An expository lexicon of the terms, ancient and modern, in medical and general science; including a complete medico-legal vocabulary / by R.G. Mayne.
- Mayne, Robert Gray, 1808-1868
- Date:
- 1860
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: An expository lexicon of the terms, ancient and modern, in medical and general science; including a complete medico-legal vocabulary / by R.G. Mayne. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![The pharmacopoeial name (_L. E. D. and U. S.A.) of the gum henzoin; obtained by ex- udation of the balsam from incisions made in the bark of the stem of the tree Styrax benzoin, and hardened in the air; also called benzoe, and vulgarly, benjamin. See Asa Dulcis, Balzoinum, Behoinum, Benevi- vuni. Liquor Siriniacus. Fr. anal, henjoin, m. Germ. anal. Benzoe, n. Ben'zole. Chem. Name given to a clear, colourless fluid, of a peculiar ether-like odour, formed by the decomposition of benzoic acid, also of other organic sub- stances, acted on by a high temperature It has also been called Benzin, and is a bi- carburet of hydrogen. Ben'zone. Chem. Name given to a coloiu-- less, oily fluid, produced by the distillation of the dry benzoate cf lime. Benzoni'trile. Chem. Name given to a clear, colourle>s liquid obtained by lieating to fu- sion in a retort the ben'zoate of ammonia. Ben'zoyle. {Benzoinum, benzoin; vKt], the substance from which anything is made.) Chem. Name given to an assumed ternary compound forming the radicle of oil of liit- ter almonds, benzoic acid, etc. Sb^S {(Arab.) Pai/.oi. Ancient T5 1. n V - names lor species oi the Le- Berat Cecna. t j • i • i Berat Lebena.) 1''' '^«''«^^«' '^''^^ see. Berberia. See Beriberi. Berberin'. (Berheris, the barberry.) Chem. Name given to an alkahne substance, con- sisting of beautiful bright yellow, needle-hke crystals, obtained from the root of tlie Ber- beris vulgaris, also ascertained to exist in tlie Columba root, or that of the Cocculus -pal- matus, and lately found in the wood of the ilenispermumfenestratuni, or columba wood of Ceylon. Berberlna, ce, f. See Hiss. div. ii. s. vi. f. 4. BerTjeris, is, f. (Arab. Bfr&e;-!, wild.) A Linn, genus of plants, CI. Hexandria; CI. Mono- (lynia. The barberry, or pepperidge-bush. Fr. syn. epine-vinette, f. Germ. anal. J3t'?'fce- ritze, n. Ber beris Vulgaris. Bot. The systematic name of the barberry shrub, or thorny box tree, common in most parts of Em-ope ; the ber- ries, gratefully acid and moderately astiin- gent, were formerly believed useful in biliiiry fluxes, etc.; on touching this shrub near the base with any sharp pointed body a sudden contraction is produced; also called O.ry- acantha, Py.tacantha, Spina acida. Fr. syn. rincttier, f Germ. anal. Berheritze. Bergam'ii Ol'eum. M. Med. The oil of ber- gaiiiot, or Oleum bcryamota:, obtained by distillation from the peel or rind of the fruit of the Citrus limctta hcrgamium. Bergam'ium, ii, n. M. Med. The bergamot tree. See Citrus Limetta Bergamium. Fr. syn. beriiammotticr, f. Ber'gamot, Es'sence of. An essence prepared from tlie fruit of a bergamot pear-tree (the Citrus mella rosn, a variety of the Citrus medica), on which a citron branch has been grafted: aiso caWed Es.ientia de cedra. Fr. anal, essence de bcrgamotte. Germ. syn. Bergamuttul, n. Bergamota, cb, f. Bot. The bergamot, or fruit of the Citrus limetta bergamium. Fr. and Germ. anal, bergarnotte, f. Beri'beri. (Beri, a Singlialese word for weak- ness, and by reduplication, signifying great weakness.) Pathol. Term for an acute di'opsical disease, common in many parts of India; also spelt Beriberia. Beriberia. See Beriberi. Bermu'da Ber'ry. Bot. Common name for the soap-nut, or soap-berry produced by the Sapiyidus saponaria. Bacca Bermuden'sis. Beruavi, Pharm. Name for an electuary used formerly by the Egj'ptians, but its composi- tion unknown; it was highly intoxicating, and produced extraordinary symptoms; mentioned by Prosp. Alpinus. Hooper. Ber'ry. (Sax. Berien, from beran, to bear.) Bot. A pulpy indehiscent pericarp having the seeds scattered loosely in the pulp, as the grape, gooseberry, etc. Fr. syn. haie, f. Germ. anal. Becre, f. Bers. Pharm. Name for an exhilarating elec- tuary formerly used by the Egyptians ; com- posed of white pepper, white henbane seeds, opium, spikenard, euphorbium, pjTethruni, saflron, and honey; described by Prosp. Alpinus, de Med. Mgypt. iv. 122, a. Bertia, Spongy Bones of. Anat. Term for two small triangular, turbinated bones,often found beneath the small round opening of the sphenoidal sinus, first noticed by Ber- tin. Ber iila, en, f. Bot. A name for the Veronica bcccabunga. Ber'iila Gal'lica. Bot. A name for the Slum nodiflurum, or creeping water parsnip. Beryl'lus, i, m. (BrjpjWos.) Mineral. Name of a pellucid gem or stone of a greenish colom-; anciently supposed to have power against disease of the liver, short breath- ing, eructations, fluxion of the eyes, con- tusions, etc.: beryl, of which eight kinds are mentioned by GoriiPus. Fr. anal. beryl, m. Germ. anal. Beryll, m. Beryt'ion. (B^piTiov; from its inventor Ber?/- tius.) Pharm. Name for a coUyrium in ancient use, described by Galen, de C. M. sec. hoc. iv. 7 ; also a pastile, which was of great efficacy against dysentery. Gon-a^us. Bes, bessis, m. ) {Bis, tmce; because it is Bes'sis, is, m. ) twice the triens, or third part of the as, or pound of 12 ounces.) Pharm. Term for an eight ounce wei^'ht or measm'e of fonner times, mentioned by Celsus; Khodius, de Pond, et Mens. p. 40. Besachar. (.4rab.) Old term for fungus. Dornajus, Pailand, and Johnson. Besan'na. Old term for Funyvs muscarum ; by which is supposed to be meant the sub- stance sponge. Bes'sanen. Pathol. Old term for redness of the external parts, hke that preceding leprosy, occupying the face and extremities : supposed to be what are now called chil- blains. Besto. Bot. A name for the Saxifraga gra- nulata. Beta, oe, f. {Bectis, a river of Andalusia, in which it grew ; or the letter S, which it is said to resemble.) 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