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.

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    LIQUEUR—LIQUIRITIA. Zilqueur'. (F. liqueur, a cordial; from L. liquor, a, fluid. L liquore; S. licor; Gr. Likor.) An alcoholic solution of sugar flavoured with orange-peel, aniseed, absinth, peppermint, ginger, or other vegetable substance. Liqueurs contain from 30 to 50 per cent, of alcohol, and in some instances as much as 47 per cent, of sugar. Ziiq'uid. (F. liquide, from L. liquidus, moist; from liqueo, to be fluid. I. liquido ; S. liquido ; (j.fliissig.) Fluid. Also (F. liquide; I. liquido; S. licor; Gr. FlUssigkeit), a body the molecules of which move freely over one another, but which is almost incompressible and not very expan- sible. Water, for example, only diminishes 1-51 millionth of its volume for each atmosphere. When cooled liquids freeze or become solid, when heated they assume in general the gaseous form. The free surface of a liquid is usually flat, but under certain conditions, as when water is thrown on a red-hot shovel, it assumes a spheroidal form. Zi.s, absorp'tion of. See under Absorp- tion, and Osmosis. Xi.s, absorp'tion of g-as'es by. See under Absorption. Jm,, allan'toic. (F. liquide allantoide ; Gr. Allantois-Fliissigkeit.) The fluid contained in the Allantois ; it exists only at an early period and in small quantity in man, because the allantois has little functional activity in man, but is more abundant in animals. In the cow and other mammals it is colourless at first, but afterwards becomes yellow or reddish. It is clear in the cow and sheep; turbid in the pig. It is usually alkaline. It contains in the cow allantoin, albumins, fermentable sugar, and some of the salts of the urine, but no benzoic or hip- puric acid. Urea has been found in the allantoic fluid of women. Ja.t amniof Ic. See Liquor amnii. Xj., blis'tering*. The Liquor epis2Msticus. Xi.s, buoy'ancy of. See Buoyancy of liquids. cepb'alo-racliid'ian. (K£(^aX77, the head ; /odxis, the spine. F. liquide cephalo- rachidienne.) The Cerebrospinal fluid. Ii.s, compressibirity of. (L. compres- sus, a pressing together.) Liquids were for long regarded as quite incompressible, but the occur- rence of some amount of compressibility has been proved by the Piezometer, Ii.s, diamagr'netlsm of. (A/a, through; fiayvriTi's, a magnet.) The force which compels thin glass tubes filled with certain liquids, when suspended between the poles of a magnet, to arrange themselves equatorially, or at right angles to the line joining the poles. Such liquids are water, blood, milk, alcohol, ether, oil of turpentine, and most saline solutions. Xi.s, difiU'slon of. See Diffusion of liquids. Ii.s, equlllb'rlum of. See Equilibrium of liquids. Ii.s, expan'slon of. See Expansion, absolute, and apparent. la, ex'tract. See Extract, liquid. £.s, fix'ed. Those which do not give ofi vapours at any temperature without undergoing chemical change. la, g-lass. See Glass, soluble. ]L.s, heat-conductiv'lty of. (L. con- duce, to lead together.) The power of a liquid to transmit heat through its substance. It is | very small, and, according to Weber, is pro- portional to the specific heat of unit volume. Ii.s, refrac'tive in'dex of. See Refrac- tive index. Ii.s, spheroid'al state of. (Sc^aipa, a ball; sl^os, form.) The globular form which a drop of liquid assumes Avhen placed on a solid surface if the force of cohesion between its par- ticles overcomes the force of adhesion between them and the solid surface. Also, the term applied by Boutigny to the condition of a liquid in Leidenfrost'sphenomenon, la, sto'rax. See Storax, liquid. Also, an incorrect name for the resin Liquid- ambar. Ii.s, vol'atile. (L. volatilis, flying.) Those which give off vapours or pass into the aeriform state. Iiiquidam'bar. (L. Uquidus, fluid; amber. Gr. Ambarbaum.) A Genus of the Nat. Order Hamamelidacece. Also, sweet gum or gum wax, a balsamic exu- dation from L. styracifiua. It is a thick, syrupy, yellowish liquid, becoming thicker and dai'ker by keeping, and finally solid. It has a pleasant balsamic odour and somewhat pungent taste. It contains a substance like styrol, styracin, and cinnamic acid. Made into a syrup it is used in chronic catarrh of the respiratory and urinary mucous membranes. Ii. altin'gria, Linn. The L. altingiana. la, alting-ia'na, Blume. Hab. Indian Archipelago, Burmah, and Assam. It yields a resin which is fragrant, and either pellucid and light yellow, or thick, dark and opaque. Ii., American. The L. styracifiua. la, asplenifo'lium, Linn. The Comp- tonia asplenifolia. la, formosa'na, Hance. A tree indi- genous to Formosa and Southern China. It yields a dry, terebinthinous, and fragrant resin. la. imber'be, Alton. (L. imberbis, with- out a beard.) The same as L. orientale. Ii., orien'tal. The L. orientale. la, orlenta'le. Miller. (L. orientalis, eastern.) The storax tree. Hah. Asia Minor. Bark yields Styrax. la, Styracifiua, Linnseus. (L. styrax, storax; fluo, to flow.) The sweet gum tree. Hab. North America. Yields, from incisions made in the bark, sweet gum, called also Liquid- ambar, Iiiquidam'bars. The plants of the Nat. Order Altingiacece. Iiiquidam'ber. Same as Liquidambar. Iiiquid'ity. (L. liquiditas; from Uqui- dus, fluid. F. liquidite; I. liquidita; S. liquidez; Gr. Fliissigsein.) The condition of being liquid, Iiiq'uidum ner'veum. (L. Uquidus; nervus, a nerve.) The hypothetical nervous fluid. Ziiq'uiform. (L. Uquidus ; forma, shape.) Having the appearance of a fluid. Ii. melano'sis. {MEkdvMcn^, a becoming black.) A name given by Dr. Carswell to the product of the disintegration of melanotic tu- mours which are sometimes found in serous cavities, especially in ovarian cysts. Ziiquirit'ia. A Genus of the Nat. Order Leguminosce. Also, the same as Liquorice, la, officinalis, Monch. (L. officina, a workshop.) The Gl/ycyrrhiza glabra.