Hamamelis

[hamame’ -lis) [a^a, together with; yirfkov, apple-tree]. The leaves of H. virginica; witch-hazel. It is styptic, and sedative, and is used in uterine and other hemorrhages; as an application to hemorrhoids and to contused parts. Ext. ham a me lid is fid. Dose n^x-ocx (0.65-1.3). Hammer, Thermal. A hammer-shaped cautery-iron. Hammer-toe. A term applied to a condition of the second toe in which the proximal phalanx is extremely extended while the two distal phalanges are flexed. Hamstring. The tendons bounding the ham above on the outer and inner side. H., Inner, the tendons of the semi mem bra nos us, sartorius, gracilis, and semi ten dinos us muscles. H., Outer, the tendons of the biceps flexor cruris. 304