SCIATICA

term applied to neuralgia of the great sciatic nerve, which pa es from the pelvis down the back of the thigh to the foot. The neuralgia is often due to exposure to cold or wet, and may be a ociated with a constitutional tendency towards rheumatism or gout, while any pre ure upon the nerve, as, for instance, by a tumor, may cause an attack. Pain is felt behind the hip-joint, increasing in severity and running down the back of the thigh, or, again, the pain may affect certain parts only, (e.g.) the knee; the pain is increased on moving he imp. and the nerve is tender to the uch. (1856), an American writer, b. in Madison, Wis. In 1890 she became identified with the National Geographical Society, in Washington, D.C. and subsequently became its traveling correspondent and foreign secretary. She wrote very graphic descriptions of her travels, the best of which have appeared in book form. Among her works are Alaska; the Southern Coast and the Sitkan Archipelago, 1885; Jinrikisha Days in Japan, 1890; Java, the Garden of the Fast, 1897; China, the Long-Lived Empire, 1900; and As the Hague Ordains, 1907.