rest cure (restkur)

The treatment, as of nervous exhaustion, by more or le prolonged and complete rest, as by isolation in bed. This is usually combined with over-feeding, ma age, and electricity. restem (re-stem'), v. t. [ IMG:content-2090.png:[blocks in formation] I heard you say, "Is not my arm of length That reacheth from the restful English court As far as Calais, to my uncle's head?" Shak., Rich. II., iv. 1. 12. restfully (rest'ful-i), adv . [ rest fully ; restful +-ly2.] In a restful manner; in a state of rest or quiet. They liuing restfully and in helth vnto extreme age. Sir T. Elyot , The Govern our, iii. 21. restfulne (rest'ful-nes), n. The state of being restful. Imp . Dict . rest-harrow (rest'har"ō), п. [So called be cause the root of the plant 'arrests' or stops the harrow; ono Flowering Branch of Rest-harrow (On on is arvensis). a , a flower; b , the leaf. 5114 naria: popularly so called in England because the caterpillar feeds in April and September on On on is arvensis, var. spinosa. The moth flies in May, July, and August. rest house (rest'hous), n. [ [ restibra post peduncular. rest i brachium (res-ti-brā'ki-um), n.; pl. rest i brachia (-a). [NL., Rest i brachium (Science, April 9, 1881, p. 165) is an admirable compound, and the same may be said of its correlatives, pont i brachium and teg ment i brachium. Buck's Handbook of Med. Sciences , VIII. 525, note. restiet, a. See restyl . restifft, a . An obsolete form of restive . restiffne t, n. Imp . Dict . An obsolete form of restivene . restiform (res'ti-form), a. [= F. rest i for me, the inferior peduncle of the cerebellum, by which it connects with the oblong at a and parts below. It contains the direct cerebellar-tract fibers, cro ed and uncro ed from the posterior columns of the cord, and fibers from the contralateral (lower) olive. Imp . Dict . restily (res'ti-li), adv. [ The Snake, by rest in e e and lying still all Winter, hath a certain membrane or filme growing ouer her whole body. Holland, tr. of Pliny, viii. 27. A tenuity and agility of spirits, contrary to that rest in e of the spirits supposed in those that are dull. Hobbes , Works, IV. 56. Same as resting