A Dictionary of terms used in medicine and the collateral sciences / by Richard D. Hoblyn.
- Richard Hoblyn
- Date:
- 1859
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![and bronchial voice, the principal symptom in pleuropneumonia. See Auscultation. EGOPHONY (a«£ a goat; ^tavij, a voice). A peculiar sound of the voice, re- sembling the bleating of a goat. See Aus- c ul tut ion. EOLIPILE (jEoli, pila, Eolus's ball). A hollow metal ball with a slender pipe for the purpose of converting water into steam. AER (an'p, aipos, air). This prefix de- notes the presence of air or gas in the fol- lowing terms :— 1. Aerate. To impregnate with car- bonic acid gas. or fixed air, as in aerated or gas waters. The process is termed aeration. 2. Aerial Acid. The name given by Bergmann to Carbonic Acid, from an idea that it entered into the composition of at- mospheric air. 3. Aeri-form (forma, likeness). Air- like ; a term applied to gaseous fluids, from the resemblance to common air. 4. Aero-lite (Xidos, a stone). Air-stone; meteoric stone; a mineral substance which falls through the air. 5. Aero-meter (perpov, a measure). An instrument constructed by Dr. M. Hall for ascertaining the changes in the tempera- ture of the atmosphere; in the barometri- cal pressure; in the external and internal heights of the fluid in the pneumatic trough; and when this trough contains water, for the elevation and precipitation of aqueous vapour. 6. Aero-phobia (<po(iiu, to fear). The dread of air; a symptom of hydrophobia. 7. A'ero-scopy (<ricoiriu>, to investigate). The investigation of the air. 8. Aero-station. The art of raising heavy bodies into the atmosphere, by the buoy- ancy of heated air, or gases of small spe- cific gravity, enclosed in a balloon. ERO'SUS LAPIS {ass, copper). The name given by Pliny to the lapis calami- nan's, from the notion of its being a cop- per ore. ERU'GO (<b», copper). Verdigris; an impure sub-acetate of copper, formed by placing plates of the metal in contact with the fermenting marc of the grape, or with cloth dipped in vinegar. See Verdigris. JES CORINTHIUM. A kind of brass produced, as it is said, by an accidental mixture of metals at the burning of Co- rinth; it appears, however, from Pliny, to have been in use in Corinth long before the burning of that city. [iESCULUS HIPPOCASTANUM. Horsechestnut. A plant of the order Hip- pocastaneas. The bark has been vised as a substitute for cinchona, and the powdered kernel of the fruit as a sternutatory.] ES USTUM. Burnt copper; a prepa- ration consisting of equal parts of copper and rough brimstone, laid in strata, with a small quantity of common salt sprinkled on each layer, and exposed to the fire till the brimstone is burned out. It has been called cbs Veneris, ess cremantum, cinis ceris, crocux Veneris, &c. ESCULLNE. An alkaloid lately dis- covered in the bark of the JEsculas Hippo- castanum, or Horsechestnut; supposed to be a febrifuge. ESTHESIA (alaOriais, sensibility; from aladdvopat, to perceive). Perception ; feel- ing; sensibility. 1. Dys-cBsthesia. Defective perception ; a morbid state of the corporeal senses generally. 2. An-cBsthesia. Absence of the sense of touch. The former term is extended to all the senses; the present is limited to a single sense! 3. JEstheterium. The sensorium. [AESTHETIC {aisQavopat, to understand). Relating to the understanding or mental perception.] ESTIVATION (cestivus, belonging to the summer). Prcefloration. A term used in botany, to express the manner in which the parts of a flower are arranged with respect to each other, before their expan- sion. Compare Vernation. ESTUS VOLATICUS [astus, heat; volo, to fly). A term applied to transient heats, or erythema of the face. ETAS. Age; a term including the several states of life, as infancy, youth, old age, <fec. The best Roman writers ex- pressed these periods in the following terms:— 1. JEtas firmata. The prime or full strength of age; the age of thirty. 2. JEtas constans. The steady age ; the age of forty. 3. JEtas matura. The age of maturity, or prudence ; the age of fifty. 4. JEtas provecta. Advanced age. 5. JEtas ingravescens. The burdensome age; the weight of years. 6. JEtas decrepita. Decrepit age, as relates to countenance and state of old age. 7. JEtas affecta. The state of total de- cay in the human frame. 8. JEtas exacta, vel precipitata. The decline of age; the end of life. 9. JEtas extrema. The approaching end of life. ETHER (aldr)p, ether). A highly volatile and inflammable fluid, produced by the action of acids on alcohol. 1. JEther Hoffmanni. Hoffman's ano- dyne solution, or the Spiritus Etheris Sul- pkurici C'ompositus. L., [U. S.]](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b2103753x_0032.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
