The physical dictionary. Wherein the terms of anatomy, the names and causes of diseases, chyrurgical instruments and their use; are accurately describ'd. Also the names and virtues of medicinal plants, minerals, stones, gums, salts, earths, &c. And the method of choosing the best drugs: the terms of chymistry, and of the apothecaries art; and the various forms of medicines, and the ways of compounding them / By Stephen Blancard.

  • Blankaart, Steven, 1650-1702
Date:
1702
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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. Also the names and virtues of medicinal plants, minerals, stones, gums, salts, earths, &c. And the method of choosing the best drugs: the terms of chymistry, and of the apothecaries art; and the various forms of medicines, and the ways of compounding them / By Stephen Blancard. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Vnguentum rHbrum deficcati- yum, the red drying Oinrment, it dries,heals, and skins Sores,and flops Fluxes of Humours. Vngueptum de'AUbaflro, Ala- baftrine Ointment,it is go 3d for Head-aches, the Fore-head and Temples being anointed with it. Vnguentum ApoJJolorum, the Apoftles Ointment, it cleanfes old and fmuous Ulcers, and eats down proud Ffelh. Vngueutum Aregin, it is good for all cold Difeafes or Paifies. Convulfions, Cramps, Slifnefs of the Joints,it is good for the Cho lick, pains of the Back, and Heins.? Vnguentum de arthawta.Oint¬ ment of fow Eread.it purges the Belly, being anointed with it, below the Navel, but anointed aboye the Navel or the Stomach, it occasions Vomiting. Vnguentum eommltijjk , the Counteffes Ointment, it is very Aftringent, and ftrengthning, good for Laxations,Ruptures,and prevents the falling of the Fun¬ dament, and Mifcarriages, the Belly and Reins being anointed with it ^ it alfo flops all forts of Fluxes. Vnguen turn f/eniorroidale, Oint¬ ment for the Piles ; it is pecu¬ liarly proper for the Piles, the Fundament being anointed with it* Vngueutum Mar ft ahum, it dif- cuflfes cold fwellings,ftrengthens the Nerves and Joints,and takes away aches, and is good for the He^,' Vnguentum Neapolitanum, Na¬ ples Oyntment j it is ufed for railing Fluxes. Vngentum Mafi richmum ,Oy nt- ment of Maffick •, it ftrengthens theHead, Nerves, and Stomach, Vugnentum Nervinum, Nerve Ointment j it is good for the Nerves , Palfie? Convulfions, Bruifes,old Aches,and theCholick Vnguentum?eclorale,the pe<fto- ral Oyntment} it is chiefly ufed for Obftruftions of the Breaft, for Pleurifies, and the like. Vnguentum Populneum, Oynt¬ ment of Poplar Buds ; it is very coohug, eafes pain, and is ufed in Fevers to give reft, the temples being anointed with it. Vnguentum Splanchnieum, it is good for Obfiruftions, and hardnefs of the Spleen andLiverj and for hard Tumours, and the Rickets in Children, the Parts being anointed with it. Vugmtum Sumach, Oyntment of Sumach ^ it ftopes Fluxes, hinders Mifcarriage, the Reins and Belly, being anointed with it. Vngtticuli, the fame with Ala- bafiri. Vnguis,a Nail,a fimular, flex¬ ible, white, and hard part,which defends the Fingers from ex¬ ternal Injuries,and in fome mea- fure adorns them.The Root of it is joined to a certain Ligament, and by reafon of the neigbour- ing Tendons it becomes fenfible. They feem to be made of aCol- leftion of very little Pipes,which adhere extremly thick to one another