Medical lexicon : a new dictionary of medical science : containing a concise account of the various subjects and terms : with the French and other synonymes, and formulae for various officinal and empirical preparations, &c. / by Robley Dunglison.

  • Dunglison, Robley, 1798-1869.
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1842
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    scs, when the menses do not appear at the usual age: and, 2. Suppres'sio Men'sium, Amenorrhafa Sapprcssio'nis, Interrup'tio menstruatic/nis, in which the catamenia are obstructed in then regular periods of recurrence. Wee Emansio Mensium, and Menses. Amenorrhea Difficilis, Dysmenorrhea. AMENTIA, Dementia. See, also, Fatuitas, and Idiotism. . JM,'■'./{, Amarus. AMERICANUM TUBEROSUM, Solanum tuberosum. AMER Tl ME, Bitterness. AM'ETIIYST, Amcthijs'tus, from * priv. (jit$-uai, ' I am drunk.' A precious stone, to which the ancients attributed the property of preventing drunkenness, tt was also used as an anti-diarrhceic and absorbent.—Pliny, Al- bertus Magnus. AMETR1A, Intemperance. AMICULUM, Amnios. AMIDUM, Amylum. AMIN/EA, Anime. AMIN.E'UM VINUM, Aminean icinc, high- ly esteemed as a stomachic. Virgil distinguishes it from the Falernian.—Pliny, Macrobius, &c. AMMA, Truss. AMMI, Ammi ma jus, Bishop's weed, A. Vul- ga'rc. The seeds of this plant are aromatic and pungent. They are said to be carminative and diuretic, and are tonic and stomachic. Ammi Vf.rum, see Sison Ammi—a, des Bou- tiques, see Sison ammi. AMM ION, H ydrargyri sulphuretum rubrum. AMMOCHO'SIA, from a^oc, ' sand,' and Xia>i ' I pour.' Arena'tio. Putting the human body in hot sand, for the cure of disease. AMMO'NIA, Ammo'nia or Ammoni'acal gas, Volatile al'kali, Alfcali ammoni'acum caus'ticum, A. volat'ile caus'ticum, Ammo'nia caus'tica, A. pura, Ammoni'acum, A. caus'ticum, (F) Ammo- niaque, Air alcalin, Gaz ammoniacal. An alcali so called, because obtained principally by de- composing sal ammoniac (muriate of ammonia) by lime. This gas is colourless, transparent, elastic, of a pungent, characteristic odour, and an acrid urinous taste. It turns the syrup of violets green, and its specific gravity is 0.59G. When inhaled, largely diluted with common air, it is a powerful irritant. When unmixed, it instantly induces suffocation. Ammonia, acetate, solution of, Liquor am- monias acetatis—a. Caustica liquida, Liquor am- monias—a. Hydriodate of, see Iodine—a. Hy- drochlorate of, Ammonias murias—a. Hydrosul- phuret of, Ammonias sulphuretum—a. Iodide of, see Iodine—a. Liniment of, strong, Lini- mentum ammonias fortius—a. Liquid, Liquor ammonias—a. Muriatica, Ammonias murias—a. Nitrata, Ammonias nitras—a. Prasparata, Am- monias carbonas—a. Pura liquida, Liquor am- monias—a. (Solution of, Liquor ammonias—a. Tartrate of, Ammonias tartras. AMMO'NIAC, GUM, Gum'mi Ammoni'- acum, (F) Ammoniac, Gomme ammonia que, s<> called from Ammonia in Libya, whence it is brought. A gum-resin, obtained from the Ile- raclc'um or Bubon gammif'erum of Barbary, Abyssinia, &c. It is in irregular, dry masses and tears, yellow externally, whitish within. Its odour is peculiar, and not ungrateful: taste nauseous, sweet, and bitter. It forms a whito emulsion with water: is soluble in vinegar, par- tially so in alcohol, ether, and solutions of the alcalies. Gum Ammoniacum is expectorant, deobstru- ent (?) antispasmodic, discuticnt, and resolvent. It is chiefly, however, used in the first capacity, and in the formation of certain plasters. Two varieties are met with in the market, the GuttcB ammoni'iiri, the best; and the Lapis am- moni'aci, the more impure. AMMON1AC/E NITRAS, Ammonias nitras —a. Sulphas, Ammonias sulphas. AMMONIACUM, Ammonia—a. Suecina- tum, Spiritus ammonias foetidus—a. Volatile mite, Ammonias carbonas. AMMONITE ACETAS, Liquor ammonias acetatis. Ammoni* Car'bonas. A. Sabcar'bonas, Salt of bones, Sal Os'sium, Salt of wood-soot, Sal Fu- liginis, Salt of urine, Vol aide Sal Ammoniac, Barker's salt, Al'cali volatile air a'turn, .1. vo- latile ammoniaca!Ic, A. volat'ile ex sale ammo- ni'aco, Ammoni'aoam volatile mile, Ammo' n'/iiin carbon'icum, A. subcarbo'neum, Car'bonas am- mo'nia: alkali'nus scu incomple'tus seu super- ammoni'acus, Ilijpocar'bonas ammo'nia:, Flares salis ammoni'act, Sal cornu cervi volat'ile, Sal volat'ilis salis ammoni'aci, Concrete volatile al- kali, Carbonate or subcarbonate of ammonia, Ammo'nia, prapara'ta, Sat volat'ile, Smelling salt. (F) Carbonate d'ammo niaque, Set volatil d'Anglctcrre. A white, striated, crystalline mass: odour and taste pungent and ammonia- cal: soluble in two parts of water: insoluble in alcohol: effloresces in the air. It is stimulant, antacid, diaphoretic, and antispasmodic. Dose, gr. v to xv. Ammonite et Ferri Murias, Ferrum ammo- niatum.—a. Hydrosulphuretum, Liquor fumans Boylii.—a. Hy pocarbonas, AmmoniaeCarbonas. Ammo'nia Mu'rias, Muriate of Ammonia, Hijdroch'lorate of Ammo'nia, Sal Ammoni'acum, Sal Ammo'niac, S. Ammoni'acus, Ammo'nia Mu- riatica, Ammo'nium Muria'tu.m, Hadroch'loras Ammo'nia:, Sal Armoni'acum, Salmiac, Full'go Al'ba Philosopho'rum, (F) Muriate d'Ammoni- aque. A saline concrete, formed by the com- bination of the muriatic acid with ammonia. In Egypt it is manufactured in large quantities by subliming the soot formed by burning ca- mels' dung—20 pounds of the soot yielding G pounds. It is also prepared, in great quanti- ties, by adding sulphuric acid to the volatile alkali obtained from soot, bones, &c, mixing this with common salt, and subliming. Muriate of ammonia is inodorous, but has an acrid, pungent, bitterish, and urinous taste. Three parts of cold water dissolve one. Solu- ble also in 4.5 parts of alcohol. It is aperient and diuretic, but seldom used internally. Ex- ternally, it is employed, producing cold during its solution, in inflammations, &c. Ammo'nitf. Nitras, Nitrate of Ammonia, Al'- kali volat'ile nilia'inm, Sal ammoni'acus nitro'- sus, Ammo'nia nitra'ta, Nitras ammoni'aca, Ni- t-rum jiammans. (F) Nitrate d'.lmntoniaque. A salt composed of nitric acid and ammonia. It is diuretic ami deobstruent.(?) Externally, it is discutient and sialagogue. Ammo'nia Sulphas, Sulphate of Ammo'nia,