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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    Si spasmus ventriculi aderit. If the spasm of the sto- mach be present. Si minetur morbus. If the disease threaten. Urgente dolore vel tussi. The pain or cough being troublesome. Digitis cedere foveolaruque ac- To pit on pressure. cipere. Dentium stridor; dentibus Grinding of the teeth; frendere. to grind the teeth. Cibi fastidium (anorexia seu Want of appetite. inappetentia.) Cibi aviditas (bulimia.) Too great appetite. Molestante languore aut flatu- The languor or flatu- lentia. lence being trouble- some. 1Febre aggrediente; 2febre 1When the fever is absente; 3febre durante (vel coming on; 2 when adstante; vel astante;) du- the fever is absent; rante febris exacerbatione.* 3 during the fever. Donee afficiantur gingiva;. Until the gums are af- fected. Donee gingiva; intumescant. Until the gums become swollen. Donee ptyalismusf (seu cursus Until ptyalism is pro- saliva; adauctus,) seu fluxus duced. salivas adauctus) cieatur. Donee abierit spasmus. Until the spasm shall have removed. * The interval between the paroxysms of an intermittins; fever was termed by the Greeks apyrexy (dnvpe^ia.) by the Latins inter- missinn (intermissio.) If, however, the interval were only a re- mission, instead of a perfect intermission, the return of the hot fit was denominated exacerbation {exaeerbatio.) Dr. Mason Good uses the term to signify the paroxysm of a disease whose Inten a merely imperfect; or remission is the strict meaning of paroxysm when literally rendered. f Ptyalismus, nTveKi(xix6( or nrvaXtoijds, from tttvu, exspuo, ex- screo.