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A drug that is part of the treatment for bacterial infections such as tuberculosis. A drug used in the treatment of tuberculosis, in conjunction with other drugs. It is administered by mouth and occasionally causes visual disturbances, which cease when the drug is withdrawn. Allergic rashes and digestive upsets may also occur. Ethambutol is a…

Heavy uterine bleeding for which there is no obvious cause.  

A condition of children where their movements are excessive and repeated.  

A type of squint, where the eyes both look towards the nose. A type of strabismus in which the crossed eye is turned toward the nose. Condition in which one or both eyes appear to turn inward, cross-eye. A type of crossed eyes (strabismus), in which one or both eyes may turn inward toward the…

A rubber band wrapped round a limb as a tourniquet before a surgical operation and left in place during the operation so as to keep the site free of blood [Described 1869. After Johann Friedrich August von Esmarch (1823-1908), Professor of Surgery at Kiel, Germany.] An extensive rubber bandage is applied around the elevated limb…

A nurse who goes with patients to the operating theatre and back again to the ward.  

A bacterium commonly found in faeces. A genus of Gram-negative, generally motile, rod-like bacteria that have the ability to ferment carbohydrates, usually with production of gas, and are found in the intestines of man and many animals. E. coli, a lactose-fermenting species, is usually not harmful but under certain conditions can cause infection of the…

A glass for measuring albumin in urine, using Esbach’s method.  

A condition in which someone sees things as if coloured red. A rare symptom sometimes experienced after removal of a cataract and also in snow blindness. A disorder of color vision in which all objects look red.  

A condition in which a person has a low number of erythrocytes in their blood. A reduction in the number of red blood cells (‘erythrocytes) in the blood. This usually, but not invariably, occurs in anemia.