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

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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$tains Four S ext aries, or Two Choenices, in our Meafure Six Pints.. Chylificatio, a Natural Acti¬ on which makes Chyle. Chylofis, the fame with Chy¬ lificatio. Chylm, Chyle, a white Juice in the Ventricle and Intefiines, proceeding from a light Diffo- lutidn and Fermentation of Viftuals, efpecially of their Sulphur and Salt with which edible things abound , and which by the Intervention of the Acid Humour in the Ven¬ iri :!e, becomes white : For if you pour an Acid upon any Liquor that is impregnated with Sulphur and Volatile Salt, it prefently turns Milky as is obvious in preparing Milk of Sulphur, or the refinous Ex* (rafts of Vegetables. Nay, Spi¬ rit of Hartshorn, and of Soot, abounding with Volatile Salt, if it be Mixt with an Acid, or but with plain Water, grows to be of a Milky Colour : At la ft the Chyle after a Commix- tion and Fermentation with the Gall, and the Pancreatic Juice, either Volatile, or Add, paf- fing the LpiUeal Veins, <fyc. is mixed with the Blood. It is called in Latin alfo, C hymns. Chymetlon, the fame with Pernio. Chymia, or Chemia, is a Re- folution of Sublunary Bodies in¬ to their Elements and again, a Coagulation of the fame Ele¬ ments into the Bodies which they cGnftituted before, in or¬ der to iiie preparation of Me¬ dicines more grateful, more healthful, and more fafe; there are two parts of it, Solution and Coagulation: By the Ad¬ dition of the Arabic Article, ’tis call’d Alchymia, or Al\y- mia : It is called alfo Spagiria, Hermetica ars, ars perfefti Ma- giflerii, ars Segregatoria, Sepa¬ rators, and Deftillatoria. Chy mi atria, the fame with Chymia. Chymica, or Chymicalia, Me¬ dicines which the Chymitts pre¬ pare, that they may be taken in a lefs or more grateful Quantity. Chymicalia, the fame with Chymica. Chymicm, one skilful in the Art of Dilfolving and Coagu¬ lating, one skilful in Chymi- flery. Chymofts, or Chemofis, a Di- flortion of the Eye-lids, by an Inflammation: Alfo an Inflam¬ mation of the Tunica Cornea in the Eye. Chy mm, the fame with Chy¬ lm. Cicatrifantia, fuch things as by drying, binding, and con¬ tracting, fill up VIcers with the Flefli, and cover them with a Skin. Cicatrix, Cicatrices, Scars, are Marks which are left after great Wounds or Ulcers: Some are fimple, others accompani¬ ed with a Cavity, Diminution, or Excrefence in the part Af- feftedc C icon-$