A comprehensive medical dictionary : containing the pronunciation, etymology, and signification of the terms made use of in medicine and the kindred sciences.

Joseph Thomas

Date:: 1865

Credit: A comprehensive medical dictionary : containing the pronunciation, etymology, and signification of the terms made use of in medicine and the kindred sciences. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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$phos, a skin-disease, and cl^os, a form.] Like Alphas, as Lepra al- phoides. Al-phon'sin. [From Alphon'so Fer'ri, of Naples, its inventor.] An instrument for extracting balls from ■wounds. Al'phos,* Al'phus.* [From ii\66s, white.] A species of leprosy; the Lepra alphos. Al-pho'sis.* [From the same.] Albino-skin. Al-pi'ni, Ral 'sa-Biium.* [After Prosper A (pin««.] The balsam of Al- pinus. The balsam produced by the Amyris Gileadensis. Al-pin'i-a.* [Named in honor of Al- pinus.] A Linnaoan genus of the class Monandria, natural order Scitaminex. Alpiii'ia CarHla-mo'inum.' The plant said (Lond. Ph. 1S36) to produce the lesser Cardamom seeds, formerly referred to the Amomum cardamomum, and now to the Elettaria cardamomum. Alierantia,* al-ter-an'she-a. See Alterative. Alteran'iia Xer-vi'na.* (Nervous Alteratives.) A class of substances, as spirituous liquors and narcotics, which produce gradual changes in the brain, attended by disturbance of the intellect- ual functions. Al'ter-a-tlve. [Al'teraiss; from al'tero, altera'tum, to vary.] Applied to medicines (Lat. Alteran'tia) which re- establish the healthy functions of the system without any sensible evacuation. Altern. Moris = Alter'nis ho'ris* At alternate hours, — that is, every other hour. Al-ter'nate. [Alterna'tus; from alter'no, to interchange.] Applied to leaves or branches recurring by turns ■with those of the opposite side. Al-tha?'a.* [Gr. aXdala, from a\9(o, to heal.] A Linmvan genus of the class Jtfnuadclphia, natural order JIalracese. Marsh-mallow. Althaea ©f-fic-i-iia'lis.* The marsh- mallow, the root of which is ordered lor use in the Pharmacopoeia (Lond. Ph.); the leaves and root (Ed. and Dub. Ph.); and the flowers and root (U.S. Ph.). Al-tlie'in. [Althsei'na; from al- llh-i'n.] An alkaline substance discov- ered in the marsh-mallow, similar to Asparagin. Al-tim'e-try. [Altime'tria; from al'tus, high, and /icrpto), to measure.] The art of measuring heights or alti- tudes. 34 Almlel, al'oo-deP. A pear-shaped vessel used by the earlier chemists, re- sembling the head of an alembic, with the exception of the beak, etc. A scries of these vessels, joined together, is used for distilling mercury in Spain. Al'u-la.* [Diminutive of a'la, a wing.] A little wing. Applied in the plural {al'ulee) to the membranous scales above the haltcres in certain Diptcra, and under the djtra of some aquatic Coleoptcra. Al'imi. [From alu'men.~\ The Pcr- sidphas aluminvc et j^'^asssc. See Al.u- 31 EX. Al'uiii. Am-mo-nl'a-eal, is a double salt, consisting of the sulphates of am- monia and of alumina, in which ammo- nia takes the place of the potassa of common alum. Al'uin Curd of Ri-ve'ri-us. [Al- bu'nion Aluiiiiiio'siun.] A coagulum formed by briskly agitating a drachm of alum with the white of an egg. Al'nni Oint'ment. A preparation consisting of common turpentine, lard, and powdered alum. AI'miii Wa'ter. A solution of alum in water, used by painters in water- colors. Alum Whey. [Serum Alumin- o'sum.] A whey made by boiling two drachms of alum with a pint of milk, and then straining. Al-u'men,* gen. Al-u'min-is. Alum. The Sulphas alwninse etpotassse, a double or sometimes a triple salt, consisting of sulphuric acid and alumina, with either potassa or ammonia, or frequently both. The alumen of the Pharmacopoeias is prepared from schistose clays. In Italy this salt is procured from alum stone, a mineral substance occurring in most volcanic districts. Alu'inen Ex-sie-ea'tum vel IV- lum.* Dried alum (or burnt alum); the Pharmacopoeial name of alum when it has undergone watery fusion and parted with all its water of crystallization by the action of heat. Its chief use is as an escharotic for destroying fungous flesh. Aln'nion Ro-ma'nmn.* Roman alum; the purest variety of alum, con- taining no ammonia in its composition. Alumen Ru'pe-um.* [From ru'pes, a rock.] Roche or rock alum. A variety of alum brought from Roccha, formerly called Edessa, in Syria. That which is sold under this name is common English alum, artificially colored.$