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Name: Category: Description: Saccharum Album Treatment Sugarcane. A species of perennial grass (genus Saccharum) used for sugar production. Medicinal treatment for haemorrhage, urinary problems, inflammation and jaundice. Saccharum Saturnine Treatment Ointment with lead. Also known as sugar of lead, saccharum saturni or unguentum saturninum. Used as an astringent. Sacred elixir Treatment Elixir of aloes and rhubarb, commonly called Sacred Elixir, a traditional 'cure all' based on various recipes. Saggital Body Part Relating to or denoting the suture on top of the skull which runs between the parietal bones in a front to back direction. Sal Ammoniac Treatment Hard white salt. Ingested on its own, mixed or applied externally, Sal Ammoniac used to stimulate excretion, treat boils, prevent alkalosis and as urinary acidifier. Saliva glands Body Part Glands that produce saliva. Also known as the parotid gland. Salivation Symptom Secretion of saliva (as symptom of mercury treatment). Salix Alba Treatment Commonly known as white willow, is a plant used in folk medicine for the treatment of chronic and acute inflammation, infection, pain, and fever. Salt of Crocus Martis Treatment A naturally occurring red iron oxide containing impurities (i.e. clay minerals) or an ultra-high iron clay. Also known as Crocus of Iron. See also entry for steel. Salt Polychrest Treatment A double salt of potassium sulphate and potassium nitrate; potassium sulphate; a double salt of sodium and potassium tartrate. Salt soda Treatment A fixed mineral alkali obtained from calcined marine plants. Sand Symptom Usually as sediment found in urine. Also known as gravel, sand, concretions. Sanguified system Body Part System of conveying blood; circulatory system. Sanguis Draconis Treatment Also known as Dragon's Blood. Resin from the fruit of Daemonorops propinquus. Medical usage as astringent agent to treat internal bleeding. Sanies Symptom A thin discharge from a wound or ulcer, containing serum, pus, and blood. Sarsaparilla Treatment Made from the plant belonging to any of the species of the order Smilaceæ, indigenous to tropical America from Mexico to Peru. Medicinal usage to treat psora, inflammation and other cutaneous affections. Sassafras Treatment Species of deciduous trees, in the Lauraceae family. Medicinal purpose as infusion or oil extracted from the root, bark or wood; to treat inflammation and improve circulation. Saturninum solution Treatment Acetated lead or mineral solution. In some cases, it is mixed to be applied as an ointment to address cutaneous affections. Scabies Symptom A skin disease with scabby or scaly eruptions. Also known as psora or the itch. Scales Symptom See entry for cutaneous. Scalp Body Part The skin covering the head, excluding the face. Scammonium Treatment Resinous gum derived from the tuberus roots of Convolvulus Scammonia, used as a strong purgative. Scarification Treatment Surgical scarification of the skin to promote suppuration. Scarlatina anginosa Condition A disease which causes inflammation in the throat area or quinsy, mainly affected young people and women. Scarlatina Condition Scarlet fever. Illness involving a distinctive pink-red rash. Sciatic nerve Symptom Nerve in the sciatica area that runs from the lower back to the feet. Sciatica Condition A rheumatic affection of the hip joint. Scirrhous Symptom Hard tumour or growth. Scorbutus Symptom See entry for scurvy. Scordium Treatment Teucrium Scordium, herbaceous perennials, deciduous or evergreen shrubs. Used as an anthelmintic, antifungal, antiseptic and diaphoretic. Scrobiculus cordis Symptom Anatomical term for pit of the stomach; heart-pit. Scrofula Condition Tumours of the conglobate glands, particularly of the neck attended with a swelling of the upper lip and column of the nose, a florid countenance, smooth skin and tumid abdomen. Also known as King's Evil. Scrotum Body Part See entry for testicles. Scurf Symptom Flakes on the surface of the skin that form as fresh skin develops below, occurring especially as dandruff. Scurvy Condition A disease characterised by tenderness of the gums, foul breath, subcutaneous eruptions and limb pain. Scybala Symptom Hard faecal matter discharged in round lumps. Sea water Treatment Applied to skin, drunk, bathed in. Sebaceous glands Body Part Small gland in the skin which secretes a lubricating oily matter (sebum) into the hair follicles to lubricate the skin and hair. Sedative Treatment Soothing, relieving medicine. Semen santonica Treatment Dried, expanded flowerhead of various types of artemisia, often imported from Turkestan. An infusion of semen santonica is injected into the rectum to expel worms. Also known as wormseed; sea wormwood; artemisia cina; levant, santonica. Senna Treatment Senna glycoside, also known as sennoside or senna, is a medication used to treat constipation and empty the large intestine before surgery. Senna, the sennas, is a large genus of flowering plants in the legume family. Sensorium commune Body Part A part of the body where the nerves of the senses of hearing, seeing, tasting, smelling and feeling end. Thought to be held in the brain. Septum mediastinum Body Part The membraneous septum, formed by the duplicature of the pleura, that divides the cavity of the chest into two parts. It is divided into an anterior and posterior portion. Septum narium Body Part Partition separating two chamberss. In this case it refers to the nasal septum that separates the left and right nasal cavities. Septum nasi Body Part The partition between the nostrils. Septum Body Part The membranes between the ventricles of the heart or brain. Serosa Body Part The tissue of a serous membrane. Serpentine Treatment Medicinal usage of snakeroot for treating infectious fevers and rabies. Serum Aluminosum Treatment Alum whey. Produced by curdling milk by means of powdered Alum. Medicinal use as an astringent, specially in cases with renal haemorrhages. Seton Treatment Surgically created small cut, usually kept open (i.e. prevented from healing) with a thread or piece of tape and employed to encourage discharge or suppuration, being a supposedly efficacious flow of lymph or pus. Shingles Condition An acute painful inflammation of nerve endings, with a skin eruption often forming a girdle around the body. Shoulder Body Part The upper joint of each of a person's arms. Simaruba Treatment Bark or root from Simaruba Amara used as an astringent. Simple Elixir Treatment The simple base which is used for making elixirs, the same as diluted alcohol is used for making tinctures. Also known as aromatic elixir, cordial elixir or adjuvans. Sinapism Treatment The mixture of mustard and vinegar, applied as stimulant, to treat fevers and other diseases. Sinapsis Semen Treatment The dried ripe seed of Sinapis alba or Brassica juncea. Used to treat paralytic and pulmonary complaints. Singultus Symptom The hiccup. Relating to or affected with hiccough. A spasmodic affection of the diaphragm, generally arising from irritation produced by acidity in the stomach, error of diet, etc. Sitten down cold Condition According to the case notes this is a colloquial term for chronic catarrh. Skull Body Part Skeletal framework of the head. Smallpox Condition Now identified as the acute infectious, eruptive, viral disease, once epidemic, but eradicated from the natural environment in the late 1970s. Smallpox sufferers had high fevers, backache, headaches and a rash made of pustules which scarred. Soap Treatment Medicinal usage as a digestive vomit reaction. Usually used in small quantities as an inactive ingredient to give form to pills. Soda depurata Treatment Soda which has evacuated impurities and dregs. Pure, not contaminated Soda. Soda Tartarizata Treatment Tartarised soda, formerly known as sal rupellensis, sal polychrestum Seignetti and natron tartarizatum. A triple salt, used as a cathartic, diuretic and deobstruent. Solanaceae Treatment Family of flowering plants that ranges from annual and perennial herbs to vines, lianas, epiphytes, shrubs and trees, and includes a number of agricultural crops, medicinal plants, spices, weeds and ornamentals. Soluble tartar Treatment A mild purgative and diuretic. Solution Saturnina Treatment Water solution in which an acetated component (lead) has been dissolved for treatment. Soporific Treatment A drug or other substance that induces drowsiness or sleep. Sordes Symptom The crusts that collect on the teeth and lips in debilitating diseases with protracted low fever. Spasmi Symptom Spasmodic contractions, twitching, involuntary movement. Spasmodic Symptom Can indicate both a symptom and a type of disease (a 'spasmodic affection' such as epilepsy or hysteria). Spasmodica Symptom Classified in 1768 by Boissier de Sauvages as a partial tonic spasms, together with strabismus, tics, contractures, ankylosis, cramps and priapism caused by an organic factor. Spermaceti Treatment A fatty substance, which in a purified state has the form of a soft white scaly mass, found in the head (and to some extent in other parts) of the sperm-whale Physeter macrocephalus) and some other whales and dolphins. Spermaceti is used as a base for certain cold-creams and ointments. Spirit of lavender Treatment A mixture of oil of lavender flowers and alcohol, used a stimulant and also as a flavouring agent. Spirit of wine Treatment Strong distilled liquid from wine. Spleen Body Part A fist-sized organ found in the upper left side of the abdomen, next to the stomach and behind the left ribs. Sponge Treatment Multicellular organisms that have bodies full of pores and channels allowing water to circulate through them. Medical usage as 'Burnt Sponge' for their high concentration of Iodine, which helps regulate overacting glands. Sputum Symptom Spit; the action of spitting or the fluid that leaves the mouth when coughing. Squamulae Symptom Scales on the skin. Squill Treatment Bulb or root of the sea-onion (and related species). Also known as scillitica and scillae. Used as a laxative and an expectorant. Stanni Treatment Powdered Tin. Filings of the common malleable metal. Starch Treatment In the case notes referenced as an ingredient combined with Gum Tragacanth and used as a treatment for haemoptysis and other forms of haemorrhaging. Steel Treatment Preparations of steel, usually prepared by dissolving iron filings in water. See also entry for Salt of Crocus Martis. Sternum Body Part The broad, flat bone to the front of the thorax. Sternutate Treatment A medicine or powder that will cause sneezing; snuff, tobacco, sneezing powder. To sneeze often. Stimulant Treatment Medicines which are capable of stimulating the body and system; able to excite an organ to increase activity. Stomaccace Symptom Foul, or unpleasant smell, of the mouth with a bloody discharge from the gums. Stomach elixir Treatment Digestive elixir. Stomach Body Part Organ located in the abdomen responsible for digesting food. Stomachicus Treatment That which excites, strengthens or settles the action of the stomach. Stone Symptom Most common use is in reference to 'calculus' (renal calculi). A renal concretion of material accumulated in the renal system. Stool Symptom See entry for faeces. Stramonium Dulcamara Treatment Datura stramonium, thorn apple. Narcotic drug used as an anti-spasmodic. Strangury Symptom Also known as vesical tenesmus. Slow, painful discharge of small volumes of urine expelled only by straining despite a feeling of urgency. Stricture Symptom Abnormal narrowing of a canal or duct in the body. Styptic Treatment Substance capable of causing bleeding to stop when applied to a wound. Subcutaneous nerves Body Part Nerves situated under the skin. Submaxillary glands Body Part Salivary glands below or to the side of the lower jawbone. Succus gastricus Symptom Gastric acid as digestive fluid within the stomach lining. sudorific Treatment A type of medicine designed to make the person sweat as a method of treatment. Sugar Treatment Sweet crystalline substance obtained especially from sugar cane and sugar beet. Various medicinal usages, including as a binding agent, sweetener, grinding material etc. Suggillation Symptom A bruise or inflammation of a part of the body caused by suction. It is also associated with ecchymosis where blood collects under the skin when an object hits the body. Sulfuric Treatment Containing sulphur or sulphuric acid. A strong acid made by oxidising solutions of sulphur dioxide. Sulphur Treatment Brimstone, used as a purgative and for conditions including relief of scabs and broken skin, for example Psora or scabies. Suppuration Symptom Creation or discharge of pus - internal suppuration could cause intense pains and fever. Surditas Condition Hearing loss or deafness. Suture Treatment Stitch or row of stiches holding together the edges of a wound or surgical incision. Swing Treatment Therapy devised by the Edinburgh trained, London physician James Carmichael Smyth (1742-1821), as explained in his An account of the effects of swinging, employed as a remedy in the pulmonary consumption and hectic fever (London:1787). Syncope Symptom Temporary loss of consciousness caused by low blood pressure. Another term for fainting. Synovia Body Part A lubricating fluid secreted by certain membranes, as those of the joints. Syphilis Condition A disease transmitted primarily through sexual intercourse, although it can also be passed to an unborn baby during pregnancy and through breastfeeding. Syrigmus Symptom Perception of sound usually associated with disease in the middle ear, the inner ear, or the central auditory pathways. Syrup Treatment A concentrated sugar solution.
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- Saccharum Album
Treatment
Sugarcane. A species of perennial grass (genus Saccharum) used for sugar production. Medicinal treatment for haemorrhage, urinary problems, inflammation and jaundice.
- Saccharum Saturnine
Treatment
Ointment with lead. Also known as sugar of lead, saccharum saturni or unguentum saturninum. Used as an astringent.
- Sacred elixir
Treatment
Elixir of aloes and rhubarb, commonly called Sacred Elixir, a traditional 'cure all' based on various recipes.
- Saggital
Body Part
Relating to or denoting the suture on top of the skull which runs between the parietal bones in a front to back direction.
- Sal Ammoniac
Treatment
Hard white salt. Ingested on its own, mixed or applied externally, Sal Ammoniac used to stimulate excretion, treat boils, prevent alkalosis and as urinary acidifier.
- Saliva glands
Body Part
Glands that produce saliva. Also known as the parotid gland.
- Salivation
Symptom
Secretion of saliva (as symptom of mercury treatment).
- Salix Alba
Treatment
Commonly known as white willow, is a plant used in folk medicine for the treatment of chronic and acute inflammation, infection, pain, and fever.
- Salt of Crocus Martis
Treatment
A naturally occurring red iron oxide containing impurities (i.e. clay minerals) or an ultra-high iron clay. Also known as Crocus of Iron. See also entry for steel.
- Salt Polychrest
Treatment
A double salt of potassium sulphate and potassium nitrate; potassium sulphate; a double salt of sodium and potassium tartrate.
- Salt soda
Treatment
A fixed mineral alkali obtained from calcined marine plants.
- Sand
Symptom
Usually as sediment found in urine. Also known as gravel, sand, concretions.
- Sanguified system
Body Part
System of conveying blood; circulatory system.
- Sanguis Draconis
Treatment
Also known as Dragon's Blood. Resin from the fruit of Daemonorops propinquus. Medical usage as astringent agent to treat internal bleeding.
- Sanies
Symptom
A thin discharge from a wound or ulcer, containing serum, pus, and blood.
- Sarsaparilla
Treatment
Made from the plant belonging to any of the species of the order Smilaceæ, indigenous to tropical America from Mexico to Peru. Medicinal usage to treat psora, inflammation and other cutaneous affections.
- Sassafras
Treatment
Species of deciduous trees, in the Lauraceae family. Medicinal purpose as infusion or oil extracted from the root, bark or wood; to treat inflammation and improve circulation.
- Saturninum solution
Treatment
Acetated lead or mineral solution. In some cases, it is mixed to be applied as an ointment to address cutaneous affections.
- Scabies
Symptom
A skin disease with scabby or scaly eruptions. Also known as psora or the itch.
- Scales
Symptom
See entry for cutaneous.
- Scalp
Body Part
The skin covering the head, excluding the face.
- Scammonium
Treatment
Resinous gum derived from the tuberus roots of Convolvulus Scammonia, used as a strong purgative.
- Scarification
Treatment
Surgical scarification of the skin to promote suppuration.
- Scarlatina anginosa
Condition
A disease which causes inflammation in the throat area or quinsy, mainly affected young people and women.
- Scarlatina
Condition
Scarlet fever. Illness involving a distinctive pink-red rash.
- Sciatic nerve
Symptom
Nerve in the sciatica area that runs from the lower back to the feet.
- Sciatica
Condition
A rheumatic affection of the hip joint.
- Scirrhous
Symptom
Hard tumour or growth.
- Scorbutus
Symptom
See entry for scurvy.
- Scordium
Treatment
Teucrium Scordium, herbaceous perennials, deciduous or evergreen shrubs. Used as an anthelmintic, antifungal, antiseptic and diaphoretic.
- Scrobiculus cordis
Symptom
Anatomical term for pit of the stomach; heart-pit.
- Scrofula
Condition
Tumours of the conglobate glands, particularly of the neck attended with a swelling of the upper lip and column of the nose, a florid countenance, smooth skin and tumid abdomen. Also known as King's Evil.
- Scrotum
Body Part
See entry for testicles.
- Scurf
Symptom
Flakes on the surface of the skin that form as fresh skin develops below, occurring especially as dandruff.
- Scurvy
Condition
A disease characterised by tenderness of the gums, foul breath, subcutaneous eruptions and limb pain.
- Scybala
Symptom
Hard faecal matter discharged in round lumps.
- Sea water
Treatment
Applied to skin, drunk, bathed in.
- Sebaceous glands
Body Part
Small gland in the skin which secretes a lubricating oily matter (sebum) into the hair follicles to lubricate the skin and hair.
- Sedative
Treatment
Soothing, relieving medicine.
- Semen santonica
Treatment
Dried, expanded flowerhead of various types of artemisia, often imported from Turkestan. An infusion of semen santonica is injected into the rectum to expel worms. Also known as wormseed; sea wormwood; artemisia cina; levant, santonica.
- Senna
Treatment
Senna glycoside, also known as sennoside or senna, is a medication used to treat constipation and empty the large intestine before surgery. Senna, the sennas, is a large genus of flowering plants in the legume family.
- Sensorium commune
Body Part
A part of the body where the nerves of the senses of hearing, seeing, tasting, smelling and feeling end. Thought to be held in the brain.
- Septum mediastinum
Body Part
The membraneous septum, formed by the duplicature of the pleura, that divides the cavity of the chest into two parts. It is divided into an anterior and posterior portion.
- Septum narium
Body Part
Partition separating two chamberss. In this case it refers to the nasal septum that separates the left and right nasal cavities.
- Septum nasi
Body Part
The partition between the nostrils.
- Septum
Body Part
The membranes between the ventricles of the heart or brain.
- Serosa
Body Part
The tissue of a serous membrane.
- Serpentine
Treatment
Medicinal usage of snakeroot for treating infectious fevers and rabies.
- Serum Aluminosum
Treatment
Alum whey. Produced by curdling milk by means of powdered Alum. Medicinal use as an astringent, specially in cases with renal haemorrhages.
- Seton
Treatment
Surgically created small cut, usually kept open (i.e. prevented from healing) with a thread or piece of tape and employed to encourage discharge or suppuration, being a supposedly efficacious flow of lymph or pus.
- Shingles
Condition
An acute painful inflammation of nerve endings, with a skin eruption often forming a girdle around the body.
- Shoulder
Body Part
The upper joint of each of a person's arms.
- Simaruba
Treatment
Bark or root from Simaruba Amara used as an astringent.
- Simple Elixir
Treatment
The simple base which is used for making elixirs, the same as diluted alcohol is used for making tinctures. Also known as aromatic elixir, cordial elixir or adjuvans.
- Sinapism
Treatment
The mixture of mustard and vinegar, applied as stimulant, to treat fevers and other diseases.
- Sinapsis Semen
Treatment
The dried ripe seed of Sinapis alba or Brassica juncea. Used to treat paralytic and pulmonary complaints.
- Singultus
Symptom
The hiccup. Relating to or affected with hiccough. A spasmodic affection of the diaphragm, generally arising from irritation produced by acidity in the stomach, error of diet, etc.
- Sitten down cold
Condition
According to the case notes this is a colloquial term for chronic catarrh.
- Skull
Body Part
Skeletal framework of the head.
- Smallpox
Condition
Now identified as the acute infectious, eruptive, viral disease, once epidemic, but eradicated from the natural environment in the late 1970s. Smallpox sufferers had high fevers, backache, headaches and a rash made of pustules which scarred.
- Soap
Treatment
Medicinal usage as a digestive vomit reaction. Usually used in small quantities as an inactive ingredient to give form to pills.
- Soda depurata
Treatment
Soda which has evacuated impurities and dregs. Pure, not contaminated Soda.
- Soda Tartarizata
Treatment
Tartarised soda, formerly known as sal rupellensis, sal polychrestum Seignetti and natron tartarizatum. A triple salt, used as a cathartic, diuretic and deobstruent.
- Solanaceae
Treatment
Family of flowering plants that ranges from annual and perennial herbs to vines, lianas, epiphytes, shrubs and trees, and includes a number of agricultural crops, medicinal plants, spices, weeds and ornamentals.
- Soluble tartar
Treatment
A mild purgative and diuretic.
- Solution Saturnina
Treatment
Water solution in which an acetated component (lead) has been dissolved for treatment.
- Soporific
Treatment
A drug or other substance that induces drowsiness or sleep.
- Sordes
Symptom
The crusts that collect on the teeth and lips in debilitating diseases with protracted low fever.
- Spasmi
Symptom
Spasmodic contractions, twitching, involuntary movement.
- Spasmodic
Symptom
Can indicate both a symptom and a type of disease (a 'spasmodic affection' such as epilepsy or hysteria).
- Spasmodica
Symptom
Classified in 1768 by Boissier de Sauvages as a partial tonic spasms, together with strabismus, tics, contractures, ankylosis, cramps and priapism caused by an organic factor.
- Spermaceti
Treatment
A fatty substance, which in a purified state has the form of a soft white scaly mass, found in the head (and to some extent in other parts) of the sperm-whale Physeter macrocephalus) and some other whales and dolphins. Spermaceti is used as a base for certain cold-creams and ointments.
- Spirit of lavender
Treatment
A mixture of oil of lavender flowers and alcohol, used a stimulant and also as a flavouring agent.
- Spirit of wine
Treatment
Strong distilled liquid from wine.
- Spleen
Body Part
A fist-sized organ found in the upper left side of the abdomen, next to the stomach and behind the left ribs.
- Sponge
Treatment
Multicellular organisms that have bodies full of pores and channels allowing water to circulate through them. Medical usage as 'Burnt Sponge' for their high concentration of Iodine, which helps regulate overacting glands.
- Sputum
Symptom
Spit; the action of spitting or the fluid that leaves the mouth when coughing.
- Squamulae
Symptom
Scales on the skin.
- Squill
Treatment
Bulb or root of the sea-onion (and related species). Also known as scillitica and scillae. Used as a laxative and an expectorant.
- Stanni
Treatment
Powdered Tin. Filings of the common malleable metal.
- Starch
Treatment
In the case notes referenced as an ingredient combined with Gum Tragacanth and used as a treatment for haemoptysis and other forms of haemorrhaging.
- Steel
Treatment
Preparations of steel, usually prepared by dissolving iron filings in water. See also entry for Salt of Crocus Martis.
- Sternum
Body Part
The broad, flat bone to the front of the thorax.
- Sternutate
Treatment
A medicine or powder that will cause sneezing; snuff, tobacco, sneezing powder. To sneeze often.
- Stimulant
Treatment
Medicines which are capable of stimulating the body and system; able to excite an organ to increase activity.
- Stomaccace
Symptom
Foul, or unpleasant smell, of the mouth with a bloody discharge from the gums.
- Stomach elixir
Treatment
Digestive elixir.
- Stomach
Body Part
Organ located in the abdomen responsible for digesting food.
- Stomachicus
Treatment
That which excites, strengthens or settles the action of the stomach.
- Stone
Symptom
Most common use is in reference to 'calculus' (renal calculi). A renal concretion of material accumulated in the renal system.
- Stool
Symptom
See entry for faeces.
- Stramonium Dulcamara
Treatment
Datura stramonium, thorn apple. Narcotic drug used as an anti-spasmodic.
- Strangury
Symptom
Also known as vesical tenesmus. Slow, painful discharge of small volumes of urine expelled only by straining despite a feeling of urgency.
- Stricture
Symptom
Abnormal narrowing of a canal or duct in the body.
- Styptic
Treatment
Substance capable of causing bleeding to stop when applied to a wound.
- Subcutaneous nerves
Body Part
Nerves situated under the skin.
- Submaxillary glands
Body Part
Salivary glands below or to the side of the lower jawbone.
- Succus gastricus
Symptom
Gastric acid as digestive fluid within the stomach lining.
- sudorific
Treatment
A type of medicine designed to make the person sweat as a method of treatment.
- Sugar
Treatment
Sweet crystalline substance obtained especially from sugar cane and sugar beet. Various medicinal usages, including as a binding agent, sweetener, grinding material etc.
- Suggillation
Symptom
A bruise or inflammation of a part of the body caused by suction. It is also associated with ecchymosis where blood collects under the skin when an object hits the body.
- Sulfuric
Treatment
Containing sulphur or sulphuric acid. A strong acid made by oxidising solutions of sulphur dioxide.
- Sulphur
Treatment
Brimstone, used as a purgative and for conditions including relief of scabs and broken skin, for example Psora or scabies.
- Suppuration
Symptom
Creation or discharge of pus - internal suppuration could cause intense pains and fever.
- Surditas
Condition
Hearing loss or deafness.
- Suture
Treatment
Stitch or row of stiches holding together the edges of a wound or surgical incision.
- Swing
Treatment
Therapy devised by the Edinburgh trained, London physician James Carmichael Smyth (1742-1821), as explained in his An account of the effects of swinging, employed as a remedy in the pulmonary consumption and hectic fever (London:1787).
- Syncope
Symptom
Temporary loss of consciousness caused by low blood pressure. Another term for fainting.
- Synovia
Body Part
A lubricating fluid secreted by certain membranes, as those of the joints.
- Syphilis
Condition
A disease transmitted primarily through sexual intercourse, although it can also be passed to an unborn baby during pregnancy and through breastfeeding.
- Syrigmus
Symptom
Perception of sound usually associated with disease in the middle ear, the inner ear, or the central auditory pathways.
- Syrup
Treatment
A concentrated sugar solution.
- Saccharum Album
