TREATMENT

n. Tret'm'nt. Gr., Oepaireta (1st def.). Lat., medela (1st def.). Fr., traitement. Ger., Be hand lung. 1. Means employed for the relief of the sick or injured. 2. The subjection of anything to the action of certain agencies. [D.] Antiphlogistic t. T. intended to prevent or limit inflammation, [a, 34.] Antiseptic t. T. tending to prevent sepsis, [a, 34.] Banting t. See BANTINGISM. Colony t. See COLONIZATION (2d def.). Dietetic t. The t. of disease by special diet, [a, 34.] -Earth t. The t. of wounds and certain skin diseases by the application of finely powdered sterilized clay, [a, 34.] Empirical t. Routine t. founded on experience, [a, 34.] Expectant t. T. directed against symptoms as they arise, not based on any fixed plan bf therapeusis. [a, 34.] Hueter's t. for knock-knee. Retention of the knee in a flexed position by means of a plaster-of-Paris bandage. [A, 520 (a, 29).] Hygienic t. The t. of disease by the application of hygienic principles, involving environment, clothing, food, and exercise, [a, 34.] Lowering t. T. intended to depre the chief characteristics of a sthenic inflammation, [a, 34.] Mechanical t. 1. T. by mechanical appliances. 2. See MASSAGE. Mitchell's t. The t. of certain neuroses by absolute and complete rest in bed, isolation except for the presence of the nurse and the physician, ma age, hydrotherapy, electricity, and full diet, [a, 34.] Mixed t. A phrase used in reference to the t. of syphilis by the contemporary administration of pota ium iodide and mercury, [a, 34.] Palliative t. T. intended to modify or limit the severer manifestations of a disease, but not to cure. [a. 34.] Pneumatic t. See PNEUMA TO THERAPY. Rest t. See A fast euR. Scarenzio's t. The t. of syphilis by the hypodermic injection of mercury. [a, 35.] Symptomatic t. T. of disease by attention to the symptoms as they arise..[D.] Valsalva's t. for anenrysm. T. which consists in rest, low diet, venesection, and other general means of reducing the force of the circulation. [E.] [s. 641]