A medical glossary : in which the words in the various branches of medicine are deduced from their original languages, properly accented, and explained / by W. Turton, M.D.

  • William Turton
Date:
1797
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Credit: A medical glossary : in which the words in the various branches of medicine are deduced from their original languages, properly accented, and explained / by W. Turton, M.D. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Solanum (from folor to comfort, becaufe it gives eafe by its fhi- pefying qualities). Nightfhade. Sold an ella (a folidando, from its ufes in healing frefh wounds)* Sea-cabbage ; fea-colewort. Solea (from folum the fole of the foot). The fole; a fifh fo called becaufe it is fhaped like the fole of the foot. Solen (<noAiif). A tube or channel. A cradle for a broken limb. Solenarium (a-uX-Aw^ov, dim. of <ruMv a tube). A catheter. Soleus (from folea a fole). A mufcle fhaped like the fole-fifh. Solida (from folus whole, compact). The folids or firmer parts of the body. Solid ago (from foTuio to make firm). The herb comfrey; fo called from its ufes of confolidating wounds. Solitarius (from folus alone). Applied to difeafes which affect only one part of the body. Solium (from folus alone). The tape-worm ; fo called becaufe it infefts the body fingly. Solsequium (from fol the fun, and fequor to follow). Marygold or turnfole ; fo called becaufe it turns its flowers towards the fun. Solum (from rt>0 falah to tread, Heb.) The fole of the foot. Solutio (from folvo to open). The divifion of any folid part. The feparation of a fubftance into its molt minute particles. Solutiva (from folvo to loofen). Laxative medicines ; gentle purgatives. Somnambulismus (from fornnus fleep, and ambulo to walk). Walk- ing in the fleep. Somnifera (from fornnus fleep, and fero to bring). Opiates; medicines which induce fleep. Somnus (from vm/os, or nmtf ftanah, Heb.) Sleep. Sonchites (<Toy%nY\<;, from voyyos the fow-thiftle). The herb hawk- weed ; named from its refemblance to the fonchus. Sonchus (o-oyxofj 7ra?a 70 vmv XttiV> f*ron:i its wholefome juice). The herb fow-thiftle. Sonus (from y]D fatiah to cry out, Arab.) Sound. Sophia (<ro<pta, from o-o^o? wife). Flix-weed or flux-weed; named from its great virtues in flopping fluxes. Sophronisteres (irw^ovirn^^ from <ra<p£ow£w to become wife). The iaft