Horae subsecivae, or first steps to composing and conversing on medical subjects in the Latin language. Intended chiefly for the use of candidates for a degree in medicine in the University of Edinburgh / By John Fletcher.

  • Fletcher, John, 1792-1836.
Date:
1822
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Credit: Horae subsecivae, or first steps to composing and conversing on medical subjects in the Latin language. Intended chiefly for the use of candidates for a degree in medicine in the University of Edinburgh / By John Fletcher. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Small Exiguus, parvus, minutus—minor Middling Mediocris Length Longitudo Long—to become Longus—Produci, extendi, pro¬ long trahi Short—to be short- Brevis—Curtari ened Breadth, thickness Latitudo, crassitudo &c. Broad, thick &c.— Latus, crassus, amplus, plenus, to become thick tumidus—Latescere, intumere, &c. intumescere &c. Thin—to become Tenuis, Delicatus—Tenuari, atte- thin nuari, extenuari &c. Width (as of a pas- Spatium, Area sage) Wide—to become Spatiosus, plenus, amplus &c.— wide Patescere, ampliari Narrow — to be- Compressus, astrictus, coarctatus, come narrow angustus—Comprimi, astringi, coarctari, coangustari Figure, form Figura, forma To be like or re- Referre, repraesentare, Smulare>* semble esse ad similitudinem, ad for- mam, ad figuram, ad imaginem, modo, similis, ut, velut, sicut, quasi, tanquam &c. Regular—regular- Ordinatus, regularis—Ordinate ]y \ . . . Irregular — irregu- Inordinatus, irregularis, Abnormis larly —Inordinate instead of “ Plexus oesopbagealis magnus et parvus,” “ Arteria ca~ rotica externa et interna” &c. how preferable would be, since the distinction is between two only, the words “ Major et minor,” “ Exterior et interior” &c. When we wish to distinguish between more than two things, indeed, as between the coats of the intestines, the epithets “ Externus, medius et internus,” are perfectly proper. * This word signifies rather to pretend than to resemble, as “ Dissimulare” does to conceal : they both imply design, and can therefore be applied, with propriety, only to a sentient being. The use of the former in the practice of physic is as improper as in ana¬ tomy.