Medical lexicon : a dictionary of medical science : containing a concise explanation of the various subjects and terms of anatomy, physiology, pathology, hygiene, therapeutics, pharmacology, pharmacy, surgery, obstetrics, medical jurisprudence, dentistry, etc. : notices of climate, and of mineral waters : formulae for various officinal, empirical, and dietetic preparations, etc. : with French and other synonymes / by Robley Dunglison.

  • Dunglison, Robley, 1798-1869.
Date:
1860
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Credit: Medical lexicon : a dictionary of medical science : containing a concise explanation of the various subjects and terms of anatomy, physiology, pathology, hygiene, therapeutics, pharmacology, pharmacy, surgery, obstetrics, medical jurisprudence, dentistry, etc. : notices of climate, and of mineral waters : formulae for various officinal, empirical, and dietetic preparations, etc. : with French and other synonymes / by Robley Dunglison. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ARTE RE !ie; soluble in water, alcohol, and oil; crystal- lizable in regular octahedrons. It is this that is meant by the name arsenic, as commonly used. Akses'icum Album Sublima'tum, Sublimed Oxide of Arsenic, is the one employed in medi- cine. It is tonic and escharotic, and is the most virulent of mineral poisons. It is used in inter- mittent?, periodical headachs, neuroses, &c. Dose, gr. one-tenth to one-eighth, in pill. See Poisons, Table of. Arsenicum Iodatum, Arsenic, Iodide of—a. Rubrum factitium, Realgar. ARSENIS POTASS.E, Arsenite of protoxide of potassium—a. Potassa} aquosus, Liquor arseni- calis—a. Potassa) liquidus, Liquor arsenicalis. AR'SENITE, Ar'senis. A salt, formed by a combination of the arsenious acid with a salifi- able base. Ar'senite of Protox'ide op Potas'sium, Pro- to-ar'senite of Potas'sium, Ar'senite of Potassa, Ar'senis Potasses. An uncrystallizable and co- lourless salt, which forms the basis of the liquor arsenicalis, which see. Arsenite of Quinia, Quinige arsenis. ARSE-SMART, BITING, Polygonum hydro- piper. ART, HEALING, Ars Sanan'di, Medici'na. The appropriate application of the precepts of the best physicians, and of the results of experi- ence to the treatment of disease. Art, Veterinary, Veterinary art. AR'TABE, apraprj. Name of a Persian mea- sure for dry substances, in use with the ancients, equal at times, to 5 modii: at others, to 3; and ut others, again, to 7.—Galen. ARTANTHE ELONGATA, see Matico. AR'TELSHEIM, MINERAL WATERS OF. These German waters have been much recom- mended in hysteria, gout, palsy, &c. Their physical or chemical properties have not been described. ARTEMIS'IA, Anaeti'rion. Ord. Composite. Called after a queen of the name, who first em- ployed it; or from Apre/its, 'Diana;' because it was formerly used in diseases of women, over whom she presided. The Gauls called it Bricu- mum. Artemis'ia Abrot'anum, Abrot'anum, Abrot'- tnum, Abrot'anum Catlisum seu Mas, Abrathan, South'ernwood, Oldman, Stovenwood, (F.) Abro- tone, Aurone, Aurone male, Aurone des jardins, Garderobe, Citronclle. Supposed to be possessed of stimulant properties. Oil of Southernwood, O'leum Abrot'ani, (F.) Huile d'Aurone, possesses the aromatic proper- ties of the plant. Artemis'ia Absin'thium, Absin'thium, A. vul- ya're, Apsin'thium, Barypi'cron, Common, Worm- wood, Wormit, (F.) Absinthe. Properties:—tonic and anthelmintic. The Oil of Wormwood, O'leum Absin'thii, (F.) Huile d'Absinthe, contains the aromatic virtues of the plant. Artemisia Afra, a South African species, is tonic, antispasmodic and anthelmintic; and has been used in debility of the stomach, visceral ob- structions, jaundice and hypochondriasis. It is taken in infusion, decoction and tincture. A strong infusion is used by the Cape Colonists as a collyrium in weakness of the eyes; and the pounded leaves and stalks are employed as dis- cutients in cedema and sugillations. Artemisia Alba, A. Santonica—a. Balsamita, A. Pontica. Artemisia Bien'nis, Biennial Wormwood; in- digenous. Artemisia Botrys, Chenopodium ambrosi- sides. Artemis'ia Campes'tris, Field Southernwood, (F.) Aurone des Champs. This possesses the same properties as A. Abrot'anum. Artemisia Canadensis, Canada Wormwood— a. Caudata: indigenous. Artemisia Chenopodium, Chenopodium bo- trys. Artemisia Chinen'sis, A. In'dica, A. Moxa. From this the Chinese form their moxas. Artemisia Contra grows in Persia, Asia Minor, and other parts of the East. Artemisia Dracun'culus, Tar'agon, (F.) Ar- moise estragon, Estragon. Virtues: — the same as the last. The leaves are much used to season food, especially in the form of Es'tragon vin'egar. Artemis'ia Glacia'lis, Silky Wormwood ; ' Artemisia Lndica, Artemisia Chinensis, A. Santonica ; Artemisia Juda'ica, grows in Palestine, Ara- bia, China, Cochin China, and Northern Africa. Artemisia Leptophylla, A. Pontica; Aktemisia Marit'ima, Absin'thium Mari'num seu Marit'imum, Sea Wormwood, Maritime South- ernwood ; Artemisia Moxa, A. Chinensis; and Artemis'ia Pon'tica, A. Roma'na seu Tenui- fo'lia seu Balsami'ta seu Leptophyl'la, Absinthi- um Pon'ticum seu Roma'num, Roman Wormwood, Lesser Wormwood, possess like virtues;—as well as Artemisia Romana, A. Pontica; Artemisia Rubra, A. Santonica; and Artemis'ia Rupes'tris, Creeping Wormwood, Gen'ipi album, (F.) Armoise blanc, Genipi blanc. This variety has aromatic virtues, and is used in intermittents, and in amenorrhoea. Artemis'ia Santon'ica, Santon'icum, Canni Herba, Chamascedris, Chamcecyparis' sus, Absin'- thium Santon'icum, Sementi'na, Xantoli'na, Sehe- ba Ar'abum, Sina seu Cina Levan'tica, Tarta'rian South'ernwood, (F.) Barbotine. From this and other species of absinthium is obtained the so- called Semen contra vermes seu Contra seu Zedo- a'ria seu Santon'ici seu Cince, Hagiosperm'um, Sanctum Semen, Wormseed, which do not consist of seeds, but of broken peduncles. Virtues: — anthelmintic and stimulant. Dose, gr. x. to ^j in powder. Its active principle is San'tonin, the dose of which is from 2 to 5 grains in the day, for a child six or eight years of age. Artemisia Tenuifolia, A. Pontica. Artemis'ia Vulga'ris, Artemis'ia rubra et alba, Cin'gulum Sancti Joan'nis, Mater Herba'- rum, Berenisecum, Bubastecor'dium, Canapa'cia, Mugwort, (F.) Armoise ordinaire, A. Commune, Herbe de Saint Jean, Ceintnre ou Covronne de Saint Jean. This, as well as some other varie- ties, possesses the general tonic virtues of the Artemisiae. Artemisia vulgaris has been highly extolled by the Germans in cases of epilepsy. Dose of the powder, in the 24 hours, from gss to 33- ARTE RE, Artery—a. Brachiale, Brachial ar- tery—a. Brachio-cephalique, Innominata arteria —a. Bronchique, Bronchial artery—a. Ciliaire, Ciliary artery — a. Ciitorienne : see Clitoris—a. Ccecale: see Colic arteries — or. Collatirale du coude, Anastomoticus magnus ramus—a. OollatS- rale externe, Arteria profunda humeri—a. Colla- tirale interne, Anastomoticus magnus ramus—a. Coronaire des levres, Labial artery—a. Coronaire Stomachique, Coronary artery—a. Crurale, Crural artery—a. Beuxihne des thoraciques, Arteria tho- racica externa inferior—a. jfipineuse, Meningeal artery,middle—a. Femoro-po2)litSe,Jsch\a,tic artery —a. Fessiere, Gluteal artery—or. Gastrique droite, petite, Pyloric artery — a. Gntturo-maxillaire, Maxillary artery, internal—a. Honteuse externe, Pudic, external, artery—a. Honteuse interne, Pu-