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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    monly call Almonds, which they do not too much refemble nei¬ ther. They are Two Glan¬ dules, which in reality make but up one Body, placed at the fides of the Epiglottis, or Cover of the ^ine-pipe. Its fubftance is mniliar, and made like fepa- , rate Grains, juft like Hony or Oyl, hardned with cold, but that they flick clofer together as if they were joyned by a Membranee ’tis of fomewhat'a Yellcwifh Colour, andfoftj it has on each fide one common large oval hollow palfage which opens into the Mouth within the Skirt, whereof it contains Two fomewhat big, and feveral lefs Cavities. Its ufe is to col left the Snotty Vifcous Matter, and to moiften the adjacent parts therewith. It fignifies alfo the Inflammations of thefe parts. See Fariflhmia. Antihallomena, Medicines of a like ftrength, which are now and then ufed in the defeft of one another : Apothecaries call them quid pm quo. Antica beflica, Medicines cor- refting the III Difpofition of the Blood. Antic ardium , a cavity in the Breaft above the Region or place of the Heart. Anticnemium,the former part of the Leg. Anticolica, Remedies agaiiift the Colick. Antidinica, Remedies againft Giddinefs of the Head. Antidotum, a Medicine againft deadly Poifon. An , ' nc.a , Medicines which, e the Dyfentery. Antifebrile, fee Antiphyreti- cum. Antiheclia, Remedies againft a Confumption. Antiloimica Remedies againft the Peftilence. Antimoniujn, a Mineral of a Metallick Nature, confifting, Firft, of a Mineral Sulphur, Secondly, of a great quantity of Mercury ; Thirdly , of a Terreftrial Subftance , and a little Salt. That which is to be fold in Shops is melted, and made up commonly in form of a Pyramid. It is found ip Ger¬ many, Hungary, and Tranfylva- nia. Antinephritica , Medicines which cure the Diftempers of the Reins. Antipathia,a Contrariety and Repugnancy in the Body, or in Medicines: Alfo a loathing and abhorrence of any tiding without a manifeft caufe. Antipe^isfafis, the furround¬ ing of the Air, as in Hay that is Cocked and made up into Ricks too moift. Hypocrates fays in his’Aphorifms, That Bodies are hotter in Winter, and colder in Summer,Which we in¬ terpret thus, That this does not only come from the Antiperijiafis of the Air, but from the Nitre with which the Air in Winter¬ time is impregnated, efpecial- ly when the North-Wind blows j io that when we come to breathe, the Sulphureous Blood is more fermented and