Quincy's Lexicon medicum. A new medical dictionary ... To which is added, a glossary of obsolete terms from Castelli, Blanchard, Quincy, James, etc / [Revised] By R. Hooper.

  • Hooper, Robert, 1773-1835
Date:
1802
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Credit: Quincy's Lexicon medicum. A new medical dictionary ... To which is added, a glossary of obsolete terms from Castelli, Blanchard, Quincy, James, etc / [Revised] By R. Hooper. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    AC AC i any of the properties of an acid, the produce is then called an oxyd or ox- yde : thus iron expofed to the air or water attracts the oxygen, and an oxyd of iron, the ruft, is formed. The various acids employed medici- nally are, the acetic, acetous, ben- . zoic, carbonic, citric, muriatic, ni- tric, nitrous, and fulphuric. Acid aerial. See Carbonic acid. Acidulous waters. 'Mineral waters, which contain fo great a quan- tity of carbonic acid gaz, as to ren- der them acidulous, or gently pun- gent to the tafte. Acids, animal. Thofe which are obtained from animals. See Acid. Acids, dulcified. Thefe are now called Others. See JEther. Acids, imperfect. Thofe acids are fo called in the fcientific chemical nomenclature, which are not fully fa- turated witli oxygen. Their names are ended in Latin by ofum, and in Englifh by cus : e. g. acidum nitrofum, or nitrous acid. Acids, mineral. Thofe acids which are found to exift in minerals, as t he fulphuric, in fulphur ; the nitric, in nitre, &c. See Acid. Acids, perfect An acid is termed a perfect acid, in the fcientific chemical nomenclature, when it is completely faturated with oxygen. Their names are ended in Latin by icum, and in Englifh by ic : e.,g. aci- dum nitricum, or nitric acid. Acids, vegetable. Thofe which are found in the vegetable kingdom, as the citric, mallic, acetic, &c. See Acid. Acidum aceticum. See Acetic acid. Acidum acetosum. See Acetous acid. Acidum benzoicum. See Flores benzoes. Acidum carbonicum. See Car- bonic acid. Acidum citricum. See Citric acid. \ Acidum muriatic um. Spirit us falls marini Glauberi. Muriatic acid. Marine acid. Spirit of fait. Muriatic acid is much eltecmfd as an antifeptic ; and therefore given with bark,- &c. in putrid tending difeafts it, how- ever, moftly proves purgative. A ce- lebrated phyliciaa on tiie continent, whole fuccefs in curing typhoid fevers was unrivalled, lately publifhed his method of cure, in confequence of a handlome annuity from the king of Pruflia; which confifted in giving very large dofes of this acid. Acidum nitricum. Nitric acid. This acid has lately been extolled as an antifyphilitic. it may be given with advantage in mixed cafes of fy- philis and rheumatifin ; as an antifep- tic it hands fir ft in the catalogue. ln- fufion of rofes made with it in the place of vitriolic acid is. a valuable medicine* See Nitric acid. Acidum nitrosum. Spiritus nitre fumans. The nitrous acid pofieffes. the fame properties as the nitric, but in a much inferior degree. Acidum sulphuricum. See Aci- dum vitriolicum. Acidum nitr5sum dilutum. Aqua fortis. Diluted nitrous acid poffefies the fame properties as the nitrous acid, but in an inferior degree. Acidum vitrioli aromaticum. Elixir vitrioli acidum. A ftimulant and ftomachicpreparationofthe Edinburgh pharmacopoeia, for which the London college has iubftituted the acidum vi- triolicum dilutum. Acidum vitriolicum. Vitriolic acid of the pharmacopoeias is termed acidum falphuricum in the new chemi- cal nomenclature. It is highly efteem- ed as an antifeptic and antiphlogiftic ; and is therefore exhibited in fynochiur, cynanche, fcrophula, &c. See Sulphu- ric acid. Acidum vitriolicum dilutum. • The virtues of this preparation are the fame as thofe of the acidum vitri- olicum, only in a much inferior degree.