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The Explanatory Table.
A.
- ACid,
- Sharp.
- Acrimony
- is a Quality that bites the Tongue, and heats it, as Pepper does.
- Agglutinate,
- Glue together.
- Alexipharmick,
- Resisting Poison
- Alternately,
- By Turns.
- Anodine.
- Gives Ease.
- Aperetive,
- Opening.
- Apozem,
- A Decoction.
- Aqueous,
- Watery.
- Aromatick,
- Odoriferous, ha∣ving a Spicy Smell.
- Asthma,
- Difficulty of Breathing.
- Astringent,
- Binding.
- Attenuate,
- To thin.
B.
- BItuminous,
- Of the nature of Pitch.
- B. M.
- Hot Water.
- Bulbous,
- Round-rooted.
C.
- CApiliary,
- Hairy.
- Cardiack,
- Cordial.
- Caries,
- Rottenness.
- Carminative,
- Expelling Wind.
- Cataplasm,
- Pultis.
- Cephalick,
- Proper for the Head.
- Cicatrices,
- Skins.
- Cholera,
- A plentiful Evacua∣tion of Choler, upward and downward.
- Concreted,
- Thickned.
- Consolidates,
- Makes sound.
- Cosmetick,
- Beautifying.
D.
- DEcant,
- To pour gently off, leaving the Setling behind.
- Diabetes,
- A vast Evacuation of Ʋrine.
- Diaphoretick,
- Sweating.
- Dilute,
- Made thin.
- Discuss,
- Drive away.
- Diuretick,
- Force Ʋrine.
E.
- EBullition,
- Boyling.
- Effervency,
- Working.
- Emollient,
- Softening.
- Empyema,
- A Collection of Mat∣ter in the Breast.
- Epatick,
- Proper for the Liver.
- Epithem,
- An outward Appli∣cation to the more noble Parts of the Body.
- Erotions,
- A Gnawing.
- Errhine,
- A Medicine drawn up the Nostrils.
- Expectorate,
- Bring up Matter from the Lungs.
F.
- Faeces,
- Dregs,
- Fibre,
- String.
- Filtrate,
- To strain thro' a Paper.
- Flegmagoges,
- Things that purge Flegm.
- Frontals,
- An Application to the Fore-head.
- Fungous,
- Resembling a Spunge.
H.
- HYsterick,
- Vaporous.
I.
- INcide,
- To cut.
- Incarnes,
- Breeds Flesh.
- Inspissated,
- Thickned.
L.
- LIthontriptick,
- Breaking the Stone.