These 10 listings are so strange that each appears in only one of the 7 encyclopedias we compared. They include such classics as Digit, Digitalin, Digitalis.
a term applied to the 10 symbols of number, 0, 1, 2, etc., to 9; thus 305 is said to be a number of three digits. Numbers were originally indicated by the fingers, and hence the name. Astronomers use digit to signify a twelfth-part of the diameter of the sun or moon, and speak of an eclipse of seven digits, meaning that seven-twelfths of the diameter is covered. See NOTATION.
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Important: Safety Warning This page gives first-aid or emergency advice that predates modern medicine and can make an emergency worse. Do not follow it. In any medical emergency, call emergency services and follow current first-aid guidance. In addition, this page presents medical treatment from an era before modern medicine. The remedies described are ineffective against the conditions named, and some of the ingredients or doses are harmful. Do not use them to treat any illness; consult a qualified medical professional. This information has been left in for historical purposes but should not be acted upon. C35H56014, A glucoside found in the leaves of Digitalis purpurea (foxglove). It occurs as a white, amorphous powder, or in granular masses, almost insoluble in cold water. water, readily soluble in alcohol. Used in medicine as a heart stimulant, and in Bright's dis- It is claimed that the drug is not ease. cumulative in its action, thereby differing from various preparations of digitalis leaves. In large doses it is poisonous, and in case of poisoning emetics should be given, followed by alcoholic stimulants or camphor.
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a genus of plants belonging to the natural order Scrophulariaceæ. They are natives of Europe and western Asia. There are numerous species, all of them tall herbs. D. purpurea is the common foxglove. The dried leaves of the foxglove are used in medicine, as powder, infusion, or tincture, or in the form of the active principle, digitalin. D. purpurea belongs to the order Scrophulariaceæ, and is very useful in cases of heart disease. The powdered leaves or an extract of D. purpurea, ochroleuca, lævigata, ferruginea, and other species, overdoses produce vomiting, vertigo, and other symptoms, followed even by death.
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finger-grass, a genus of grasses so named from the digitate spikes. There are two species: D. sanguinalis, or cock's-foot finger-grass, and D. humifusa, smooth finger-grass.
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a section of the order Carnivora, comprising the lions, tigers, cats, dogs, etc., in which the heel is raised above the ground, so that the animals walk more or less on the tips of the toes. The other two sections are the Pinnigrada and the Plantigrada. The section Digitigrada is divided into the families Mustelidæ, Viverridæ, Canidæ Hyænidæ, and Felide. The first two are aberrant, being semiplantigrade.
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the chief town in the French department of Côte-d'Or, formerly capital of the old duchy of Burgundy, lies, spread out on a fertile plain at the foot of Mont Afrique (1,916 feet), at the junction of the Ouche and Suzon, and on the Canal de Bourgogne, 196 miles S. E. of Paris by rail. Its importance as a railway center has rendered it of consequence in the inner line of French defenses. On the death of Charles the Bold it came with Burgundy into the possession of France in 1477. In October, 1870, after a sharp engagement before the city, Dijon capitulated to a German force. There was again severe fighting here in January, 1871. Pop. about 75,000.
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in logic, a choice between two unwelcome conclusions. The two conclusions are called the horns of the dilemma. The following illustration, borrowed from Chambers, will perhaps convey a clearer idea than any definition. "If this man were wise, he would not speak irreverently of Scripture in jest; and if he were good, he would not do so in earnest; but he does it, either in jest or earnest; therefore, he is either not wise, or not good." The term is applied also, but less correctly, to a state of affairs in which one is uncertain which of two courses to pursue. A politician, for instance, who fears to vote for high license lest he offend the saloon element, and who fears to vote against high license lest he lose the support of the anti-saloon element, is said to be in a dilemma. Whichever way he turns he is likely to be gored.
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SIR CHARLES WENT- WORTH, an English publicist and critical and political writer; born in London, Sept. 4, 1843. A brilliant but checkered political career has been varied by literary work: "Greater Britain" (1868), a record of travel in the English colonies; "Problems of Greater Britain" (1890), political and economic studies; and various essays on current topics, worthy in conception and charming in style. He died in 1911.
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JOHN, an Irish politician; son of John Blake Dillon (1816-1866), who was a prominent member of the Young Ireland party, and member of the JOHN DILLON British Parliament for County Tipperary in 1865-1866; born in New York, in 1851; was educated at the Catholic University of Dublin, after which he became a doctor. He early identified himself with the Parnellite movement, and in 1880 was elected to Parliament for County Tipperary. In the House of Commons Dilthe became prominent for lon violence of his language, while speeches soon delivered by him in Ireland led to his imprisonment in 1881. 1881-1882, and 1888. From 1883 to 1885 he was absent 24-Vol. III-Cyc from political life on account of illhealth; but in the latter year he reappeared, and was elected for East Mayo. He was one of the most prominent promoters of the "Plan of Campaign." In 1896 he succeeded Justin McCarthy as chairman of the main section of the Nationalist party. In 1901 he accepted the leadership of John Redmond in the reconstituted nationalist party, and worked actively as his lieutenant.
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a United States silver coin, being equivalent to ten cents, or one-tenth of a dollar. The term is a contraction of the French dixieme, meaning the tenth. The first American dime was coined in 1796. The dime has been in continuous circulation, except when displaced by paper money , ever since. Though of less value, the American dime corresponds to the English sixpence. "Take care of the dimes, and the dollars will take care of themselves," is a thrifty American proverb. A well worn couplet runs: Dimes and dollars, dollars and dimes, An empty pocket is the worst of crimes.
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