ASTHENIA

(Lat.), n. f. A*s(ats)-thetn-ieYas. Gr., doéévea (from a priv., and o@évos, strength). Fr.,asthénie, Ger., As the nie, Schwäche, Kraftlasigk It., astenia. Sp., astenia. 1. Infirmity, debility. [Galen (A, 325).] 2. That state of an individual in which he is not really sick, but is prone to be affected by morbific influences. [Hippo crates (L, 41).] 3, According to the Brunonian nosology. one of the fundamental divisions (the other being sthenia), characterized by weakne and la itude, Brown regarded disease as a departure from the normal irritability; named an i crease of the latter sthenia, and a decrease a.; and cla ed fevers as sthenic or asthenic, according as they were attended with a full, strong pulse or a small, weak, and thready pulse. [D, 3; Samuel (M, 1).| 4. According to Sauvages, weakne of the organs of animal life. [L, 87.]—Alcoholie a. A condition, imputed to the habitual use of alcohol, in which sensations are felt that seem to depend on a flagging of the heart's power (notably a feeling of depre ion or sinking, referred to the locality of the stomach or to some point within the chest), and are relieved for the time being by taking alcohol. [B. W. Richardson, ** Asclepiad,” iii, 3, p. 193.)—A. ab in an it i one. A, resulting from hemorrhages or morbid fluxes. L, 132.]—A. ab osteosarcosi. The debility of osteomalacia. L, 132.)—A. abstinentium. Weakne due to abstinence from ‘ood. (T, 182.]—A. a hydro cep halo. A. due to by toc noes [L, 132.|—A. american a. A form of a. observed in scorbutic persons who are addicted to strong drink. [L, 132.|—A. a pathemadue to mental ‘disturbances, [L Be aphrodisiac a. y. [Young (L, 83).]—A. cachectic a. The debility of scrofulous children. „ 132.]—A. chlorotic a. The a. of scurvy. (L, 132.]—A. deglutition is [Young]. See Dyspnacia atonic a.—A. dolorific a. “Angina pectoris, TDarwin (L 434).J—A. febrills. ‘The feeling of la itude that precedes severe dis. {L, 182.]— A. hydrocephali, A. hydrocephalic a. See A. à h —A. hysteric a. Debility due to hysteria. [L, 132. tum. The marasmus of children. [L, 182.J—A. genital weakne . {L, 132.)—A. o ifraga. A debilitating disease attributed to the use of Narthecium o ifragum. [L, 132.J—A. nonica. See AMPHEMERINA hung a rica.—A. pectoral is. pectoris. [Young (L, 134).J—A. seorbutica. Weakne due to scurvy. [L, 132.]—A, syphilitic a. A. due to syphilitic infection. [L, 132.]—A. virginica, A form of a. characterized by wakefulne , lo of appetite, and emaciation, observed among the early settlers in America. [L, 132.|—A. vocis [Young]. See PsELLISMUS dentiloquens.—Local a. Fr., asthénie locale. or impairment groups of muscles. * Pinel made five varieties: 1. Weakne of voluntary movements, 2. Paralysis. 3. Muscular tremor. 4. Contractüre. 5. Torticollis. [L, 41.|—Nervous a. A lowering of the tone of the nervous system. [A. Flint, “N. Y. Med. Jour.,”* Nov. 29, 1834, Bi 597 (D).] Cf. NEURASTHENIA —Struetural a. A normal or a tho logical weakne of parts or ti ues which prevents their effective resistance to opposing forces. [W. D. Schuyler, * N. Y. Med. Jour.,” Dec. 1, 1883, p. 596 (D).J—Typhoid a. A weak and lepre ed condition of the system in which, while no definite type of disease is present, more or fewer of the symptoms of the typhoid condition are manifest. [D, 1.]