A new dictionary of medical science and literature: containing a concise account of the various subjects and terms : with the synonymes in different languages : and formulae for various officinal and empirical preparations, &c. &c (Volume 2).
- Robley Dunglison
- Date:
- 1833
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: A new dictionary of medical science and literature: containing a concise account of the various subjects and terms : with the synonymes in different languages : and formulae for various officinal and empirical preparations, &c. &c (Volume 2). Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![MAGNET weight of water for its solution. It is antacid, and laxative when it meets with acid in the stomach. Dose, gr. x to 5 J m water or milk. (F) Magnesie Brulee, Magnesie, M. Caustique. MAGNE'SIA OPALI'NA. A name given, by Lemery, to a mixture of equal parts of antimony, nitrate of potass, and muriate of soda (decrepi- tated). It has emetic properties, but is not used. MAGNE'SIJE CAR'BON AS, M. Subcar'- bonas, Magne'sia (Dublin), M. aera'ta, M. carbon'ica, M. al'ba, Subcar'bonate of Magne'sia, Henry's Magnesia, M. Subcarbon'ica, M. Mi'tis, M. Edinbur- gen'sis, M. Sa'lis Ebshamen'sis, M. Sa'lis ama'ra, Car'bonas magnes'icum, Lac ter'ra, Hypocar'bonas magne'sice, Ter'ra ama'ra, T. ama'ra aera'ta, T. absor'bens minera'lis, T. Talco'sa ox- yanthraco'des. Prepared from sulphate of magnesia by subcarbonate of potass. It is inodorous ; insipid; light; white ; spongy; opaque; effervescing with acids : insoluble in water. Properties the same as the last. But the carbonic acid, when set free, sometimes causes unpleasant distention. (F) Souscarbonate de Magnesie, Mag- nesie aeree, M. blanche, M. crayeuse, M. donee, M. effervescente, M. Moyenne, Poudre de Sentinelli, P. de Valen- tini, P. du Comte de Palme. MAGNE'SIJE SUL'PHAS, Sul'phas Magne'sia purifica'ta, Magne'sia vitri- ola'ta, Sal cathar'ticus ama'rus, Sal cathar'ticum ama'rum, Sul'phate of Magne'sia, Sal Epsomen'sis, Sal ca- thar'ticus Jinglica'nus, Sal Sedlicen'sis, Sal Ebsdamen'se, S. Seydschutzen's€, Ter'ra ama'ra sulphu'rica, Vitriol'icum Magne'sia, Ep'som Salt, Bit'ter purg- ing Salt. Generally obtained from sea water. Its taste is bitter and dis- agreeable. It is soluble in an equal quantity of water at 60°. It is purga- tive and diuretic. Dose, as a cathartic, § ss to § ij. (F) Sel admirable de Lemery, Sel d'Egra. Writer. N. Grew, Lond. 1695 (L). Mag'net (Therap.) Mag'nes, La'pis heracle'us, L. Syderi'tis, L. nau'ticus, Magni'tis, uuynric, fiuyvt]?; so called from Magnes, its discoverer. The magnet or loadstone. An amorphous, oxydulated ore of iron, which exerts an attraction on unmagnetized iron, and has the property of exhibiting poles ; — that js, of pointing by one of its extrem- MAGNETISM, ANIMAL ities constantly to the north. This ore, by contant or long rubbing, communis cates its properties to iron, and thus artificial magnets are formed. Mag- netic ore is found in many countries, and particularly in the island of Elba. The magnet is, sometimes, used to extract spicula of iron from the eye or from wounds. It has been employed as an antispasmodic; but has no such effect. The powder has been given as a tonic. In Pharmacy, it is used to purify iron filings. It attracts the iron, and the impurities remain behind. It formerly entered, as an ingredient, into several plasters, to draw bullets and heads of arrows from the body : — as the Emplastrum divinum JVicolai, the Emplastrum nigrum of Augsburg, the Opodeldoch and Mtractivum of Paracelsus, &c. (F) Jlimant. Writers. W. Maxwell, Francf. 1679 (L). J. R. Deima.v, Amsterd. 1775 (D). J. A. Heinsius, Leipz. 1776 (G). E. E. Baldinger, Gotting. 1787 (U. Magnet'ic (Phys., Therap., &c.]> Magnet'icus, from fiuyrtj?, ' the magnet.' That which belongs or relates to mag- netism ; — mineral or animal. MAGNET'IC FLU'ID. A name, given to the imponderable fluid to which the magnet owes its virtues. By analogy, it is applied to a particular principle, supposed to be the source of organic actions; which affects, it is conceived, the nervous system principally, and is susceptible of being transmitted from one living body to another, by contact or simple approximation, and especially under the influence of fixed volition. MAGNET'IC PLAS'TER. A plaster, at present, not used. It had for its base a mixture, called Magnes arseni- calis; formed of equal parts of anti- mony, sulphur, and arsenic melted together in a glass cucurbit. The name MAGNET'IC PLAS'TERS was, likewise, given to such as con- tained powdered magnet. Mag'netism, An'imal {Med.) Mes'- merism, J\euroga'mia. Properties at- tributed to the influence of a particular principle, which has been compared to that which characterizes the magnet. It is supposed to be transmitted from one person to another, and to impress peculiar modifications on organic ac- tion, especially on that of the nerves. The discussions, to which this strange belief have given rise, are by no means terminated. (G) Thierische Magnetismus,](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21116313_0013.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
