Pemphigus
Categories: TermsSeveral acute or chronic skin diseases characterized by groups of
itching blisters.
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Paste or gruel of bread crumbs, toast, or flour combined with milk, stock, or water; used for soups or thickening sauces. ... Paralysis Agitans (parkinson's Disease, Shaking Palsy)
Progressive nervous disease causing destruction of brain cells that produce dopamine, muscular tremor, slowing of movement, partial facial paralysis, peculiarity of gait and posture, and weakness. ... Paregoric
A camphorated tincture of opium, taken internally for the relief of diarrhea and intestinal pain ... PAREGORIC. Symptoms
Excitement at first, soon weariness, weighty limbs, sleepiness, pin-point pupils, pulse and breathing slow and strong, patient roused with difficulty and later it is impossible, snoring breathing. Treatment. This is a dangerous poison. A stomach pump ... Paris Green
Poisonous emerald-green powder, C4H6As6Cu4O16, used as a pigment, insecticide, and wood preservative. ... PARIS GREEN. Symptoms
Violent burning in the stomach, nausea, and vomiting, retching, thirst, purging of blood and mucus, suppressed urine, cramps in the legs, intense thirst, collapse. Antidotes. Jeaunel's antidote. Treatment. Emetics freely, mustard water, warm sal... PARRY'S COMPOUND SARSAPARILLA BLOOD PURIFIER
Turkey Corn Root 1/4 lb. Stillingia Root 1/4 lb. Sarsaparilla Root 1/4 lb. Yellow Dock Root. 1/4 lb. Sassafras Bark 2 ounces Simple Syrup 1 qt. Diluted Alcohol 4 ounces. ... PATTERSON'S EMULSION OF PUMPKIN SEEDS
Patterson's Emulsion of Pumpkin Seeds is said to be a good emulsion for expelling tapeworms. Take two ounces of pumpkin seeds, peel and pound to a paste with sugar, then add by degrees eight fluid ounces of water, the whole to be taken in two or thr... Pedicle (pedicel)
Small stalk or stalk-like structure, especially one supporting or connecting an organ or other body part. Slender foot-like part, as at the base of a tumor. ... Pell Mell
Jumbled, confused manner; helter-skelter; frantic disorderly haste; headlong: ... Pelvic Signs
As early as the first month of pregnancy a faint violet color of the anterior wall of the vagina just below the opening of the urethra may be distinguished. In the third month this color has become purplish and pronounced. This sign is present in eighty... Pemphigus
Several acute or chronic skin diseases characterized by groups of itching blisters. ... PEMPHIGUS
Cantharis 3X dil. Dose every two hours. ... Pennyroyal
Eurasian mint (Mentha pulegium) with small lilac-blue flowers that yield an aromatic oil. Aromatic plant (Hedeoma pulegioides) of eastern North America, having purple-blue flowers that yields an oil used as an insect repellent ... Peptonize
Convert protein into a peptone (water-soluble protein derivative produced by partial hydrolysis of a protein by an acid or enzyme ). Dissolve (food) by means of a proteolytic enzyme. ... PERICARDITIS
This is an inflammation of the pericardium, the sac containing the heart. Primary or First Causes. They refer in this disease to a peculiar constitution. Children that have a tuberculous constitution are more liable to this disease. Acute rheumatism ... PERIPROCTITIS. Abscess Around the Anus and Rectum)
This is an inflammation of the tissues around the rectum which usually terminates in the above named abscess. It occurs mostly in middle-aged people. Men are affected more often than women. Causes. Sitting in cold, damp hard seats; horseback riding,... PERITONITIS
Aconite 2X dil. at first. Arsenicum 3X trit. (tablet from) when patient is thirsty, very restless. Dose every hour. Bryonia alb. 2X dil. Prepare. Pains worse from motion,--cutting shooting; constipated. Mercurius 3X trit. (tablet form) Later, sk... PERNICIOUS ANAEMIA
This is characterized by great decrease of the red cells of the blood with a relatively high color index and the presence of large number of germs. The causes are unknown. Condition. The body is not emaciated. A lemon color of the skin is usually pre... Pernicious Anemia (addison's Anemia, Malignant Anemia)
Severe anemia in older adults, caused by failure absorb vitamin B12; causes abnormally large red blood cells, gastrointestinal disturbances, and lesions of the spinal cord. ... PERNICIOUS MALARIAL FEVER
This is a very dangerous disease. The chief forms are the comatose, algid and hemorrhagic. (a) Comatose form is characterized by delirium or sudden coma (deep sleep) with light temperature. (b) The algid or asthenic form begins with vomiting and gr... PERRY DAVIS'S PAIN KILLER
Gum Myrrh 7-1/5 ounces Cayenne Pepper 2 ounces Gum Opium 1-3/5 ounces Gum Benzoin 1-1/5 ounces Gum Guaiac 3/5 ounce Gum Camphor 2 ounces Alcohol enough to...