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 gills; applied to the appendages of the hyoid and the pectoral appendages of the scapular arches. BrancMos'teus, a, um. {Bpdyxia, the gills of a fish; oaTiSv, a hone.) Ichthyol. Having hony gills; applied to certain fishes, {Bran- chiostea, nom. pi. n.) which have gills with hony rays: hranchios'teous. Bran'chus, i, m. (Bpdyx^ ) Pathol. Old term, used by Galen, de San. Tu.\. 8, and de Symptom. Caus. iii. for a species of catarrh; also, hoarseness. Fr. syn. enrouement, m.; raucite, i. Brau'dy. (Germ. Branntwein, humt wine.) Name of a well known alcoholic liquor oh- tained by distillation from wine ; consisting of water, ardent spirit, and a small portion - of oil, which renders it milky at first, and after a time, gives a deep colour; also called French spirit. Spirttus Gallicus. See Spiri- tus Vini Galliei, Fr. syn. eau-de-vie. Branks. Pathol. A vulgar name for the Cynanche parotidea, or mumps. Braricia, Chem. Old term for Vitrum, or glass. Euland. Brase. Chem. Old term for Carhones. Eu- land. Brasdor, Corset de. Surg. Name of a hand- age employed hy Brasdor, in fractures of the clavicle. Brasilia. Bat. Old name for the wood of the genus Ccesalpinia, or Brazil wood. Brasium. Old name for Malta, or Maltum; also called Byne. Bras'mos. (B/>a|a!, to ferment.) Chem. Old term used hy the ancient Greek author Pharnuthus for fermentation, or zymosis. Brass. (Sax. Bras.) Chem. A combination of copper and zinc. See Ma, Accatem, Aurichalcum, Alkes, Aumin Sophisticum, Azoth. Fr. syn. airain, m. Germ. syn. Erz, n.; Messing, m. Brassadel'la,) Bof. Names for the Ophio- Brassatel'la. ) glossum spicatum, or adder's tongue. Bras'sica, <b, f. (As if Prcssica, from prasico, to cut in pieces ; because it is cut off by the . stem.) The plant cabbage, or colewoi-t. A Linn, genus of plants, CI. Tetradynamia ; Old. Siliquosa. See Caulodes. Fr. syn. chou, m. Germ. syn. Kohl, m. Bras'sica Acid'ulata. Bat. The acidulated cab- bage ; a name for the culinary preparation called Sour crout. Bras'sica AlTja. Bat. The white cabbage I)lant. Bras'sica Apiana. Bot. Thejaggedor crimpled colewort. Bras'sica Canina. Bot. A name for the 3Ier- carialis perrnnis, or dog's mercury. Bras'sica Capitata. Bot. Headed colewort; thi.^ systemutic name of the cabbage. Bras'sica Cmnana. Bot. The systematic name of the red ciibliage. Bras'sica Eruca, \ Bot. Systematic Bras'sica Erucas'trum. } names of the gar- den rocket, which affords the semen critcfc ; these with the seeds of tlie wild rocket (Eruca sylcestris) liave an acrid taste, and are eaten by the Italians in their pickles, etc.; they arc said to bo aperient and anti- scorbutic, but ai-e chiefly esteemed for their supposed aphrodisiac qualities ; also called Eoman rocket, and rocket gentle. The Eomans ranked the rocket as aphrodisiac. Bras'sica Florida. Bot. The systematic name of the cauHtlower. Bras'sica Lactur'ria. Bot. The systematic: name of the Savoy plant; also called B. sabauda. Bras'sica Marina. Bot. A name for the Con- volvulus soldanella, or sea convolvulus. Bras'sica Napus. Bot. The systematic name of the plant which affords the Semen napi; these seeds yield, on expression, a large quantity of oil, called rape oil, sometimes used in stimuating liniments; also called Bunias, and Napus sylvestris. Bras'sica Oleracea. Bot. The systematic name of the sea cabbage ; indigenous on our coast and the parent of all om- garden cabbages, however varied in their appearance, as com- mon cabbage, red cabbage, brocoU, cauli- flower, etc. Pickled cabbage is considered wholesome and antiscorbutic. SeeHalmyris. Bras'sica Rapa. Bot. The systematic name of the plant the root of which is called turnip; also called Napus dulcis, and Bcqnis; considered a wholesome food, demulcent, detergent, somewhat laxative and diuretic: the seeds are sometimes used as diuretic. Bras'sica Ru'bra. Bot. The systematic name of the red cabbage; which forms a good piclde; an infusion of its leaves, of a very rich blue colour, affords an excellent test both of alkalis and acids, becoming green with the former, and red with the latter. See Caulis Ruber, Cumana Brassica. Bras'sica Sabau'da. Bot. Another name for the B. lacturria, or Savoy plant. Bras'sica Sativa. Bot. The systematic name of the common garden cabbage. Brassidel'la. The same as Brassadclla, which see. Brassidellica Ars. Surg. A Paracelsian term for cm-ing wounds by applying the herb Brassidella, or Brassadella, to them. Brathu. M. Med. Old name for the Juni- perus Sabina. Brayera Antlielmin'tica. Bot. Name of a tree, the flowers of which have been found very effective against Tania, or tape-worm; also called Kousso, or Kosso, which see. BrazlHen'se Lig'num. Bot. Brazil-wood, See Ccesalpinia. BraziUen'sis Radix. M. Med. The Brazilian root; a name given to the ipecacuan root. Brazilwood. Bot. See Brasilia, Ctesalpinia. Bread. (Sax. BccacL) See Panis. Bread-Nut. Bot. Common name for the fruit of the Brosimum alicastrujn. Bread Poultice. Pharm. See Cataplasma Panis. Bread-Fruit Tree. Bot. Common name for the .irtocarpus incisa. Break-Boue Fever. Pathol. Common name for the fever called Dengue, Breakfast. See Acratisma. Breast. (Sax. Breast.) Anat. The mamma of foiiial(!s; the mammilla of males. Fr. syi\. mamelk, f. Gcnn. anal. l?nt.s't, f.; also, l)opulai]y used as u term for the thorax, or](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21462124_0162.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
