A dictionary of terms used in medicine and the collateral sciences / by Richard D. Hoblyn.

  • Richard Hoblyn
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1858
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    prepared from the root of the Maranta Amnclinacea, said to he effica- cious m poisoned womuls. Ai row-rout, British. A focula prepared from the roots of the Armii m(cuUdum, or Cuckoo-pint, in the isle of Portland, hv beating tliem into a pulp, which is repeatedly washed by passing it throujrh a sieve ; it IS then dried in shallow pans. ARSE'NIC'UM (apatviKov, ?)insc;iKHe, an ancient epithet, denoting strong and acrimonious properties). Arsenic; a britile metal of a bluish white colour. 1. Aiyeuioux Acid. This compound, frequently called white arsenic, white oxide of arsenic, is prepared by digesting the metal in dilute nitric acid. It is well known as a violent poison. Its salts are called arsenites. 2. Arsenic Acid. The compound which results from the further acidification of the arseiiioiis with nitric acid. Its s.ilfs are called arseniates. 3. Ft;/ Powder. Poudre a monches. A black powder, formed by the exposure of the metal to a moist atmosphere. It is generally re- garded as a mixture of white oxide and metallic arsenic. 4. FumiiH) Liquor of Arsenic. A colourless volatile liquid, which fumes strongly on exposure to the air. It is the sesquichloride of ar- senic, and is formed by throwing powdered arsenic into chlorine gas. 5. Reakiar. Ruby or Red Arsenic; the protosulphuret. It occurs native, and may be formed by heating arsenious acid with about half its weight of sulphur. 6. Oi-piment. Yellow arsenic; the sesqui-sulphuret. It occurs na- tive, and may be formed by fusing to;,'ether equal parts of arsenious acid .and sulpliur. It constitutes a well-known paint, and is the colouring principle of the pigment called king's yellow. 7. Scheele's Mineral Green. A well-known pigment, consisting of arsenite of copper, or the combination of the arsenious acid with oxide of copper. 8. Liquor Arsenicalis. A pharmacopoeial preparation, called i^07rZer'« Solution and Tasteless Ague Drop, consisting of arseniate of potash dis- solved in water, and flavoured and coloured with spirit of lavender. 9. Pate A rsenicale. Arsenical paste ; a remedy used in France, con- sisting of cinnabar, sanguis draconis, and arsenious acid, made into a paste with saliva. AR.SENOVI'NIC ACID. A new acid produced by the action of arsenic upon alcohol. ARTA'NTHE ELONGA'TA. A species of a genus of plants allied to Piper, yieldin? matico. AKTEMI'SIA. A Vnus of plants of the order Co)n;ios!te. The species Chinensis, Indica, and 7'^;(/yarts, yield the substance called moxa, which is prepared by beating the tops of these plants in a mortar, until they become like tow. Sec Ahsinthium. Artemisia Draciivcul.us. Tarragon; a plant which is used to impart a peculiar stimulating flavour to vinegar. ARTE'RIA ('ii'/(>, air. Ti]piui, to hold). A vessel which carries the blood from the heart; formerly supposed, from its being found empty after death, to contain only air. See Vascular Si/sfein. 1. Arteria innoiiiinata. A trunk arising from the arch of the aorta. 2. Arteria hcliciiia. The name given by Miiller to one set of the
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