The physician's prescription book : containing lists of terms, phrases, contractions and abbreviations, used in prescriptions, with explanatory notes : also the grammatical construction of prescriptions, etc., etc. : to which is added a key, containing the prescriptions in an unabbreviated form with a literal translation : intended for the use of medical and pharmaceutical students / by Jonathan Pereira.

  • Pereira, Jonathan, 1804-1853.
Date:
1857
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Credit: The physician's prescription book : containing lists of terms, phrases, contractions and abbreviations, used in prescriptions, with explanatory notes : also the grammatical construction of prescriptions, etc., etc. : to which is added a key, containing the prescriptions in an unabbreviated form with a literal translation : intended for the use of medical and pharmaceutical students / by Jonathan Pereira. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the National Library of Medicine (U.S.), through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the National Library of Medicine (U.S.)

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    Ex angulis labrorum, Cels. From the angles of the lips. Os, oris, Cels.; stoma (o-rc^a.) The mouth. Gingiva; gingivae, Cels. The gum; the gums. Tonsilla, Cels. The tonsil. !Auris; 2auricula, Cels.; 1 The ear; 2 the auricle; 3 pinna.* 3 the pinna. Auricularum dolores, Cels. The ear-ache. 1Ex irais auribas ; 2summis 1 From the lower parts auribus, Cels. of the ears; 2in the upper parts of the ears. Post aurem, Cels. Behind the ear. In aurem instillari, Cels. To be dropped into the ear. Aurem infundere aliquod me- It is proper to pour dicamentum oportet, Cels. some medicine into the ear. Gena; bucca, Cels.; mala,f The cheek. Cels. Aspera arteria ; trachea. The windpipe. Bronchus; bronchium; bron- The bronchial tube. chin ; bronchius. \. Gula; pharynx; oesophagus. The gullet. Fauces. The throat (internal,) the pharynx. Uva, Cels. ; uvula. The uvula. * Auris signifies the ear generally; auricula the flap of the ear with the auditory tube; pinna the flap of the ear only. f Mala is generic, and expresses the cheek (the external and fleshy part) and the cheek-bone. Gena differs from Mala in refer- ring only to the external part of the face. Bucca refers to the same part of the face with Gena, but regards it as capable of collapsing and being inflated at different times. % The two latter words, and their plurals, are very generally and improperly used. The Latin terms are derived from the Greek words 0r,oYXi an(l 0f>oyxtov' which can only make bronchus and '; bronchvum.—lloroz 8ubsecivce. 7