Volume 3

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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    LTNARIN—LINE. purgative, and has been used in dropsy, jaundice, and skin diseases; an ointment of the flowers and also the bruised plant have been used as a local application to piles. _ Iiina'rin. (Zinaria.) A white, crystal- line, bitter substance obtained from the Zinaria vulgaris by Walz. Iiinaros'min. (Zinaria; Gr. da-nn, a smell.) A falty substance obtained by Walz from the distillation of Zinaria vulgaris in water. Xiin'coln Val ley warm spring's. United States of America, Idaho, Oneida County. A calcareous mineral water, of a temperature of 69° F.—87° -F. (20-5 C—30-55° C.) Iiinctua'rium. (L. linctus^ part, of lingo, to lick.) Same as Zinctus. Xiinc'ture* Same as Zinctus. Iiinc'tUS. (L. I'mctus, part, of lingo, to lick up. Y. eclegme ; Ga. Zecksaft.) A medicine which has to be licked off the spoon because of its adhesive consistence. Ii. ad apb'thas. (L. ad, to; aphthce.) The Mel boracis. Ii. al'bus. Same as Zooch album. Ii. amyg-dali'nus. (L. amygdala, an almond.) Same as Zooch album. Zi. commu'nis. (L. communis, ordinaly.) The Zooch album. Ii. de bora'ce. (L. de, from.) The Mel boracis. Ii., white. The Zjooch album. Ziin'den tree. (An adjectival form from Sax. lind, the lime tree. G. Zindenbaum.) The Tilia europcca. Xiin'denblooms. The plants of the Nat. Order TiliacecB. Iiindenbolzhau'sen. Germany, in the Taunus mountains, 450 feet above sea level. A mineral water containing sodium sulphate 4*5 grains, sodium carbonate 3'1, calcium carbonate 3 98, and ferrous oxide -55 in 16 ounces, with free carbonic acid. Used in anaemic conditions. 3[sinde'ra. A Genus of the Nat. Order Zauraccoi. Ii. ben'zoln, Meissner. The Benzoin odorifcrum. Iiindernia'ceae. (F. Undemiacees.) Ap- plied by Keichenbach to a section (Zinderniacece) of the ScrophularicB, having the Zindernia for their type. Ziindley, JTollIl. An English botanist, born at Catton, near Norwich, in 1799, died at Turnham Green, near London, in 1865. Ii.'s classifica'tion of plants. Lindley in 1846 divided plants into asexual or flowerless plants, which included Thallogens and Acrogens, and sexual or flowering plants, which included Rhizogens, Endogens, Dictyogcns, Gymnogens, and Exogens. The Thallogens he subdivided into Algales, Fungales, and Licbenales. The Acrogens into Muscales, Lycopodiales, and Fili- calos. Iiine. (L. linca, a linen thread; usually through F. ligne. I. linca; S. Unea; G. Zinie.) A thin thi'ead, or something resembling it; a small thin mark or furrow. In Mathematics, that which lias length but not breadth. Also (G. Strich), the twelfth part of an inch, equal to 2-116628 millimetres. Also, the Zinden tree. Also, the Zinnm usiiatissimum. See also Linca and Linca;. :L., aclinic. See Aclinic line. Ii., ag-on'ic. See Agonic line. Ii., al'veolar, of Vogt. (L. alveolus, a little trough, a tooth-socket.) A line extending from the punctum occipitale magnum to the superior alveolar point. Ii., ba'sio-al'veolar. (L. basis, a base; alveolus, a little trough, a socket of a tooth.) k. line passing fi-om the basion, or middle of the anterior border of the occipital foramen, to the alveolar point, or middle of the upper alveolar border. Ii., ba'sio-breg-mat'ic. (Bao-is, a base ; (Spty/xa, the front of the head.) The vertical diameter of the cranium measured from the vertex above to the spheno-occipital suture. Ii., Bau'delocque's. {Bawielocque.) The external conjugate diameter of the pelvis. Ii., Cam'per's. See Facial line. Ii.s, col'oured. Certain concentric lines seen in the enamel when a vertical section is made through a tooth. They are brown in ap- pearance, which is due rather to lamination than any deposit of pigment. Ii.s, con'tour. Certain irregularities in the deposition of dentine wliich are seen as concentric lines when a vertical section of a tooth is made. ]L., curv'ed, of ilium, infe'rior. (L. inferior, lower. F. ligne courbe inferieure d'ilion ; G. untere bogenformige Ge.sasslinie.) A projecting curved line oif the dorsum of the ilium commencing just above the anterior inferior spine, and ending at the foi-e part of the great sciatic notch. Ii., curv'ed, of ilium, mid'die. A projecting curved line on the dorsum of the ilium commencing about 1-5 inch from the an- terior extremity of the crest of the ilium, and ending at the upper margin of the great sciatic notch. Ii., curv'ed, of ilium, supe'rior. (L. superior, upper. F. ligne courbe superieure d'ilion; G. obere bogenf ormige GesiissUnie.) A projecting curved line on the dorsum of the ilium commencing at about the fourth of the length of the crest of the ilium from the pos- terior superior spine, and ending at the hinder part of the great sciatic notch. Ii., curv'ed, of occipital bone, in- fe'rior. (F. ligne courbe inferieure de Vos occipitale; G. untere Hinterhauptsleiste.) A projecting line ai-ching outwards on each side of the external occipital crest from about its middle. It gives insertion to the rectus capitis posticus major and minor. Ii., curv'ed, of occlp'ital bone, su- pe'rior. (F. ligne courbe superietire de Vos occipitale; G. obere Hinterhauptslciste.) A projecting line arching outwards on each side of the external occipital protuberance to the lateral angles. It gives attachment to the occipito- frontalis, the trapezius, and the sterno-cleido- mastoid muscles. This line is very frequently broadened as it stretches from the protuberance, and consists of an upper and lower ridge enclosing a halfmoon- shape area, having its convexity upwards. Under these circumstances the lower line retains the name of superior curved line, and the upper one is called Zinea nuchce suprema. Ii., Dauben'ton's. (Bauhcnion.) Aline passing from the posterior border of the occipital foiamen to the lower rim of the orbit.