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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    e l j r j 15 o a ii Pi! ;fc i5 H Of J A }fr lit IS' i. il( 30| of! ccj c:: iffl’f .ffO A T§‘ lljii Agalactia, (AgalaElia, a, f. ava- Acutha ; from a, priv. and yaXa, milk). A defedl of milk in child bed. AgaLACTOS, ( A'>a*aXTo<: ; from a, priv. and ya^u, milk). An epithet given to a woman who has no milk when fhe lies in. Agallochi veiu lignum. See Lignum aloes. • Agaric, See Agaricus. Agaricus, (Agaricus, i, m. aya- aixnc; from Agaria, a town in Alia ; or from Agar us, a river in Sarmatia, now Malowonda). Agaricus chirur- gorum. Agaricus quercus. Agaric of the octh. d ouchwood boletus. This fungus Boletus igniarius ; acaulis pulvi- nalus levis, poris tenuiffimis of Linnaeus, has been much ufed by furgeons as an external fiyptic. Though ftill em- ployed on the continent, the furgeons in this country have very wifely de- clared its inefficacy, Agaricus albus. The plant known by this name in the pharmaco- peias, is the Boletus laricis. Several preparations, as trochifces, an ex- traft, and pills, are ordered to be made with it in foreign pharmacopeias, which are adminhlered againft phthyii- cal complaints. Agaricus chirurGorum. See Agaricus. Agaricus muscarius. This fun- gus is the Agaricus mufearius; Jlipitaius, lamellis dimidiatisfold arils,fdpite 'uoivato a fee dilatato laji ovato of Linnaeus. The ufe of this vegetable is not much known in this country. It is em- ployed externally to itrunaous, pha- gedenic, and fillulous ulcers, as an ef- carotic. Age. The antients reckoned fix ftag es of life: pueritia, childhood, which is to the fifth year of our age ;— adolefcenlia, youth, reckoned to the eighteenth, and youth properly fo called to the twenty-fifth year;—ju- ventus, reckoned from the twenty-fifth to the thirty-fifth year;—virilis atas, raanhowd, from the thirty-fifth to the fiftieth year;—fenedlus, old age, fronj fifty to fixty ,—crepita atas, decrepia age, which ends in death. Agenesia, (Agenejia, a, f. ayi- VYicria; from a, ncg. and ywojzu.1, to beget), lmpotency in man. A term employed by Vogel. It is fynoni- mous with anaphrodijta and dyfperma- tifmus. A G eratum, {Ageratum, i, n. ayv,- gcclov; from a, priv. and fence- ius, uever old, ever green). Balfamiia femina. Eupatorium mezues. Maudlin. Theageratum of the pharmacopoeias is the Achillea ageralum folds lanceolatis, obiufis, acute ferr Mis of Linnseus. It is etleemed in fome countries as an an- thelmintic and alterative, and is given in hepatic obhruCtions. Ageustia, (Ageujlia, a, f. aym- rise; from a, neg. and yevu9 to taile). Agh eujlia. A want of, or diminifbed take. A genus of difeafe in the clafs locales, and order dyfejlhefia, of Cullen. It is moftly fymptomatic of fever, pa- ralyfis, &c. Agglutitio, (Agglutitio, onis, f.). Obfirudtion in the sefophagus, or a difficulty in fwallowing. Aggregate glands, (Glandule aggregates ; from aggrego, to afiemble together). An affemblage of glands, as thofe of the intefHnes. Aggregation, (Aggregatio, onis, f.) See Affinity. AgnTna m em e ran a. A term given by Aetius to what we now call the amnios. Agnus castus, (from ayvoc, a lamb ; fo called from the down upon its furface, which refembles that upon a lamb’s fkin; and cajlus, bccaufe the chaffe matrons, at the feafts of Ceres, ftrewed them upon their beds, and lay upon them). The plant bearing this name in the pharmacopeias is the Vitex agnus cajlus ; folds digitalis, ferratis, fpicis verticillatis of Linneus. The feeds are the medicinal part, which have, when frefh, a fragrant C