A dictionary of terms used in medicine and the collateral sciences / by Richard D. Hoblyn.

  • Richard Hoblyn
Date:
1878
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    VU'LPINIC ACID. Vulpilin. A transparent, yellow, crj-stalline substance, obtained from the Evernia vulpina of Achard, or the Lichen vuipimis of Linnaeus. VULPIS MORBUS. Alopekia. Literally,fox-disease. Baldness; decay and fall of the hair. It is so named from the fox’s being supposed to lose its hair sooner than any other quadruped. See Flujeus Capil- lorum. VULTUS {itelle^ to will). The looks, the countenance; that whicli declares the sentiments of the mind. Compare Facies and Frons. VULVA (i. q. volva, from volvere, to roll). 1. A wrapper, covering, or integument. 2. An elliptic opening enclosed by the labia majora ot the ])udendum or external parts of generation in the female. Vulvitis. An unclassical term for inflammation of the vulva, an affection of the parts situated at the entrance of the vagina, accom- panied by mucous or purulent discharges. VULVA CE'REBRI. A small aperture of the brain, forming the part by which the three ventricles communicate. w. 'WADD. A technical name for plumbago, or black-lead. Black Wadd. An ore of manganese found in Derbyshire ; remark- able for its property of taking fire when mixed with linseed-oil. WADE’S DROPS. Friars' Balsam ; Jesuits' Drops. These pre- parations are nothing more than the Tinctura Benzoini composita. AVAFER-PAPER. An article of confectionery, recently employed for pharmaceutical purposes. It is made of fine wheat-flour and milk, or of cream and water with a little white wine and sugar. AVALCHEREN FEVER. An endemic remittent fever from which the British troops suffered severely, in 1809, at AA’'alchercn, an island at the mouth of tlic Scheldt, Holland. AA’ALL-EYE. An enlarged or distorted condition of the white of the eye. It is not glaucoma ; it is no disease. See Tcichopsia. AVANT’S POAA^DER. The powdered bulb of colchicum,disguised with other powders, prepared by Mr. AVant, and used for gout and rheu- matism. AA’ARD. This man w.as originally a footman, and, during his at- tendance on his master, obtained from the monks those receipts which afterwards became his nostrums. 1. IUar(f’s Essence for Headache. This is nothing more than the Linimentum Camphora: compositum. 2. ir«n/’s Paste. This is imitated by tbe Confectio Piperis nigri of the London Pharmacopoeia. This confection appears to be well adapted for the cure of tlnat species of Piles which probably attended the sedentary and luxurious habits of the monks. 3. lUard’s White Drops. An anti-scorbutic, prepared by dissolving mercury in nitric acid, and adding a solution of carbonate of ammonia; or frequently it consisted of a solution of sublimate with carbonate of ammonia.
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