A compendious medical dictionary : containing an explanation of the terms in anatomy, physiology, surgery, materia medica, chemistry, and practice of physic / collected from the most approved authors, by R. Hooper ... with corrections and additions.

  • Hooper, Robert, 1773-1835.
Date:
1809
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    and pass out again from the cranium through the foramina la- cera, to be distributed on the trapezius muscle. ACETABULUM. The cavity of the os innominatura, which receives the head of the thigh-bone ; from acetum, vinegar ; so called because it resembles the acetabulum, or old saucer, in which vinegar was held for the use of the table. ACETATS (Acetas, tis, s. m.) Salts formed by the union of the acetic acid, or radical vinegar, with different bases ; thus acetat of alumine, acetut of ammoniac, &c. &c. ACETIC AdD. Concentrated acid of vinegar. Radical vinegar. It may be obtained by exposing vinegar to frost.— The frozen part comists almost entirely of water, and the part which remains is the acetic acid. ACETITES (^cctts, Uis, s. m.) Salts formed by the union of the acetous acid, or distilled vinegar, with different bases ; ttius aluminous accetite, ammoniacal ucetite, &c. &c ACETOSAPRATENSIS. Common sorrel. Rumex ace- tosa of Linnaeus. A common plant in meadows and pastures. Its leaves have a sharp and pleasant, acid taste, They art u- sed in many places as food, and are found to be ol important advantage where a refrigerant and antiscorbutic regimen is re* quired. They are, aJso, of infinite service to foul ulcers, ap? plied in the form of poultice, ACETOUS ACID. Distilled vinegar. Salts formed by th» union of this acid with different bases, are termed acetites. ACETUM. Vinegar ; fiom acer, sour. A sour liquor, ob- tained from many vegetable substances dissolved in boiling wa- ter, and from fermented and spiritous liquors, by exposing them to heat and contact with air; under which circumstance* they undergo the acid fermentation, and afford the liquor call- ed vinegar. It is much used to season food ; is highly esteem- ed as an antiseptic, refrigerant, and antiscorbutic. Applied ex- ternally to inflammations, it is a very powerful resolvent. All its combinations are likewise applied to medical purposes. ACHILLES, tendou of. The strong tendon of the gas- trocnemius and soleus muscles, which is inserted into the heel ACHORES. Scabies Capitis. A disease, whieh attacks {he hairy scalp of the head, forming soft and scaly eruptions.