Medical lexicon : a new dictionary of medical science, containing a concise account of the various subjects and terms : with a vocabulary of synonymes in different languages, and formulae for various officinal and empirical preparations, &c. / by Robley Dunglison.

  • Dunglison, Robley, 1798-1869.
Date:
1839
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    NEW DICTIONARY OP MEDICAL SCIENCE. A, before a consonant; An before a vowel, a, xv, have, in the compound medical terms, a privative or debasing signification, like that of the particles in, im, un, it; in English. Thus: Stheni'a means strength. Astheni'a, want of strength. Aruemia, want of blood, &c. A, or AA. See Abbreviation. AARZH1L, MINERAL WATERS OF. A. is in the canton of Berne in Switzerland. The chief spring contains muriates of lime and soda, sulphates of lime and soda, oxyd of iron, and hydrosulphuric acid gas. ABACH, MINERAL WATERS OF. A hydrosulphuretted saline spring, not far from Ratisbon or Regentsberg in Bavaria. ABALIENA'TUS. Corruptus. Corrupt- ed. Membra abaliena'ta. Limbs dead, or be- numbed.—Cclsus, Scribonius Largus. ABANGA. Name given by the inhabi- tants of St. Thomas to the fruit of a palm- tree, the seeds of which they consider very useful in diseases of the chest, in the dose of three or four, given two or three times a day. ABAPTIST'A. Ahaptiston, from a priva- tive, and 0u.7tti^uv, ' to plunge.' A term ap- plied to the old Trepan, the conical shape of which prevented it from plunging suddenly into the cavity of the cranium. ABAREMO-TEMO. A Brazilian tree, which grows in the mountains, and appears to be a mimosa. Piso relates that the decoc- tion of its bark, which is bitter and astrin- gent, was applied, in that country, to ulcers of a bad character. ABBECOURT, MINERAL WATERS OF. A chalybeate spring, six leagues from Paris, and one from Poissy. It was once much frequented, but is now abandoned. ABBEVILLE, MINERAL WATEPvS OF. An acidulous chalybeate at Abbeville, in the department of the Somme. 1 ABBREVIATION. ABBREVIATION. Abbreviate, Brackijn'- sis, Brac/tys'mos, Abbreviate ra. (F.) Abre- viation. Abbreviations are chiefly used in medicinal formula*. They are by no means as frequently employed now as of old, when every article had its appropriate symbol. The chief abbreviations now adoptedvare the fol- lowing- : R. Recipe, Take. A. aa, ana, (av*) utriusque, of each. Abdom. Abdomen. Abs. Feer. Absente febre, In the absence of fever. Ad. or Add. Adde or addatur. Ad. Lib. Ad libitum, At pleasure. Admov. Admoveatur, Let it be applied. Alterx. Hor. Altcrnis horis, Every other hour. Alv. Adstrict. Alvo adstrictd, The bow- els being confined. Aa. Aqua, Water. Aa. Comm. Aqua communis, Common wa- ter. Aa. Font. Aqua fontis, Spring water. Aa. Bull. Aqua bulliens, Boiling water. Aa. Ferv. Aqua fervens, Hot water. Aa. Marin. Aqua marina, Sea water, B. A. Balneum arena, A sand-bath. Bals. Balsamum, Balsam. B. B. BBDS. Barbadensis, Barbadoes. Bib. Bibe, Drink. Bis Ind. Bis indies, Twice daily. B. M. Balneum maricc, A water-bath. Bol. Bolus. Bull. Bulliat, Let it boil. But. Butyrum, Butter. B. V. Balneum vaporis, A vapor-bath, CjBRUL. Cceruleus, Blue. Cap. Capiat, Let him take. C. C. Cornu cervi, Hartshorn.