Volume 2

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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    CHEIRAPSIA—CH ELIDONIUM. jaune; I. viola g'lalla; S. aleli; Gr. Gold- lacJc.) The wallflower. The flowers have a pleasant smell and nauseous bitter taste; they have been used in infusion as a diuretic, cephalic, and antispasmodic; they, as well as the leaves, have been used as an emmenagogue, and they are said to be oxytocic. The juice is used in France as a diuretic in dropsy and in gravel, and the powdered seeds in dysentery. An oil obtained from the seeds has been used externally in bruises and rheumatic pains. C. inca'nus. The Mathiola incana. Cll6ira/PS'ia» (KsLpa\j/La, a touching with the hands ; from x^t/o aTTTw, to touch.) Mani- pulation, as in shampooing. Also, the so-called mesmerism by touching gently with the hands. Also, a synonym of scratching, as in cutaneous itching. Cheirarthroc'ace. (Xsip, the hand; apdpov, a joint; Ka/co's, evil.) Joint disease in the hand. Gliei'ri. (As if keiri, a word used by Ha- drianus Junius, for the wallflower, or, as some say, the stock gillyflower.) The wallflower. Also, an alchemical term, applied by some to hydrargyrum or quicksilver, according to Cas- tellus; by others, to Aurum potabile^ and by others, to antimonium. (Euland and John- son.) C. ilo'res. (L.j^05, a flower.) The flowers of the Cheiranthus cheiri. Ciieiria'ter. (Xstp, the hand; taT-pos, a physician.) Old term for a surgeon, whose oSice it was to remove or cure diseases by prescriptions and manual operations, as well as by medicines. Clieiris'ma. See Cheirismus. Clieiris'mus. (Xelplo-ijlS?, a handling.) The handling of a diseased or injured part; or of a sick person. Clieirix'is. (XelpL^i^, from ■xtipiX^ooi.LaL, to handle.) Old term, used by Galen, Comment, in Hippocr. _Z)e Fract. i, 49, vol. viii, pt. ii, p. 407, ed. Kiihn, for the art of surgery; manual interference, touch or handling. Clieiroc'ace'. (Xeip, the hand; /ca/co's, evil.) 'J'he same as Carpocace. Clieiron'omy. {Xstpovo/jLLa, measured motion with the hands.) Methodical use of the hands, as in gymnastic exercises. Cheirople'thes. {XELpoTrXndn^, filling the hand.) Used in pharmaceutical directions to signify a handful. Cheirop'odOUS. (Xstp, the hand; ttous, a foot.) Having the hallux opposable, so that the foot acts like a hand. Cheiropom'pliolyx. {Xeip; tto/x^o- Xv^, a water-bubble.) A disease which occurs in the hands, manifested by the eruption of vesicles over a papilla, which, by uniting, form bullse containing serum and leucocytes. This dis- ease has been called dysidrosis by Tilbury Fox, but late observations tend to show that the sweat-glands remain healthy, and that this term, given by Hutchinson, is more appropriate, although the disorder may attack the feet also. Clieirop'tera. (Xe/p,the hand; 7rTEp6v,a wing.) Bats. An Order of the Class Mammalia, having a fold of membrane, the patagium, com- mencing at the sides of the neck and body, and extending between the fore feet and the extremi- ties of the hind toes, and sometimes to the tail, and which serves for flight. The poUex, and sometimes the next flnger, is unguiculate, as well as all the toes ; the bones do not contain air. Cheirop'terOUS. (Same etymon.) Ke- lating to, or like, the bats, or Cheiroptera. Cheiropteryg-'ium. (Xtt^o; -jr-repvyiov, a little wing.) A term applied to the rudimentary limb of the higher Vertebrata, as distinguished from that of fishes, called the Icthyoptery- giumi Chela. (Xi]\v, a claw, or talon.) The cleft of the eyelids when closed. The claw or forceps of the crab. Term formerly used for a fissure or chap on the hands, feet, or pudendum. Old name for a forked probe for extracting polypi from the nose. Chelae. (Same etymon.) Claws. The prehensile claws of certain of the Crustacea, as crabs and lobsters. C. cancro'rum. (L. cancer, a crab. F. pinces d'ecrevisses; G. Krebsscheren.) The claws of the common crab. Cancer pagurus. Formerly used as an antacid. C. palpebrarum. (L. palpebra, an eye- lid.) The tarsal cartilages. Chela'pa. The jaiap plant, Exogonium purga. Chelate. (XnMi a claw.) Possessing claws. Chele. The same as Chela. Cheler'ythrin. {Chelidonium; ipvQp6<s, red.) CJ9H17NO4. An alkaloidal substance ob- tained from the Chelidonium majus, the Glaucium luteum, and the Sanguinaria canadensis. It is believed to be identical with Sanguinarin. Chelic'erSB. (X?^?}, a claw; Kepa?, a horn.) The prehensile claws of the side of the mouth of scorpions, supposed to be homologous to antennee. Chel'idon. (XzXlSmv, a swallow.) The hollow above the bend of the elbow; so called from the forked appearance of a swallow's tail on each side of the biceps tendon. Chelidoner'ythrin. Same as CheUry- thrin. Chelido'nia la'pis. {XzXihwv, a swal- low; L. lapis, a stone.) Old name given to two stones said to be found in the stomach of young swallows, one black, the other of a dull red, about the size and form of a hemp seed; they were believed to be antiepileptic in their quality. C. rotundifo'lia mi'nor. (L. rotundus, round; folium, a leaf; minor, less.) The lesser celandine. Ranunculus ficaria ; because it flowers when the swallow appears. Chelido'nic ac'id. C7H4O6. (G-. SchUl- Jcrautsciure.) Occurs as a calcium salt, and, perhaps, in combination with chelidonin and chelerythrin, in Chelidonium majus ; it crystal- lises in silky needles, containing one molecule of water. By some it is believed to be identical with succinic acid. Chelido'nin. CigHnNgOg. Applied by Maier to the narcotic principle of the Clielidonium majus. Chelidoninlc ac'id. (C7Hio06)2+H., 0, uncertain. An acid found in the Chelidonium majus. It crystallises in white rhomboidal prisms, easily soluble in water, alcohol, and ether. Chelido'nium. {Xzkidwv, the swallow. G. Schivalbcnkraut.) A Genus of the Nat. Order Papaveracece ; so called because it flowers when the swallow appears. The celandine. Also, a synonym of Bryonia alba.