Ammonia, 349
> Amnion, 216
> Amperemeter, 630
> Amygdalus Persica, 346
> Amyloid Degeneration of the Kidneys, 830
> Amyloids, 238
> Anæmia, 419
> Anæsthesia, Local, 806
> Anæsthetics, 806
> Anal Fistula, 583
> Anasarca, 422
> Anatomy, 11
> Anatomy, Physiological, 11, 19, 30, 37, 48, 56, 63, 68, 75, 84, 87
> Anatomy, Physiological, of the Testes, 774
> Anatomy, Physiological, of the Urinary Organs, 823
> Angina Pectoris, 552
> Ammalcular Lite, Universality of, 16
> Animal Extracts as Remedies, 631
> Animal Faculties, 130
> Animal Food, Value of, 241
> Animals, Cold-blooded, 55
> Anise-seed, 325
> Anodynes, 310
> Anteflexions of the Uterus, 714
> Anterior view of Deformed Nasal Cavity, 492
> Anterior view of Nasal Cavity, 490
> Anthelmintics, 319
> Anthrax, 475
> Antidotes for Poisons, 895
> Antiperiodics, 316
> Antiseptics, 317
> Antispasmodics, 318
> Anus, Fistula of the, 583
> Aorta, 58
> [pg 994]Aperients, 326
> Aphasia, 639
> Apnoea, 421
> Appendix Vermiformis, 41
> Apthæ, 553
> Aqueous Humor, 107
> Arachnoid Fluid, 90
> Arachnoid Membrane, 90
> Arbutus, Trailing, 336
> Arctium Lappa, 307
> Areolar Tissue, 19
> Aristolochia Serpentaria, 333
> Aromatic Sulphuric Acid, 310
> Arteries, 58
> Artery, Pulmonary, 58
> Art of Swimming, 274
> Ascaris Lumbricoides, 561
> Ascaris Vermioularis, 561
> Ascites, 423
> Asclepias Tuberosa, 332
> Asclepin, 333
> Aseptic Precautions in Operations, 492
> Ashes, 335
> Ash, Prickly, 349
> Aspen Poplar, 315
> Asphyxia, 421
> Aspidium Filix Mas., 315
> Assafetida Ferula, 318
> Assimilation, 233
> Asthma, 511
> Asthma, Hay, 514
> Astringents, 320
> Ataxia, Locomotor, 640
> Atomizer, 481
> Atomizer, Steam, 482
> Atropa Belladonna, 312
> Atrophy of the Heart, 551
> Atrophy of the Testicles, 773
> Atropia, 312
> Atropin, 312
> Auricle, 57
> Auscultation, 391
> Axis, Cerebro-spinal, 89
> Axis-cylinder, 87
> B
> Back, Crooked, 901
> Baked Mutton, 248
> Balmony, 315
> Baptisia Tinctoria, 318
> Baptisin, 318
> Barber's Itch, 442
> Bark, Cramp, 320
> Bark, Slippery-elm, 335
> Barosma Crenata, 338
> Barosmin, 338
> Barrenness, 707
> Base Ball, 273
> Basilar Faculties, 132
> Battery for home use, 631, 632
> Bath, Acid, 367
> Bath, Alkaline, 367
> Bath, Cold, 356
> Bath, Cool, 357
> Bath, Douche, 365
> Bath, Foot, 366
> Bath, Head, 367
> Bath, Hot, 358
> Bath, Iodine, 368
> Bath, Russian, 358
> Bath, Scott's Acid, 367
> Bath, Shower, 365
> Bath Sitz, 367
> Bath, Spirit Vapor, 382
> Bath, Sponge, 365
> Bath, Sulphur, 368
> Bath, Temperate, 357
> Bath, Tepid, 357
> Bath, Turkish, 358
> Bath, Warm, 357
> Bathing, 353
> Bathing, Sea, 364
> Baths, Medicated, 367
> Bed, 279, 377
> Bedding, 380
> Beef Soup, 247
> Beef Tea, 381
> Belladonna, 312
> Beverages, 248
> Bicarbonate of Potash, 309
> Bile, 80
> Biliary Calculi, 560
> Biliary Salts, 81
> Bilious Colic, 557
> Bilious Disorder, 569
> Bilious Fever, 408
> Biliverdin, 81
> Biology, 11
> Blackberry-root, 321
> Black Cohosh, 305, 341
> Black Pepper, 348
> Black-root, 327
> Black Snake-root, 305, 341
> Black Vomit, 883
> Bladder, 823
> Bladder, Chronic Inflammation of the, 836
> Bladder, Stone in the, 838
> Blood, 53
> Blood Corpuscles, 53
> Blood, Physical Properties of the, 53
> Blood-root, 306
> Blood, Vital Properties of the, 53
> Bloody-flux, 888
> Blue Flag, 307
> Blushing, 62
> Boiled Fish, 247
> Boiled Meat, 247
> Boil-like Affections, 443
> Boils, 443
> Bones, 19
> Bones of the Head, 22
> Bones of the Lower Extremities, 27
> Bones of the Upper Extremities, 25
> Boneset, 316, 341
> Boxing, 273
> Boxwood, 351
> Brain, 95
> Brain Fatigue, 621
> Branny Tetter, 431
> Breach, 864
> Bread, 248
> Bright's Disease, Acute, 830
> Broiled Steak, 247
> Bronchia, 63
> Bronchial Cells, 63
> Bronchitis, 476
> Bronchitis, Chronic, 509
> Bruises, 892
> Buchu, 338
> Bugle-weed, 383
> Bullous Affections, 438
> Burdock, 307
> Burns, 894
> Bursæ Mucosæ, 29
> Butterfly-weed, 333
> Butternut, 328
> Butter-weed, 324
> C
> [pg 995]Chachexia, 431
> Cæcum, 41
> Caliculi, 837
> Camp Fever, 408
> Camphor, 312
> Canada Fleabane, 324
> Canals, Haversian, 21
> Canals, Semi-circular, 110
> Canker, 553
> Cannabis Indica, 334
> Capacity, Cranial, 139
> Capillaries, 60
> Capsicum Annuum, 348
> Capsule, Synovial, 29
> Carbolic Acid, 318
> Carbonate of Iron, 354
> Carbuncle, 444
> Carminatives, 325
> Carpus, 26
> Cartilage, 29
> Cartilaginous Tissue, 20
> Cascara Sagrada, 328
> Casein, 82, 338
> Castor Oil, 328
> Catarrh, Acute, 473
> Catarrh, Chronic Nasal, 474
> Catarrh, Hay, 514
> Catechu, 325
> Cathartics, 326
> Catnip, 334
> Caustics, 331
> Cayenne Pepper, 348
> Cellars, Damp, 228
> Cells, Bronchial, 66
> Centres of Ossification, 20, 27
> Centre, Specific, 14
> Cephælis Ipecacuanha, 339
> Cerebellum, 95, 97
> Cerebral Nerves, 89
> Cerebral Physiology, 114
> Cerebro-spinal Axis, 89
> Cerebro-spinal System, 89
> Cerebrum, 95, 98
> Cerevisiæ Fermentum, 317
> Ceruminous Glands, 77
> Cervical Rheumatism, 427
> Cessation of the Menses, 700
> Chalybeate Waters, 250
> Chamomile, 350
> Chamomile, Wild, 834
> Chelone Glabra, 315
> Chelonin, 315
> Chicken-pox, 412
> Chimaphila Umbellate, 338
> Chimaphilin, 338
> Chloride of Iron, Tincture of, 355
> Chloride of Sodium, 815
> Cholagogues, 326
> Cholera, Epidemic, 887
> Cholera Infantum, 555
> Cholera Morbus, 888
> Cholesterin, 81
> Chordæ Tendineæ, 57
> Chorea, 650
> Chorion, 216
> Choroid, 107
> Chronic Articular Rheumatism, 426
> Chronic Bright's Disease, 830
> Chronic Bronchitis, 509
> Chronic Cystitis, 836
> Chronic Diarrhea, 568
> Chronic Gastritis, 884
> Chronic Gout, 430
> Chronic Hepatitis, 569
> Chronic Inflammation of the Bladder, 836
> Chronic Inflammation of the Bowels, 549
> Chronic Inflammation of the Liver, 569
> Chronic Inflammation of the Stomach, 884
> Chronic Laryngitis, 496
> Chronic Nasal Catarrh, 474
> Chronic Peritonitis, 886
> Chronic Ulcers, 454
> Chyle, 45, 49
> Chyme, 45
> Cimicifuga Racemosa, 305, 341
> Circulatory Organs, 56
> Citrate of Iron, 354
> Classes of Food, 238
> Clavicle, 26
> Cleanliness of Body, 281, 380
> Clergymen's Sore Throat, 496
> Climate, 243
> Closure of the Tear-duct, 477
> Clot, 54
> Clothing, 264, 380
> Coagulation, 55
> Coccyx, 23, 25
> Cochlea, 110
> Cochlearia Armoracia, 331
> Coffee, 258
> Cohosh, Black, 305, 341
> Cold-blooded Animals, 55
> Colic, 557
> Colic, Bilious, 557
> Colic, Flatulent, 558
> Colic, Lead, 558
> Colic, Painters', 558
> Coliea Pietonum, 558
> Collinsonia Canadensis, 337
> Colombo, American, 358
> Colon, 41
> Colts-tail, 324
> Columnæ Carneæ, 57
> Column, Spinal, 24
> Comedones, 442
> Compound Extract of Smart-weed, 312, 326, 335, 342, 349
> Compounding of Alteratives, 308
> Conception, Double, 215
> Conception, Prevention of, 212
> Congestive Fever, 406
> Conium Maculatum, 311
> Conjugal Love, 186
> Connective Tissue, 19
> Constipation, 573
> Consumption, 476, 497
> Consumption, Curability of, 503
> Consumption, Tubercular, 497
> Continued Fevers, 407
> Contractility, 34
> Contused Wounds, 889
> Convolutions, 98
> Cookery, 246
> Copper, Sulphate of, 339
> Coptis Trifolia, 354
> Cord, Spinal, 90
> Cord, Umbilical, 217
> Core, 399
> Cornea, 106
> Cornus Florida, 351
> Corpora Olivaria, 95, 96
> Corpora Pyramidalia, 95
> Corpora Quadrigemina, 95, 97
> Corpora Restiformia, 95, 96
> Corpus Callosum, 98
> Corpuscles, Blood, 53
> Corpuscles, Ganglionic, 87, 88
> Costiveness, 573
> Cotton-wool Respirator, 230
> [pg 996]
> Cough, 502, 506
> Countenance, 394
> Counter-irritants, 331
> Cow-pox, 411
> Coxalgia, 450
> Cramp Bark, 450
> Cranberry, High, 320
> Cranesbill, 322
> Cranial Capacity, 139
> Cranial Nerves, 100
> Cranium, 22
> Creasote, 317
> Creation, Special, 14
> Creeping Palsy, 640
> Cricket, 273
> Criminal Abortion, 682
> Crocus Sativus, 333
> Crooked Back, 901
> Croup, Membranous, 878
> Croup, Spasmodic, 878
> Crow-foot, 332
> Crura Cerebelli, 97
> Crusted Tetter, 433
> Crystalline Lens, 107
> Cueurbita Chrullus, 338
> Cucurbita Pepo, 338
> Culture, Mental, 276
> Culver's-root, 327
> Cupri Sulphas, 339
> Curability of Consumption, 503
> Cure, Radical, for Hernia, 892
> Curvature of the Spine, Lateral, 901
> Curvature, Posterior Spinal, 898
> Cuticle, 68, 70
> Cutis Vera, 68
> Cypripedin, 320, 345
> Cypripedium Pubescens, 320, 345
> Cystitis, Chronic, 836
> D
> Damp Cellars, 228
> Dancing, 276
> Dandruff, 431
> Danger in the use of Instruments, 846
> Datura Stramonium, 344
> Deadly Nightshade, 312
> Deafness, 476
> Debility, Sexual, Symptoms of, 777
> Decidua, 216
> Decoctions, 303
> Deformed Feet, 903
> Deformed Hands, 903
> Deformed Limbs, 903
> Deformity of the Nasal Septum, 490
> Degeneration of the Heart, Fatty, 551
> Degeneration of the Kidneys, 832
> Deglutition, 233
> Desquamative Nephritis, 833
> Development of the Individual, 192
> Diabetes, 835
> Diagnosis, 390
> Diagnostic Symptoms, 390
> Diaphoretics, 332
> Diaphragm, 32
> Diarrhea, 502, 555
> Diarrhea, Chronic, 568
> Diathesis, 391
> Diathesis, Scrofulous, 445
> Diathesis, Strumous, 445
> Diet, 380
> Digestibility of Food, 248
> Digestion, 37
> Digestive Organs, 37
> Digitalis Purpurea, 387
> Dilatation of the Heart, 551
> Diluents, 335
> Dioecious Reproduction, 202
> Dioscorea Villosa, 320
> Dioscorein, 320
> Diptheria, 414
> Discovery, Golden Medical, 308, 316, 355
> Disease, Bright's, 830
> Disease, Dust and, 229
> Disease, Hip-joint, 450
> Disease, Remedies for, 298
> Disease of the Throat, 476
> Diseases and their Remedial Treatment, 386
> Diseases of the Heart, 547
> Diseases of the Kidneys, 829
> Disease of the Larynx, 476
> Diseases of the Liver, 559, 569
> Diseases of the Skin, 430
> Diseases of the Stomach, 430
> Diseases of the Urinary Organs, 823
> Diseases of Women, 684
> Disinfectants, 317
> Dislocations, 892
> Displacements of the Womb, 713
> Distilled Liquors, 264
> Diuretics, 336
> Dock, Yellow, 304
> Dog-button, 350
> Dogwood, 351
> Domestic Management of Fevers, 403
> Door of Life, the, 681
> Dose, 300
> Double Conception, 215
> Douche Bath, 365
> Douche, Dr. Pierce's Nasal, 486
> Dover's Powder, 311
> Drastics, 326
> Dropsies, 422
> Dropsy of the Scrotum, 821
> Drowning, 893
> Ducts, Lactiferous, 82
> Duodenum, 40
> Dura Mater, 90
> Duration of Pregnancy, 219
> Dust and Disease, 229
> Dwellings, Ventilation of, 226
> Dynamometer, 391
> Dysentery, 588
> Dysmenorrhea, 692
> Dyspepsia, 565
> Dyspnoea, 502
> E
> Ear, Catarrh of the, 477
> Eating, 233
> Eclectic School of Medicine, 294
> Eczema, 430
> Eczema, Infantile, 430
> Eczematous Affections, 430
> Efferent Nerves, 87, 98
> Effusion, 400
> Electricity in Nervous Affections, 629
> Elixir of Vitriol, 310
> Elongation of the Uvula, 419, 495
> Emergencies, 889
> Emetics, 339
> Emetic-weed, 340
> Emissions, Involuntary Seminal, 773
> [pg 997]Emissions, Nocturnal 773
> Emmenagogues 341
> Emotive Faculties 126
> Encephalic Temperament 177
> Endocarditis 549
> Endocardium 57
> Endolymph 110
> Enlarged Spermatic Veins 803
> Enlarged Tonsils 417, 494
> Enlargement of the Prostate Gland 840
> Enteric Fever 407
> Envelope 9
> Epidemic Cholera 887
> Epidermis 68, 70
> Epigea Repens 336
> Epiglottis 67
> Epilepsy 647
> Epsom Salts 328
> Erect Carriage 272
> Ergot 341
> Erigeron Canadense 324
> Eruption, Heat 430
> Eruptive Fevers 408
> Erysipelas 413
> Erythema 436
> Erythemaious Affections 436
> Esophagus 39
> Ethmoid Bone 22
> Eupatorin 316, 341
> Eupatorin (Purpu) 338
> Eupatorium Perfoliatum 316, 341
> Eupatorium Purpureum 338
> Eustachian Tube 110
> Evolution 14
> Examination, Microscopical 398, 825
> Examination of the Urine 397, 625, 825
> Excretion 84
> Exercise 382
> Exercise, Horseback 276
> Exercise, Physical 270
> Exercises of the Gymnasium 275
> Expanding Uterine Speculum 718
> Expectorants 342
> Expectoration 502
> External Auditory Meatus 77, 109
> Extract of Smart-weed 312, 326, 335, 342, 349
> Exudation 422
> Eye 397
> F
> Face, Bones of the 23
> Factories, Ventilation of 226
> Faculties, Animal 130
> Faculties, Basilar 132
> Faculties, Emotive 126
> Faculties, Volitive 129
> Fainting 894
> Falling of the Uterus 713
> Fallopian Tubes 209
> False Measles 413
> False Membrane 878
> False Passages 846
> Fascia 30
> Fasciculus 30
> Fats 238
> Fatty Degeneration of the Heart 551
> Fatty Degeneration of the Kidneys 832
> Favorite Prescription, Pierce's 342, 346, 355
> Favus 441
> Fecundation 211
> Feebleness, Region of 134
> Feeding Infants 235
> Feet, Deformed 903
> Female Generative Organs 206
> Female Regulator 341
> Female Urinary Organs 206
> Femoral Hernia 863
> Femur 27
> Fencing 273
> Fennel-seed 325
> Fergusson Speculum 717
> Fermented Liquors 263
> Fern, Male 315
> Ferri Carbonas 354
> Ferri Citras 354
> Ferri Ferrocyanidum 316
> Ferri Pyrophosphas 354
> Ferri Redactum 354
> Ferrocyanide of Iron 316
> Ferrum 354
> Fever 401
> Fever and Ague 405
> Fever, Bilious 406
> Fever, Camp 408
> Fever, Congestive 406
> Fever, Enteric 407
> Fever, Gastric 405
> Fever, Hay 514
> Fever, Hectic 502
> Fever, Hospital 408
> Fever, Intermittent 405
> Fever, Jail 408
> Fever, Pernicious 406
> Fever, Remittent 406
> Fever, Scarlet 408
> Fever, Ship 408
> Fever, Typhoid 407
> Fever, Typhus 408
> Fever-sore 446, 454, 456
> Fevers, Continued 407
> Fevers, Domestic Management of 403
> Fevers, Eruptive 408
> Fevers, Malignant 407
> Fevers, Putrid 407
> Fibrillæ 30, 32
> Fibrin 53, 238
> Fibroid Polypus 487
> Fibroid Tumors 722
> Fibula 27
> Fish 247
> Fissure of Sylvius 98
> Fistula in Ano 583
> Fits 647
> Flag, Blue 307
> Flatulent Colic 558
> Flax-seed 335
> Fleabane, Canada 324
> Flesh 30
> Flexions of the Uterus or Womb 709, 714
> Fluid Arachnoid 90
> Focus 108
> Foetus 216
> Follicles of Lieberkuhn 79
> Follicular Laryngitis 496
> Follicular Ulcer 718
> Fomentations 386
> Food 233
> Food, Classes of 238
> Food, Digestibility of 243
> Food, Preparation of 236
> Food, Value of Animal 241
> Food, Variety of, Necessary 236, 239
> Foot-bath 366
> Foreign Bodies in the Nose 893
> Foreign Bodies In the Throat and Air-passages 893
> [pg 998]Fountain Syringe 705
> Foxglove 867
> Fractures 892
> Franklin Electric Machine 629
> Frasera Carolinensis 353
> Fraserin 353
> Fretfulness 623
> Frontal Bone 22
> Function 11
> Furuncular Affections 443
> Furunculus 443
> G
> Gall-bladder 80
> Gallic Acid 325
> Gall-stones 56O
> Galvano-Faradic Battery 628
> Galvanometer 630
> Gamboge 327
> Ganglia 89, 103, 115
> Ganglionic Corpuscles 87, 89
> Gangrene 400
> Garget 304
> Gastralgia 885
> Gastric Fever 405
> Gastric Juice 45, 79
> Gastritis, Acute 883
> Gastritis, Chronic 884
> Gaultheria Procumbens 325
> Gelatinoid Polypus 487
> Gelsemin 320, 348
> Gelseminum Sempervirens 319, 348
> General Paralysis 639
> General Treatment of Paralysis 641
> Generation 11, 12
> Generation, Alternate 16
> Generation, The Process of 15
> Generative Organs, Hygiene of the 282
> Generative Organs, Male, Affections of the 772
> Gentian 350
> Geranin 323
> Geranium Maculatum 322
> Geranium, Spotted 322
> Germ-cell 12, 15
> Ginger 325, 335
> Gland, Prostate 827
> Gland, Prostate, Enlargement of the 840
> Gland, Sublingual 38
> Gland, Submaxillary 39
> Glands, Ceruminous 77
> Glands, Meibomian 78
> Glands of Brunner 79
> Glands, Parotid 38
> Glands, Salivary 38
> Glands, Sebaceous 70, 77
> Glands, Sudoriferous 69
> Glycocholate of Soda 81
> Goitre 470
> Golden Medical Discovery 308, 316, 355
> Golden Saffron 333
> Golden-seal 352
> Gold-thread 354
> Gouty Headache 635
> Granular Ulcer 717
> Gravel 837
> Gravel-plant 336
> Gravel-root 336, 338
> Gravel-weed 338
> Gray Matter 91
> Great Sympathetic System 101
> Grip, The 471
> Gum Arabia 335
> Gutta Rosacea 433
> Gymnasium, Exercises of the 275
> H
> Habit, Alcohol 627
> Habit, Opium 627
> Habit, Tobacco 627
> Hæmatoxylon Campeachianum 321
> Hæmoptysis 502, 507
> Hair-follicles, Affections of the 441
> Hairs 72
> Hamamelin 322
> Hamamelis Virginica 321
> Hands, Deformed 903
> Hardhack 323
> Haversian Canals 21
> Hay Asthma 514
> Hay Catarrh 514
> Hay Fever 514
> Headache 634
> Headache, Malarial 635
> Headache, Nervous 635
> Headache, Neuralgic 635
> Headache, Periodical 635
> Headache, Rheumatic 635
> Head Bath 358
> Head, Scald 441
> Head, The Bones of the 22
> Health, Light and 231
> Hearing 109
> Heart 56
> Heart, Atrophy of the 551
> Heart, Dilatation of the 551
> Heart, Diseases of the 547
> Heart, Fatty Degeneration of the 651
> Heart, Hypertrophy of the 550
> Heart, Neuralgia of the 552
> Heart, Organic Disease of the 547
> Heat Eruption 430
> Heat, Prickly 432
> Hectic Fever 502
> Hedeoma Pulegioides 341
> Hellebore, American 347
> Hellebore, Swamp 347
> Hellebore, White 347
> Hemiplegia 639
> Hemlock, Poison 311
> Hemorrhage 578, 890
> Hemorrhoids 578
> Hemp, Indian 344
> Henbane 311, 343
> Hepatitis, Chronic 569
> Hermaphrodite 199
> Hermaphroditic Reproduction 199
> Hernia 862
> Hernia, Radical Cure for 866
> Herpes 438
> High Cranberry 320
> Hitus 84
> Hip joint Disease 450
> History of Marriage 188
> Hives 437
> Homes, Site for 227
> Homoeopathy 294
> Hops 312, 345
> Horseback Exercise 276
> Horse-balm 337
> Horse-radish 331
> Hospital Fever 408
> Hot Bath 358
> How to use Vaginal Injections 705
> How to use Water 252
> Human Temperaments 148
> [pg 999]Humerus, 26
> Humid Tetter, 430
> Humor, Aqueous, 107
> Humor, Vitreous, 107
> Humpback, 898
> Humulin, 312, 345
> Humulus Lupulus, 312, 345
> Hydragogues, 326
> Hydrargyri Sulphas Flava, 339
> Hydrarthrus, 452
> Hydrastia, Muriate of, 352
> Hydrastin, 352
> Hydrastis Canadensis, 352
> Hydrocele, 423, 821
> Hydrocephalus, 433
> Hydrochloric Acid, 310
> Hydrothorax, 423
> Hygiene ,222
> Hygiene of the Reproductive Organs, 282
> Hygiene, Practical Summary of, 288
> Hygienic Treatment of the Sick, 375
> Hymen, Imperforate, 687
> Hyoscyamin, 311, 344
> Hyoscyamus Niger, 311, 343
> Hypertrophy of the Heart, 550
> Hysterical Headache, 635
> I
> Icterus, 559
> Ileum, 40, 41
> Imperforate Hymen, 687
> Impetigo, 433
> Impotency, 776
> Impoverished Blood, 626
> Impurities, Mineral, 249
> Incised Wounds, 889
> Incus, 110
> Independent Physician, 295
> Indian Hemp, 344
> Indian Physic, 327
> Indian Poke, 347
> Indian Tobacco, 340
> Indigestion, 565
> Indigo, Wild, 318
> Individual, Development of the, 192
> Indolent Ulcer, 455
> Indulgence, Solitary, 772
> Induration, 400
> Infantile Eczema, 430
> Infants, Feeding of, 235
> Inferior Maxillary Bone, 22
> Inferior Turbinated Bones, 22
> Inflammation, 398
> Inflammation of the Bladder, Chronic, 836
> Inflammation of the Bones, 458
> Inflammation of the Liver, 569, 570
> Inflammation of the Stomach, Acute, 882
> Inflammation of the Stomach, Chronic, 884
> Inflammation of the Vagina, 702
> Inflammation, Phlegmonous, 399
> Inflammation, Termination of, 400
> Inflammation, Treatment of, 401
> Influenza, 471
> Infusions, 303
> Inguinal Hernia, 863
> Insalivation, 233
> Insertion, 31
> Insomnia, 623
> Instruments, Danger in the use of, 846
> Intermediate Muscles, 32
> Intermittent Fever, 405
> Interpretation of Symptoms, 893
> Intestinal Juice, 79
> Intestinal Worms, 561
> Intestines, 49
> Introductory Words, 9
> Involuntary Muscles, 32
> Involuntary Seminal Emissions, 773
> Iodine, 307, 896
> Iodine Bath, 368
> Ipecac, 339
> Ipomoea Jalapa, 326
> Iris, 107
> Iris Versicolor, 307
> Iron, 354
> Iron by Hydrogen, 354
> Iron, Carbonate of, 354
> Iron, Citrate of, 354
> Iron, Ferrocyanide of, 316
> Iron, Pyrophosphate of, 354
> Iron, Tincture of Muriate of, 355
> Irritable Ulcer, 455
> Itch, 434
> Itch, Barber's, 442
> Itching of the Vulva, 702
> J
> Jaborandi, 334
> Jail Fever, 408
> Jalap, 326
> Jalapin, 327
> Jaundice, 559
> Jejunum, 40, 41
> Jessamine, Yellow, 319, 348
> Juglandin, 328
> Juglans Cinerea, 328
> Juice, Gastric, 45, 79
> Juice, Intestinal, 79
> Juice, Lemon, 335
> Juice, Orange, 335
> Juice, Pancreatic, 89
> Juice, Tamarind, 335
> K
> Kidneys, 823
> Kidneys, Diseases of the, 829
> Knee-joint, Tuberculosis of the, 453
> Knot-root, 337
> L
> Labyrinth, 110
> Lacerated Wounds, 890
> Lachrymal Bones, 22
> Lacteals, 48
> Lactiferous Ducts, 82
> Lady's-slipper, Yellow, 320, 345
> Laryngitis, Chronic, 496
> Laryngitis, Follicular, 496
> Larynx, 63
> Larynx, Disease of the, 476
> Latent Life, 11
> Lateral Curvature of the Spine, 901
> Late Suppers, 235
> Laudanum, 310
> Laxatives, 326
> Lead Colic, 558
> Lemons, 335
> Lens Crystalline, 107
> Leptandra Virginica, 327
> Leptandrin, 327
> Lesions, Valvular, 549
> Leucocythæmia, 491
> [pg 1000]
> Leucorrhea 702
> Liberal Physician 295
> Lichen 431
> Lids, Granular 649
> Life, Latent 11
> Life Line 169
> Life, Origin of 17
> Life-root 341
> Life, Transmission of 181
> Life, Turn of 700
> Ligaments 29
> Light and Health 231, 378
> Limbs, Deformed 903
> Liniments 342
> Liquor Amnii 216
> Liquor Sanguinis 53
> Liquors, Alcoholic 255
> Liquors, Distilled 264
> Liquors, Fermented 263
> Liquors, Malted 262
> Liriodendron Tulipfera 350
> Literature, Obscene 285
> Liver 42
> Liver, Chronic Inflammation of the 569
> Liver Complaint 569
> Liver, Diseases of the 569
> Lobelia Inflata 340
> Lobes 64, 80
> Lobules 64, 80
> Locomotor Ataxia 640
> Logwood 321
> Loss of Sexual Power 776
> Love 184
> Love, Conjugal 186
> Lower Extremities, the Bones of the 27
> Lumbago 427
> Lungs 63
> Lycopin 324
> Lycopus Virginicus 323
> Lymph 51
> Lymphatics 49
> Lymphatic System 49
> Lymphatic Temperament 157
> M
> Machines, Electrical 629
> Macrotin 306
> Macrotys 305
> Mad-dog Weed 345
> Magnesia Sulphas 328
> Malar Bones 22
> Malaria 227
> Malarial Headache 635
> Male Fern 315
> Male Generative Organs 207
> Male Generative Organs, Affections of the 772
> Male Generative Organs, Physiology of the 772
> Malformation of the Vagina 687
> Malformation of the Womb 687
> Malignant Fevers 407
> Malleus 110
> Malted Liquors 262
> Management, Domestic, of Fevers 403
> Mandrake 304
> Manipulator 373
> Marriage 184
> Marriage, History of 188
> Marsh-mallow 336
> Maruta Cotula 334
> Massage 362
> Mastication 233
> Masturbation 286, 772
> Matter, Gray 91
> Matter, Sebaceous 77
> Maxillary Bones 22
> May-apple 304
> May-weed 334
> Meadow Sweet 323
> Meals, Regularity of 234
> Measles 412
> Measles, False 413
> Meatus External Auditory 77, 109
> Mechanical Movements in the Treatment of Paralysis 641
> Mechanical Movements, Value of 371
> Mediastinum 65
> Medical Diagnosis 390
> Medicated Bath 367
> Medicine, Allopathic School of 293
> Medicine, Eclectic School of 294
> Medicine, Homoeopathic School of 294
> Medicine, Preparation of 301
> Medicine, Progress of 292
> Medicine, Properties of 300
> Medicine, Rational 292
> Medicines, Proprietary 298
> Medulla Oblongata 95
> Medulla Spinalis 25
> Meibomian Glands 78
> Melancholy 621
> Membrane, Arachnoid 90
> Membrane, False 878
> Membrane, Mucous 37
> Membrane, Pituitary 111
> Membrane, Synovial 29
> Membranous Croup 878
> Menorrhagia 697
> Menses 210
> Menses, Cessation of the 700
> Menses, Retention of the 687, 688, 689, 690
> Menses, Suppression of the 687, 688, 689, 690
> Menstruation 210, 686
> Menstruation, Painful 692
> Menstruation, Profuse 697
> Mental Culture 276
> Mentha Piperita 326
> Mentha Viridis 326
> Mercury 307
> Mercury, Yellow Subsulphate of 339
> Metacarpus 26
> Metatarsus 27
> Miasm 405
> Microscopical Examination 398
> Miliaria 439
> Milk 381
> Mind, Nature of 146
> Mineral Foods 238
> Mineral Impurities 249
> Mitral Valve 57
> Miscarriage 682
> Modified Small-pox 411
> Monogamy 188
> Morphine 311
> Motherwort 342
> Motion as a Remedial Agent 369
> Motion, Peristalic 49
> Motor Nerves 87, 93
> Mouth 37
> Mouth, Nursing Sore 554
> Mouth, Sore 553
> Movements, Mechanical, in the Treatment of Paralysis 661
> Mucosin 78
> Mucous Membrane 37
> Mucus 78
> [pg 1001]
> Mumps, 471
> Muriate of Hydrastia, 352
> Muriate of Iron, Tincture of, 355
> Muriatic Acid, 310
> Muscles, 30
> Muscles, Intermediate, 32
> Muscles, Involuntary, 32
> Muscles, Voluntary, 31
> Muscular Tissue, 20
> Mustard, 331, 339
> Mutton Soup, 247
> Myalgia, 427
> N
> Nails, 73
> Narcotics, 343, 897
> Nasal Bones, 22
> Nasal Catarrh, Chronic, 474
> Nasal Cavity, anterior view of, 490
> Nasal Cavity, view of deformed, 492
> Nasal Douche, Dr. Pierce's, 485
> Nasal Polypus, 487
> Nasal Tumors, 489
> Nasal Septum, deformed, 490
> Nature of Asthma, 512
> Nature of Disease, 390, 512
> Nature of Mind, 146
> Nature's Mode of Sustaining Health 371
> Neck, Thick, 470
> Necrosis, 456
> Nepeta Cataria, 334
> Nerve-fibers, 87
> Nerve, Pneumogastric, 101
> Nerves, Afferent, 87, 93
> Nerves, Cerebral, 89
> Nerves, Cranial, 100
> Nerves, Efferent, 87, 93
> Nerves, Motor, 87, 93
> Nerves, Olfactory, 100, 111
> Nerves, Sensory, 87, 93
> Nerves, Spinal, 89
> Nerves, Sympathetic, 101
> Nervines, 345
> Nervous Affections of the Skin, 440
> Nervous Debility, 619
> Nervous Exhaustion, 619
> Nervous Headache, 635
> Nervous System, 87, 617
> Nervous System, overworked, 622
> Nervous Tissue, 20
> Nettle-rash, 437
> Neuralgia, 635
> Neuralgia of the Heart, 552
> Neuralgia of the Stomach, 885
> Neuralgic Headache, 635
> Neurasthenia, 620, 622
> Neurilemma, 89
> Nightshade, Deadly, 312
> Nitre, Sweet Spirits of, 338
> Nocturnal Emissions, 773
> Nosebleed, 881
> Nose, Foreign Bodies in the, 893
> Nucleolus, 19
> Nucleus, 19,64
> Nurse, 375, 376
> Nursing Sore Mouth, 554
> Nux Vomica, 350
> O
> Obscene Literature, 285
> Occipital Bone, 22
> Œdema, 422
> Old School of Medicine, 293
> Old Sores, 454
> Oleum Ricini, 328
> Olfactory Nerves, 100, 111
> Onanism, 286, 772
> Opium, 310
> Opium Habit, 627
> Opium, Use of, 384
> Oranges, 335
> Organic Disease of the Heart, 547
> Organic Extracts as remedies, 631
> Organic Impurities in Water, 251
> Organs, Circulatory, 56
> Organs, Digestive, 37
> Organs, Generative, 206, 207
> Organs of Respiration, 63
> Organs, Urinary, 206, 207
> Orifice, Pyloric, 82
> Origin, 31
> Origin of Life, 17
> Os Hyoides, 23
> Osmosis, 46
> Os Orbiculare, 110
> Ossa Innominata, 23, 25
> Osscous Tissue, 20
> Ossification, 20
> Ossification, Centers of, 20, 27
> Ovarian Tumors, 722
> Ovaries, 209
> Ovaries, Absence of the, 688
> Ovaries, Disease of the, 710
> Ovulation, 209
> Ovum, 12, 209
> Ozæna, 474, 475
> P
> Pack, Wet Sheet, 368
> Pain, 395
> Painful Menstruation, 692
> Painters' Colic, 558
> Palate Bones, 22
> Pallor, 62
> Palsy, 638
> Palsy, Creeping, 640
> Palsy, Shaking, 641
> Pancreas, 44
> Pancreatic Juice, 80
> Pancreatin, 80
> Papaver Somniferum, 310
> Papillæ, 69, 112
> Paralysis, 638
> Paralysis Agitans, 641
> Paralysis, General, 639
> Paralysis, General Treatment of, 641
> Paralysis, Progressive, 640
> Paraplegia, 639
> Paregoric, 310
> Parietal Bones, 22
> Parotid Glands, 38
> Parotitis, 471
> Parsley, Poison, 311
> Passages, False, 846
> Passions, Influence of Physical Labor on, 283
> Patella, 27
> Patient, Clothing and Bedding of, 380
> Peach Tree, 346
> Peduncles of the Cerebellum, 97
> Pelvis, 25
> Pelvis, Bones of the, 85
> Pemphigus, 139
> Pennyroyal, 341
> [pg 1002]
> Pepper, Black 348
> Peppermint 326
> Pepsin 79
> Percussion 391
> Pericarditis 548
> Pericardium 56
> Perichondrium 29
> Perilymph 110
> Periodical Headache 635
> Periosteum 27
> Peristaltic Motion 45
> Peritoneum 84
> Peritonitis 886
> Permanganate of Potash 318
> Pernicious Fever 406
> Perpetual Reproduction 11
> Perpetuation of the Species 194
> Perspiration 75
> Pertussis 880
> Pettenkoffer's Test 81
> Phalanges 27
> Pharyngitis and Post-nasal Catarrh 493
> Pharynx 39
> Phthisic 511
> Phthisis Pulmonalis 497
> Physical Exercise 270
> Physical Properties of the Blood 53
> Physician, Independent 295
> Physiological Anatomy 11, 19, 30, 37, 48, 56, 63, 68, 75, 84, 87
> Physiological Anatomy of the Urinary Organs 823
> Physiology 11
> Physiology, Cerebral 114
> Physiology of the Male Generative Organs 772
> Phytolacca Decandra 304
> Phytolaccin 304
> Pia Mater 90
> Pierce's Comp Extract of Smart-weed 312, 326, 335, 342, 349
> Pierce's Favorite Prescription 342, 346, 355
> Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery 308, 316, 355
> Pierce's Nasal Douche 485
> Pierce's Purgative Pellets 308, 328
> Pigeon-berry 304
> Piles 578
> Pile Tumors, Radical Cure of 581
> Pine-apples 335
> Pink-root 314
> Pin-worm 561
> Pipsissewa 338
> Pituitary Membrane 111
> Pityriasis 431
> Placenta 216
> Pleura 64
> Pleurisy-root 332
> Pleurodynia 427
> Pleximeter 391
> Pneumogastric Nerve 101
> Podophyllin 304
> Podophyllum Peltatum 304
> Poison Hemlock 311
> Poison Parsley 311
> Poisoned Wounds 890
> Poisons and their Antidotes 895
> Poke 304
> Poke, Indian 347
> Pollution, Voluntary 772
> Polygamy 188
> Polypi 723
> Polypoid Tumors 723
> Polypus, Nasal 487
> Polyuria 835
> Pond's Sphygmograph 548
> Pons Varolii 97
> Poplar 315, 350
> Populin 315
> Pork Steaks 247
> Portal System, Veins of the 60
> Position in Sleep 280
> Position of Patient 393
> Posterior Pyramids 95, 96
> Posterior Spinal Curvature 898
> Post-nasal Catarrh 493
> Post-nasal Syringe 493
> Potash, Acetate of 338
> Potash, Bicarbonate of 309
> Potash, Nitrate of 338
> Potash, Permanganate of 318
> Pott's Disease 898
> Powder, Dover's 311
> Practical Summary of Hygiene 288
> Preface 5, 7
> Pregnancy 212
> Pregnancy, Derangements Incident to 721
> Pregnancy, Duration of 219
> Pregnancy, Signs of 219
> Prehension 233
> Premature Labor 682
> Preparation of Food 236
> Preparation of Medicines 301
> Prescription, Pierce's Favorite 342,346,355
> Prevention of Conception 212
> Prickly-ash 349
> Prickly Heat 437
> Pride-weed 324
> Prince's Pine 338
> Principle, Vital 15
> Processes, Articular 24
> Processes, Spinous 24
> Processes, Transverse 24
> Process of Generation 15
> Profuse Menstruation 697
> Prognosis 390
> Progress of Medicine 292
> Progressive Paralysis 640
> Prolapsus of the Uterus 713
> Properties of Medicine 300
> Proprietary Medicines 298
> Prostate Gland 827
> Prostate Gland, Enlargement of the 840
> Proteids 238
> Prurigo 440
> Pruritus Vulvæ 702
> Prussian Blue 316
> Psoriasis 431
> Ptyalin 78
> Puberty 210
> Puccoon, Red 306
> Pulmonary Artery 58
> Pulmonary Tuberculosis 497
> Pulmonary Veins 60
> Pulsatilla Nigricans 346
> Pulse 61, 395
> Pumpkin Seeds 338
> Puncta Lachrymalia 77
> Punctured Wounds 889
> Pupil 107
> Pure Air 222, 223, 378
> Purgatives 326
> Purification of Water 252
> Putrid Fevers 407
> Pyloric Orifice 83
> Pyrophosphate of Iron 354
> [pg 1003]
> Q
> Quackery Exposed, 780
> Queen of the Meadow, 338
> Quickening, 217
> Quinine, 315
> Quinsy, 416
> R
> Rachitis, 453
> Radical Cure for Hernia, 866
> Radical Cure for Pile Tumors, 581
> Radius, 26
> Rash, 436
> Rash, Papular, 431
> Rash, Rose, 413
> Rational Medicine, 292
> Receptaculum Chyli, 46
> Rectum, 42
> Red Puccoon, 306
> Reflex Action of the Spinal Cord, 93
> Region of Feebleness, 134
> Regularity of Meals, 234
> Regular School of Medicine, 293
> Remedial Agent, Motion as a, 369
> Remedial Treatment of Diseases, 386
> Remedies for Disease, 298
> Remittent Fever, 406
> Renal Calculi, 837
> Reproduction, 11, 196
> Reproduction, Dioecious, 202
> Reproduction, Hermaphroditic, 199
> Reproductive Organs, Hygiene of the, 282
> Resolution, 400
> Respiration, Organs of, 63
> Respiration, Pure Air for, 223
> Respirator, Cotton-wool, 230
> Rete Mucosum, 70
> Retention of the Menses, 687, 688, 689, 691
> Retina, 106, 107
> Retroflexion of the Uterus, 709, 714
> Rheumatic Headache, 635
> Rheumatism, Acute Articular, 425
> Rheumatism, Cervical, 427
> Rheumatism, Chronic Articular, 426
> Rheumatism, Muscular, 127
> Rhubarb, 327
> Ribs, 24
> Rickets, 453
> Right to Terminate Pregnancy, 218
> Rooms, Sleeping, 278
> Rose Rash, 413
> Rosy Drop, 433
> Rubbing, 372
> Rubeola, 412
> Running Scall, 430
> Running-sores, 454
> Rupia, 439
> Rupture, 862
> Russian Bath, 358
> S
> Sacrum, 23, 25
> Sage, 313, 333
> Saleratus, 309
> Salicin, 315, 351
> Saliva, 38, 78
> Salivary Glands, 38
> Salt, 315
> Saltpetre, 333
> Salt-rheum, 430
> Salts, 53
> Salts, Biliary, 81
> Salvia Officinalis, 313, 333
> Sanguinaria Canadensis, 308
> Sanguine Temperament, 163
> Santonin, 313
> Sarcolemma, 32
> Saturnine Colic, 558
> Scabies, 434
> Scalds, 894
> Scall, 433
> Scall, Running, 430
> Scaly Skin Diseases, 441
> Scapula, 26
> Scarlatina, 408
> Scarlet Fever, 408
> School-rooms, Ventilation of, 225
> Sclerotic, 106
> Scott's Acid Bath, 367
> Scrofula, 445
> Scrotum, Dropsy of the, 821
> Scull-cap, 345
> Sea Bathing, 364
> Seat, 390
> Seat-worm, 561
> Sebaceous Glands, 70, 77
> Sebaceous Matter, 77
> Secretion, 75
> Sedatives, 346
> Self-abuse, 286, 622
> Self-pollution, 772
> Semen, 772
> Semi-circular Canals, 110
> Semilunar Valves, 58
> Seminal Emissions, Involuntary, 773
> Sense of Hearing, 109
> Sense of Sight, 106
> Sense of Smell, 111
> Sense of Taste, 112
> Sense of Touch, 113
> Senses, Special, 106
> Sensory Nerves, 87, 93
> Septum, Deformed Nasal, 490
> Serum, 54, 55, 238
> Sexual Abuse, Story of, 394
> Sexual Debility, Symptoms of, 776
> Sexual Influences, 383
> Sexual Power, Loss of, 776
> Shaking Palsy, 641
> Shingles, 438
> Shock, 890
> Shower Bath, 365
> Sick, Hygienic Treatment of the, 375
> Sick-room, 377
> Sick, Visiting the, 383
> Sight, 106
> Signs of Pregnancy, 219
> Site for Homes, 227
> Sitz Bath, 367
> Skeleton, 22
> Skin, 68
> Skin, Diseases of the, 430
> Skin Diseases, Scaly, 441
> Skin, Nervous Affections of the, 440
> Skoke, 304
> Sleep, 278, 382
> Small-pox, 410
> Smart-weed, Compound Extract of, 312, 326, 335, 342, 349
> Smell, 111
> Snake-head, 315
> Snake-root, Black, 306
> Society, Welfare of, 193
> Soda, Glycocholate of, 81
> [pg 1004]
> Soda, Sulphite of 309
> Soda, Taurocholate of 81
> Sodium, Chloride of 315
> Soft Rubber Bulb Syringe 705
> Solitary Indulgence 772
> Sore Mouth 553
> Sore Mouth, Nursing 554
> Sore Throat, Clergymen's 496
> Soups 246
> Spasmodic Croup 878, 879
> Spearmint 326
> Special Creation 14
> Special Senses 106
> Species 14
> Species, Perpetuation of the 194
> Specific Center 14
> Speculum 717
> Spermatic Veins, Enlarged 803
> Spermatocele 803
> Spermatorrhea 620, 772, 844
> Spermatozoön 12
> Sperm-cell 15
> Sphenoid Bone 22
> Sphygmograph, Pond's 548
> Spigelia Marilandica 314
> Spinal Column 24
> Spinal Cord 25, 90
> Spinal Cord, Reflex Action of the 93
> Spinal Curvature, Posterior 898
> Spinal Nerves 89
> Spirit Vapor-bath 362
> Spirometer 391, 392
> Spleen 44
> Sponge Bath 365
> Sprains 892
> Squaw-root 305
> Stapes 110
> Static Electrical Machine 629
> Sterility 707
> Sternum 23
> Stethoscope 391
> Stimulants 348
> Stomach 39, 52
> Stomach, Inflammation of the 882, 884
> Stomach, Neuralgia of the 885
> Stomatitis 553
> Stomatitis Materna 554
> Stone in the Bladder 838
> Stone-pock 442
> Stone-root 337
> Story of Sexual Abuse 394
> Stramonium 344
> Striæ 31
> Stricture of the Urethra 775, 843
> Strumous Diathesis 445
> Strumous Synovius 453
> St. Vitus's Dance 650
> Styptics 320, 890
> Sublingual Gland 39
> Submaxillary Gland 38
> Sudatorium 359
> Sudoriferous Glands 69
> Sudorifics 332
> Sulphate of Copper 339
> Sulphate of Quinia 315, 339
> Sulphate of Zinc 318
> Sulphite of Soda 309
> Sulphur Bath 368
> Sulphuric Acid, Aromatic 310
> Sulphur Vapor-bath 368
> Summer Complaint 555
> Sun-stroke 894
> Superior Maxillary Bones 22
> Suppers, Late 235
> Suppression of the Menses 687, 688, 689, 691
> Suppuration 400
> Surgical Treatment of Epilepsy 649
> Sutures 23
> Swamp Alder 304
> Swamp Dogwood 351
> Sweet Elder 307
> Sweet Spirits of Nitre 338
> Swelling 400
> Swelling, White 452
> Swimming 274
> Sycosis 442
> Sylvius, Fissure of 98
> Sympathetic Nerve 101
> Symptoms 390, 392, 393
> Symptoms, Interpretation of 393
> Symptoms 01 Sexual Debility 776
> Synovia 29
> Synovial Capsule 29
> Synovial Membrane 29
> Synovitis 453
> Synovitis, Rheumatic 453
> Synovitis, Strumous 453
> Synovitis, Syphilitic 453
> Syphilitic Synovitis 453
> Syringe, Post-nasal 493
> Syringe, Soft Rubber Bulb 705
> System, Cerebro-Spinal 89
> Systemic Veins 60
> System, Lymphatic 49
> System, Nervous 87, 617
> System, the Great Sympathetic 101
> System, Vascular 56
> T
> Tænia 562
> Tag Alder 304
> Tall Speedwell 327
> Tamarind 335
> Tanacetum Vulgare 341
> Tannin 325
> Tansy 341
> Tape-worms 562
> Tarsus 27
> Taste, Sense of 112
> Taurocholate of Soda 81
> Tea 253
> Tear-duct, Closure of the 477
> Tear-duct, Obstruction of the 477
> Tears 77
> Teeth 37
> Temperaments, Classified 156
> Temperaments, Human 149
> Temperate Bath 357
> Temporal Bones 22
> Tentorium 97
> Tepid Bath 357
> Termination of Inflammation 400
> Test, Pettenkoffer's 81
> Tetter, Branny 431
> Tetter, Crusted 433
> Tetter, Humid 430
> Thick Neck 470
> Thoracic Duct 42
> Thorn-apple 344
> Thoroughwort 316
> Thread-worm 561
> Throat, Disease of the 476
> Throat, Foreign Bodies in the 893
> Throat, Ulceration of the 496
> Thrush 553
> [pg 1005]
> Tibia, 27
> Time for Sleep, 279
> Tinctura Ferri Chloridi, 355
> Tincture of the Chloride of Iron, 355
> Tincture of the Muriate of Iron, 355
> Tinctures, 302
> Tissue, Adipose, 20
> Tissue, Areolar, 19
> Tissue, Cartilaginous, 20
> Tissue, Connective, 19
> Tissue, Muscular, 20
> Tissue, Nervous, 20
> Tissue, Osseous, 20
> Tobacco Habit, 627
> Tobacco, Indian, 340
> Tobacco, Use of, 384
> Tongue, 3, 394
> Tonics, 350
> Tonsilitis, 416
> Tonsils, Enlarged, 417, 494
> Torpid Liver, 569
> Torticollis, 427
> Touch, Sense of, 113
> Tourniquet, 890
> Trachea, 63
> Trailing Arbutus, 336
> Transmission of Life, 181
> Transudation, 422
> Treatment, 390
> Treatment of Diseases, Remedial, 386
> Treatment of Epilepsy, Surgical, 649
> Treatment of Inflammation, 401
> Treatment of Paralysis, 641
> Treatment of the Sick, Hygienic, 375
> Trichina Spiralis, 564
> Tricocephalus Dispar, 562
> Tricuspid Valve, 57
> True Skin, 68
> Trumpet-weed, 338
> Trunk, 23
> Tube, Eustachian, 110
> Tube, Eustachian, Obstruction of the, 477
> Tubercle, 445
> Tubercular Consumption, 497
> Tuberculosis of the Knee-joint, 453
> Tuberculosis, Pulmonary, 497
> Tumors, Fibroid, 722
> Tumors, Ovarian, 722
> Tumors, Polypoid, 723
> Tumors, Uterine, 122
> Turkish Bath, 358
> Turn of Life, 700
> Turpeth Mineral, 339
> Tympanum, 110
> Typhoid Fever, 407
> Typhus Fever, 407
> U
> Ulceration of the Throat, 496
> Ulceration of the Uterus, 717
> Ulcer; Follicular, 718
> Ulcer, Granular, 717
> Ulcer, Indolent, 455
> Ulcer, Irritable, 455
> Ulcer, Varicose, 455
> Ulcers, Chronic, 454
> Ulna, 26
> Umbilical Cord, 217
> Umbilical Hernia, 863
> Umbilicus, 217
> Universality of Animalcular Life, 16
> Upper Extremities, the Bones of the, 25
> Uræmic Headache, 635
> Urea, 86
> Ureters, 84
> Urethra, 86, 827
> Urethra, Stricture of the, 843
> Uric Acid, 86
> Urinary Fistula, 721
> Urinary Organs, Diseases of the, 823
> Urinary Organs, Physiological Anatomy of the, 823
> Urine, 86
> Urine, Examination of the, 397, 825
> Urinometer, 392
> Urticaria, 437
> Use of Tobacco and Opium, 384
> Uterine Pregnancy, 215
> Uterine Speculum 717, 718
> Uterine Tumors, 722
> Uterus, Falling of the, 713
> Uterus, Prolapsus of the, 713
> Uvula, Elongation of the, 495
> V
> Vaccinia, 411
> Vagina, Inflammation of the, 702
> Vagina, Irritable, 702
> Vagina, Malformation of the, 687
> Vaginal Injections, How to Use, 705
> Vaginitis, 702
> Valerian, 320
> Valeriana Officinalis, 320
> Value of Animal Food, 241
> Value of Mechanical Movements, 371
> Valve, Mitral, 57
> Valve, Tricuspid, 57
> Valves, Semilunar, 58
> Valvulæ Conniventes, 40
> Valvular Lesions, 549
> Vapor-Bath, 358
> Vapor-Bath, Spirit 362
> Vapor-Bath, Sulphur 368
> Varicella, 412
> Varicocele, 803
> Varicose Ulcer, 455
> Variety of Food necessary, 239
> Variola, 410
> Varioloid, 411
> Vascular System, 56
> Veins, 59
> Veins, Enlarged Spermatic, 803
> Veins of the Portal System, 60
> Veins, Pulmonary, 60
> Veins, Systemic, 60
> Vena Cava, 56,60
> Ventilation of Dwellings, 226
> Ventilation of Factories, 226
> Ventilation of School Rooms, 225
> Ventilation of Workshops, 226
> Ventricle, 57
> Veratrum Viride, 347
> Vermifuge, 313
> Versions of the Uterus or Womb, 709, 714
> Vertebræ, 23
> Vesical Calculi, 838
> Vestibule, 110
> Viburnin, 320
> Viburnum Opulus, 320
> Villus, 41,48
> Virginia Snake-root, 333
> Visiting the Sick, 383
> Vital Principle, 15
> Vital Properties of the Blood, 53
> Vitreous Humor, 107
> Vitriol, Elixir of, 310
> [pg 1006]
> Vitriol, White 818
> Volitive Faculties 129
> Volitive Temperament 171
> Voluntary Muscles 31
> Voluntary Pollution 772
> Vomer 22
> Vomit, Black 883
> Vulvitis 702
> W
> Wafer-ash 351
> Wakefulness 623
> Warm Bath 357
> Warmth 379
> Water 248
> Water-bugle 323
> Water-hoarhound 323
> Water, How to use 252
> Water-melon Seeds 338
> Water, Organic Impurities in 251
> Water-pink 336
> Water, Purification of 252
> Waters, Chalybeate 250
> Waters, Saline 250
> Waters, Sulphurous 250
> Welfare of Society 193
> Wet Sheet Pack 368
> White Hellebore 347
> White Poplar 350
> White Swelling 452
> White Vitriol 318
> White-root 332
> Whitewood 350
> Whites 702
> Whooping-cough 880
> Wild Chamomile 334
> Wild Indigo 318
> Wild Yam 320
> Willow 351
> Windpipe 63
> Wintergreen 325
> Witch-hazel 321
> Woman and her Diseases 684
> Womb, Absence of the 687
> Womb, Displacements of the 713
> Womb, Elongation of the Neck of the 709
> Womb, Flexions of the 709, 714
> Womb, Malformation of the 687
> Womb, Versions of the 709, 714
> Workshops, Ventilation of 226
> Worms, Intestinal 561
> Wounds 889
> X
> Xanthoxylin 349
> Xanthoxylum Fraxineum 349
> Y
> Yam, Wild 320
> Yeast 317, 335
> Yellow Dock 304
> Yellow Jessamine 319, 348
> Yellow Lady's-slipper 320, 345
> Yellow Subsulphate of Mercury 339
> Z
> Zinci Sulphas 318, 339
> Zinc, Sulphate of 318, 339
> Zingiber Officinalis 325, 335

[pg 1007]

# INDEX TO APPENDIX

> A
> Advantages Offered to Invalids 951
> Advantages of Location 948
> Advantages of Specialties 950, 956
> Advertising 958
> Affidavit 905
> Aids, In valuable, in Urinary Diseases 964
> Amusements 932
> Analysis of Urine 962, 967
> Appendix 905
> B
> Bath Department 931
> Beecher on Advertising 959
> Board and Treatment, Terms for 970
> Buffalo Outranks all in Healthfulness 946
> C
> Cause of Female Weakness 919
> Caution 936
> Charges Must be Prepaid 968
> Chemical Laboratory 940
> Chronic Diseases, Mechanical Aids in the Cure of 906
> Chronic Diseases, Treatment of 954
> Climate 944
> Common Sense View, A 934
> Consultation, Free 968
> Consultations by Letter 968
> Consultations with Physicians 971
> Counter-Irritation 916
> Cure of Deformities 917
> Cure of Neuralgia 916
> Cure of Paralysis 917
> Cure of Swellings 915
> Cure of Tumors 917
> D
> Deformities, Cure of 917
> Disease Has Certain Unmistakable Signs 943
> Diseases of Women 918
> Division of Labor 949, 954
> E
> Eminent Medical Authorities 967
> Endorsement, President Garfield's 973
> Equability of Climate 945, 947
> Evidence of Health Statistics 945
> Extreme Healthfulness of Buffalo 944
> F
> Facilities of Treatment 949
> Facts of Science 946
> Fair and Business-like Offer 953
> Fees, Why Required in Advance 969
> Female Weakness, Cause of 919
> Fire-Proof Vaults 930
> Free Consultation 968
> G
> General Considerations 940
> Genuine Home, A 948
> Good Order 932
> H
> Home, A Genuine 948
> Home, Remedial 942
> How to Avoid Swindlers 990
> I
> Important Announcement 921
> Invalids, Advantages Offered to 951
> Invalids' Hotel and Surgical Institute 922, 924, 941
> Invaluable Aids in Urinary Diseases 964
> J
> Joints, Stiffened 951
> K
> Kneader 914
> L
> Liberality 934
> Location, Advantages of 948
> M
> Manipulator 908
> Map of Buffalo 992
> Mechanical Aids in the Cure of Chronic Diseases 906
> Medical Authorities, Eminent 967
> Medicine, Progress of 950
> Medicines, Our 971
> Moderate, Terms 949
> [pg 1008]
> N
> Neuralgia, Cure of 916
> Not Confined in Prescribing 972
> Notices of the Press 974
> O
> Offer, Fair and Business-like 953
> Our Medicines Prepared with the Greatest Care 972
> Our Physicians and Surgeons 935
> Our Remedies 931
> P
> Paralysis, Cure of 917
> Patient's Room 945
> Patients, Treating at a Distance 960, 971
> Physicians and Surgeons, Staff of 925
> Physicians, Consultation with 971
> President Garfield's Endorsement 973
> Press Notices 974
> Printing Department 939
> Progress in Medicine 950
> R
> Rational Treatment 919
> Recapitulation 920
> Regulation of Diet 931
> Reliable Medicines 969
> Remedial Home, 942
> Revulsion 916
> S
> Signs, Urinary 962
> Specialties, Advantages of 950, 956
> Staff of Physicians and Surgeons 925
> Statistics, Evidence of Health 945
> Steam Passenger Elevator 930
> Surgical Department 931
> Swellings, Cure of 915
> Swindlers, How to Avoid 935, 990
> T
> Terms for Board and Treatment 970
> Terms for Treatment 969
> Trained Attendants 932
> Treating Patients at their Homes 942
> Treatment, Facilities of 949
> Treatment of Chronic Diseases 954
> Tumors, Cure of 915
> Turkish Bath 931
> U
> Unparalleled Success 933
> Urinary Signs 962
> V
> Vibrator 911
> Visiting Patients who Reside at a Distance 971
> Vocabulary 979
> W
> World's Dispensary 937
> World's Dispensary Medical Association 921

# Footnotes

1. Darwin.

2. The males of Cryptophialus and Alcippe, species of marine animals, are apparent exceptions to this rule. They are parasitic, possess neither mouth, stomach, thorax, nor abdomen, and are, necessarily, short-lived.

3. Dalton—Human Physiology.

4. In the use of the terms psychical and psychological, we have observed the distinction which metaphysicians have recently made. They employ the term psychical to indicate the relation of the human soul to sense, appetite, propensity, etc., and psychological, as indicating the ultimates of spiritual being. In this manner we use the word psychical as describing the relationship of the soul to animal experiences and being, and psychological as referring to the spiritual potencies of the soul. The distinction being introduced, we continue its use rather then coin new words.

5. Certain disturbances of the bodily organs excite fear. The apprehension of danger, or simply mental excitement, does not explain what is called "water fright," "stage fright," terror excited by the raging of a storm, or the rocking of a boat. In such instances the heart may beat heavily, the respiration be irregular and attended by precordial oppression, giddiness, weakness, and physical inability to articulate a word or recall a thought These bodily conditions are not subject to the control of the will, but arise when individuals are perfectly assured that no danger threatens. At other times, as in a fearful tempest upon the sea, although the danger be imminent, if the bodily functions are not disturbed, there is not the least manifestation of fear.

6. A placebo is a harmless and valueless prescription, which physicians sometimes make merely to gratify the patient, as a dose of "bread pills," etc.

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