Volume 2

The remaining medical works of that famous and renowned physician Dr Thomas Willis ... : With large alphabetical tables for the whole, and an index for the explaining all the hard and unusual words and terms of art, derived from the Latine, Greek, or other languages, for the benefit of the meer English reader, and meanest capacity. With eighteen copper plates / Englished by S.P. [i.e. Samuel Pordage].

Willis, Thomas, 1621-1675.

Date:: 1681

Credit: The remaining medical works of that famous and renowned physician Dr Thomas Willis ... : With large alphabetical tables for the whole, and an index for the explaining all the hard and unusual words and terms of art, derived from the Latine, Greek, or other languages, for the benefit of the meer English reader, and meanest capacity. With eighteen copper plates / Englished by S.P. [i.e. Samuel Pordage]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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$J * A _ ' 'The Table. both of the pia mater 8c dura mater; one called the hard, the other the Joft Meninx. Menftruum, A preparation made byChymijls to diffolve metals, alfo to extratt tin&ures and the virtues of medicinal druggs, woods , flowers, forta, 8cc. Mefentery, A certain thic\fat skfli) or the dou¬ ble skin that fafiens the bowels to the bac/», to other. Meferaic, Veins arife, or <zre rather inclofed in Mefentery, being branches of the great vein, the Guts are nourifhed, the juice of the meat concotted, if conveyed to the Liver to be made blood. Mercurie, Quick^filver., and its preparations of it. Metaphyfical, Supernatural j things of fublime {peculation beyond nature. Metaftafis, Is tranflation, or a difeafe re¬ moves out of one place into another. Metathefis, Is tranffofmg, theputing of one thing for another. Miafm, Infection or taint. Microfcope, A PerfpecHve-glafi to behold minute, and very fmall bodies, a Magnifying glafl. Millepedes, The hundred-feeted Creature , and Heflog-fowSj or Hog-lice. Mirabolans, A certain medicinal fluit brought out of the Indies. Modification, A meafuring or bringing into mea- fure. Morbid, ) Sicl^-, corrupt, filthy, or naughty. Morbifick, 5 That cauf eth the Sickpefi or difeafe. Mucilage, Thicks boiling up of a thing to a gelly, or thicks conjiftency. Munited, Defended or fortified. Mufcles, Parts of the body that ferve for motion, ffter and more flefhy than thefinews. Mufculous, Full of Mufcles, or belonging to the Mufcles. Myologie, The doUrine of the Muf:les* N. Narcotick, Stupifattive, or that mak^s the part fenflefi. Nates, Two prominences in the brain, fo called becaufe in the form of Buttocks. Natiform, In the form of a Buttock,• Neoterics, People or men of late times. Nepenthe, A drinlyto drive away melancholy. Nephritis, A pain in the reins of the back, alfo the Stone or Gravel in the Reins. Nephritic, One troubled with the pain in the Reins. Nerves, Are the flnews which convey the fpirits that ferve for life and motion through the whole body. Neurologie, The doUrine of the Nerves. Nitre, That as it ufually called Saltpetre : A fait taken out of the earth. t l * Nitrofulphureous, Nitre mix'd with Sulphur, or of a nitrous andfulphureoits nature or quality. O. Oblique, Croft, traverfe, a flope not fir ait or right. Oblong, Longifh or fomewhat long. Oeconomie, A certain order of doing any thingsn houfholdnile, regiment or governance, Oefophagus, The mouth of the fiomac\. Olibanum, An outlandifh Gum. Opiologie, T he dotlrine of Opium. Opium, Made up of the juice of wild poppie, ufed to fiupifie and bring into a fenjlefifleep. Opiats, Medicines made of Opium for fomepart of its ingredients to caufe fleep and eafe for pains. Optic, Belongingto the fights as the Nerves that bring the virtue of feeing to the eyes. Opopanax, The juice made of a certain herb. Ophthalmic, A medicine to cure the difeafes of the eyes. Orgafm, Rage or fury* Orifice, The hole of a wound) or the mouth of any thing. Origine, Beginning) rife or birth of a thing. Orbicular, Of around form or fhape. Orthopnoea, Is fuch afiraitnefiof breath)that one cannot breath, or fetch breath without fir etching out of the neck,^ or holdingit upright. Os Pubis, Is the bone at the bottom of the belly, jufi above the privie member. Os Sacrum, Or the facred bone) is the great bone upon which the end of the ridge or backbone refieth. Oviparous, Egg-bearing Creatures, or that lays Egg*' P. Panacea, All-heal , or a plaifier or medicine to heal all things. Pancreas, Called in an Hog the Sweet-bread. It U a remarkable kjrnel placed below the Ventricle, and ferves for a divifion of the Vena porta, as alfo to defend theVentricle from touchingthe back. Papillary, Belonging to the Teatsy or likg paps or teats of a dug. Papillae, Little papS) or little pieces of flefh in the body) fo called of the fhape of paps. Paracentifis, Is an incifton made to draw forth the water from thofe fwelled with the Dropfie) vul¬ garly called a Tapping. Paracclfus, A famous Dutch Emperick Paradox, A thing contrary to the common opinion. Paraly tick, That is troubled with the Palfie. Parallel, Equal) alike, lik$ a line drawn to write by another. Parenchyma, The fubfiance of the Liver) Spleen, and Lights, fuppofed to be made up of congealed tbic\blood) therefore fo called. Parotide. x$

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