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

  • Richard Hoblyn
Date:
1859
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    1. Aluminite. The name by which mine- ralogists designate the hydrated subsul- phate of alumina. 2. Aluminium. The metallic base of alu- mina. It is obtained from its chloride by the action of potassium. 3. Petra aluminaris. Sulphuretted clay; the purest of all aluminous ores, and as hard as indurated clay; hence its name, alum rock. [ALUM-ROOT. Common name of the Heuchera Americana.] ALVEARIUM (alveare, a bee-hive). The meatus auditorius externus, or audi- tory canal of the ear. [ALVEOLATE {alveolus, a little cav- ity). Having little grooves or cavities.] ALVEOLI (dim. of alcei, channels). The alveolar processes or the sockets of the teeth. Hence the term alveolar, as applied to the arteries and veins of the sockets of the teeth. Alveolar structure. A term applied by Hewson to minute superficial cavities found in the mucous membrane of the sto- mach, oesophagus, and small intestine, and which he compared to the cells of honey- comb. They are distinct from the follicles. ALVEUS COMMUNIS. The name given by Scarpa to the common duct or communication of the ampullae of the semi- circular canals of the ear. [ALVINE (alvus, tho belly). Of, or belonging to, the belly.] ALVUS (ab alluendo, qua, sordes allu- untur). The belly; the intestinesj also the intestinal evacuation. 1. Alviduca. Medicines which promote evacuation of the contents of the intestines. 2. Alvifluxus. Diarrhoea ,• a flux or dis- charge of the contents of the intestines. 3. Alvine Concretions. Calculi formed in the stomach or intestines. See Bezoar. 4. Alvus coacta. Literally, hard-bound belly ; the state of costiveness. Celsus. ALYSMUS (aXvaixoi, restlessness ,• from aXx'iu), to be vexed). A term used by Hip- pocrates to denote anxiety, or restlessness, chiefly affecting the praecordia, with low- ness of spirits, &c. ALYSSUM [(a, pro avri, against; \vaan, madness). So called from its being sup- posed to be a specific against hydro- phobia. Madwort Plantain. See Alisma Plantago.~\ AMADOU. Agaric; a spongy inflam- mable substance, prepared from the dried plant of the Boletus Igniarins, found on old ash and other trees. It is used for stopping haemorrhages, <fec. AMALGAM (aua, together; yaixiw, to marry). A mixture of mercury with some other metal. See Alloy. Amalgamation. The process of mixing mercury with some other metal. It is ex- tensively used in separating silver and gold from some other ores, and is founded on the property which mercury has to dis- solve these metals out of the minerals with which they are associated. AMANITA MUSCARIA. Fly Ama- nita; a plant of the order Fungi, contain- ing a poisonous principle, which has been called amanitine. AMA'RA (sc. medicamenta; from ama- rus, bitter). Bitters; medicines with a bitter flavour, and tonic property, as camo- mile, gentian, &c. AMARYTHRIN. Erythrin litter of Heeren. A bitter extractive matter, ob- tained by dissolving erythrin in hot water, and exposing it some days to the action of air. [AMATIVENESS. The sexual passion.] AMATORII (amo, to love). Pathetici, or the superior obliqui muscles of the eye; so named from the expression which they impart. AMAURO'SIS (auavpbs, obscure). Ca- ligo oculorum. Blindness; drop serene; [gutta serena;] loss of sight from an af- fection of the retina, the optic nerve, or the brain. This term was employed by Hippocrates merely in the sense of obscu- rity or dimness; by later writers it was used as the name of the particular disease. [Amaurotic cat's eye (amblopia senilis?); a term applied by Beer to an amaurotic affection, accompanied by a remarkable change of colour in the pupil, which pre- sents a yellowish tint. It occurs chiefly in very old persons.] AMBE {aytfiri, the edge of a rock). An old machine for reducing dislocations of the shoulder. AMBER. Suceinum. A yellowish, translucent, and inflammable substance, which is found in beds of wood-coal, and appears to be the altered resin of trees ; by Berzelius it was considered as a concreted balsam. 1. Acid of Amber, or Succinic Acid, is obtained from amber by dry distillation. It is a delicate reagent for separating red oxide of iron from compound metallic so- lutions. 2. Amber Camphor. A yellow, light sublimate, obtained by the destructive dis- tillation of amber in a retort or alembic. By Vogel it was termed volatile resin of amber. AMBERGRIS (ambre-gris, Fr.). A se- baceous substance found floating on the sea in warm climates, supposed to be a concretion formed in the intestinal canal
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