Tourette's

(Gilles de la) Disease. Motor incoord i n ati on with echola 1 i a and coprolalia; a convulsive form of tic. Tourniquet (to or'- nik et). An instrument for controlling the circulation by means of compre ion. It Prtit's TOURNIQUBl. usually consists of two metallic plates united by a thumb-screw and a strap provided with a pad. The strap is fastened about the part, the pad being placed over the artery to be occluded. The screw is placed diametrically opposite the pad, and the strap is tightened by separating the metallic plates of the screw. T., Dupuytren's, one for compre ing the abdominal aorta, consisting of a semicircle of metal with a pad at one extremity. T., Esmarch's, consists of a stout, elastic rubber band applied above the proximal turn of an elastic bandage pa ing around the part to be rendered exsanguine. T., Field, one consisting of a strap and buckle with a pad to pa over the artery. T., Horse-shoe, one shaped like a horse-shoe, to compre (by a screw) only two points, and thus permit venous return. T., Lip, one consisting of a U-shaped piece of steel, the arms being provided with plates which are approximated by a central screw. T., Provisional, one applied loosely, so that it may be tightened at once upon the recurrence of hemorrhage. T., Signorini's. See Horse-shoe. T., Skey's, also a modification of the horse-shoe or Signorini's. T., Spanish Windla , a knotted bandage or handkerchief twisted by a stick and used as a tourniquet. T., Torcular, same as T., Spanish Windla .