An illustrated encyclopædic medical dictionaryBeing a dictionary of the technical terms used by writers on medicine and the collateral sciences, in the Latin, English, French and German languages . ^J^^H.^- ™- Pe!d-i=kul(u<l)-u»s(u»s). Tr.,pou(2d Ger. Laus. ftd def.). 1. See Pedicle. 2. A genus ofapterous insects (the hoe) parasitic on man and other varieties infest man: P. capitis,P. vesiimenii, and P. pubis. Somewriters limit the term to P. capitis andP. vestimenti, while P. pubis is termedPhtheirius (g. v.). [—P. capitis,P, cervicalis. Ger., Kopflaus. Thehead-lous
An illustrated encyclopædic medical dictionaryBeing a dictionary of the technical terms used by writers on medicine and the collateral sciences, in the Latin, English, French and German languages . ^J^^H.^- ™- Pe!d-i=kul(u<l)-u»s(u»s). Tr.,pou(2d Ger. Laus. ftd def.). 1. See Pedicle. 2. A genus ofapterous insects (the hoe) parasitic on man and other varieties infest man: P. capitis,P. vesiimenii, and P. pubis. Somewriters limit the term to P. capitis andP. vestimenti, while P. pubis is termedPhtheirius (g. v.). [—P. capitis,P, cervicalis. Ger., Kopflaus. Thehead-louse ; a form of p. inhabiting thehairy scalp. It varies m length from fto li mm., and has an elongated, oval-ish body with an acorn-shaped head,provided with two antennce, prominenteyes, and a suctorial mouth. Attachedto the thorax are six legs armed withclaws and hairs. Its color is commonlygrayish or ashy, but is said to vary ac-cording to the oolor of its host, in Eski-mos appearing white, in negroes black,and in Chinese yellowish-brown. Theova (nits) are pyriform or oval inshape, and are firmly attached to thehairs. The insect was formerly consid-ered aperient and febrifuge, and was. pkdioulus capitis andKITS. [A, 337.] Erescribed in jaundice, etc. [B, 180 (a, 35); G.]—P. P. vestimenti.—P. feralis, P. ingulnalis, P. pubis. SeePhtheirius ptt& tabescentium. A form erroneously sup-posed to be a special variety of P. occurring in tabetic patients.[G.]-P. vestimenti. Ger., Kleiderlaus. The clothes or bodylouse ; a variety closely resembling P. capitis but considerablylarger in size. Its habitat is the clothing, while it obtains its food,in the same manner as P. capitis, upon the skin. The eggs aredeposited in seams or folds of the clothing. [G,] PEDICUUB (Fr.), n. Pa-de-ku«r. 1. The business of caringfor the feet. 2. See Chiropodist. PEDICUS (Lat.), PEDIEUS (Lat.), ns m. Pe2di2k-uSs(u«s),ped-i-e(a)us(u<s). See Pedi^eus. PEDILANTHUS (Lat.), a. m. P
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