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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![1. Acidulous; owing their properties chiefly to carbonic acid; they are tonic and diuretic, and in large doses produce a transient exhilaration ; the most celebrated are Pyrmont, Seltzer, Spa, Carlsbad, and Scarborough. 2. Chttlybeate; containing iron in the form of sulphate, carbonate, or muriate; they have a styptic, inky taste. [See Cha- lybeate Waters.] 3. Sulphureous; deriving their char- acter from sulphuretted hydrogen, either uncorabined, or united with lime or an alkali. 4. Saline; mostly purgative, and advan- tageously employed in those hypochon- driacal and visceral diseases which require continued and moderate relaxation of the bowels. AQUA BINELLI. An Italian quack medicine, supposed to be a solution of cre- osote, and celebrated at Naples for arrest- ing haemorrhage. AQUA CHALYBEATA. A water con- sisting of a solution of citrate of iron, highly charged with carbonic acid gas, and flavoured by a little aromatized syrup. AQUA FORTIS. A name applied by the alchemists to the nitric acid of the Pharmacopoeia, on account of its strong solvent and corrosive properties. It is distinguished by the terms double and single, the latter being only half the strength of the former. The more concen- trated acid, which is much stronger even than the double aqua fortis, is termed by artists spirit of nitre. AQUA LABYRINTHI. Liquor of Scarpa ; a fluid found in the cavities of the petrous bone. It is secreted by a mucous membrane which lines the vestibule and semicircular canals. AQUAMARINE. A variety of beryl, a mineral of a green colour, of various shades. AQUA PHAGED^NICA. Phagedenic water; a lotion for ulcers, formed by the decomposition of corrosive sublimate in lime water. AQUA POTASSES. The pharmaco- pceial name of the aqueous solution of po- tassa, prepared by decomposing carbonate of potassa by lime. AQUA REGIA. Royal water; the name given by the alchemists to a mix- ture of the nitric and hydrochloric acids, from its property of dissolving gold, styled by them the king of metals. It is now called nitro-muriatic acid, and cousists of one part of the former to two of the latter acid. AQUA TOFFANA. A subtle, certain, slow-consuming poison, prepared by a woman of that name in Sicily, said by 5 some to consist of opium and cantharides; by others, of a solution of arsenic. AQUA VITiE. Eau de Vie. A name given in commerce to ardent spirit of the first distillation. Distillers call it low wines. As an intoxicating beverage, it might very properly be termed aqua mortis. AQUA VULNERARIA (vulnus, a wound). A remedy applied to toounds; another term for arquebusade. AQUEDUCT (aqucB ductus, a water- course). A term applied to certain canals occurring in different parts of the body, as that— 1. Of Fallopius. The canal by which the portio dura winds through the petrous portion of the temporal bone. 2. Of Sylvius. The canal which extends backwards under the tubercula quadrige- mina, into the fourth ventricle^ 3. Of the Cochlea. A foramen of the tem- poral bone, for the transmission of a small vein from the cochlea. 4. Of the Vestibulum. The commence- ment of a small canal, which opens upon the posterior surface of the petrous bone, and transmits a small vein. AQUEOUS (aqua, water). A term now coming into general use for designating definite combinations with water. The term hydrate has long been employed for the same purpose. A prefix is used when there is more than one atom, as in bin- aqueous, /er-hydrate. AQUEOUS HUMOUR (aqua, water). The fluid which fills the anterior and pos- terior chambers of the eye. [AQUETTA. Aqua Toffana, q. v.] A.QUILA. Literally, an eagle. A term which had formerly many epithets joined with it to denote particular substances; thus, aquila alba, seu mitigata was one of the fanciful names of calomel. [AQUILEGIA VULGARIS. Colum- bine. A perennial herbaceous plant of the order Banunculacece, formerly considered diuretic, diaphoretic, antiscorbutic, and vulnerary.] [AQUILICIA SAMBUCINA. The sys- tematic name of a plant, native of Java, the Moluccas, &c. The decoction of its root is used for the cure of heartburn, and of its wood to allay thirst.] AQUULA (dim. of aqua, water). A fatty tumour under the skin of the eyelid. ARACE^l. AroidecB. The Arum tribe of Monocotyledonous plants, containing an acrid, and in some cases a highly dan- gerous principle. Herbaceous plants with leaves sheathing at the base; flowers uni- sexual, arranged upon a spadix, within a spathe ; stamens hypogynous ; ovary supe- rior ; fruit succulent.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b2103753x_0054.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
