Volume 1

A medicinal dictionary; including physic, surgery, anatomy, chymistry, and botany, in all their branches relative to medicine. Together with a history of drugs ... and an introductory preface, tracing the progress of physic, and explaining the theories which have ... prevail'd in all ages / By R. James.

  • James, R. (Robert), 1703?-1776.
Date:
1743-1745
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Credit: A medicinal dictionary; including physic, surgery, anatomy, chymistry, and botany, in all their branches relative to medicine. Together with a history of drugs ... and an introductory preface, tracing the progress of physic, and explaining the theories which have ... prevail'd in all ages / By R. James. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Been directed tt> follow the Plough* in order to rcfpire Air im¬ pregnated with thefe falutiferous Effluvia. AGRTELZEA. From “'Aygi©., wild, and ’Ea*!*, an Olive. *The wild Olive. See Oleast er; AGRIFOLIUM. Agrifolium, Offic. Ger. 1155. Emac', 1338. Raii Hift. 2. 1622. Synop. 3. 466. Merc. Bot. 1. 17. Phyt. Brit. 3. Mer. Pin. 3. Agrifolium five Aquifolium, Park. Theat. i486. Aquifolium five Agrifolium, Chab. 605. Aqui¬ folium five Agrifolium vulgo, J. B. I. 114. Tourn. Inft. 600. Elem. Bot. 473. Aquifolium Tournefortii, Rupp. Flor. Jen. 35. Aquifolium baccis rubris, Herm. Hort. Lugd. Bat. 56. Boerh. Ind. A. 2. 219. Ilex aculeata baccifera folio finuato, C. B. Pin. 425. Johnf.Dendr. 206. The Holly Tree. Dale. Agrifolium, feu Aqjjifolium [of ’Axis, a Prickle, and Folium, Lat. a Leaf becaufe the Leaves are armed with (harp Prickles]. The Hol l y-Tre e. Miller s Diff. This Derivation is very unnatural and far fetched. It feetns more to the Purpofe to derive it fronTAyg»®-, rujlick, rough,fierce, and Ou'taoKj a Leaf. The Characters are. The Leaves are fet about the Edges with long, (harp, ftiff Prickles ; the Berries are fmall, round, and for the moft Part of a red Colour* containing four triangular ftriated Seeds in each. Miller. This Plant is too well known to want a Defcription. The Berries of Holly are hot and dry, of thin Parts, and ex¬ pel Wind. They are good againft the Colic; ten or twelve being inwardly taken bring away by Stool thick phlegmatic Hu¬ mours. .. The Birdlime, which is made of the Bark, is no left hurtful than that of Mifletoe, for it is marvellous clammy, itgluethup all the Entrails, it (hutteth arid draweth together the Guts and Paflages of the Excrements, and by this Means it bringeth De- flru&ion to Man, not by any Quality, but by its gluing Sub- ftance. Holly, beaten to Powder and drank, is an experiment¬ ed Medicine againft all the Fluxes of the Belly, as the Dyfentery, and the like. Gerard. They make Birdlime after the following Manner: In June or July they (trip the Holly-trees, and boil the Bark In Spring-water, feven or eight Hours, till it becomes very ten¬ der. Then they take it out, and firft letting the Water run off, till it is dry, they afterwards pile it up with Fern, intermixing for every Lay of Bark a Lay of Fern. There it is fuffered to ferment and rot, for two or three Weeks, till it becomes a Mu¬ cilage. This they take and pound in a Mortar till it is capable of being moulded like a Lump of Dough, and after¬ wards wbrk it well in their Hands in running Water, which in a fhort Time will cleanfe it of all Sordes, and leave nothing but the pure and defecated Birdlime. Then put it in an earthen Pot, and let it ftand three or . four Days, till it has thoroughly purged and perfedted itfelf by Defpumation, and after that re¬ move it into a frefla Veffel, and keep it for Ufe. Raii Hift. N. B. Birdlime is not only made of the Bark of this Tree ; but alfo of the Fruit, of Mifletoe, theChefnut, and Sebeften. The following Species of this Tree are eriumerated by Mil¬ ler : t. Aquifolium; Baccis rubris, H. L, The common Holly with red Berries. 2. Aquifolium ; Baccis luteis, H. L. Yellow-berried Holly. 3. Aquifolium ; Baccis albis. White-berried Holly. 4. Aquifolium ; Foliis ex luteo variegaiis, H. R. Par. Aquifcli- tan aureum, Munt. H. 163. Yellow-blotched Holly. 5. Aquifolium ; Foliis ex albo variegatis, H. L. White-blotched Holly. 6. Aquifolium; Echinatd Fold fiiperficie, Corn. 180. Hedge¬ hog Holly. 7. Aquifolium', Echinata Fold Superficie Foliis ex lut’eo variega- tis. Yellow-blotched Hedge-hog Holly. 8. Aquifolium ; Echinata Fold Superficie Limbis aureis. Gold- edged Hedge-hog Holly. P. Aquijolium ; Echinata Fold Superficie Limbis argenteis. Sil¬ ver-edged Hedge-hog Holly. 10. Aquifolium j Foliis longioribus, Limbis & Spinis ex unico tantum Latere per totum argenteopiftis, Pluk. Aim. 38. Bro¬ derick’s Holly, vulgo. 11. Aquifolium ; Foliis fubrotundis, Limbis & Spinis utrinque orgentatis. Aquifolium elegans, D. Dodt. Eales. Pluk. Aim. 38. Eales’s Holly, vulgo. 12. Aquifolium ; Foliis oblongis lucidis, Spinis iff Limbis argen¬ teis. Sir Thomas Franklin’s Holly, vulgo. 13. Aquifolium ; Foliis oblongis, Spinis iff Limbis argenteis. Hertfordlhire White Holly. 14. Aquifolium ; Foliis fubrotundis, Limbis argenteis, Spinulis iff Margmalibus purpurafeentibus. Br idoman’s Holly, vulgo. 15. Aquifolium, Foliis oblongis, Spinis & Limbisflavefeentibus. Longst aff’s beft Holly, vulgo. 16. Aquifolium ; Folds oblongis lucidis, Spinis iff Limbis aureis. Br a d l e y’s beft Holly, vulgo. J7* Aquifolium j Foliis oblongis,Spinis iff Limbis aureis, Wise’s Holly, vulgo. 18. Aquifoliumi Foliis fubrotundis, Spinis minor ibus, Foliis e* luteo elegant iffime variegatis. The Britifh Holly, vulgo. 19. Aquifolium ', Folds oblongis atro-virentibus, Spinis iff Limbh aureis. Bags^ot Holly, vulgo. 20. Aquifolium; Folds latijfimis, Spinis iff Limbis flavefeentibus Glory of the Eaft Holly, vulgo. 21. Aquifolium', Folds oblongis, Spinis majoribus, Foliis ex aureb variegatis. Glory of the Weft Holly, vulgo. 22. Aquifolium-, Foliis fubrotundis, Spinis iff Limbis aureis. As* L E t’s Holly, vulgo. 23. Aquifolium ; Foliis longioribus, Spinis iff Limbis argenteis„ The Union Holly, vulgo. 24. Aquifolium', Foliis iff Spinis majoribus, Limbis fiavefcent ibus. Fine Phyllis Holly, vulgo. 25. Aquifolium ; Foliis minor ibus, Spinis iff Limbis argenteis. Painted Lady Holly, vulgo. 26. Aquifolium ; Folds angufiioribus, Spinis iff Limbis fiavefeen- tibus. P uller’s Cream Holly, vulgo, . 27' Aquifolium j Foliis oblongis, ex luteo iff aurco clegantijfime va- riegato. Milk-maid Holly, vulgo. 28. Aquifolium ; Foliis oblongis viridibus \ maculis argenteis nota- tis. Cap el’s motled Holly, vulgo. 29. Aqidfolium ; Foliis oblongis, Spinis iff Limbis luteis. Par¬ tridge’s Holly, vulgo. 30. Aquifolium; Foliis oblongis, Spinis iff Limbis ocroluteis. Ma¬ son’s Copper-coloured Holly, vulgo. 31. Aquifolium j Foliis parvis, interdum vix fpinofis. Box-leaved Holly, vulgo, % 32. Aquifolium ; Folds parvis, interdum vix fpinofis, Limbis Folio- rum argentatis. Whitmill’sHolly, vulgo. ,33* Aquifolium ; Carolinianum, angujlifolium, Spinis rarls bre- vijfimis. Carolina Holly with fmooth Leaves, vulgo. AGRIMONIA, Agrimony. Agrimony is a Plant of the fpriggy Kind [<J>^yava^)] (hooting forth one (lender, woody, ftrait, black, hoary Stalk, ’a Cubit high, or more, with Leaves at Diftances cut moftly into five Divifions, and fometimes more, beft refembling the Leaves of Hemp or Cinquefoil, of a dark Colour, and ferrated round the Edges. The Seed grows .about the Middle of the Stalk, being fomewhat rough, and bending down, fo as, when dry, to (tick on your Clothes. The Leaves, bruifed and applied with old Hogs-lard, heal Ul¬ cers that are hard to cicatrife. The Plant, or its Seed, drank in Wine, cures fuch as are afflicted with the Dyfentery, a dif- tempered Liver, or are bitten by Serpents. Some, by Miftake, have given this Plant the Name of Mugwort, which is quite an¬ other Thing. Diofcorides, Lib. 4. C. 41. This Herb is called Hociamfanum by Marcellus Empiricus, Cap. 20. Agrimony is thus diftinguifhed by the Moderns i Agrimania, Eupatorhtm Grcecorum, Offic. Agrimonia, Ger. 575* Emac. 712. Raii Hift. 1.400. Synop. 3.202. Agrimo¬ nia vulgar is,. Park. Theat. 594. Agrimonia Ojficinarum, Tourn. Inft. 301. Boerh. Ind. A. 79. Agrimonia feu Eupatorium, J. B. 2. 398. Chab. 172. Eupatorium Veterum five Agrimonia, C» B. Pin. 321. Eupatorium Veterum Jive Agrimonia inodor a, vel minus odora. Hift. Oxon. 2. 614. Agrimony. Dale. This is the Eupatorium of Diofcorides, Galen, and the anti- ent Greeks ; it grows about two Feet high, or higher, having feveral winged hairy Leaves, of a pale green Colour, com- pofed of unequal Numbers of Parts, fometimes five, oftenef (even, whereof the three at the End are largeft; they are fer¬ rated about the Edges, like the Leaves of Strawberries, hav¬ ing feveral fmaller Leaves intermixed among them, and are fet alternately on the Stalk, on the Tops of which grow the Flowers in long Spikes a little bending down, they are fmall and yellow, made of fix fmall Leaves, with two green Appendices growing by them, and are fucceeded by little rough Burs, which ftick to any Thing that comes in their Way ; each Bur containing two Seeds. The Root is long and (lender, and creeps in the Ground* (hooting out fre(h Leaves and Branches every Year; it grows in Hedges and Borders of Fields, and flowers in June and July. Some Authors will have this Plant called Eupatorium quafi he- patorium, from its Ufefulnefs to the Liver; others will have its Name derived from Mithridates Eupator, who, as Pliny fays, firft found out its Virtue. Lemery adds, that it is good for Loofeneffes, and often put a-i tnongft aftringent Clyfters, as alfo in Gargarifms and Apozems. Lemery de Drogues. Agrimony is reckoned a Cleanier and Purifier of the Blood, a great Strengthener of the Liver, and ferviceable for all Difeafes, arifing from the Weaknefs thereof, as the Dropfy, Jaundice, and the like ; it is commended likewife for the Strangury, and mak¬ ing bloody Water, and Riverius extols the Powder of the dry Leaves, for Incontinence of Urine. It is alfo reckoned among the vulnerary Plants, and put in Wound-drinks, and outwardly ufed in Baths and Fomentations. Miller, Bot. Off. It is a moft nbble Hepatic, Vulnerary, and Splenetic, as any we have, and therefore moft frequently ufed in Diftempers pro¬ ceeding from a weak Liver, as the Dropfy, Cachexy, and Jaun- C c <5