349.  For Closing Windows.—­A piece of bamboo, an old blind roller, or any strong smoothly rounded stick about three feet long, with a small flat piece of wood about the same thickness, twelve inches long and covered with flannel, nailed across the ends, makes an admirable and useful article for closing top windows without either going outside or standing on a stool or a chair to reach, or straining one’s self with the weight to be raised upward.

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Medical dictionary
simple and plain definitions of medical terms
For Reference in your Newspaper and
General Reading and Throughout this Work.

Abdomen (ab-do’men).  That portion of the body, lying between the thorax
                     and the pelvis, or “belly.”

Ablution (ab-lu’shun).  The act of washing or cleansing.

Abnormal (ab-nor’mal).  Contrary to the usual structure or condition.  Not
                       normal.

Abortion (ab-or’shun).  The expulsion of the fetus before the sixteenth
                       week.

Abrasion (ab-ra-zhun).  A spot rubbed bare of the skin or mucous membrane.

Abscess (ab’ses).  A localized collection of pus in a cavity formed by the
                  disintegration of tissues.

Absorbent (ab-sor’bent).  Taking up by suction.  A medicine or dressing that
                         promotes absorption.

Acid (as’id).  Sour, having properties opposed to those of the alkalies.

Acidity (as-id’it-e).  The quality of being acid or sour.

Acrid (ak’rid).  Pungent; producing an irritation.

Acetabulum (as-et-ab’u-lum).  The rounded cavity in the innominate (hip)
                             bone which receives the head of the femur.

Accoucheur (ah-kosh’er).  An obstetrician.  One who attends a woman in
                         confinement.

Actual Cautery (kaw’tere).  Fire, a red hot iron, or the moxa, used as a
                           cauterizing agent.

Acholia (ah-ko’leah).  Lack or absence of the secretion of bile.

Acupuncture (ak-u-punk-tur).  The insertion of needles into a part for the
                              production of counter-irritation.

Adhesive (ad-he’siv).  Sticking or adhering closely.

Adipose (ad’ip-os).  Of a fatty nature; fat.

Adjuvant (ad’ju-vant).  An auxiliary remedy.

Adult (a-dult’).  A person grown to full size and strength or to the years
                 of manhood.

Affection (af-ek’shun).  A morbid condition or diseased state.

Affusion (af-u’shun).  The pouring of water upon a part or upon the body
                      for reducing fever or correcting nervous symptoms.

Ailment (al’ment).  Any disease or affection of the body.