+ulceration.+ The process of ulcer formation. +unguentum Crede.+ An ointment of colloidal silver, 15: distilled water, 5; white wax, 10; benzoinated lard, 70 parts. Used as an inunction. +urates.+ Salts of uric acid. +urea.+ An end-product of metabolism excreted in the urine. +ureter.+ A tube carrying urine from the kidney to the bladder. +urethra.+ A canal from the bladder thru which the urine is discharged. +uria (urine).+ As in glycosuria, the excretion of sugar (glucose) in the urine. +urology.+ The subject which has to do with urinary modifications in disease. +V+ +vaccine.+ The modified virus of any disease, which, when inoculated, protects against the action of the unmodified virus. +vaccination.+ The injection of a killed culture of a specific bacterium as a means of prophylaxis or cure of the disease caused by that microorganism. +valgus.+ One who is bow-legged or has knock-knees. +varix.+ An enlarged and tortuous vein, artery or lymphatic vessel. +vasoconstrictor.+ An agent or a nerve which causes narrowing of the blood vessels. +vasodilator.+ An agent or a nerve which causes dilatation of the blood vessels. +vein.+ A blood-vessel carrying blood toward the heart. +venous.+ Pertaining to a vein. +verruca+ (pr. verrucae). Wart. +vertebra.+ A bony segment of the spinal column. +vesicle.+ A small blister or sac containing serum. +villus (pl. villi).+ A minute projection from the surface, especially of a mucous membrane. +viscus (viscera).+ An internal organ especially of the abdominal cavity. +W+ +Wart.+ A circumscribed hypertrophy of the papillae of the corium covered by thickened epidermis. +Wassermann’s test.+ A diagnostic test for syphilis, based upon the theory of complement fixation. +wen.+ A sebaceous cyst, especially one occurring on the scalp. +whitlow.+ See paronychia. +X+ +xeroderma.+ Roughening of the skin from diminished secretion. +X-rays.+ The ethereal waves or pulsations from a Crookes’ tube from the bombardment of the anode target with the cathode rays. +Z+ +zinc chloride.+ A caustic sulphate. An astringent. +zymotic.+ Relating to fermentation; noting an infectious disease. CROSS REFERENCE INDEX A Abscess acute, 65 chronic, 66 symptoms, 66 treatment, 66 Acquired club foot, 191 Acquired flat foot, 178 Actinomycosis, 136 causes, 137 symptoms, 137 treatment, 137 Active hyperemia, 196 indications for therapeutic uses, 196 Actual cautery, 200 uses, 200 Acute abscess, 65 causes, 65 diagnosis, 65 symptoms, 66 treatment, 66 Acute rheumatism, 97 causes, 97 diagnosis, 97 symptoms, 97 treatment, 97 Acute synovitis, 86 causes, 86 diagnosis, 86 symptoms, 86 treatment, 86 Adhesive plaster, 215 Adrenaline, 211 Alcohol, 25 Alkaloids, 9 Alum, 210 Alypin, 251 Ameboid, 29 Ammoniated mercury, 212 Amyl nitrite, 45