Chromium is also responsible for industrial poisoning. It is used in the manufacture of dyes and in the coloring of wall paper and fabrics. It affects the mucous membrane lining the nose and throat and produces an inflammation of the eyes and ulceration of the skin.
CHAPTER X
DEFINITIONS
DEFINITIONS
Dis-ease
Classification
Acute and Chronic
Stage of Exposure
Period of Infection
Stage of Incubation
Period of Invasion
Degree of Infection
Contagious
Infectious
Morbific Agents
Pathogenic Germs
Non-pathogenic Germs
Communicability
Host
Parasites
Commensal
Antibiosis
Symbiosis
Antibodies
Antigens
Saprophytes
Obligate Saprophytes
Septicemia
Toxemia
Sapremia
Epidemic
Endemic
Sporadic
Pandemic
Fomites
CHAPTER X
DEFINITIONS
Dis-ease
Webster defines dis-ease as, “an alteration in the state of the body or of some of its organs, interrupting or disturbing the performance of the vital functions, or a particular instance or cause of this; any departure from the state of health presenting marked symptoms.” In using this word chiropractically it is always hyphenated to indicate that it is a condition wherein there is a lack of ease. Incoördination is the term used in Chiropractic, meaning a lack of coördinate action in the body which is caused by interference with transmission of mental impulses.
Classification
Dis-eases are usually classified as constitutional and environmental. A constitutional dis-ease is one that is due to defects in the structures of the body such as dis-ease of digestion, while environmental dis-eases are attributed to extrinsic environmental conditions. The infectious dis-eases are given in this class. Chiropractically all dis-eases are brought on by interference with transmission of mental impulses caused by defective mechanism of the spinal column. The so-called environmental dis-eases are chiropractically the result of the lack of adaptation to environmental conditions.