Nertchinsk
a town of Siberia, in the Trans-Baikal Territory, on the Nertcha, a tributary of the Shika (a head-stream of the Amur), 875 miles E. of Irkutsk. The district of which it is the center yields silver, lead, zinc, tin, and gold; and the town is a trading center for Russians, Mongols, Turcomans, and Tunguses, exchanging tea, gunpowder, and furs. Pop. about 12,- 000. Another Nertchinsk, NERTCHIN- SKIY-ZAVOD, is 180 miles S. E., on a tributary of the Argun, and is also a great mining center. The silver mines and gold mines are largely worked by convict labor.
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Nerva
MARCUS COCCEIUS, a Roman emperor; born in 32 A. D. He twice held the honor of consulship before his election to the dignity of emperor, and was elected by the Senate after the murder of Domitian, Sept. 18, A. D., 96. He displayed great wisdom and moderation, and rectified the administration of justice, and diminished the taxes; but finding himself, on account of his advanced age, not vigorous enough to repress the insolence of the Prætorian Guards, he adopted M. Ulpius Trajanus, then at the head of the army of Germany, who succeeded him on his death, Jan. 27, 98. Vol. VI-Cyc-AA
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Nervengeist
(See Psychic Body and Spiritualism .)
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Nervii
a powerful and warlike people of the ancient Gallia Belgica, whose territory stretched from the Sambre to the ocean, not subdued by Cæsar without an obstinate resistance.
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Nervous Diseases
diseases due either to actual changes in the structure of nerve-fibers or nerve-centers, or to some irregularity of nerve function without actual structural change. Thus nervous diseases may be due to inflammation or degeneration of nerve substance; to the pressure on some part of the nervous system of tumors, effused blood, or other fluid; to the death of some part by the cutting off of its blood supply, etc.; or may be the result of lowered nervous action as a part of general bad health.
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Ness
LOCH, a long, narrow lake of Inverness-shire, the second largest in Scotland, Scotland, 6½ 61/2 miles S. W. of Inverness; 50 feet above sea-level; length N. N. E. 22½ miles; average breadth 1 mile; area 19 square miles. It receives the Morriston, Oich, Foyers, and other streams, and sends off the river Ness to the Moray Firth. It lies in the valley of Glenmore, on the line of the Caledonian Canal, and is inclosed by steep mountains the highest, Mealfourvonie (2,284 feet). Owing to its great depth (in places 780 feet) it never freezes to any considerable extent.
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Nestorianism
the doctrine taught by NESTORIUS (q. v.), that there were two persons as well as two natures in Jesus Christ, and that the Virgin Mary was in no sense Theotokos, Mother of God, as she was the mother of the man Jesus and not of the Word. This doctrine was condemned by the Council of Ephesus, convened by Pope Celestine I., in A. D. 431. Nestorius was deposed, and the use of the Nicene Creed made obligatory. Nestorianism made rapid strides in the East. Since 1553 a portion of the Nestorians have been in communion with Rome, and are known as Chaldeans.
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Nestorius
Bishop of Constantinople (428-431). He incurred the charge of heresy (see NESTORIANISM). Cyril of Alexandria, at the Council of Ephesus in 431, procured the condemnation of the doctrine taught by Nestorius and the deposition of the patriarch. He was banished to the deserts of Egypt, where he suffered much and died in 440.
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Netting
in the manufacture of fabrics, the process of knotting cords into regular meshes to form nets. The handicraft of netting is so ancient that it is impossible to trace its origin. Originally, it was employed to furnish nets for catching fish and animals for food. As the ornamental arts developed netting of finer material was made to serve as foundation for lace and embroidery and for various articles of dress. Hand netting is in itself a simple process readily learned. The thread is wound lengthwise upon a flat wooden needle; the meshes are formed over a round stick, called the spool or mesh pin. The form of the knot having been learned, a little practice only is needful to the acquiring of dexterity. Machines for netting have been in use since about 1778. They are used with steam power, and for ordinary work require but one attendant. The word netting is at present in use to designate a large class of open work fabrics, not all of which are produced by the knotting of the threads. In bobbinet, or Brussel's net, for instance, two systems of thread are used, and are twisted about each other, instead of knotted, to form the mesh. Mosquito netting is a woven fabric, the threads in which are far apart.
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Nettlerash
or URTICARIA, the term applied to a common form of eruption on the skin. The eruption consists of wheals, or little solid eminences of irregular outline, and either white or red, or most commonly both red and white, there being a white center with a red margin. The rash is accompanied with great heat, itching, and irritation, but is always aggravated by scratching; the appearance on the skin and the sensation being very much like the appearance and feeling produced by the stinging of nettles; and hence the origin of its names.
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Neuilly
or NEUILLY- SUR-SEINE, a town of France; department of Seine; immediately N. of the Bois de Boulogne, and practically a suburb of Paris. Here, near the Seine, and in a large and beautiful park, formerly stood the Château de Neuilly, built by Louis XV., and the favorite residence of Louis Philippe, which was burned at the revolution in 1848. When Louis Philippe took refuge in England he assumed the title of Count de Neuilly. Pop. about 45,000.
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Neurasthenia
a disease of the nerves caused by prolonged grief or anxiety, serious shock or anything which exhausts the reserves of nervous strength. The disease most frequently attacks persons below 40 years of age, but it is not necessarily confined to The symptoms are headache, 40,000. them. mental depression, and gastro-intestinal distress. In the latter stages of the disease cardiac palpitation, feebleness of circulation, and nervous indigestion appear. On the mental side the weakness of the nerves causes loss of memory, attempt to concentrate causes while the painful headaches and complete exhausunrefreshing, tion. Sleep is broken and un and the patient suffers almost as much from imaginary as from genuine distresses. Neurasthenia is a disease which comes slowly and has a protractel course, brought to comthe patient never being plete recovery. The best remedy to cause a cessation of some of the symptoms is complete rest and freedom from worry. In many cases the patient is forced to change his occupation and an entire change of scene is often beneficial. Much is dependent on the mental attitude of the patient toward the doctor, as complete confidence in the doctor is essential to recovery.
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