Erythema

Inflammatory redness of the skin.

Eschar

A dry slough.

Escharotics

Substances which form an eschar or slough when applied to the skin.

Esculent

Plants that may be eaten for food.

Esoteric

Internal; diseases which result from internal causes.

Evacuants

Medicines which cause a discharge from some part of the body.

Evacuation

The discharge of the faeces, etc.

Exacerbation

An increase of feverish symptoms.

Excision

The cutting off of any part.

Excoriation

Abrasion of the skin.

Excrement

The faeces.

Excrescence

A preternatural growth, as a wart or a wen. Exfoliation. - The separation of a dead piece of bone from the living.

Exhalation

The vapours which arise from animal and vegetable bodies.

Expectoration

Discharging matter from the chest.

Exudation

A flow of liquid from the surface of the skin, etc.

Factitious

Made by art.

Falling Sickness

Epilepsy, an affection in which the patient suddenly falls to the ground.

Fauces

The upper part of the throat.

Febrile

Feverish.

Felon

A Whitlow; a gathering on the end of the finger.

Ferruginous

That which contains Iron.

Flatulence

Wind in the intestines.

Fluctuation

The perceptible motion communicated to matter or other fluids by pressure or percussion.

Fcetor

A strong offensive smell.

Fcetus

The young of any animal. The child in the womb, after the fourth month.

Fomentation

The application of flannel or sponge wet with warm water, or some medicinal concoction.

Fomes

Fuel. Substances impregnated with contagion.

Foreign Body

Any substance in the living body, which does not constitute a part of it: as a bullet, a piece of iron or glass; stone in the bladder, etc.

Fowler's Solution

A solution of Arsenic introduced into practice by Dr. Fowler.

Freezing Mixture

A mixture of 5 ounces of Sal Ammoniac and 5 ounces of Nitre.

Friction

Rubbing, with the hand, a brush, etc.

Fumigation

Perfuming; destroying bad smells by the use of fumes, etc.

Funis Umbilicalis

The umbilical cord or navel string.

Gelatine

The principle of jelly. The purest variety of gelatine is Isinglass.

Gestation

The state of pregnancy.

Globus Hystericus

A sensation as of a globe or ball ascending up the body in the throat. Common to hysterical females.

Granulation

The growth of flesh during the healing of a wound or sore, often popularly called proud flesh.

Griffith's Mixture

The Compound Iron Mixture.

Haematemesis

Vomiting of blood.

Haemoptysis

Spitting of blood.

Haemorrhage

Rupture of a blood-vessel. Bleeding.

Haemorrhoids

The Piles.

Hemiplegia

Paralysis of one side of the body.

Hernia

A rupture.

Hives

A popular name for a species of chicken-pox.

Homogeneous

Substances are called so when their parts possess the same properties, and heterogeneous when the parts are of different qualities.

Hydatids

A kind of worms inhabiting the human body.

Hygiene

That part of medicine which regards the preservation of health.

Hypertrophy

An excess of nutrition.

Hypnotics

Medicines which cause sleep. They are also called Narcotics, Anodynes, and Soporifics.

Hypogastric

Belonging to the lower region of the abdomen,

Ichor

A thin, acrid discharge, issuing from wounds, ulcers, etc.

Idiosyncrasy

Individual peculiarities, hereditary or acquired.

Idiopathic

Primary disease, as opposed to symptomatic.

Induration

Hardening.

Instertitial

A term applied to an organ which occupies the interstices of adjoining cells, as the womb, the bladder, etc.

Interne

Physicians and their assistants, or the patients who reside in hospitals.

Intumescence

Swelling, of the whole or part of the body.

Jactation Or Jactitation

Restlessness; tossing about.

Lardaceous

Resembling lard.

Larynx

The upper part of the windpipe.

Lateritious

Resembling brick-dust.

Lenitives

Gentle purgatives.

Lenticular

About the size of a lentil seed.

Lethargy

Profound and continued sleep.

Ligature

Thread or Silk or Silver Wire, used for tying arteries, etc.

Linctus

Medicine made up of such a consistence that it may fee licked off a spoon.

Liquefacients

Medicines which liquefy the secretions of the body.

Lithontriptics

Medicines which are supposed to dissolve gravel and stone in the body.

Lithotomy

The operation of cutting into the bladder to extract a stone.

Lithotrity

The operation of crushing a stone in the bladder.

Luxation

Dislocation; removal of bones out of their proper situation.

Lymph

A colourless liquid which circulates through the body.

Lymphatics

Minute tubes distributed through the body, which convey the lymph.

Maceration

Steeping for some time in warm or cold water.

Malaria

Substances floating in the air capable of producing fevers.

Malformation

Not properly formed.

Malignant

Diseases which are frequently fatal.

Malingerer

One who pretends to have a disease, without having it.

Mammary Abscess

Abscess of the breast; milk abscess.

Marasmus

Emaciation; wasting of the body.

Mastication

Chewing.

Materia Medica

That branch of medical science which relates to medicines.