Thesaurus & armamentarium medico-chymicum, or, A treasury of physick with the most secret way of preparing remedies against all diseases : obtained by labour, confirmed by practice, and published out of good will to mankind : being a work of great use for the publick / written originally in Latine by ... Hadrianus à Mynsicht ...; and faithfully rendred into English by John Partridge ...

A Physical Dictionary Explaining the Terms of Physick used in this Book derived from the Latine and Greek.

A.

• APozem is a Decoction of divers herbs and o∣ther ingredients, to which sometimes Syrups are ad∣ded.
• Acrimony, sharpness.
• Anodyne, Medicines as∣swaging pain.
• Acute, sharp.
• Asthma, shortness of breath.

B.

• BOlus, a Bole, a Me∣dicine to be taken from a knife's point.

C.

• CAtarrh, a defluxion of humors from the Brain upon the Iaws, Lungs, &c.
• Constipate, to stop.
• Cephalick, belonging to the Head.
• Concoction, digestion or boiling.
• Cataplasm, a Pultis.
• Corrode, to eat or fret.
• Chronical, to last long.
• Cardialgia, Heart-burning.

D.

• DIuretick, to provoke Urine.
• Decoction, the liquor where∣in things are boiled.
• Defluxion, the same as de∣stillation.
• Delirium, doting, raving, to talk idly.
• Diarrhoea, a common loos∣ness without blood, &c.
• Diaphragma, the Midriff.
• Dyspnoea, shortness of breath.
• ...

• ... Dysentery, a bloody Flux.
• Diaphoretick, that cau∣ses sweating, &c.

E.

• EPispastick, a Plaster to draw Blisters.
• Errhines, Medicines to be snuffed up the Nose to purge the Brain.
• Empyema, a corrupt mat∣ter between the Breast and the Lungs.
• Erysipelas, swellings on the skin caused by Choler.
• Elephantiasis, a leprous disease over the whole bo∣dy or some part of it.
• Epithems, are Medicines applied in bags to the Li∣ver, Spleen, Stomach, &c.
• Eschar is the Core that falls off after a Caustick hath been applied.

F.

• FRacture, a breaking, as of a bone, or skull.
• Fomentation, a Liquor made to bathe a part with Cloaths or Sponges dipt in the same.
• Filter, to strain.
• Fermentation, the work∣ing of humors, as drink in a Vessel.
• Flatulent, windy.

G.

• GArgarisms, Medicines to gargle and wash the throat with.
• Glandules, Kernels about the throat and other parts.
• Gangrene, is the putrefa∣ction of a part tending to death.

H.

• HHpochonders, the parts beneath the ribs, whence the disease takes its name.
• Hemiplegia, the Palsie of one side only.
• Haemorrhoids, Veins in the Fundament, to which Leeches are applied.
• Haemorrhagia, blood break∣ing forth in any part of the body.
• Hysterical Fits, Womb∣sickness.

I.

• INfuse, to steep.
• Intestines, the Guts.
• Injection, a Medicine cast into the body with a Sy∣ringe

L.

• LAxative, loosening of the Belly.
• Lohoch or Lambitive, is a Medicine to lick up with a Liquorish-stick, or the like.

M.

• MEninges, are thin Coats that cover the Brain.
• Mesaraick Veins, are little Veins near the Stomach.
• Matrix, the Womb.
• Mesentery, the skin which knits the Guts together.

N.

• NArcotick, Medicines that induce sleep, and stupifie, are so called.
• Noxious, hurtful.

O.

• OPhistotones, a kind of Convulsion.
• Oedema, a swelling caused by flegm.
• Opiate, all Medicines are so called that procure sleep.
• Orifice, is the mouth or en∣trance into a larger part, as the Womb, Stomach, &c. and that hole that is made in the opening of a Vein.
• Ophthalmy, an inflamma∣tion of the Eyes causing redness.
• Oxycrate, Vinegar and water mixed together.

P.

• PAralysis, the Palsie.
• Peripneumonia, an in∣flammation of the Lungs.
• Pericranium, the skin a∣bout the Skull.
• Phrensie, Madness.
• Plethorick, full of blood.
• Peritonaeum, the inner Coat of the Belly.
• Paroxysm, a Fit of any disease, suppose a Feaver.
• ...

• ... Putrid, rotten.
• Pubes, the hairy part a∣bove the Privities.
• Perinaeum, the space be∣tween the Privity and the Fundament.

Q.

• QUittor, Matter in an Ulcer or Wound.

R.

• REspiration, breath∣ing.
• Refrigerate, to cool.
• Relax, to loosen.

S.

• SUdorifick, causing sweat.
• Subeth, a dead sleep.
• Sphincter, the Muscle of the Arse.
• Spasmus, the Convulsion.
• Scorbute, the Scurvy.
• Sal prunellae, is Salt-peter purified with Brimstone.
• Sphacelus, deadness of any part.
• Scirrhus, a hard swelling without pain.
• Suffocating, choaking.
• Seton, is a skain of Silk drawn through the flesh.
• Sutures, the places where the Skull joyns.

T.

• TOrpor, Numbness.
• Transpiration, the passage of the vapors and sweat through the Pores.
• Tincture, the Essence of any thing drawn in Spi∣rit of Wine.

V.

• VErtigo, a swimming of the Head.
• Vertebrae, the bones of the Back.
• Ureters, certain Pipes go∣ing from the Kidneys to the Bladder.
• Venery, Lechery.

The Names, Characters, and quantity of Physical Weights.

• A Grain is thus character'd gr.
• A Scruple is twenty Grains ℈.
• A Dram is three Scruples ʒ.
• An Ounce is eight Drams ℥.
• A Pound is twelve Ounces lb.
• This stands for half a Pound lbss.
• A Pugil (or a small handful) is thus written P.
• An Handful is thus written M.
• q. s. stands for quantum sufficit, that is, as much as sufficeth.
• q. v. stands for quantum voles, that is, as much as you please.
• s. a. stands for secundum artem, that is, according to Art; and it is sometimes written among Physi∣cians L. a. that is, Lege artis, which is to the same sense.