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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    JEGOPODIUM—AERELATEROMETER. texture, and by its transmission through the medium of a thin and mobile layer of fluid. jHESg'Opo'dium. (Ai^; ttoDs, a foot; from its likeness to a goat's foot.) A Genus of plants of the Nat. Ord. Umbelliferce. Goatweeds. JE.^odagrra'ria. The goatweed, or gout- weed ; it is sedative, and was formerly esteemed in cases of gout and piles. JXSg'OprOSO'pOIla (Ai^j TrpncTMirov, a face.) An old name for a collyrium, according to GorraBus ; synonymous with ^gidion. JSagrip'pa. See Agrippa. SSsTritu'do. CL. ^ger, sick.) Sickness, ill-health, disease. JB. ventric'uli. (L. ventriculus,i]xQhQ]\.j.) Vomiting. Sagrrota'tiO. (L.^yer, sick.) Sickness, disease. ffigryp'tia moscha'ta. The Egyptian musk. Hibiscus abelmoschus. Si. ul'cera. Egyptian ulcers, an old term used by Aretseus for ulcers of the fauces and ton- sils, which were described as common in Egypt and Syria, thus—AlyvirTLa koL ^vpiaKa eXKaa. Skypti'acum bal'samum. A syn- onym of the Balsam of Gilead. JB. ung-uen'tum. Name given to several corrosive or detergent unguents; the simple ^gyptiacum, however, improperly called an un- guent, is composed of verdigris, honey, and vinegar, boiled together to a proper consistence. See ^gyptium. iSgryp'tion. Same as ^gyptium. JREgryp'tium. (AiyuTn-ios, Egyptian.) Old epithet of a white oily ointment (AiyuTn-toi; fiSpov), prepared from leaves and aromatic sub- stances ; also called Menesium; also applied to the AEgyptiacum unguenium simplex; also a term for lint or thread. a!, al'bum. A synonym of Grinomyron. JE. medicamen'tum ad au'res. A synonym of the Pharmacum ad aures. JE. o'leum. An old name of castor oil. SSg'yp'tiuS. (AiyuTTTios, Egyptian.) Of or belonging to Egypt. JE. pes'sus. The Egyptian pessary; a term for an unguent in form of a pessary, com- posed of honey, butter, turpentine, saffron, oil of roses or lilies, and sometimes a little verdigris. Aeicliry'SOn. ('Ae/, always; xiovo-os,gold.) The plant Sempervivum tectorum, or houseleek. Siig'lu'ces. See Aeigluees. Aeigrlu'ces.^ ('Aei, ever; yXu/cus, sweet.) A kind of sweet wine or must. Aeipatlli'a. ('AEiTraOtta, from CLEL, always; ■7rd0os, a suffering.) An unyielding or inveterate disease. Aei'tliales. dAsLdaXvs, evergreen.) The Sempervivum fectortim, or houseleek. Aeizo'on. ('Ae/, always; ^wos, alive.) The Sempervivum tectorum, or houseleek. Salu'ropo. (AtXovpos, a cat; ttous, a foot.) A synonym of Gnaphalium montanum, from the resemblance of its leaves and flowers to a cat's foot. Smopto'ica pas'sio. (al/xa, blood; TTTuw, to spit.) Haemoptysis. JXSne'a. (L. JEneus, brazen.) A catheter. iSSneoceph'alUS. {^neus, coppery; KicpaXv, the head. F. ceneocephale.) Having the head of a copper-colour. Slnotllion'ic. See (EnotMonic. SSolectliy'ma. (AtoXos, variable; from AioXos, the god of the winds; t/cOujua, a pustule. F. aiolecthyme.) An old term for a species of varicella. JRBol'idae. A Family of the Section Der- matobranchia, Subclass Flatypoda, Class Gastero- poda. Dorsal surface of the body with numerous tufts, often branched, containing prolongations of the alimentary canal; tongue with longitudinal dental plates. SSollan'tlius sua'vis. Nat. Ord. LauracecB. A Brazilian plant used as a diuretic in spasmodic strangury. jSSol'lion. Varicella. JXSollium. Varicella. SS'on. (Atwi/, one's lifetime.) The age of man from birth to death; life. Also, the spinal marrow, according to Hippo- crates, vii, Bpid. lii., 8. SSone'sis. (Alo^jjais, from rt'iovao), to sprinkle.) Term for a sprinkling or washing of the whole body, according to Hippocrates, de Humid, usu, i, 8 ; Erotianus in Onomastic. Hipp. SaO'nioii. (Atcoj/ios, eternal.) The Sein- pervivum tectorum, or houseleek. JSaO'ra. (AtcopEO), to raise into the air. F. brandillement.) A form of exercise called by the ancients Gestatio, in which the swinging action was predominant, as in a hammock, in a litter, in a chariot, or in a boat. SSqua'liS. {JEquo, to make equal or level. F. egal; G-. gleich, gleichf 'drmig.) Of the same dimensions or proportions; equal. ^qua'tor. See Equator. Si, oc'uli. A horizontal line on the level of the junction of the closed eyelids; it is below the centre of the eye. ffi'que. {JEquus, alike, or equal. F. egale- ment.) Justly ; alike ; equally. JSIquilat'eral. (L. cequus ; lateralis, be- longing to the side.) Equal sided. JSIquilib'rium. {^quus, equal; libro, to balance. F. equilibre; G. Gleichgewicht.) That rest which occurs when many forces, appKed to the same body, are equally opposed. See Equilibrium. SSquival'ved. (^quus, equal; valvce, folding doors; F. equivalve; G-. gleichklappig, gleichschalig.) Having equal valves; applied to a dehiscent pericarp when its valves are nearly of the same size. SSquor'idse. A Family of the Suborder Calyptoblastea, Order Hydroidea, Class Hydro- medusce, Subkingdom Codenterata. Large dis- coidal medusae, with short and stout buccal peduncle; marginal filaments and radial canals numerous, on which are placed the sexual organs. A'er. ('A^|0, the atmosphere ; F. air ; G. Luft.) The atmosphere ; atmospheric air. H.. fix'us. Fixed air; a term for carbonic dioxide or carbonic acid gas. Aera'tedi ('A?7p. F. aire.) Applied to liquids that are impregnated with carbonic acid, which was called fixed air. .A., bread. See Bread, aerated. A., waters. See Waters, aerated. Aera'tion. CA??^.) The charging of a fluid with some gas. Also a term for ventilation. A., Of blood. The oxygenation of the blood in the lungs. Aera'tor. (Same etymon.) An apparatus for making aerated waters. Also a contrivance for fumigating grain in bulk to destroy fungi and insects. Aerelaterom'eter. The same as Ela- terometer.
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