Selecta è præscriptis = selections from physicians' prescriptions : containing lists of the terms, phrases, contractions and abbreviations used in prescriptions, with explanatory notes ... and a series of abbreviated prescriptions illustrating the use of the preceding terms to which is added a key, containing the prescriptions in an unabbreviated form, with a literal translation, for the use of medical and pharmaceutical students / by Jonathan Pereira.

  • Jonathan Pereira
Date:
1873
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Credit: Selecta è præscriptis = selections from physicians' prescriptions : containing lists of the terms, phrases, contractions and abbreviations used in prescriptions, with explanatory notes ... and a series of abbreviated prescriptions illustrating the use of the preceding terms to which is added a key, containing the prescriptions in an unabbreviated form, with a literal translation, for the use of medical and pharmaceutical students / by Jonathan Pereira. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Quod movet urinam ; diure- That which excites ticimi.* a flow of urine; a diuretic. Urinam mauu emoiire, Ceis. To discharge the urine by the hand [i. e. hy an opera- tion']. Catheter.t—Fistula, Cels.— A catheter.—A pipe Fistula urinaria. [for drawing off the urine\. Explorare vesicam. To examine [e.g. to S(9MW«^}the bladder. Extrahere (vel educere, vel To draw off the eliccre) urinam ope cathe- urine by the aid teris. of a catheter. Menstrua ciere, pellere, sol- To promote or bring vere, Pliny ; evocare, mo- on the menstrual vere, elicere, excitare. discharge. Quod evocat menstrua; em- That which brings menagogum.J on the menses ; an emmenagogue. In feminam ben^ responden- In [or to] a woman tibus menstruis, Cels. whose menses are regular. * AiovprjTiKos : from Sid through; oUpov the urine; and pe'o) J flow. t Catheter, eris, m. From (tader^p, Galen, t From eppujva the menstrual discharge, and dyw 1 propel or bring away.