A dictionary of terms used in medicine and the collateral sciences / by Richard D. Hoblyn.

  • Hoblyn, Richard D. (Richard Dennis), 1803-1886.
Date:
1858
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    Wood mnegar. Pyroligneous acid, procured by the distillation of ■wood. VINEGAR, MOTHER OF. A fungous plant, referred to the Hypliomyccies. a sub-order of the Fungi, VINEGAR EEL. The anc/uillula aceii, a microscopic animal which is generated and nourished in vinegar. VINU M. Wine ; the juice of the grape, or fruit of the Vitis vinifera. 1. Vinum Xericiim. Vinum album Hispanicuin, or Sherry, the officinal wine employed in the preparation of the vina medicata, or medicated wines. 2. Vinum Lusitanicum. Vinum Portugallicura, or Port wine, usually employed in hospitals, in cases in which a stimulant and tonic is re- quired. 3. Vinum Biirgundicum. Burgundy wine: a stimulant and some- what astringent wine, rarely used for medicinal purposes. 4. Vinum Cumpanicum. Champagne; a diuretic wine, occasionally employed to allay vomiting, owing to the evolution of carbonic acid. 5. Vinum Muderaicum. Madeira; a more stimulating wine than sherry; an excellent wine for invalids. 6. Vinum Rhr.nanuin. Rhine wine, comprising Hock and Moselle. Their acidity adapts them for use in cases of phosphatic deposits in the urine. 7. Vinum Rubdlum. Claret; a wine adapted for the same cases as the Rhine wines, but objectionable in gouty cases and nitric acid VIOLA'CEjE (viola, a violet). The Violet tribe of Dicotyledonous plants. Herbs with leaves usually alternate; _flowei-s polypetalous; petals hypogyuous; stamens alternate with the petals ; ovarium 1-celled, many-seeded. , . VIOLINA. Violine; also called emetine of tU violet, or tmhf/enous emetine ; an alkaline principle obtained from the roots, leaves, flowers, and seeds of the Viola odorata, similar to the emetine of ipecacuanha. It is said by M. Orfila to be highly poisonous. VIRGIN'S MILK. There are two preparations of this name, viz. I a sulphate of lead, prepared by adding to a saturated solution^ ot alum one third part of Goulard's Extract; and 2. a s|.intuons so ution of benzoin, mixed with about twenty parts of rose water; used as a *°VIRGIN OIL. This is the substance which flows first from the pulp of the ripe juice of the olive, on expression. , j . , :„ VIRGIN-SULPHUR. Native sulphur, as it occurs imbedded in rocks, or is produced by sublimation. In the latter case it is called volcanic sulphur. , , . , i- o i «„* „„A Vl'RGINIC ACID. An oily acid obtained from Seneka lOot,.and named from Virginia, whence the plant was originally sent by Dr. VI'RUS ^Ss term denotes, generally, a natural, clammy moisture ofanimal and vegetable bodies; and, specially, a poisonous 1™<'J venom Hence the term has been introduced into n.cd.r.ne in con- nexZ with the doctrine of contagion and infection, *° exnress the immediate cause of certain diseases, su,.poscd to be com- muS b> thfvitiated fluids or breath of one individual to another, Z when we speak of the small-pox rnw, or the vaccine virus.