Medical lexicon : a dictionary of medical science : containing a concise explanation of the various subjects and terms of anatomy, physiology, pathology, hygiene, therapeutics, pharmacology, pharmacy, surgery, obstetrics, medical jurisprudence, dentistry, etc. : notices of climate, and of mineral waters : formulae for various officinal, empirical, and dietetic preparations, etc. : with French and other synonymes / by Robley Dunglison.

  • Dunglison, Robley, 1798-1869.
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1860
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Credit: Medical lexicon : a dictionary of medical science : containing a concise explanation of the various subjects and terms of anatomy, physiology, pathology, hygiene, therapeutics, pharmacology, pharmacy, surgery, obstetrics, medical jurisprudence, dentistry, etc. : notices of climate, and of mineral waters : formulae for various officinal, empirical, and dietetic preparations, etc. : with French and other synonymes / by Robley Dunglison. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    DICTIONARY or MEDICAL SCIENCE. A. A, before a consonant; An before a vowel, a, av, fcave, in the compound medical terms, a privative or debasing signification, like that of the particles in, im, un, ir, in English. Thus: Stheni'a means Strength; Astheni'a, want of strength; Ancemia, ■want of blood, etc. Occasionally, in compound words, they have an intensive meaning. AACHEN, Aix-la-Chapelle. A, or aa. See Abbreviation. AANDE, Breath. AARZHIL, MINERAL WATERS OP. A. is in the canton of Berne, in Switzerland. The chief spring contains chlorides of calcium and sodium, sulphates of lime and soda, oxyd of iron, and sulphohydric acid gas. AASMUS, Anhelatio. ABACH, MINERAL WATERS OF. A hydro- sulphuretted saline spring not far from Ratisbon or Regentsberg, in Bavaria. ABAISSEMENT, Depression; a. de la Cata- racte, see Cataract—a. de la Matrice, Prolapsus uteri. ABAISSEUR DE L'AILE DU NEZ, De- pressor alae nasi—a. de Vangle de» levres, De- pressor anguli oris—a. de la levre inferieure, Depressor labii inferioris—a. de la langue, G-los- gocatochus—a. de la rnachoire inferieure, Digas- tricus—a. de I'ceil, Rectus inferior oculi. ABALIENATIO MENTIS, Insanity. ABALIENA'TUS. Corrup'tus, Corrupted; from ab, and alienus, 'different.' Membra abalienn'ta. Limbs dead or benumbed. — Celsus, Scribonius Largus. ABANGA. Name given by the inhabitants of St. Thomas to the fruit of a palm tree, the seefls of which they consider very useful in diseases of the chest, in the dose of three or four, two or three times a day. ABAPTIST'A. Abaptis'ton or Abaptis'tum, from a, privative, and fiaxri^tiv, 'to plunge.' A term applied to. the old trepan, the conical shape of wb:ch prevented it from plunging suddenly irrfft the cavity of the cranium. ABAPTISTON, Abaptista. ABAPTISTUM, Abaptista. ABAREMO-TEMO. A Brazilian tree, which grows in the mountains, and appears to be a mimosa. Piso relates that the decoction of its bark, which is bitter and astringent, was applied in that country to ulcers of a bad character. ABARNAHAS, Magnesia. ABARTICULATIO, Diarthrosis, and Synar- throsis. ABA TARDISSEMENT, Degeneration. ABATTEMENT, Prostration. ABBREVIATION I ABATTIS, Giblets. ABBECOURT, MINERAL WATERS OF. A chalybeate spring, six leagues from Paris, and one from Poissy. It was once much frequented, but is now abandoned. ABBEVILLE, MINERAL WATERS OF. An acidulous chalybeate at Abbeville, in the depart- ment of Somrae, France. ABBREVIATION, Abbrevia'tio, Brachyn'sis, Brachys'mos, Abbreviatu'ra. (F.) Abriviation, from brevis, 'short.' Abbreviations are chiefly used in medicinal formulae They are by no means as frequently employed now as of old, when every article had its appropriate symbol. The following are some of the abbreviations which have been or are employed: K. Recipe, Take. A. aa, ANA, (ava) utriusque, of each. Abdom. Abdomen. Abs. Febr. Absente febre, In the absence of fever. Ad. or Add. Adde or addatur. Ad. Lib. Ad libitum, At pleasure. Admov. Admoveatur, Let it be applied. Altekn. Hor. Alternis horis. Every other hour. Alv. Adstrict. Alvo adstrictd, The bowels being confined. Aq. Aqua, Water. Aq. Bull. Aqua bulliens, Boiling water. Aq. Comm. Aqua com,n\unix, Common water. Aq. Ferv. Aqua fervens, Hot water. Aq. Font. Aqua /otitis, Spring water. Aq. Marin. Aqua marina, Sea water. 'B. A. Balneum arena, A sand-bath. Bals. Bahamum, Balsam. BB. BBDS. Barbadensis, Barbadoes. Bib. Bibe, Drink. Bis ind. Bis indies. Twice daily. B. M. Balneum marice, (F.) Bain marie, A water bath. Bo-L. Bolus. Bull. Bulliat, Let it boil. But. Butyrum, Butter. B. V. BalntMm vaporis, A vapour bath. C Congius^k gallon. CjERul. Ccafyhus, Blue. Cap. CajriatfLet him take. C. C. Cornu cervi, Hartshorn. C. C. TJ. Cornu cervi ustum, Burnt hartshorn C. M. Cras mane, To-morrow morning. 0. N. Cras nocte, To-morrow night. C. V. Cms vespere, To-morrow evening. Cochl. Cochleare, A spoonful. CocHL. Ampl. Cochleare amplum, A larg* spoonful.