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
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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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![G4 ANTHEMIS PYEETHKUM—ANTHROPOGRAPHY. name of tlie herb which jdelds chamomile flowers ; called also Chamcpmelum, Chamce- melum nobile, and Chamomilla Romana. Fr. syn. camomille Romaine. Germ. syn. Rii- mische Kawille. An themis Pyreth'rum. M. Med. The sys- tematic name of the plant pellitory of Spain. See Asteranthium, Buphthalmum Creticum, Dentaria. Fr. syn. pyrethre, m. Germ, syn. Spanische Bertram; Speichelwurz, f. An'ther, (■'AcPos, a flower.) Bot. The head or summit of the filament; which two parts, with the pollen, constitute the stamen or male genital organ of plants. Anthera, ce, f. Fr. anal, anthere, f. Germ. syn. Staub- hevtel, m. Anthera, ce, f. ('AvB-nphs, red, or florid.) Plmrrn. A name, Gr. anal. avQ-qpa, applied by Galen, I. iv. v. de CM. sec. Loc, to a me- dicinal preparation, of a bright red colour, used in form of a powder, liniment, elec- tuary, or collyriura, foimed of myiTh, sand- arach, alum, rose leaves, saffron, etc. Anther'eon, Siiis, m. {Avdos, a flower; be- cause the beard flourishes or grows most luxuriantly there.) Anat. The chin, or the place under the chin, which is covered by the beard, according to Hippocrates, I. v. Epid. xxiv. 7. Anthericum Lilias'trum. Bot. The Linn, name for the Liliapo, or spider-wort. Antheridium, M, n. {Anther; and €?5oy, like- ness.) Bot. Term for collections (A71- theridia, nom. pi.) of cells found in the various tribes of Cryptogamia, containing bodies analogous to the spermatozoa of animals. Anthesis, is, or eos, f. (^AvOos, a flower.) Bot, Physiol. Term for the production of flowers; the act of flowering: anthe'sis. Fr. anal, anthere, f. Anthod'ium, ii, n. (^AvQos, a flower.) Bot. Term for a kind of calyx containing many flowers, being common to them all. Fr. anal, anthodion, m. Germ. syn. Bluthen- hiirbchen, f.\ Blumensammluny, f. Anthol'ogy. {AvBos, a flower; \6yos, a dis- course.) Bot. Term for a treatise on, or history of flowers, their nature, qualities, appearance, etc. Antliologia, ce, f. Fr. and Germ. anal, anthologie, f. Germ. syn. Blu- menJese, f. Anthonor. See Athanor. An'thony's Fire, Saint. Pathol. The popular term for Erysipelas; because St. Anthony of Padiia was supposed to cure it by mi- racle ; also, popularly called the Eose. Ig- nis Snncti Antonii. Anthoph'ilus, rt, «m. (Avffas, a flower; <pUos, a lover.) A lover of flnwers. F.ntnmol. Applied to a family (Anthophila, nnm.pl.n.) of the Hymcnnptcra : anthoph'ilous. Fr. nnal. anthophlle, ailj. Anthophyl'lus, i, m. (Acflos, a flower; ipiwov, a leaf) Bot. A nmno for the clove plant when allowed to grow to maturity, from its fragrance and beauty. An'thora, ce, f. (As if A nil thorn, or Anli jihtJuira, h-om a^r!, against; <J)9opa, coiTup t ion.) Dot. S])('cific iiaine for a species of Aconitum, erroneously supposed to lie not poisonous, and recommended as ale.xipliar- mic, and anthelmintic; it and all the rest of this genus are more or less poisonous: also called Helmet-flower. See Aconitum Anthora. Fr. anal, anthore, m. An'thos, eos, n. (Arflos, a flower of any kind.) Bot. Applied particularly to the flower of rosemary. Chem. The quintessence of gold, according to the alchemists. An'thos Philosophorum. Old term for a mode of transmuting metals by means of vitriol, according to Libavius, S.A.Ch. I. vii. s. 7. Anthosatum, i, n. (Acfloj, a flower.) Bot. An- other term for the flower of rosemary. See Anthos. Anthracia Eiibiila. Pathol. Dr. Good's terra for the yaws. See Framha^sia and Ruhula. An'thracite. {AvOpai,, a coal.) Geol., Min- eral. Name for a species of coal which burns free from smoke, or effluvia; found plentifully in U.S.A. Anthracites, ce, m. See Note, Aerolites. Fr. anal, anthracite, m. Germ. syn. Glanzkohle, f. Anthracosis, w, f. ('Aj'0f.at, a burning coal.) Pathol. A term used by Pauhis /Egineta for a red, or livid, burning, sloughy and very painful tumour oecuiTing on the eyeball or eyelids, and called Anthracosis oculi. Fr. anal, anthracosc, m. Germ. syn. Augen- brancl, m.; Augencarbunlcel, m.; Augenlie- derhrand, m. Antlirakoka'li. {Avepa^, a conl; kali.) Chem., Pharm. Name of a substance lately intro- duced in the treatment of chronic disorders of the skin, and particularly of chronic eczema, by Dr. Polya, of Pesth ; it is made from carbonate of potash and coal in fine powder. An'thrax, acis, m. {AvBpa^, a burning coal, or carbuncle.) Chem. Old term applied to the Hydrargyri sulphurctum riihrum. Pa- thol, Surg. Temi for a hard, circumscribed, inflammatory tumoiu', that usually forms on the cheek, neck, or back, soon assuming a dark red, or purple colour, like a live coal, but considerably paler about the edges, ha\'ing no central core, and terminating in gangrene under the skin; a carbuncle. See Granatristum, Ignis Persicus, Rubinvs Ve- nts. Fr. syn. c/iar6oH, m.; cloa,m. Germ, anal. Anthrax, m.; Karbimkel, m. Anthris'cum, i, n.) Bot. Name for the herb Anthris'cus, i, m. | chervil, or one resem- bling it, but smaller. See Caucalis Ati- tlnsciis, and Scandi.v. Anthrope, es, f. (Avdpwnos, a man.) Anat. Ancient term, Gr. annl. avepainr), for the human Cutis, or true skin ; used by Hero- dotus, /. V. c. 25, whore .Julius l^ollux ap- pears to have read avOpunrrii' (^eo Oiioiiiiist. I. ii. c. i. § Ti), but no good modern editions contain this reading. Anthropo'geny. (Avepwwov, a man; ifVftrir, generation.) Physiol. Tenu for the gene- ration of man. Anthropd,rnia, ce, f. Fr. anal, anthropnrj'nie, f. Germ. syn.-Er^sit- gni}(! di's Mcuschen. Anthropog'raphy. ('.AvepoiTror, a man ; ypAcpa, to write.) I'liysiol. Term for a history of, or treatise on the structure of man. .'In- thri''pogriiphia, ce, f. Fr. and (nn'm. anal.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21462124_0092.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
