Lexicon medicum; or medical dictionary; containing an explanation and comparative, botany, chemistry, materia medica, midwifery, pharmacy, physiology, practice of physic, surgery, and the various branches of natural philosopy, connected with medicine / Selected, arranged and compiled, from the best authors, by Robert Hooper.

  • Robert Hooper
Date:
1839
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Credit: Lexicon medicum; or medical dictionary; containing an explanation and comparative, botany, chemistry, materia medica, midwifery, pharmacy, physiology, practice of physic, surgery, and the various branches of natural philosopy, connected with medicine / Selected, arranged and compiled, from the best authors, by Robert Hooper. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Acephalobra'chia. (3, (F. f.; from a, priv. «e<paAy, a head, and fipax^r, an arm.) A term applied by Breschet to that variety of partial agenesia which is characterised by absence of the head and arms. Acepha eobra’chius. (ms, i. m. ; same ety¬ mon.) A monster without head or arms. Acephai.oca/rdia. (a, rv. f. ; from a, priv. uatpaAii, ahead, and uapSia, the heart.) A name given hy Breschet to that form of partial agene¬ sia characterised by absence of the head and heart. Acephaloca'rdius. (ms, i. m. ; same ety¬ mon.) A foetus born without head or heart. Acepiiai.ochi'rus. (ms, i. m. ; from a, priv. icetpaA7j, a head, and Xe‘P> a hand.) A foetus born without head or hands. Acephalocy'stis. (is, ulis, f. ; from a, priv. KetpaAr;, a head, and kucttis, a bladder. The ace- phalocyst, or headless cyst. The name given by Laennec to the visceral hydatid of Linnaeus. See Entozoa. Acephaloga'ster. (er, ri. m. ; from a, priv. KopaArj, a head, and yaaTtip, the belly. A foetus born without the head, chest, and superior part of the belly. Acephaeoga'stria. (a, re. f.; same etymon.) A term applied by Breschet to that form of par¬ tial agenesia, which is characterised by absence of the head, chest, and upper part of the belly. Acephaeopo'dia. («, re. f. ; from a, priv. KeipaAi), a head, and irovs, a foot.) Breschet’s term for that form of partial agenesia in which the head and feet are wanting. AcEFHALo'ronus. (us, i. m. ; same etymon.) A foetus born without head or feet. Acephalora'chia. (0, re, f. ; from a, priv. KetpaAt], a head, and pax‘J, the spine,) The term used by Breschet for that form of partial age¬ nesia in which the head and vertebral column are wanting. Acephai.o'stomus. (ms, i. m. ; from a, priv. I KetpaAt], a head, and arupa, the mouth.) An j aperture resembling a mouth. Acephalotiiora'cia. (a. re. f. ; from a, priv. KeipaAt), ahead, and &copa(, the chest.) A name given by Breschet to a partial agenesia, consist¬ ing in absence of the head and chest. Acephaloteio'rus. (ms, i. m. ; same ety¬ mon.) A feetus born without head or chest. ACE'FHALUS. (A/ceipaAos; from a, priv. and KerpaAr), a head.) Acephalous. Without a head : applied to a lusus naturae, or monster, born without a head. A'CEli. (er, era. n.) The name of a genus of plants in the Linna:an system. Class, Poly- gamia Order, Moncecia. Acer campestre. The systematic name of the common maple. This tree yields a sweetish, milky sap, which contains a salt witli a basis of lime, possessed, according to Sherer, of pecu¬ liar properties, it is white, semi-transparent, not altered by the air, and soluble in 100 parts of cold, or 50 of boiling water. It is from the juices of this plant, and those also of the Acerpscudo-platanus, that chemists have obtained an acid which they call the Aceric acid. Acer pseudo-platanus. The svstematic 'name of the maple-tree, falsely named svea- more. It is also called Platanus traga. This tree is common in England, though riot much used in medicine. The juice, if drunk while fresh, is said to be a good anti-scorbutic. All its parts contain a saccharine fluid ; and if the root or branches be wounded in the spring, a large quantity of liquor is discharged, which when inspissated, yields a brown sort of syrup like molasses. Acer saccharinum. The systematic name of the sugar maple-tree. Large quantities of sugar are obtained from this tree in New Eng¬ land and Canada, which is much used in France. It has been supposed that all Europe might be supplied from the maple of America, which grows in great quantities in the western counties of all the middle States of the American Union. It is as tall as the oak, and from two to three feet in diameter; puts forth a white blossom in the spring, before any appearance of leaves; its small branches afford sustenance for cattle, and its ashes afford a large quantity of excellent potash. It requires twenty years to attain its full growth. Tapping does not injure it; on the contrary, it affords more syrup, and of a better quality, the oftener it is tapped. A single tree has not only survived, but flourished, after tapping, for forty years. Five or six pounds of sugar are usually afforded by the sap of one tree ; though there are instances of the quan¬ tity exceeding twenty pounds. The sugar is separated from the sap either by freezing, by spontaneous evaporation, or by boiling. The latter method is the most used. Dr. Rush de¬ scribes the process; which is simple, and prac¬ tised without any difficulty by the farmers. From frequent trials of this sugar, it does not appear to bo in any respect inferior to that of the West Indies. From calculations, grounded on facts, it is ascertained that America is now capable of producing a surplus of one eighth more than its own consumption. Acer virginianum odoratum. An old name of the liquid amber. A'CERATE. (Aceras, atis. m.) A salt | formed hy the aceric acid, with a base. ACE’RATOS. (From a, neg. and uepacc, or icepauvvpt, to mix.) Unmixed; uncorrupted. This term is sometimes applied to the humours of the body by Hippocrates. Acerb. ( Acerbus; from acer, sharp.) Applied } to a taste compounded of acidity and roughness. Ace'ric acid. Acidum acericum.. An acid found by Scherer combined with lime in the | juice of the common maple (Acer campestre), and regarded by that chemist as peculiar; Gmelin, however, says, that it is merely malic acid. ACE'ltlDES. (A/f?)pi5es ; from a, neg. and /ftjpos, wax.) A11 old name for plasters made without wax. ACE ROSE. Acerosus; applied to leaves which are shaped like a needle; as in Pin us sylvestris, and Junipcrus communis. Acer'vulus cerebri. A sandy substance of a yellow colour which is frequently found near, or in the substance of, the pineal gland ; it con¬ sists of phosphate of lime ; it has not been ob- C 3