An explanation of the terms of art in the several branches of medicine, accented as they are to be pronounced / [R. Brookes].

  • Brookes, R. (Richard), active 1721-1763.
Date:
1769
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Credit: An explanation of the terms of art in the several branches of medicine, accented as they are to be pronounced / [R. Brookes]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    '49S 'An Explanation of / It is an agreeable acid, and rncift ufed as a lance. Aciiiim, Vinegar. This, properly fpeaking, is four wine. Achilleaj Yarrow, a herb. Achoresy a fpecies of a fcald-head, from a priv. and ^ place, becaufe the matter of the ulcers proceed from fmall holes in the Ikin. Adda, Acids. Every thing is fo called that has a tartifo or four tajle. They are faid to be of great fervice in the plague. They temperate heat, abate the pulfe, coagulate the blood, retard the circula¬ tion, are hurtful to the lungs, and to perfons in years. They fhouid neyer be mixt with clyfters. Addulre, cold mineral waters, ''Aciniformis T'unica, a Coat of the Eye, the fame as the Turdca u'vea, Vv'hich iee. Acme, the Vigour, State, or Height of a difeafe. Difea^s have generally four times ; the lirft is Principium or invafionj 2, Augmentut^t or increafej 3, or ojigor, when the fymptoms are moft urgent; 4, or declination, when the difeafe is grown mild, and the patient is thought to be out of danger. Acomtum, Wolf-bane,, a dangerous herb. Acorus n^erus, the fweet-fmelling flag, or Calamus o\ Ray, a herb. Acoujiica, Tledicines to cure deafoefs, from < / • (xxafe? to .hear.. Acrochordiim, a kind of Wart, with a large head and a fmall root. From aicpo? the top, and ^op^s;. Acromium, the upper proepfs of the fhoul- der-bone, which receives the extremity of the Cla-vicula or collar-bone. From axpog the top and thefheiilder'honc. ■ AdduFtores Mufcidi, fhofe mufcles which bring forward, clofe, or draw together any part of the body. Their antagonifis ■Z.XZ X\xt AbduBores. Adenoloda, a treatife of the Glands, from a gland, and ooyo^ a difeourfe. Adidnikum njerum, or Capillus Veneris, the true Maidenhair, a herb. Adnata Tunica Oculi, or rather Albuginea, the albugineous coat of the eye, com¬ monly called the nvhite of the eye. It is formed by the tendinous expanlion of four mufcles, and adheres clofely to the Sclerotic. Some have improperly termed it the conjunBive Coat. Mgilops, an ulceration of the lachrymal glahd in the greater corner of the eye. th- Terms of Art. From a goat, and ^4^ caufethat animal is fuppofed to be often afflidfed with this difeafe. ALqU Pila, an .^leopile, an inftrument to fhow the great elafticity, which vapours acquire by the adlion of fire, It is a hollow globe of hard metal, with a fmall tube, whofe aperture is not the twen¬ tieth part of an inch in diameter. This being filled with water and placed over the till it boils very faft, the vapours will force themfelves through the tube with great rapidity. ^qudiio Temporis, Equation of Time. If a clock is fuppofed to go exadbly true for a whole yeai*, it will fometimes be flow¬ er, and fometimes fafter than a good fun-dial, and the dlfterence between the clock and the dial will be the equation of time. In the latter end of 0Bober and the beginning of November clocks and watches fliould be near 16 minutes flower than the fun, Mqudtor, is a great circle, whofe poles are the.poles of the world. It divides the globe equally into xhefoutbern and norths eifn hemifphere and paffes through the eaft and weft parts of the Hori’x.cn, Whenever the fun comes to'this circle, it makes equal days and nights in all parts of the earth ; which happens on the 2 2d of A/larch, and the 23d of Sep-* t ember. Air, Air. This is an elaftic fluid which covers the furface of the earth and fur- rounds it on every fide. All the air which encompafles the earth confidered together, is called the atmofphere, and the altitude of the air from the furface of the earth is termed the altitude of the atmofphere. Cold air contradls the fi bres, hot and moifi relaxes them. Hot air de¬ bilitates the body, the ferene increafes the ftrength: Moif air is hucTul. When the air is full of noxious and contagious parti-* cles, falling is bad. Sudden changes of the air from hot to cold, or from cold to hot, are very injuDons to the tone of tne folid parts, and fupprefs perfpiration, JErugo, Verdigreafe. This is copper re¬ duced into a green brittle body by means of an acid. This made into powder and made up into tents with any liquid not oily or uniluous, is a moft excellent re¬ medy to deftroy the hardeft Callus of a Tifiula, which it will do in three or four days in fuch a manner that it may be all drawn out together, and a white Pus will fupply its room, AEtber, is fuppofed t® be a thin diaphanous fluids