EXPI.ANATION OF THE 



ABBREVIATIONS OF MEDICAL PROPERTIES 



Used in the Paragraphs. 



j A medicine which claims the property 

 j of causing abortion. 

 ] Substances which possess a sourish 

 j taste. 



Hot, biting, irritating. 



Relieving or arresting glandular pain. 

 J Preventing the bad effects of poisons 

 ( inwardly. 



J Producing a salutary change without 

 ( perceptible evacuation. 



Relievmg pain, or causing it to cease. 



A remedy which expels worms. 



Gently laxative, without purging. 

 S Medicine believed capable of exciting 

 ( the venereal appetite. 



Odoriferous, stimulant, spicy, 

 j Having the property of constringing 

 I the organic texture, 

 j A substance capable of blunting the 

 I venereal appetite, 

 j Opposed to biliousness ; acting on the 

 1 bile. 



A remedy for vomiting. 



Opposed to epilepsy ; relieving fits. 



A remedy for hysteria. 

 I Preventing the formation of calculi in 

 I the urinary organs. 



Arresting morbid periodical movements 



Opposed to inflammation. 



Relieving or curing n eumatism. 



Curing or preventing scurvy. 



Opposed to putrefaction. 



Relieving or preventing spasm. 



Opposed to or curing venereal diseases. 



Used against bites of insects, snakes,etc. 



Healing or soothing to inflamed parts. 



Having a tonic effect. 



Expelling wind from the bowels, [els. 



Increasing evacuations from the bow- 

 j The property of burning or disorgan- 

 I izing animal substance. 



Relating to diseases of the head. 



Increasing the flow of bile, 

 j Improving the savor of food, as salt, 

 } pepper, salad, etc. 



A warm stomachic ; exciting the heart. 



Used for improving the complexion, 

 j Causing irritation in one part to relieve 

 I pain m another part. 

 j Soothing, mucilaginous, relieving in- 

 I flammation, 



j Removing obstructions ; aperient in a 

 ) general sense. 



Purifying the blood. [ulceis. 



Drying the moisture of wounds and 



Cleansing to wounds, boils or ulcers. 



Producing insensible perspiration. 



Dispelling or resolving tumors, [urine. 



Increasing the secretion and flow of 



Removing superfluous hair. 



Detergent. 



Powerfully cathartic. 



Producing or causing vomiting. 



Promoting menstruation. 



Softening to inflamed parts ; soothing. 



Eatable as food, 

 j A substance which, applied to a living 

 I part, causes an eschar. 



Relating to eruption or skin diseases. 



