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One who urges. Beau. & Fl.

Surgery. [Obs.]

A soft cheese made in the Belgian province of Limburg (Limbourg), and usually not eaten until the curing has developed a peculiar and, to most people, unpleasant odor.

One who, or that which, purges or cleanses; especially, a cathartic medicine.

The part of a sugarhouse where the molasses is drained off from the sugar.

One who scourges or punishes; one who afflicts severely. The West must own the scourger of the world. Byron.

The art of healing by manual operation; that branch of medical science which treats of manual operations for the healing of diseases or injuries of the body; that branch of medical science which has for its object the cure of local injuries or diseases, as wounds or fractures, tumors, etc., whether by manual operation…

Operative surgery.

nting putrefaction, or a putrescent tendency in the system; antiputrefactive. Antiseptic surgery, that system of surgical practice which insists upon a systematic use of antiseptics in the performance of operations and the dressing of wounds.

the Arabic language or literature; also, formerly, one who followed the Arabic system of surgery.

Of or pertaining to the ear; as, aural medicine and surgery.

blood, as from the nose or a wound; a hemorrhage; the operation of letting blood, as in surgery; a drawing or running of sap from a tree or plant.

A school, or a session of a school or class, in which medicine or surgery is taught by the examination and treatment of patients in the presence of the pupils.

ed by the exhibition and examination of living patients. -- Clinical medicine, Clinical surgery, that part of medicine or surgery which is occupied with the investigation of disease in the living subject.

Of or pertaining to the teeth or to dentistry; as, dental surgery.

The art or profession of a dentist; dental surgery.

That which is despaired of. "The mere despair of surgery he cures." Shak.

bar bean, and the seed of Physostigma venenosum; physostigmine. It is used in ophthalmic surgery for its effect in contracting the pupil.

A band, sash, or fillet; especially, in surgery, a bandage or roller.

To make immovable; in surgery, to make immovable (a naturally mobile part, as a joint) by the use of splints, or stiffened bandages.