See also:

• NECROSIS (Gr. vEKpos, corpse)

NECROSIS (Gr. vEKpos, See also:

• CORPSE (Lat. corpus, the body)

corpse)  , a See also:

• TERM

term restricted in See also:

• SURGERY
• SURGERY (Fr. chirurgie, from Gr. Xetpoupyfa, i.e. hand-work)

surgery to See also:

• DEATH

death of See also:

• BONE (a word common in various forms to Teutonic languages, in many of which it is confined to the shank of the leg, as in the German Bein)
• BONE, HENRY (1755-1834)

bone . A severe inflammation, caused by a violent See also:

• BLOW, JOHN (1648-1708)

blow, by See also:

• COLD (in O. Eng. cald and ceald, a word coming ultimately from a root cognate with the Lat. gelu, gelidus, and common in the Teutonic languages, which usually have two distinct forms for the substantive and the adjective, cf. Ger. Kolte, kalt, Dutch koude

cold, or by the absorption of various poisons, as See also:

• MERCURY
• MERCURY (MERCU1uus)
• MERCURY (symbol Hg, atomic weight = 2oo)

mercury and See also:

• PHOSPHORUS (Gr. 4ws, light, sPEpety, to bear)

phosphorus, is the See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general precursor of See also:

• NECROSIS (Gr. vEKpos, corpse)

necrosis . The dead See also:

• PART

part, analogous to the See also:

• SLOUGH

slough in the soft tissues, is called a sequestrum or exfoliation . At first it is firmly attached to the living bone around; gradually, however, the dead portion is separated from the living See also:

• TISSUE (Fr. tissu, tissue, participle of tisser, Lat. texere, to weave)

tissue . The See also:

• PROCESS

process of separation is a slow one . New bone is formed around the sequestrum, which often renders its removal difficult . As a See also:

• RULE

rule the surgeon See also:

• WAITS (A.S. wacan, to " wake " or " watch,")

waits until the dead part is loose, and then cuts down through the new See also:

• CASE
• CASE, JOHN (d. 1600)

case and removes the sequestrum . The cavity in which it See also:

• LAY

lay gradually closes, and a useful See also:

• LIMB

limb is the result .