Every condition arising from a toxic cause capable of producing profound systemic nervous exhaustion in the ancestor, and especially the ancestress, is likely to be transmitted as degeneracy to the descendant.
While temperature plays a part in producing degeneracy in the offspring through its production of systemic disorder in the ancestor, it is usually associated with other factors which aid or predispose to its effects.
Lead has been found to produce in those exposed to its fumes a systemic nervous exhaustion, characterised by local paralysis about the wrist as well as the general symptoms of profound systemic nerve tire.
Like all other systemic nervous exhaustions, the mercurial one may appear as degeneracy in the offspring.
It bears the same relation to the more dangerous effects of phosphorus that "blue gum" does to the systemic effects of lead.
This condition occurs, as Fere has shown,[90] in many systemic and infectious diseases which presents a localisation due to heredity, or determined by anterior morbid state of the nervous symptom.
Systemic Defect Since the early 1930's we have seen occasional individuals with abnormal foliage--somewhat mottled, usually curled and often misshapen.
The evidence indicates that this is not a virus trouble, but a systemic defect, probably caused by chromosome aberration or gene abnormality.
The systemic circulation is called the greater circulation of the body.
Systemic veins are divided into superficial and deep veins and sinuses.
The systemic veins receive the impure or carbonized blood from the capillaries and convey it to the right auricle of the heart.
The systemic circulation is divided for the sake of convenience into the following: (1) The arterial system.
Moreover, he distinguished between the pulmonary circulation, from the right side of the heart to the left through the lungs, and the systemic circulation from the left side of the heart to the right through the rest of the body.
There is little doubt that many of the cases reported as hydrophobia are merely examples of general systemic infection from a local focus of sepsis, made possible by some primitive and uncleanly treatment of the original wound.
Marie regards the disease as a systemic dystrophy analogous to myxedema, due to a morbid condition of the pituitary body, just as myxedema is due to disease of the thyroid.
The vena cava was on the left side and passed into the pulmonary cavity of the heart, which was also on the left side, the aorta and systemic ventricle being on the right.
Brunton's mind that nitrite of amyl, by relaxing the systemic arteries, might remove the unnatural tension, and give relief to the pain; and the result confirmed this hope.
The only systemic treatment that is considered necessary today is rest, plenty of water and neutralize the acidity of the urine with bicarbonate of soda or some sodium salt.
In this the author points out that to obtainsystemic iodid effects, it is irrational to apply iodin preparations externally.
Only one writer considered the statement even approximately justified, and this in the sense that “the majority of cases receive no other treatment” than a combination of local applications and systemic medication.
The systemic effects, of course, would be those of ipecac.
The tincture of digitalis has the systemic side-effects of digitalis in no greater degree than the various proprietary preparations.
Further, Atophan is recommended “In Pyorrhea Alveolaris as a systemicsupport to local and specific measures.
It is the general opinion that in the majority of instances there is no systemic toxemia.
Salts of the base cotarnin have been used as local and systemic hemostatics.
Of these, from among many similar, the following statements are to be cited and commented on: “Accepting that the gonorrheal infection gives systemic toxemia from absorption of the toxins .
The blood is then pumped into general and systemic circulation, where it reaches all parts of the body, delivering nutrition and oxygen at a cellular level.
Soon he had several huge, suppurating, ulcerous sores on his legs and worse, the infections became systemic and began spreading rapidly.
The pulmonary artery and systemic veins, even the smallest branches, were gorged with dark blood.
Lukomsky[738] concluded from experiments that in asphyxia both arterial and venous pressure is increased in the systemic circulation, but diminished in the pulmonary artery.
As a result of further experiments[914] he verified his former conclusion, and added that in the last stage of asphyxia there is increased pressure on the pulmonary artery and lessened pressure in the systemic vessels.
Experiments on the lower animals have shown that the pulmonary artery andsystemic veins to the finest ramifications are distended with dark blood.
This susceptibility, however, is less a systemic tendency to the development of the disease than a peculiar liability to recrudescence originated by chronic local ailments.
Early in the {461} century the possibility of this lack of systemic infection was insisted upon by Mr. Bryce of Edinburgh, who invoked it as an explanation of the occasional failure of vaccinia to protect against small-pox.
The suspension, or even reversal, of normal systemic currents is made evident by the serous vomiting and purging attending congestion of the abdominal cavity.
Chronic alcoholism among male subjects and the cachexia induced by all chronic visceral and systemic disorders are sources of weakness which largely increase the death-list by adding to the heavy strain upon the vital energies.
It is further stated that this result is owing to the coincident effect of diminished systemic oxidation and of blood pressure.
There does not seem to be any relation between the extent and severity of the local mischief and the systemic condition.
Amongst the systemic may be placed peculiarities of constitution or idiosyncrasy.
It is evident that the emboli entering the systemic circulation are usually arrested in the pulmonary capillaries.
The probability of systemic infection from a single focus is universally admitted.
An inflammation of the mucous membrane of the mouth, eventually ulcerating, the result of systemic poisoning by the absorption of mercury.
In the case of the negro child above alluded to the discoloration of the tongue finally disappeared under the systemic use of potassium iodide, without topical treatment, although repeated recurrences took place at varying intervals.
By the term acute yellow atrophy is meant an acute affection of the liver, characterized by rapid wasting or degeneration of the organ, accompanied by the systemic symptoms belonging to an acute acholia or cholaemia.
Emboli may be lodged in the liver from thrombi formed in the peripheral distribution of the portal vein, or from distant parts of the systemic circulation, as in bone diseases.
The Galactic Patrol will not be able to stop at being the supreme and only authority in inter-systemic affairs.
The Patrol would be pretty largely inter-systemic in scope .
It caused me systemicdisturbance and the consequence was eye trouble.
The extreme cold has caused me systemic disturbance and the result is eye trouble.
Sir, this system is about to be attacked by some extra-systemic race.
Cole, too, was beginning to believe in Kendall's assertion of the stranger ship's extra-systemic origin.
The injection of the systemic veins can also be made caudad through one of the ducts of Cuvier, combined with an injection cephalad of the caudal vein.
Complete separation of the portal and systemic venous circulation in the adult.
The sinus venosus still exists, as an ante-chamber to the auricular cavity proper, receiving on each side the ducts of Cuvier, which represent the fusion product of the systemic veins, anterior and posterior cardinal.
Connection ofsystemic veins with sinus venosus of heart.
Of or relating to a system; common to a system; as, the systemic circulation of the blood.
Any one of the great systemic veins connected directly with the heart.
Anyone who reads his description of the systemic circulation cannot fail to recognize that he really understood it.
The liver excretes the product which results from the splanchnic circulation; the systemic circulation has its organ also, but one which does not secrete a special, but general product.
The systemic blood-circulation being completely separated from the pulmonic, the circulation is said to be double.
In a certain percentage of cases, however, it is due to a chronic lack of vigor and vitality; a lowering of the whole systemic tone, which may have existed from birth.
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