intestines forced into another part.

INVAGINATION. See INTUSSUSCEPTION

IRIDECTOMY. A surgical operation for the removal of the Iris.

IRIS. A curtain which gives the eye its color.

ISOLATION. Separation from others.

K.

KADESH-BARNEA. The holy place in the desert of wandering; the
headquarters of the Israelites for 37 years.

L

LABORATORY. The work-room of a chemist or pharmacist.

LACERATION. A wound made by tearing.

LACHRYMAL. Belonging to the tears.

LACHRYMAL GLANDS. Minute organs about the eyes which secrete tears.

LACTATION. The act of giving suck.

LACTEALS. The vessels of the breast which convey milk.

LAMELLA. Layer.

LAMINAE. Thin bones, or the thin parts of a bone.

LANCINATING. Acute, shooting pains fancifully compared to the pierce of
a lance.

LARYNX. That portion of the air-passage indicated in the male by "Adam's
Apple."

LASCIVIOUS. Lustful; producing unchaste emotions.

LATERAL OPERATION. Cutting through the perinaeum into the bladder.

LAXATIVES. Medicines which move the bowels gently.

LESION. Derangement. Tearing or other division of parts, previously
continuous.

LEUCORRHEA. Described on page 702.

LIBERAL PHYSICIAN. Defined on page 295.

LIGAMENT. A white inelastic tendon binding bones together.

LIGATION. See LIGATURE.

LIGATURE. A cord or catgut tied around a blood-vessel to arrest
hemorrhage.

LINE. One-twelfth part of an inch.

LITHIC DEPOSITS. Sediment or stone formed in the urine by uric acid.

LOBES. Bound projecting parts of an organ; as lobes of the lungs, of the
liver, etc.

LOIN. The side of the body between the hip-bone and ribs.

LOTION. A wash.

LUMBAGO. Rheumatism in the small of the back and loins.

LUMBAR VERTEBRAE. That part of the backbone in the vicinity of the loins.

LYMPH. A transparent fluid, resembling blood, found in lymphatic
vessels. It contains corpuscles and coagulates.

LYMPHATICS. Defined on page 49.

LYMPHATIC TEMPERAMENT. Described on page 157.

M

MALARIA. See MIASM.

MALFORMATION. Irregularity in structure.

MALIGNANT. Applied to diseases which threaten life.

MAMMAE. See MAMMARY GLANDS.

MAMMALIA. Animals that suckle their young.

MAMMARY GLANDS. The breasts or organs which secrete milk.

MANIPULATIONS. Examination and treatment by the hand.

MASSAGE. Kneading, rubbing and stroking the surface to improve
circulation and nutrition and to remove effete material.

MASTICATION. Chewin