A universal formulary containing the methods of preparing and administering officinal and other medicines / by R. Eglesfeld Griffith.
- Robert Eglesfeld Griffith
- Date:
- 1858
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: A universal formulary containing the methods of preparing and administering officinal and other medicines / by R. Eglesfeld Griffith. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Provider: This material has been provided by Royal College of Physicians, London. The original may be consulted at Royal College of Physicians, London.
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![Tertius, tertia, tertium, the third. Testacea, the prepared powders made of oyster-shells, egg-shells, crabs' claws, &c. Ihorax, the chest. Thoracis, of the chest. Tlui.s, frankincense. Tinea capitis, scald head. Torrefactus, toasted. Trcs, tria, three; tribus, in three, to three. Triduum, three days. Trituratio, a grinding. Trituratus, triturated, ground. Tritus, ground. ] .U., linctura Opn, what is commonly called Laudanum. T.O.C, Tinctura Opii Camphorata, Camphorated Tincture of Opium, called, formerly, Paregoric Elixir. This tincture is now called by the London College, in the late reform of the Pharmacopoeia, edit. 1809, Tinctura Camphorse Composita. Irans, through. Cola trans chartam, filter through filtering-paper. Tussis, a cough. Tussi molestante, when the cough is troublesome. U. Ultimus, ultima, mum, the last. Ultimd prsescript, which was last prescribed. Umbilicus, the navel. JJnh (an adverb), together. Uncia, an ounce. Unciam cum semisse, an ounce and a half. Undecim, eleven. Unus, una, unum, one. Unius, of one. Uni, to one. Urgente tussi, when the cough is troublesome. Urgeo, to urge, to oppress, to be troublesome or painful. Usus, use. Pergat in usu remediorum, continue the use of the medicine as before. Usque ad, up to, as far as. Ut, as, that, so that; in the same manner as. Utendus, to be used. Utatur, let him make use of. Uterque, utraque, utrumque, both. Utriusque, of both. Utrique, to both, to either. Admoveantur hirundines ij tempori utrique, apply two leeches to each temple. Utriuslibet, of whichever of the two, or more, the patient likes best. V. Vaccinatio, the act of inoculating for the cowpock. Variola vaccinae, the cowpock. Vaccinum lac, cow's milk. Valde, very, very much. Valeo, to avail; si non valeat, if it does not answer. Variola, the smallpox. Varicella, the chickenpox. Vas, a vessel. Vasis, of a vessel. Vase clauso, in a covered vessel. Agitato vase, shaking the vessel. Ve, vel, or; either: -ve is never at the beginning, but the end, of a word. Vertebrae, the joints of the neck, back, or loins; the vertebras, altogether, form that column of bones which is called the spine. Verus, true, real, genuine. V ena, vein. Vena saphena, the ankle vein. V'ena9sectio, bleeding. Fiat venaesectio, bleed him. V. S. B., Venaesectio brachii, bleeding in the arm. Fiat venaesectio in vena saphena, bleed the patient in the ankle vein — or, it may be understood, to bleed wherever you can find the best vein at the top of the foot to get blood from. Vespere, in the evening. Vespcrtinus, in the evening, as hora, vi*, vcspertina, at six o'clock in the evening. Vebiculura, a vehicle; that is, whatever liquid or any other eatable or drinkable we take a medicine in, as barley-water, whey, jelly, or panada, &c. Viginti, twenty. Vicesimus, vigesimus, the twentieth.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b23982913_0062.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
