A GLOSSARY

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Lixivium. Ley.

Lohoch, or Linctus. A medicine to be licked by the toiigu« ; m SW! ,i.

lowed slowly.Mamma. The nipple.Mammie. The breasts.Mediastinum. A double membrane that divides the thorax or breast

into two parts.Miliary Eruption. Eruption of small pustules, resembling the seeds of

millet.

\T h'fi t Causing disease, or diseased.

Mucus. The matter discharged from the nose, lungs, &c.

Mysentery. A double membrane which connects the intestines to the

back bone, and about which they are involved.Narcotic. A stupifying opiate.Nausea. An inclination to vomit.

Nephritic. A disease belonging to the kidneys and bladder.Nephritics. Are t-hose medicines that have a tendency to break or dis-solve stony concretions.Nervous. Irritable.

Nodes. An enlargement of the bones produced by the venereal disease.Papilionaceous. Having amulgent vessels like a nipple.Paroxysm. A fit, or the periodical return of a fit, of a disease.Pectoral. Medicines adapted to cure diseases of the breast.Perennial. Durable, perpetual.Perspiration. The matter discharged from the pores of the skin in the

form of vapour or sweat.Peritonaeum. A membrane lining the cavity of tne belly, and covering

the intestines.Pericardium. A membranous bag containing the heart.Petechial. Small spots on the skin, like flea-bites, which come out in

some fevers.Phlebotomy. The art or operation of letting blood.Phlegmon. An inflamed tumor, accompanied with heat, redness, and

throbbing pain.Phlegmatic. Watery; relaxed.Phlogiston. Is here used to signify somewhat rendering the air unfit for

respiration.Phthisis Pulmonalis. Consumption of the lungs.Plethoric. Replete with blood.Polypus. A diseased excrescence, or a substance formed of coagulable

lymph, frequently found in the large blood-vessels.Praecordia. The parts about the heart.Prolapsus Ani. The falling down of the fundament.Prolapsus Uteri. The falling down of the womb.Pus. Matter contained in a boil.

Rectum. The straight gut, in which the feces are container 1Refrigerant. Cooling; refreshing.Regimen. Regulation of diet.Respiration. The act of breathing-Restringent. Bindina.