Volume 1

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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    CEREVISIiE FERMENTUM—CEROPLASTY. to some, as if Cereris vis in aqua, the strength of corn in water.) Term for any liquor brewed from corn ; ale, beer. C. ab'ietis. (L. abies, a fir tree.) Spruce beer. . C. ama'ra, Belg. Ph. (L. amarus, bitter.) Four parts each of wormwood and gentian root, and 10 parts of pine buds; macerate for three days in 1000 parts of beer and filter. C. antiscorbu'tica, Fr. Codex. ('Ai/ti, against; scorbutus, scurvy. F. biere antiscorbu- tique, sapinette.) See Beer, antiscorbutic. C. antiscorbu'tica Sydenbam'l, Belg. Ph. Watercress, fresh, 560 parts, mentha crispa and salvia oflBcinalis, of each 41, orange peel 83, nutmegs 7, alcohol 500, water sufiicient. Distil 1000 parts. C. ferra'ta. (L. ferrum, iron.) Liq. ferri et sodae pyrophosph. 5 parts, strong ale 500. Dose, a glass two or three times daily. C. martia'ta. (L. Mars, a name of iron.) Same as C. ferrata. C. medica'ta. (L. medicatus, healing. G. Krduterbier.) Beer containing herbs for medicinal purposes. C. ni'grra. (L. niger, black.) A synonym of Beer, Swiss vulnerary. Also, Beer, spruce. C. stomacb'ica. Stomachic beer. Gentian root, sliced, 15 parts, fresh lemon peel 10, cinna- mon 1, strong ale 1000; macerate for four days, and filter. Cerevis'iae fermen'tum, B. Ph. (F. levure; l.fermento ; S. levadura de ceveza ; G. Barme, Bierhefen.) The ferment of beer. Yeast or barm, the well-known substance which forms on the surface of beer during the process of fer- mentation. It is a viscid, semifluid, frothy liquid, containing the cells of Saccharomyces cerevisice. It has been used as a nutrient, as an antiseptic in typhus fever, and to convert starch directly into alcohol in diabetes. Locally it is used in phagedsenic and sloughing sores. Ce'ria. (L. cereus, soft.) Old name for a kind of flat worm bred in the intestines, perhaps a taenia. Ce'ric- (L. cera, wax.) Relating to wax. Also, a term for those cerium salts which cor- respond to cerium dioxide. C. ac'id. (F. acide cerique.) A doubtful product of the action of nitric acid on cerin. Ce'rideS. Name by Ampere for a Family of simple bodies, including cerium and magne- sium. Cerif erous. (L. cera; fero, to bear.) Bearing, or producing, wax. Cerig''erous. (L. cera; gero, to bear. Y.cerigere; G. wachshauttragend.) Applied to the beak of a bird when furnished with a cere. Ce'rii bromi'dum. Bromide of ce- rium. A sweet, chocolate-coloured astringent substance, obtained by dissolving cerous carbonate in hydrobromic acid; it is soluble in alcohol. Has been used as C. oxalas. C. carbo'nas. Same as Cerous carbonate. C. ni'tras. Same as Cerous nitrate. C. ox'alas, B. Ph. (F. oxalate de cerium ; G. Ceriumoxalat.) CeC204 . SHgO. Oxalate of cerium, obtained by adding solution of oxalate of ammonia to a soluble salt of cerium; it is a white granular powder, insoluble in water. A gastric nerve sedative used in reflex vomiting, especially that of pregnancy. Dose, 1—5 grains or more. Ce'rin. (L. cera, wax.) The portion of beeswax which is soluble in boiling alcohol; it is not a definite compound, but impure Cerotic acid. Ceri'nous. (L. cera.) Of the colour of yellow wax. Cerinthe'. A Genus of the Nat. Order Boraginacem. C. as'pera, Roth. (L. aspcr, rough.) Formerly used as an astringent and vulnerary, especially in eye aff'ections. C. ma'jor, Linn. (L. major, greater.) The C. asp era. Ce'rion. iY^y\pi6v, honeycomb.) A syno- nym of Tinea favosa. Also, a synonym of Caryopsis. Ceris'cus malabar'icus, Giirtn. The Randia dumetorum. Ce'rite. The natural siliceous protoxide of cerium, from which this metal is obtained. Ce'rium. (From the planet Ceres.) Symbol Ce. Atomic weight 141*2. A metal having the colour and lustre of iron, tarnishing in moist air. It forms two oxides, a sesqmoxide, CcaOs, and a dioxide, CeOa. C. bro'mide. See Cerii bromidum. Cm ni'tricum. Same as Cerous nitrate. C. ox'alate. See Cerii oxalas. Cm oxal'icum. Same as Cerii oxalas. Cernula'tio. (L. cemulo, to throw head foremost.) A violent cough produced by acrid or foreign bodies in the larynx. Cer'nuous. (L. cemuo, to bow down- ward. G. gebiickt.) Nodding; hanging its head; bent. Ceroco'ma. {Kipa^, hom; koV>?, the hair.) A Genus of heteromerous coleopterous insects possessing vesicant properties analogous to those of cantharides. Ceroe'ne. (Low L. ceroneum, from Kt]p6^, wax. F. emplatre ceroene.) The Emplastrum ceroneum, Fr. Codex. Ceroi'des. (Krjjoos, wax; JSos, likeness. F. cerdide; G. wachsdhnlich.) Resembling wax. Cero'lein. A fatty substance existing in small quantity in beeswax; it is a doubtful sub- stance. Cero'leum. (L. cera, wax; oleum, oil.) The same as Cerate. Cero'ma< {Krtpwfxa, from KripSs, wax.) Name formerly used for cerate or ointment, ac- cording to Hippocrates, de Hat. Vict, in Acut. iv, 78. Also, applied to organs which are the subject of amyloid degeneration, in consequence of their waxy appearance. Ce'roiXiel. (L. cera, wax ; mel, honey. G. Honigwachs.) A mixture of one part of yellow wax and two or four parts of honey. Used as an application to wounds and ulcers in hot climates, where ointments soon turn rancid. Cero'neum. Same as Ceroma. Cero'nia. (KEpwy/a.) The St. John's bread, or carob tree, Ceratonia siliqua. Cerope'gria, Linn. A Genus of the Nat. Order Asclepiadacece, the tuberous roots of some species of which are esculent. C. edu'lis. (L. edulis, eatable.) An escu* lent species. Ceropis'sus. (Krjioo's, wax ; TTLoraa, pitch. F. ceropisse.) Old term for a cerate, or plaster formed of wax and pitch. Used as a depilatory, CeroplaS'ty. (Kij/oo's, wax ; TrXao-o-o;, to