The physical dictionary. Wherein the terms of anatomy, the names and causes of diseases, chyrurgical instruments and their use; are accurately describ'd / [Steven Blankaart].

  • Blankaart, Steven, 1650-1702.
Date:
1697
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Credit: The physical dictionary. Wherein the terms of anatomy, the names and causes of diseases, chyrurgical instruments and their use; are accurately describ'd / [Steven Blankaart]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Juice of the feme Name, and a Redifh when it is not Ripe. But our Acacia is the Sloe-Tree ^ the Infpidated Jiiice of vvhofe Fruit, is called Rob Acacia. Acamatos, the heft Conftitu- tion and Shape of Human Bo¬ dy. Alfo, Unwearied. Acantabolus, a Chyrurgeons Jnftrument like a pair of Pin¬ cers, wherewith to take out any Prickly Subitanee that fhall chance to itick to the Oefopha- gm, or gullet. Acantim, the moil backward Protuberance of the Vertebres, called Spina Vorji. As alfo the Thorn of Trees or Plants. Accefjio, fee Paroxyjmm. Accidens, fee Symptoma. Acetabulum, that Cavity in the Huckle Bone, which is ap¬ pointed to receive the Head of the Thigh-Bone within it. Alfo certain Glandules in the chorion are called Acetabula, concern¬ ing which fee Cotyledones. Acetum, in general, may fig- nine any Acid Liquor; whence fome call the Spirit of Salt, Ni¬ tre, Vitrio],(&c.Acetum. Butin the»Shops, and where it is men¬ tioned limply, it only ih nines Vinegar of Wine or Grapes. Acetum Radie at um, the fliarp- eft part of the Vinegar, which has its Phlegm drawn off. Achlys, a certain dark Di- fiemper of the’Eye which is reckoned amopgft the Species of Amblyopia, or Dimncfs of Sight. ' Acker, a fort, of a Crafted Scab, which makes an itching 'and ftink on the Surface of the Head, orob n d by a ferous, felt and (harp Matter. The dif¬ ference betwixt an Achor and Favus confifts in this, that in Achors the Holes or Cavities are fmall, and fometimes not vifible j but in a Favus,they are . more large and confpicuous. Acbrot,Men that have loft their Colour, as Melancholy Perfons, Men of an Ill Habit of Body, and fuch as are troubled with the Jaundies, <£rc. ' Ada Cclfi, the fame that Fi¬ bula Chirurgorum. Acida Dy fpcpjia, fee Dyfpepfia. Acidula, fee Balanaum. Acmefia, the Immobility of the whole Body, or of any part thereof, as in a Palfie, Apo¬ plexy, Swounding, iyyc. Acini, fmall Grains; whether they grow by themfelves, as El¬ der-Berries.; or befhut up in a Husk, as Grape-Stones: Nay, fometimes they are taken for the Grapes themfelves. Achnf .rmis Tunica, tire feme with, the Tunica Vvea of the Eye. Acmajiica Febris, tire fame with Synochw. . , Acme , tire' Height of a Di- fe.de: Many Diftempers have Four Periods, the Firft is called doyn or the Beginning, when the Matter is but yet Raw, as it were, and Unripe-, the Se¬ cond is «VjS'nera, the Growth or Increafe, when the Morbi¬ fic k Matter becomes a little Di- gefted and Ripenedj the Third is «tV/w», when ’tis fully and compleatly fo j the Tourth