The practice of physick. In twenty and four books ... / Written in Latin, and in English. By Lazarus Riverius ... Nicolas Culpeper ... Abdiah Cole ... And W.R.
- Lazare Rivière
- Date:
- 1661 [1663]
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: The practice of physick. In twenty and four books ... / Written in Latin, and in English. By Lazarus Riverius ... Nicolas Culpeper ... Abdiah Cole ... And W.R. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![Laxative: which nukes the belly looie. Livid : black and blew, Lead-coloured. M Meninges : or films of the Brain, coats thac cover che brain. MaJHcatories: thac is Medicines to be chewed to bring away Rheum. Meferaicl\Veins, little Veins that are thought to carry chyle from che ftomach to the Li¬ ver. See Vejlingus Anat. in Englifh. ‘Malignity: venemous or poyfonful quality of certain humors and Difeafes which make them very dangerous, and for themoft part deadly. <Matter, or ^uittor: fnoccy kind of filch which comes ouc of Impofthumes when they break, and ouc of Ulcers when they are in a good way of Cure. *Magijlical Syrup: is fuch an one as is invented by a Phylician for his Patient, in oppofition to rhofe Syrups commonly kept in fhops. (Matrix: Womb. * fMembrana: skin or coat of the Arteries,.Veins, See. Membranes, skins or coats. ^ j ‘Mortification: a deading of any part of the bo¬ dy ' ‘Malign: venemous, poyfonful. See Malignity. Mother: the Womb in Women is fo called. Mitigation: abatement, leflening, growing mild. *lbe Medium: is that through which we ice, as principally the Air, which we look thorough upon cbje&s j alio cheWacer and Glals,Horn, or what ever is cleer, and may be feen through, may be termed a medium of iighc. Mammilarie paffages, or productions: certain little knobby bunchings ouc of the Nerves, which ferve for imelling, refembling Teates, called therefore Teat-like productions. See che Englifh Anatomy. Malax: (often. To Malax a lump of Pilftuff, 1« to (often ir, chat it may work up into Pills the better. Mercurial Purges: Purges made of Quick-filver, Chymically prepared, fuch as Mercurius dul¬ cis , forne kipd of Precipitate, Mercurius vit&y 8cc. Macerate: deep. Mefenterie : the skin which knits the Guts toge¬ ther,and runs all along among them,embeded wich Fac. See Vefiingus his Anatomy in Englifh. Membranous : of the Nature of Skin or Parch¬ ment. Mot bifical, or Morbificl{_matter • is that which is the puncipal caule of any Diieafe. Minorativepurgation : is gentle purgation, fuch as cakes away only a part of the matter of a Diieafe-; it is oppoied to Eradicacive purgati¬ on, which is /hong, arid pulls the who] matter offending up by the Pioou as k were* N ‘Vtrition: Nourifhmenr. fZ^urcotic^medicines: ftupefy ing Medicines: thac dull che fence of feeling and caufc pio- found deep. ^itre: falc Peter, as fome hold j but Matthiolm conceives the true Nitre is rarely found in thefe daies. Natural functions: aftions of the ftomach, Li¬ ver, Spleen, Gal, Kidneys, in concocting the meat, making blood,and feparacing and expel¬ ling the Excrements. aujeoufnefs : fickncfs of the ftomach enclinir.g to vomit. ‘Njdorou*: fmelling of burnt far, or fcorched Roaft-mear, orfryed Oyl. <7S(pxious: hurtful. ‘Qaufiofif of the Veins: is when the Veins are fick of bad blood, and doth as it were fpcvv ic ouc into the habit of the body: from whence comes Scurvy-fpocs, morphew, lcabs, 8cc. ‘^eoterickf: ace lace writers in Phyfick, or any other Arc, fo called in oppofition to the Anti- enc Authors. O Organs: peculiar parts of the Body fitted for fome notable fervice of the Spirit, fuch as the Eye to fee,the Ear to hear, the Nofc to frael, the Skin to feel, the Lungs to breath. Stomach to digeft. Os Sacrum: the great bone whereon the Ridg bone refteth. Opifthotones : a Convulfion fo named, when the Body is drawne backwards.' Oval forme : thac is fhape of an Eg. Original: beginning, foundation. Oedema: a fwelling caufedby fiegm, which is fofc andwhiteifh, and has hide beat or pain with it. Qbfiruttion flopping. Opiate fignifies an Electuary ; properly ic is put for Venice Treacle, Michridate, Diafcor- dium, 8tc. which have Opium in them : from whence che name is derived. But fecondarily, it fignifies any Eledtuary or Antidote made up in fuch a body as Treacle, 8cc. though it have no Opiate in if. Orifice : the hole which is made by a Surgeon when he let* blood. Alfothe mouth or paf- (age into the Womb, or Stomach, &c. Optickj : a Part of Natural Philcfophy (though faiily reckoned for a branch of the Mathema- ticks) opening all the Myftrries ofiighr, and the reafons of the Deceptions, or mi (takes thereof, and teaching co make augmenting Glafles,mui:iplying Glades,Pcrfptdive GUI- - fe«, burning Glades, 8cc, Oblique: dancing,, athwart, crooked. Obnoxious: liable, oriub^ct unto. Ofhthalmy:](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b30328421_0034.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
