A Dictionary of Medical Terminology, Dental Surgery and the Collateral Sciences (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1878 Excerpt: ...Scnliio'sa-arten's'w. The lilac or purple field knautia, native of Britain. Knautia Orienta'lis. The red flowered 1,11:1111 ia, native of the Levant. Knead'ing. Shampooing, working one substance with another. Kneb'elite. A grayish mineral, spotted with green, brown, red, and dirty white, composed of silica, protoxide of iron, and protoxide of manganese. Knee. The articulation of the femur with the tibia. Knee, Housemaid's. Inflammation and swelling of the knee, occasioned by kneeling; a form of capsular rheumatism. Knee-Pan. The patella. Knee-Scab. The crusta genn equina. Knife. A cutting instrument employed in Surgery, usually larger than the bistoury and scalpel. Knife, Amputating. A large, straight knife used for the division of the soft parts in the amputation of a limb. Knife, Cataract. A knife used for making the section of the transparent cornea, in the operation for cataract. Various knives have been invented for this purpose. Knife, Oheselden's. A knife with a concave edge and convex back, employed by Cheselden in the operation of lithotomy. Knife, Double-edged. A catling. A straight, double-edged knife. Knit'ted. That stage in the union of fractured bones in which a certain degree of firmness is attained. Knop'perii. The German name for gallnut, an excrescence formed by the puncture of an insect in several species of oak. Knot. In Botany, a node or swelling joint. Knot Grass. A plant of the genus Polygonum. Knot Root. See Collinsonia Cana DESSI9. Knot, Surgeon's. A double knot made by passing the ends of the ligature twice through the same noose; a double knot. Knowlto'nia. A genus of plants of the order Sanuncutaeea. Knowltonia Vesioato'ria. The leaves of this plant have been used as vesicants in the south of Africa. Koa-koa. A New Zealand tree, ...