Volume 1

The New Sydenham Society's lexicon of medicine and the allied sciences : (based on Mayne's Lexicon) / by Henry Power and Leonard W. Sedgwick.

  • Henry Power
Date:
MDCCCLXXXI [1881]-MDCCCXCIX [1899]
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Credit: The New Sydenham Society's lexicon of medicine and the allied sciences : (based on Mayne's Lexicon) / by Henry Power and Leonard W. Sedgwick. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ACIDURGIA-ACINIFORM. Brown in colour, aromatic in odour, acid in taste. Dose, 10 to 30 drops in a little water thrice daily. 'a. sulphu'ricum cru'dum. G. Ph. (rohe Schwefelsdtire, Englische Schwcfelsdure.) A clear, colourless fluid, of oily consistence. Sp. gr. 1-830—1-833, indicating a percentage proportion of pure sulphuric acid (SH2O4) of 91-8 to 93-1. A. sulphu'ricum destilla'tum. Belg. Ph. Commercial sulphuric acid distilled in a glass vessel. Sp. gr. 1*847. A., sulphu'ricum dilu'tum. Diluted sulphuric acid. Brit. Ph. contains 11'14 per cent, of an- hydrous acid. Sp. gr. 1094. Twelve minims contain 1 minim of strong sulphuric acid. Dose, 5—20 minims. Aust. Ph. contains 16'6 per cent, of strong acid. Sp. gr. 1-117. Belg. Ph. contains 13*5 per cent, of strong acid. French Ph. contains 10 per cent, of strong acid. Germ. Ph. contains 20 per cent, of strong acid. Sp. gr. 1-113—1117. Eussian Ph. contains 20 per cent, of strong acid. U. S. Ph. contains 2 parts of strong acid in one pint. Sp. gr. 1-082. A. sulpbu'ricum fa'mans. G. P. {rau- chende Schwcfelsdure, Nordhduser Vitriolol). A brownish fluid of oily consistence, giving off whitish vapours. Sp. gr. 1-860—1-900. A. sulphu'ricum pu'rum. A synonym of A. sulphuricum destillatum. Belg. Pn. A. sulphu'ricum rectifica'tum. A synonym of the A. sulphuric, destillatum. Belg. Ph. A. sulphu'rls volat'ile. A synonym of Sulphurous acid. A. sulphuro'sicum. A synonym of Sul- phurous acid. A. sulphuro'sum. See Sulphurous acid. A. sulphy'dricum. A synonym of Hy- drogen sulphide. A. tan'nicum. See Tannic acid. A. tartar'icum. See Tartaric acid. A. tar'tarl essentiale. A synonym of Tartaric acid. A. tartaro'sum. A synonym of Tartaric acid. A. tar'tricum. A synonym of Tartaric acid. A. thionhy'dricum. A sjoionym of Acidum sulphohydricum liquidum of the Belg. Ph. A. thion'icum. A synonym of Sulphuric acid. A. urolith'icum. A synonym of Uric acid. A. valerian'icum. See Valerianic acid. A. valer'icum. A synonym of Valerianic acid. A. vitrio'li vino'sum. A synonym of Ether. A. vitriol'tcum. A synonym of Sulphuric acid. A. vitriol'icum alcoho'li aromaf- icum. A synonym of the A. sulphuricum aro- maticum as formerly made with alcohol. A. vitriol'icum aromaf icum. A syno- nym of A. sulphuricum aromaticum. A. vitriol'icum vino'sum. G. Ph. A synonym of the Mistura sulfurica acida. A. zoot'icum. A synonym of Hydrocyanic acid. A. zootin'icum. A synonym of Hydro- cyanic acid. Acidur'g-ia- ('Ak??, a point; also a sur- gical bandage; pyov, work. F. acidiirgie; G. Akidurgie.) Operative surgery, especially such as involves the escape of blood. A'cies. (F. epine; G. Grat.) An intu- mescence of the tsenia seniicircularis at Ihe sine of the foramen of Monro, and at the distance of about one line from it. A'cies. ('A/cis, a sharp point. F. acier.) The point of a spear; also a battle array. Ap- plied as a name for iron or steel; and also to the rows of the phalanges of the fingers. In Botany (F. arete, angle saillant) a ridge or projecting angle. A. diur'na. (Acies, keen eyesight) He- meralopia. (Dunglison.) Acie'siS. Sterility in women. A'ciform. Same as Aciculiform, Acinacifolious. ('AKiuaia]^, a scimi- tar; folium, a leaf. F. acinacifolie ; G. Schwert- bldttrig.) Having acinaciform leaves. Acinac'iform. ('A/ctVaKJ/s; forma, re- semblance. F. acinaciforme ; G. Sdbelformig.) Like a scimitar or sabre in shape. Acina'lis. {Acinus, a berry. F. acinal.) Pertaining to a grape. Acina'rius. {Acinus.) Having small, spherical, pediculated vesicles on the stem and branches, like the grains of the grape, as the Fucus acinarius. Acine'seSa ('A, neg.; kivIm, to move.) Neuroses which are characterised by loss of the power of moving. Acine'sic. ('A, neg.; Kwiw, to move.) That which is opposed to movement. Acinesic reme- dies are those which are opposed to motion. Acine'sia. (A, priv.; Klvna-Ls, motion. F. acinesie; G. UnbeweglichJceit.) Loss of motion in the whole or in any part of the body. The interval between two beats of the heart; the period of diastole. Acinesiatro'plliaa Same as Acineta- trophia. Acine'siSa Same as Acinesia. Acinetatro'pliia. {'Aklvyito?, motion- less; atrophia. F. acinetatrophie.) Atrophy from want of motion. Acine'tae. A synonym of Acinetidcs. Acine'tic. ('A, neg.; KLviw, to move.) That which relates to the arrest of movement; applied to medicines which inhibit motion. Acine'tidae- ('A, neg.; Kivico, to move.) The only Family of the Order Suctoria, Class Infusoria, Sub-kingdom Protozoa. Ihese or- ganisms are found parasitic upon hydroid polypes. Bodies spherical and n on-ciliated, from which stand out a number of radiating, retractile, rarely ramified filamentous tubes, of which one is shorter than the rest and serves to fix the animal whilst the rest are free, and end in a trumpet-shaped sucker. Acineti'na. A synonym of Acinetidce. Ac'ini. Plural of Acinus, A. grla^ndulo'si. Conglomerate glands. A. lie'nis. The Malpighian corpuscles of the spleen. A. IMCalpigrliia'iii. The Malpighian cor- puscles of the spleen. A. rena'les. The Malpighian corpuscles of the kidney. Acin'ifbrm. {Acinus, a grape; forma, resemblance. F. aciniforme; G. Beerenformig.) Having the form or colour of a grape; grape- like.
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