Lexicon medicum, or, Medical dictionary : containing an explanation of the terms in anatomy, botany, chemistry, materia medica, midwifery, mineralogy, pharmacy, physiology, practice of physic, surgery, and the various branches of natural philosophy connected with medicine : selected, arranged, and compiled from the best authors / by Robert Hooper.

Robert Hooper

Date:: 1832

Credit: Lexicon medicum, or, Medical dictionary : containing an explanation of the terms in anatomy, botany, chemistry, materia medica, midwifery, mineralogy, pharmacy, physiology, practice of physic, surgery, and the various branches of natural philosophy connected with medicine : selected, arranged, and compiled from the best authors / by Robert Hooper. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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$tlnctura cantharidis, may be proper, where milder meana have failed. Dij d a vefp powerful remedy, from the utility of which in inflammatory dis- it to answer beat in pi great natural strength, and not roach exhaui disorder; but Ur. Witln riisL' - diuretic effects appear most certainly and bi where the pulse la feeble or inteamitting, I nance pale, the skin cold, and the tumours readily pit- ting on pressure; which has been since continued by other practitioners: it should be begun with in small dnscs two or three times a day, and progressively in- creased till the desired operation on the kidneys ensues, unless alarming symptoms appear In the mean lime. Opium and some other narcotics have been occasion- ally useful as diuretics in dropsy, but should be only regarded as adjuvants, from their uncertain effects. In the use of diuretics, a very important rule is, not to restrict the patient, from drinking freely. This was formerly thought necessary on theoretical grounds; whereby the thirst was aggravated to a distressing de- gree, and the operation of remedies often prevented, especially on the kidneys. Sir Francis Milnian tirst taught the impropriety of this practice, vvJiich is now abandoned ; at least so long as the flow of urine is increased in proportion to the dunk taken, it is considered proper to indulge the patient with it. Another evaluation, which ii is very dei irable to pro- mote in anasarca, is thai by the skin, but tins is with dirticulty accomplished: nauseating emetics are the most powerful means, but transient in their effect, and their frequent use cannot be borne. \i' a gentle dia- phoresis ran be excited, it is as much as we could ex- pect; and perhaps on the whole most beneficial to the patient. For this purpose the compound powder of mha, saline substances, and antimoniala in small doses, assisted by tepid drink, and warmth ap- plied to the surface, may be had recourse to. Some- limes much relief is obtained by promoting perspira- tion locally by means of the vapour-bath. Mercury has been much employed in dropsy, and certainly ap- pears often materially to promote the op< other evacuants, particularly squill and digitalis; but its chief Utility is where tl'.ere are obstructions Of the viscera, especially the liver, of which, bowe\ is usually the first result: its power of- incre sorption hardly appears, unless it is carried so tar as to affect the mouth, when it is apt to weaken the system so much as greatly to limit its use. The other indica- tion of invigorating the constitution, and particularly the exhalant arteries, may be accomplished by tonic (hetlicines, as the several vegetable bitters,chalybeates in those who are remarkably pale, and, if there be a languid circulation, stimulants may be joined with them : a similar modification will be proper in the diet, which should he always as nutritious as the patient can well digest: directing also in torpid habits pungent articles, as garlic, onions, mustard, horseradish, &c. to be freely taken, which will be farther useful by pro- moting the urine. Rhenish wine, or punch marie with ertartrate ef |H>tns-a, may be allowed for the drink. Regular exercise, such as the patient can hear, (the limbs being properly support a well-contrived laced stocking; ought to be or diligent friction of the skin, particularly (red pans, employed when the tumethction namely, in the morning. The cold bath, duly regulated, may also, when the patient is ftit, materially contribute to obviate a rehijisc. ANASPA'SIS. (From ava, and o-r.rto, to draw to- gether.) Hippocrates uses this word to signify a con- i of the stomai Ana'ssttos. From'ava, upwards, and cevopat, to agita'e.i .faassytiis. Driven forcibly upwards. Ili[>- tocra'ei applies this epithet to uir rushing violently pwards, as in hysteric tits. Anasta'i.tica. (From «i«;-£AXa>, to contract.) Styptic or refrigerating medii ANA'STASIS. (From avus-nui, to cause to rise.) 1. A recovery from sickness; a restoration of health. 2. It likewise signifies a migration of humours, when expelled from one place and obliged to remove to ano- ther.— Hippocrates. ANASTOMOSIS. (From ava, through, ami ?opa, a mouth.i The communication of vessels with one another. 61 ANASTOMOTIC. (Anastomoticus; from ara, through, and %T>pa, the mouth.) That which opens the pores and mouths of the vessels, as cathartics, di- uretics, deobstruents, and sudorific*. ANATASE. A mineral found only in Dauphiny and Norway. [This name is given by Hauy and Rrogniart, to the octahedral oxide of Titanium, which has been found in various paits of the United .Stales, in the forms of The oxide of titanium, The ferruginous oxide, The silico-ralcareous oxide. See Rruce's Mineralogii al Journal, in which nume- rous specimens are figured ami described by him. A.] Ana'trs. (From Hales, the buttocks.) A disease of the anus. Festus, &c. ANATO'MIA. See Anatomy. \ TOMY. (Avaropia, or avaropii, Anatomia, <r. f. and .Inatome, es ; from ava, .and rcpvio, to cut up.) Androtomy. The dissection or dividing of or- I substances to expose the structure, situation, and uses of parts. Anatomy is divided into that of animals strictly so called, also, denominated zootomy, and that of vegetable* OT pkytotomy. The anatomy of brme animals and vegetables is comprised under the term comparative anatomy, be- cause their dissection was instituted to illustrate or compare by analogy their structure and functions with those of the human body. Anatomy, comparative. Zootomy. The dissec- tion of brutes, fishes, polypi, plants, &c. to illustrate, or compare them with the structure and functions of the human body. .W'ATKi: SIS. (From ava, and rtrpaw, to perfo- rate.) A perforation like that which is made upon the skull bv trepanning. ANATRi'KE. (From avarpiSo), to rub.) Friction all over the body. Anatripsis. Friction all over the body.—JIIos- .'lorb. Mulieb. and Galen. Ana'tron. (Arabian.) The name of a lake in Egypt, where it was produced. See Soda. Ana'trofb. (From avarpeTrw, to subvert.) Ana- traphe ; Anatrapha. A relaxation or subversion of the stomach, with loss of appetite and nausea. Vo- miting; indigestion.— Galea. Ana'trcm. Soda. ANAU'DIA. (From a, priv. and auit), the speech.) Dumbness ; privation of voice ; catalepsy.—Hip- Ana'xyris. (From ava\vpi$, the sole.) The herb sorrel; so called because its leaf is shaped like the sole of the shoe. ANCEPS. (Anrejjs, ipitis. adjective.) Two-edged; thai is, compressed, having the edges sharp like a two- edged sword ; applied to stems and leaves of plants, as in the Sisyrinchium striatum, Iris grammca, and leaves of the Typha latifalia. A'NCHA. (Arabian, to press upon, as being the support of the body.) The thigh.—.Iviccitna, Fo- res tius, fee. A'i\i'IIII.OPS. (From ayx', near, and ojxp, the eye.) A disease in the inward corner of the eye. See jEgilops. ANCHORA'LIS. (From ayKwv, the elbow.) The projecting part of the elbow on which we lean, called generally the olecranon. See Ulna. Awchoralis processus. The olecranon,a process of the ulna. A \< 'IIOVY. See Clupea encrasicolus. Anr.hm-y Pear. See Qrias caulijlora. AN(.'IliJ'SA. (Anchusa, a:, f. ; from ayxciv, to strangle: from its supposed constringent quant] ; or as others say, because it strangles serpen,s.) [. The name of a genus of plants in the Linnaan system. Class, Penttmdria ; Order, Monngynia. ■1. The name in Bpme pharmacopoeias for the alka- nct root and bugloss. See Ane.hu.sa officinalis, and Am-husn tnicloria. Anchusa officinalis. The officinal bugloss. In some pharmacopoeias it is called Buglotta; Bugloa- sum angustifolium ma jus ; BvgU ,, ma- jns; Buglossu/nsyhirstre., ,' tivum. An- chusa—foliis lanceohttia icil snundis \lycibu$ rjuinr/ue part it is, of Linneua- it was formerly esteemed as a cordial in melancho- lic and hypochondriacal diseases. It is seldom used$

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