Litmus
Categories: TermsColoring material from lichens that turns red in acid solutions and blue
in alkaline solutions.
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LEPRA ANAESTHETICA. (Nerve Leprosy)
Before the development of this form of leprosy there may be one or two years of ill-health. Usually the skin at this time becomes in localized patches over-sensitive, sometimes there is over-sensitiveness and special nerves, because of their enlargeme... LEPRA MACULOSA
This form is more common in tropical countries and is distinguished chiefly by its macular (spotty) lesions. In size they vary from a small coin to areas as large as a platter. They are diffused or circumscribed, roundish or shaped irregularly, yellowis... LEPRA TUBEROSA. (Tuberculated, Nodulated or Tegumentary (skin) Leprosy)
This nodular type comprises from ten to fifty per cent of cases. After the occurring of the symptoms just mentioned spotted lesions appear, which are bean to tomato in size, reddish brown or bronze-hued patches, roundish, oval or irregular in contour,... LEPROSY. Definition
Leprosy is a chronic infectious disease, caused by what is called the "Bacillus Leprae," and is characterized by the presence of tubercular nodules in the skin and mucous membranes (tubercular leprosy), or by changes in the nerves (anaesthetic leprosy).... LEUCORRHEA. (The Whites)
This is an over-secretion from the glands that pour out their contents into the vagina or the cervical canal of the womb. Causes. It is dependent upon many causes. Tear of the neck of the womb (cervix), displacements, inflammation of the womb and vagi... LEUKAEMIA
An affection characterized by persistent increase in the white blood corpuscles, associated with changes, either alone or together, in the spleen, lymphatic glands and bone-marrow. 1. Spleen and Bone-Marrow, (Spleen-Medullary) type. The changes are e... Leukemia (leucemia, Leukaemia, Leucaemia)
Disease in humans and other warm-blooded animals involving the blood-forming organs; causes an abnormal increase in the number of white blood cells in the tissues with or without a corresponding increase in the circulating blood. ... Lime (calcium Oxide)
White, caustic, lumpy powder, CaO, used as a refractory, as a flux, in manufacturing steel and paper, in glassmaking, in waste treatment, in insecticides, and as an industrial alkali. Slaked lime is calcium hydroxide, a soft white powder, Ca... LINIMENT
Chloroform 3 drams Oil Cloves 1 dram Tincture Opii 1 ounce Oil Sassafras 2 drams Aromatic Spirits Ammonia 2 drams Alcohol to make 6 ounces Mi... LINIMENT
Camphor Gum 1/2 ounce Tincture of Capsid 1/2 ounce Oil of Turpentine 1/4 ounce Water Ammonia, U. S. P 5 ounces Alcohol enough to make 12 ounces Dissolve camphor gum and turpentine in... Liniment, Sprains, Etc
English Black Oil. "Tanner's Oil 1 pint Oil Vitriol 1 ounce Spirits of Turpentine 1 ounce Beef 's Gall, contents of 1 gall Put oil vitriol in tanner's oil, let stand twelve hours and not cork tigh... LIQUID WHITENERS
Avoid these. They are "whitewashes" that wither and wrinkle the skin and make it prematurely old. Almost without exception they contain lead in some form. Constant use may produce a facial paralysis due to lead poisoning. Moreover they deceive no one, a... Litmus
Coloring material from lichens that turns red in acid solutions and blue in alkaline solutions. ... Liveforever (orpine, Orpin, Livelong, Sedum Telephium)
Perennial northern temperate plant with toothed leaves and heads of small purplish-white flowers. ... LIVER PILLS
Aloin 5 grains Podophyllin 10 grains Capsicum Powder 5 grains Extract Nux Vomica 10 grains Henbane 1 grain Mix. Make fifty pills. Dose: Take one or two at night. This li... LIVER SPOTS, Moth Patch, Chloasma, etc
This is a discoloration of the skin of a yellowish to a blackish tint of varying size and shape. Causes. It may be due to external agencies, such as rubbing, scratching, heat (tanning and sunburn) blistering; or due to diseases such as tuberculosis, ... LIVER, ENLARGED
Phosphorus 3X dil. Prepare and give two teaspoonfuls every four hours. ... Lives saved from smallpox in Michigan
Since the State Board of Health was established, many thousands of people in Michigan have been vaccinated because of its recommendations; and the statistics of deaths, published by the Secretary of State, show that at the close of the year 1906, the de... Lobelia
See Herb Department, page 428. ... LOCAL PERITONITIS
This may come from local injury, but it is usually secondary to empyema, tuberculosis, or cancer, abscess, perforation of the stomach or bowel, ulcer, etc. Symptoms. Onset is usually sudden. There is sudden local pain, increased by any movements; ten... Lochia
Normal uterine discharge of blood, tissue, and mucus from the vagina after childbirth. lupus Systemic lupus erythematosus. Chronic skin conditions characterized by ulcerative lesions that spread over the body. No longer in scientific use... LOCK-JAW (Tetanus)
History of a wound. The muscles of the jaw may be stiff and set. When there are spasms the muscles remain stiff and hard for some time. ... LOCKJAW. (Tetanus)
Tetanus or lockjaw, as it is commonly called, is an infectious disease and is characterized by painful and violent contractions of the voluntary muscles; it may be of the jaw alone or of a considerable part of the body. Causes. The intelligence and m... LOCOMOTOR ATAXIA. Tabes dorsalis. Posterior Spinal Sclerosis)
A hardening (sclerosis) affecting the posterior parts of the spinal cord and characterized by incoordination, which means a condition where a person is unable to produce voluntary muscular movements; for instance, of the legs, etc., loss of deep reflex...