Wandering

{won’ -der-ing). I. Moving about, as, e. g.f W. cells. 2. Abnormally movable, as, e. g., W. spleen. Warburg’s Tincture. A very complex liquid first prepared by Dr. Warburg, and employed as an antiperiodic and diaphoretic. It is used especially in pernicious forms of malaria. Its composition is as follows: Aqueous extract of aloes, 28 grains; rhubarb, 448 grains; angelica-seed, 448 grains; elecampane, 224 grains; saffron, 224 grains; fennel, 224 grains; gentian, 1 12 grains; zedoary-root, 112 grains; cubeb, 112 grains; myrrh, 1 12 grains; white agaric, 112 grains; camphor, 1 12 grains; quinin sulphate, 1 280 grains; dilute alcohol, enough to make 8 pints. Ward’s Paste. Confection of black pepper. Wardrop’s Disease. Malignant onychitis. Wardrop’s Operation. See Operations, Table of. Warehousemen’s Itch. Palmar eczema occurring among the workmen in warehouses. Warm-blooded. A term applied to animals that maintain a uniform temperature, whatever the changes in the surrounding medium. Warming Plaster. See Cantharis and Pitch. Warren’s Fat Columns. Slender columns of fatty ti ue pa ing from the subcutaneous adipose ti ue to the base of the hair-follicles. They are well developed over the dorsum of the body, particularly near the median line. 660