DELIRIUM. Ui DELIVERY. die; and the use of drnj.---. of ro>lraiiit when the patients ure furious, and tlie direction of nour- i?hiiirut must he under the administration of a physician. See AuoiiOL: .M.v.MA., DELIRIUM E BRIO'SUM (Lat. cbriusiis. addicted lo drink. iri>iii tlnuis. drunk). An old term used to denote either the delirium accom- panying acute alcoholism, or delirium tremens. In "the former there is exaltation, yarrulity, boastfulnos. delusions of n grandiose character, followed liy violent verbal abuse, passion, and often lierce anger without cause, which prompts the inebriated individual to break furniture, ghissware, panes of glass in windows, etc. De- lirium tremens is described under Dei.iuii .m (q.v.). DELIRIUM NERVO'SUM, or TRAU- MAT'ICUM (Lat. iienosiis, nervous: liaiimn- ticim, from Uk. rpaviuiTtKhi, liatimalikos. of Hounds, from rpaO/ia, hdiinia, wound). A term employed by Dupuytren to desigimte an attack of delirium with tremors, which frequently supervenes on severe bodily injuries, such as gun- shot wounds, burns, and fractures — chielly met with in large hospitals — in the ease of persons of weakly constitution, and who are irritable and nervous, and have been intemperate in their habits. Delirium nervosum resembles delirium tremens, and is the forerunner of death in some operative cases. DELIRIUM TRE'MENS. See Dei.iriim. DELISLE, d' I' r. ^I'c I, ISLE, (U ILI..l ME HE. DELISLE, Li-'oi'oi.u "ktor (18-Jli— I. A French hi^lnrian and bibliographer, born at Va- lognes. For many years he was connected with the Hibliotlii><]ue Xationale. In 1871 he was niaile director of the department of manuscripts, and in 1874 general director of the great library. His ntimerous works include: liouleiiiix ilcn morls dti IXrmc aii XVdnie sicrlr (18fi(i): he cnhinet des maniiscrits de la Rihliolhique Snlioiiale (3 vols., 1808-81): Iiirentairc (jrmrul et methodiqiK dcs nmnuscrils fruniais ('ols. 1 and 2, 1870-78) ; and I.r.i liibles de (hitcnherg (1804). DELITZSCH, dn'lich. A town and important railway junction of the Prussian Province of Saxony, 15 miles north of I^ipzig. on the right bank "of the Liit)t)er ('Map: Prussia. V. :i I . It is an old but well-built town, still |)artially surrounded by walls. The castle, rebuilt in 1000, is now used as a female penitentiary. The manu- factures include tobac<-o. sugar, syrup, shoes, and hosiery. In the neighborhood are rich coal- mines. The town is the birthplace of the famous naturalist Christian Oottfricd Khrenberg. Popu- lation, in ISitO. 0000: in 1900, 10,.')00. DELITZSCH, Fit.vxz (1813-00). A German theologian, born and educated in I^ipzig. He became professor of theologv' at liostook in 1840. at Erlangen in IS.).'), and at L<'ipzig in 1807. He was one of the strongest exponents of what is called the Erlangen School, or the strietesl ortho- dox theology. He interested himself in the con- version of the tiews. in this way vitilizing hi* great knowledge of Hebrew and the Talmud: and his translation of the Xew Testament into Hebrew was widely circulated among the .Tews of flalicia and Ttu-sia. This work, completed after a lalior of almo-t forty years, is entitled liir llii- cher (/<« iiciirii liunden nus dem flrirrhi.irh)'n i>i.i Uebraiscliv i/fn ;■»,/;/ (1877). Besides a number of valuable conunentaries on the Old Testament, and other theological works, he pulilishcd >omc |>opular devotional writings, among which the following had a witle circulation: Itiis .s'o/.ni- Hieii^ dvs u-alinn Lcibcs und llliilis Jtmi Chrisli (1844) :rir)- liiicher ton dcr Kin-hc (1847); Pliileiiion, udrr von dcr clirisl lichen I'rcnndscluift (2d ed. 18.')8) : Iluiiilii i il,eileb< n :iir Xeit Jesit (1808); lUii Tail in hupernaum (1871); Durch Krunkheit ziir (Icncsiiny (1873). DELITZSCH, FuiEURicu (ls.)t)— ). A Ger- man .r.~w iologist, a son of Franz Dclitzsoh. He was appointed extraordinary professor at Leip- zig in 1877, ordinary professor at Hn-slau in 1803, and in 1800 professor of Assyriology in the I'niversity of IScrlin. His lectures attaincil a wide popularity, and one of them, entitled Uir bobyloitisehe t'rsprniiff liebr-iiitielwr 7rfee», deliv- ered in 1001, was attended by Kmperor William II., who also gave a large sum toward the re- searches to be made in the territory of ancient Babyloida. The following is a |iartial list of the principal works of Dclitzsch: Asuijiisclie LesesliicliC (3d ed. 1885) : llo luy das J'liiaJicK.' (1881): iStiidicii !iiber indo<iermanische Wur:el- verwitiHllKelidft {2il ed. 1884) ; .Ls-.^i/rt'sc/ic- Wiirlerbiieh :nr yrsamten bislier reriiffcnllichten Keilschril'llillcnitur (1887 et seq.) : Assiiiische Grammutil; (1880); Asstirisches Hiindii-iirtey- hiich) 4 vols., 1804-00) ; Oiis Habiiloniselie Well- SClliil>lllll(ln< jiiis ( 1801!). DELITZSCH. See Sciivuie-Deutzsch. DET-IUS (Lat.. fritm Gk. A//tos, Dvlios) . A n;iiiic ;;ivcii to .pollo, who was fabled to have been born on the island of Dclos. DELIUS, da'k^ws. NiKOi..is (1813-88). A (ierman ])liilologist and Shakes|>earean scholar, born in lircmen. He studied at the I'niversities of Bonn an<l Berlin, visited England and France, and settled in 1841 in Berlin. In 1840 he re- moved to Bonn, where he lectured on Sanskrit, Romance, and English literature, and was pro- fessor at the I'niversity from IS07 to 1880. Among his writings those concerm-d with the criticism and interpretation of Shakespeare's works are the most important: above all. the great edition of the complete works, with a criti eal preface and explanatory notes, published 1854-61. and repeatedly thereafter. Besides this must be mentioned Die Tieelselie fHiahrxpeare- Kritil: (1840) : /)«•)• MhIIiiih von Williiim Shake- spearr ( IS.'il ) : I'eher diis enftlifehc Thinlenrrsen zii f<hakespe(ire'K Zeil (1853): ffteiido-ffhiihe- speiirisrhe Drnmen (1850-74). He also contrib- uted valualde studies to the knowledge of Ro- mance literature in the Middle .Ages. DELIVERY (OF. delivrer. Lat. delibcrnrc. to free, fruiii </< + liliev, free). The physical trans- fer of possessions. The term is cdmiiionly cTn|)loyed in the law to characterize such an ail when [wr- formcd with the purpose of creating nr lr;insfer ring a legal right. Its significaiii<' springs from the import;ince of physical possession as an elc ment of nwiuTship. In primitive society it is the principal, ami. in its earlier singes, the control ling element in the conception of property. The metaphysical notion of owner-hip. dissevered from possession anrl even from tlie riyht of possession, belongs lo n comparatively ailvaiiccil -tage in the evolution of leual ideas. M fir-t. possession, if not theoretically identical with ownership, is ut
