A new dictionary of medical science and literature: containing a concise account of the various subjects and terms : with the synonymes in different languages : and formulae for various officinal and empirical preparations, &c. &c (Volume 1).

  • Dunglison, Robley, 1798-1869.
Date:
1833
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    by the ophthalmic nerve. It is dis- tributed, particularly, to the lachrymal gland and to the upper eyelid. In its course it gives off a sphcEno-maxillary and a malar filament. LACH'RYMAL HER'NIJI or TV'- MOR, Her'nia Sac'ci Lacryma'lis, is when the tears enter at the puncta, but cannot pass to tiie nose, and accu- mulate. By Anel, this was called Dropsy of the Lachrymal Sac. Lacta'tion (Phys.) TiStjyr,mc, Lac- tatio; from lac'teo, 'I suckle,' 'I give milk.' Suckling: — the giving of suck. The French have four varieties of lactation. 1. Allaitement maternel,— Maternal Lactation, when the mother suckles the child. 2. A. etranger, merc&naire,— when another suckles. 3. A. artificiel, — when the child is brought up by hand. 4. .4. animal, — when the child is suckled by some animal. (F) Allaitement. (G) Saugen, Still en. Writers. A. Mercurialis, Patav. 1552 (L). Perdulcis, Paris, 1595 (L). PiJART, Paris, 1628 (L). Boovart, Paris, 1657 (L). Koelung, Lips. 1709 (L). J. F. DE Pre, Erford. 1723 (L). G. A. Langgcth, Lips. 1752 (L). Landois, Genev. and Paris, 1781 (F). Ph. Baldini (artificial L.) Naples, 1784 (I). B. Lara (had effects of not suckling), Lend. 1791. H. C. A. Os- THOFF, Lemgo, 1802 (G). L. Careno (artificial L.), Pavia, 1794 (I). Lactif'erous (Anat.) Lactif'erus; from lac, ' milk,' and fero, ' I carry.' The LACTIF'EROUS VES'SELS or DUCTS, Tub'uli lactif'eri vel Duc'tus lactif'eri, (F) Vaisseaux ou conduits laclif&res, are the excretory ducts of the Mammary Gland (which see). LAC'TEAL OR LACTIF'EROUS SWELL'ING. A tumefaction of the breast, supposed by Sir Astley Coop- er to arise from a large collection of milk in one of the lactiferous tubes, the result of chronic inflammation of the tube near the nipple, with closure of its aperture, and obliteration of the canal for an inch or more. The tube requires to be punctured. Lactif'uga (Therap.) from lac, ' milk,' and fugo, ' I drive away.' Medicines, which dispel milk. Lactis'ia (Hyg.) Food, prepared with milk. Lactu'ca (.\fat. Med.) from lac, ' milk'; so called from its milky juice. iMCtu'ca sati'va, Let'tuce, Gar'den Let'- tuce, Eunu'ckium Meco'nis, ^QiSa<:, Cher'bas. It is used as a wholesome sal- lad. The seeds possess a quantity of oil, which, when formed into an emulsion, has been advised in ardor urinae, «&c. The inspissated juice, Lactuca'rium, Thrid'ace, resembles, in odor and ap- pearance, that of opium, and is, like it, narcotic. Dose, gr. j to vj. (F) Laitue ordinaire. (G) Lattich. LACTU'CA SCARI'OLA, L. sylves'- tris, Scari'ola, possesses a stronger de- gree of bitterness than the L. sativa. It has similar virtues to the next. (F) Laitue Scariole, L. sauvage. Writer., H. J. Collin, Vienn. 1780 (L). LACTU'CA VIRO'SA, L. grave'olens, Strong-scent'ed Let'tuce. The odor of this plant, the leaves of which are used in medicine, is strongly narcotic, and the taste bitter. They are narcotic, diuretic, and aperient; and have been used in dropsies. (F) Laitue vireuse. (G) Wilder Lattich. LACU'NA or LAGU'NA, An'drew (Biog.) A Spanish physician and critic ; born at Segovia in 1499 ; died in 1560. Works. Anatomica melhodus. Paris. 1535. 8vo. Compendium curationis ftbris pestilentialis. Arg. 1542. 12nio. Annotat. in Galeni interpretes. Vic- tils ratio, scholasticis pauperibus pa- ratu facilis et salubris. Colon. 1550. 12mo. Epitome omnium Galeni Per- gameni operum. Lugd. 1553. l2mo. Annot. in Dioscorid. Lugd. 1554. 8vo. Lacu'na (Anat.) A Fossa or Ditch. Anatomists have given this name to small cavities in the mucous mem- branes, the parietes of which secrete a viscid humor. Certain lacunaj are but the excretory orifices of mucous crypts. They are very visible in the rectum, vagina, urethra, &c. Some- times, lacuna is used synonymously with crypt. LADRERIE (F) (Path.) from 2.ai- S'Hjg, ' deformed.' A vulgar name for the Elephantiasis or Lepra of the Arabs. Also, a hospital for the reception of the leprous. (F) Liproserie, Maladrerie. LAENNEC, Theophile Rene Hy- AciNTHE (Biogr.) A distinguished French pathologist; Professor in the School of Paris; born at Quimper, in Lower Brittany, in 1781; died in 1826. Works. De Vauscultation mediate, ou traite du pronostic des maladies des