The practice of medicine, according to the plan most approved by the Reformed or Botanic Colleges of the U. S : embracing a treatise on materia medica and pharmacy ; illustrated with numerous engravings ; designed principally for families / by J. Kost.

  • Kost, J., 1819-1904
Date:
1847
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Credit: The practice of medicine, according to the plan most approved by the Reformed or Botanic Colleges of the U. S : embracing a treatise on materia medica and pharmacy ; illustrated with numerous engravings ; designed principally for families / by J. Kost. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library at Yale University, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library at Yale University.

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    Pertaining to Odor. Smell, scent, perfume. (Edema. Swelling; a soft swelling, as by a collection of water. (Edematous, oedema. (Esophagus. The gullet, or channel leading to the stom- ach. Omentum. The caul or epip- loon, a membraneous cover- ing that drops or hangs over the front of the entrails. Opaque. Impervous to light, dark, obscure, not transpa- rent. O] hthalmia. A disease of the eye. Ophthalmitis. Inflammation of the eyes. Organic. Pertaining to an or- gan or organization. ' Os. Bone; mouth. Ossify. To turn to bone. Oval. / Of the shape of an Ovate.) egg. Oxydation. The chemical uni- on of any substance with ox- ygen. Oxygen. A subtile gaseous element, which is a constit- uent of the atmosphere, as well as most organic sub- stances; it is the supporter of combustion, and almost the only acidifying principle: it is this element in the at- mosphere that supports res- piration, and it is upon its union with combustable sub- stances in the body that the latter is dependant for its heat. Palmate. Hand-shaped, so di- dived as to resemble a hand with the iingers spread. Palpitation. A beating of the heart, particularly a preter- natural beating, such as is occasioned by a fright, or some violent agitation. Pancreas. A long gland situ- ated on the duodenum, or rather between this and the bottom of the stomach; it se- cretes a fluid that is dischar- ged into the duodenum, and assists in digestion. Panicle. A loose, irregular bunch of flowers, with sub- divided branches, as the oat. Paraccntitis. In surgery, the operation called tapping. Paralysis. Palsy; the loss of the power of muscular motion. Parenchyma. In anatomy, a loose spongy substance; the spongy cellular tissue that connects parts together, par- ticularly those of the vicera, as the aircells and blood ves- sels in the lungs, & the absor- bents arteries and veins in the liver; in botany it means nearly the same thing. Paronychia. A whitlow or fel- Ion. Parotid. Near the ear. Paroxysm. An obvious in- crease or aggrivation of the symptoms of disease, which may last longer or shorter and then decline. Pathological. Pertaining to pathology. Pathologist. One versed in, or treating on pathology. Pathology. The doctrine or law of diseases; that which treats on the nature of diseases. Peccant. Morbid, bad, corrupt^ injurious.
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