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

  • Hoblyn, Richard D. (Richard Dennis), 1803-1886.
Date:
1849
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    parietal and occipital bones, so named from Olaus Wormius, who first described them. WORMSEED. The Spigelia Mari- landica, or Carolina Pink; the root and leaves of which are active anthelmintics. 1. Wormseed oil. A powerfully an- thelmintic oil obtained from the seeds of the Chenopodium anthelminticum. 2. The term Wormseed is also applied to a substance consisting, not of the seeds, but of the broken peduncles, mixed with the calyx and flower-buds, of the Artemisia santonica, and also known by the names of semen santonicum, semen cina, semen contra, semen se- mentina, &c. ' WORMWOOD. The vernacular name ot itie Artemisia absinthium, an indige- nous Composite plant, said to be effica- cious as an anthelmintic. Its bitter principle is termed absinthin WORT. Decoction of malt, prepared by boiling three ounces of malt in a quart of water. WORT (OF HERBALISTS). The Teutonic term for herb. Hence the names liver-wort, St. John's-wort, lung-wort, &c. WOUND. A recent solution of con- tinuity in the soft parts, suddenly occa- sioned by external causes, and generally attended at first with hasmorrhage. 1. Incised Wounds are those made by simple division of the fibres with a sharp cutting instrument, without contusion or laceration. 2. Lacerated Wounds are those in which the fibres, instead of being divided by a cutting instrument, have been torn asunder by some violence ; the edges, in- stead of being straight and regular, are jagged or unequal. 3. Contused Wounds are those made by a violent blow from some blunt instru- ment or surface. These resemble the preceding species, and require nearly the same kind of treatment. 4. Punctured Wounds are those made with a narrow-pointed instrument, as by the thrust of a sword or bayonet. 5. Poisoned Wounds are the bite of a viper, mad dogs, &c.; wounds of the hand in dissections, &C. 6. Gunshot Wounds are those caused by hard, metallic bodies, projected from flre-arms. WRY-NECK. Caput Obstipum; Tor- ticollis. An involuntary and fixed incli- nation of the head towards one of the shoulders. Cooper says, it must not be confoimded with a mere rheumatic ten- sion and stiffness of the neck, nor with the faulty position of the head, arising from deformity of the cervical vertebrae X XANTHOS (favgof). The Greek term for yellow. Hence, 1. Xanthic oxide. A species of calcu- lus, observed by Dr. Marcet, and named from the lemon-coloured compound which it forms by the action of nitric acid. 2. Xanthine. A yellow colouring prin- ciple lately discovered in madder. 3. Xantho-gen {lemdw, to produce). A term applied by M. Zeise to the radical of hydroxanthic acid, from its property of forming yellow compounds with certain metals. 4. Xantho-phyll (<pii\\oii, a leaf). The name given by Berzelius to anlhoxan- thine, or the yellow colouring matter of leaves in autumn. 5. Xantho-rrhiza {pi^a, a root). Yellow Root; the root of the Xanthorrhiza Apii- folia, a plant of North America, forming sn excellent tonic. 6. Xantho-xylum{(6\ov, wood). Prickly Ash; the bark of the Xanthoxylum Frax- 327 ineum, used in the United States in chro- nic rheumatism. XEROPHTHALMIA (fopor, dry, otp9a\fj.6i, the eye). A form of ophthal- mia, denoting the dryness of the eye in a particular stage of the affection. XIPHOID (f<'0of, a sword, likeness). Sword-like ; a term applied to the cartilage of the sternum. XYLITE (fuXoK, wood). Lignone. A liquid existing in commercial pyroxylic spirit. By treating anhydrous xylite with hydrate of potash, xylitic acid is obtained. Other products are xylite- naphtha, xylite resin, and xylite-cil. XYLOBALSAMUM {fvXov, wood, fidXcafiov, balsam). A balsam obtained by decoction of the twigs and leaves of the Amyris Gileadensis in water. It is thicker and less odoriferous than the bal- samceleon (IXaiov, oil), or oil of balsam, which is prepared in the same way, but by a shorter decoction.