A Dictionary of terms used in medicine and the collateral sciences / by Richard D. Hoblyn.
- Richard Hoblyn
- Date:
- 1859
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: A Dictionary of terms used in medicine and the collateral sciences / by Richard D. Hoblyn. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![generally confounded with laudanum, which is, properly, the wine of opium. T. 0. C. Tinctura opii catnphorata, pare- goric elixir. Tr. vel. tinct.. Tinctura, tincture. [Trit. Tritura, triturate] Frock. Trochiscus, a troch or lozenge. Ult. prcBscr. yitimo praescriptus, the last ordered. Umb. Umbilicus, the navel. Ung. Unguentum, ointment. Ust. ut liq. anim. Usque ut liquerit ani- mus, until fainting is produced. Utend. Utendus, to be used. Vent. Ventriculus, the stomach. V. 0. S. Vitello ovi solutus, dissolved in the yolk of an egg. Vom. urg. Vomitione urgente, when the vomiting begins. V S. Venaesectio, bleeding. Zz. Zingiber, ginger. [n\,. Minimum, a minim, the 60th part of a fl. drachm.] [Or. Grana, a grain.] y. Scrupulum, a scruple, equal to 20 grains troy. £. Drachma, a drachm, equal to three scruples, or, in liquids, the 8th part of an ounce measure. ^. Uncia, an ounce troy: or, in liquids, the 16th part of a wine pint. [lb. Libra, a pound.] [ss. Semissis, half.] [j., one; ij., two; iij., three, &c] In labelling bottles, boxes, drawers, or pots in a shop, care should be taken that the name of the drug be left predominant, while a single letter is sufficient for denot- ing the technical terms; as radix, pulvis, pilulae, compositus, volatilus, <fec. Simple powders also speak for themselves to the eye, and surely do not require the addition of pulvis, as is usually done. P. ipecacuan. c. not Pulvis ipec. comp. Rhaei radix Pulvis rhaei r. Th. Andromachi Theriaca Andr. T. cantharidis Tinct. canth. Valeriana} r. Valer. radix. U. Hydrarg. nitr. Unguent, hydr. n. [The following abbreviations employed in botany may be introduced here : [Cal. Calix. [Carol. Corolla. [Ped. Peduncle. [Per. Pericarp. [Pet. Petiole. [Pec. Recepticle. [Stam. Stamen. [Stip. Stipule. [* signifies that the plant is an annual one. [<? signifies that the plant is a biennial one. [1| signifies that the plant is a perennial one.] 2* ABDO'MEN (abdo, to hide ; or abdo and omentum). The belly, or the cavity situ- ated between the thorax and the pelvis ; so called from its containing the intestines, &c. ABDOMINAL REGIONS. The abdo- men is distinguished into three transverse zones, — an upper, a middle, and a lower. Each zone is divided, by perpendicular lines, into three compartments or regions ; a middle, and two lateral. They are thus named:— 1. Epigastric Region. The middle region of the upper zone, immediately over the small end of the stomach. The two lateral regions of this zone, situated under the car- tilages of the ribs, are called the hypochon- driac. 2. Umbilical Region. The middle region of the middle zone, immediately over the umbilicus. The two lateral regions of this zone, situated over the loins, are called the lumbar. 3. Hypogastric Region. The middle re- gion of the lowest zone, situated below the stomach. The two lateral regions of this zone, situated over the ilia, are called the iliac. 4. Inguinal Region. By this term is de- noted the vicinity of Poupart's ligament. [ABDOMINAL {abdomen, the belly) be- longing to the abdomen.] ABDOMINA'LES {abdomen, the belly). An order of Fishes which have fins placed on the abdomen, as the salmon, the trout, &c. [ABDOMINOSCOPY {abdomen, the bel- ly ; ffKonea, to observe). Examination of the abdomen by percussion, inspection, measurement and manual examination, with a view of ascertaining the existence of disease there.] ABDUCTOR {abduco, to draw from). Abducent. A muscle whose office is to draw one part of the body away from another. Thus, the rectus externus is called abduc- tor oculi, from the action of this muscle in drawing the eye away from the nose. Its antagonist is called abductor. ABELMOSCHUS (an Arabic term, sig- nifying musked seeds). Grana moschata; the musky seeds of a species of Hibiscus. A powder, called poudre de Chypre is pre- pared from these seeds in the East, for fla- vouring coffee. [Abelmoschus esculentus, or Hibiscus es- culentus. The systematic name for the okra, bendee, or gombo, the fruit of which abounds in mucilage, and is used in diar- rhoea and dysentery, and also as a vege- table.] ABERRATION {aberro, to wander](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b2103753x_0022.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
