Volume 4

The New Sydenham Society's lexicon of medicine and the allied sciences : (based on Mayne's Lexicon) / by Henry Power and Leonard W. Sedgwick.

  • Power, H. (Henry), 1829-1911.
Date:
MDCCCLXXXI [1881]-MDCCCXCIX [1899]
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Credit: The New Sydenham Society's lexicon of medicine and the allied sciences : (based on Mayne's Lexicon) / by Henry Power and Leonard W. Sedgwick. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by King’s College London. The original may be consulted at King’s College London.

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    LIP PA—LIQUESCENT. Iilp'pai (L. lippus, smeared over.) th€ The gum of tne eyes. Ziip'pa. Servia. A cold chalybeate water. Xiip'ped. Having a Zip. In Botany (F. labie ; Gr. Uppenfdrmig), applied to the corolla when its parts are so united that the limb is divided into two portions, placed superiorly and inferiorly, the upper portion over- hanging the lower. Each portion is so arranged that the whole resembles in some degree the Kps and mouth of an animal. Same as Labiate Iiip'pia. (August Zippi, a French physi- cian and botanist, murdered in Abyssinia in 1703.) A Genus of the Nat. Order Verbenacecs. li. calllcarpaefo'lia, H. B. K. (Galli' carpa; L. folium, a leaf.) Hab. Mexico. A stimulant. Ii. cltriodo'ra, Kunth. (L. citrus, the lemon; odorus, sweet-smelling. F. verveine citronnelle; Gr. Citronenkraut, Funschkraut.) The Verbena triphylla of Linnaeus. The Aloysia citriodora. Xi. dul'cls, Trev. (L. dulcis, sweet.) The species of which L. mexicana is a variety. Ii. grav'eolens, H. B. K. (L. graveolens, heavy-smelling.) Hab. Mexico. Used as an emmenagogue and an expectorant. Ii. med'ica, Fens. (L. medicus, medical.) Hab. Central America. Used in infusion as a stimulant digestive. Ii. mexica'na. An evergreen creeping shrub growing in Mexico. The leaves and flowers are employed to form a tincture. It is a respiratory sedative in cough. It is a variety of L, dulcis. Ii. nodiflo'ra, Kich. (L. nodus, a knot; Jlos, a flower.) Used in infusion in the catarrhal afiections and the indigestions of children. Xi. pseu'do-the'a. (^euStJs, false; Mod. L. thea, tea.) Hab. Brazil. Used in infusion as a stimulant. Ziip'piol. The volatile, camphor-like oil of Zippia mexicana. It produces flushing, dia- phoresis, and drowsiness. Iiippitu'dO. (L. lippitudo, blear-eyed- ness; from lippus, smeared over. F. lippitude; I. lippitudine ; S. lipitudo; G. Augentriefen.) A sore condition of the edges of the eyelids with copious muco-purulent secretion from the Mei- bomian glands and the conjunctiva; also called Tinea ciliaris. Some would restrict the term to those cases in which the puncta having become obliterated the tears run over the cheeks. Ii. angula'ris. (L. angulus, an angle.) The form in which the angles of the eyelids are chiefly aflected. ]L. neonato'rum. (Nt'os, new; L. natus, born.) The conjunctivitis of new-born children. Ii. prurig-lno'sa. (L. prurigo, an itch- ing.) The form which is accompanied with much itching and tingling. Ziipp'spring'e. Germany, in Westphalia, at the foot of the Teutoburger Wald, 378 feet above the sea. The Arminiusquelle water, with a temperature of 21*^ C. (69-8° F.), contains sulphates and carbonates of lime, soda and magnesia, a little iron and a trace of iodides, with carbonic acid, nitrogen, and oxygen. The Inselquelle is weaker. They are used in chronic aff'ections of the respiratory mucous membrane, and in the early stages of phthisis, as drinking water and in inhalation. There is a whey-cure also. Zilp'pus. (L. lippus, smeared over.) A blear-eyed person. Ziip'sis. (AEtVo), to leave.) A departure. Ii. an'iml. (L. animus, the mind.) Faint- ing. Ziipsotrych'ia. (AsiVw, to leave; Qpil^, hair.) Falling off of the hair. Iiipu'ria. (Ai'7ros,fat; oupoi/, urine.) The presence of oily matter in the urine, which on cooling floats on the surface in globules or small masses. It has been observed in diseases of the pancreas. Iiip'3rl. (AiVos, fat.) An hypothetical radical with the formula C3H4, Berzelius, C3H2, Lehmann. It is supposed to exist in the natural fats and fatty acids. Ii., hy'djated ox ide of. The same as Glycerin. Iiipyr'ia. See Zeipyrias. Ziipyr'ian. Eelating to Zipyria. It. fe'ver. Same as Zeipyrias. ZiiQ'uable. Same as Ziquejiable. Xiiqua'xnen. (L. liquamen, from liquo, to make liquid. G. FlUssigkeit.) A fluid for administering medicine. Also, a sauce made of fish-fat. ]b. tar'tarl. An old name for a solution of carbonate of potash. Zilquamu'mia. (L. Uqueo, to be fluid; mumia.) Human fat. Xiiqua'rium. (L. liquarius, pertaining to liquids.) Simple syrup of sugar. Xiiq'uate. (L. liquo, to make liquid.) To liquefy; to melt. Used to denote the method of separating solid substances which have different fusing tempera- tures, and consisting in applying just such an amount of heat as will render liquid the one most easily fusible. Iiiqua'tion. (L. Uquatio, a melting; from liquo, to make liquid. G. Fliissigmaehen.) A dissolving; a making fluid. The operation described under Ziquate. Iiiquefa'cienti (L. Uquefacio; from Uqueo, to make liquid; facio, to make.) Making liquid. In Therapeutics, applied to medicines which are supposed to possess the power of melting down solid deposits, such as mercury and iodine. Also, applied to those agents which increase the amount of fluid secretions. Iiiquefac'tion. (L. Hquefaetus, part, of Uquefacio, to make liquid. F. liquefaction ; I. liquefazione; S. licuacion; G. Fliissigmaehen, Verjfliissigung, Schmelzung.) The making Liquid; the conversion or passage of a solid or of a gas into a liquid state. Ii. of gas. See Gas, liquefaction of. Iiiquefac'tive (L. Uquefacio.) Making fluid. Ii. degenera'tlon. See Degeneration, liquefactive. Iiiquefi'able. (L. Uquidus, fluid; ^0, to become. F. liquefiable; I. Uquefattibile; G. verflussigbar.) Capable of being made liquid. Iiiquefi'ant. (L. Uquidus; fio. F. li- quefiant.) Making liquid. Iiiq'uefied. (L. Uquidus; Jio.) Made liquid. Ii. carbol'lc ac'ld. Carbolic acid lique- fied by the addition of 10 per cent, of water. The Acidum carbolicum Uquefactum, B. Ph. Xiiques'cent. (L. liquescens, part, of li- j?<e5co,to become fluid.) Melting; becoming fluid.