ELE SUPPLEMENT. ENC 



*eing the same, and the recoil of the gun 14 ELISION, the suppression of a vowel fl- 

 inches more vowel sound, frequent in French, for th 



ELECTRO-BIOLOGY, a name given to the sake of euphony. In Greek and Latin the 

 mental phenomena supposed to be produced elisions were generally at the ends of words. 

 Dy Mesmerism cr Animal Magnetism on ELIXIR, an old term applied to various 

 human beings tinctures, essences, and solutions used in 



ELECTKO-MAGNETISM, that application of * he processes of transmutation. Elixir of 

 electricity by which artificial magnets and ritri l was sulphuric acid with the addition 

 magnetic actions are produced, in contra- of au aromatic tincture, 

 distinction to MAGNETO-ELECTRICITY, ELOGE, a panegyrical oration in honour of 

 <</. O by means of which currents of ^ illustrious person deceased, generally pro- 

 electricity and electric actions and effects nounced now of a predecessor by his suc- 

 re produced from natural magnets. cessor i" t" e French Academies, formerly 

 Artificial magnets are made by rolling b - v the secretaries. 



a coil of wire insulated to conduct currents ELYTRUM, syuon. of Elytron. Stse ELT- 

 round a core, generally of soft iron, (if of TRA. 



steel, the steel becomes permanently mag- EMANATION, SYSTEM OF. Pantheism, 

 netised,) by which means, on the application EMBROCATION, a liquid application to any 

 of a current to the ends of the coil, v,-rti,,i- iuttamed or painful part. 

 nous or rotatory magnetism is produced. ' EMBRYO, the rudimentary plant in the 

 See MAGNETISM interior of a seed ; the vegetable foetus, con- 



ELECTRO-MET\LLVRGV, that branch of slstin generally of the plumule, or part 

 lectricitv, as applied to the manufacturing which grows upward, the root or radicle, 

 arts, which consists iu the precipitation i* the cotyledon or cotyledons ; also the 

 electro-chemically of various metals. f tu s * ^tero up to the fifth month of 



ELECTRO-NEGATIVES, and ELECTRO- pregnancy. 



POSITIVES. Those electro-anemic il decom- EMBRYOTOMY, cutting the foetus out of 

 positions which are attracted to the post- the womb in cases of obstructed delivery. 

 live or anode pole of the battery are called EMETICS, medicines which produce vomit- 

 Electro -negatives : and vice vers'i those * n *- 

 attracted to the negative or cathode pole. I EMETIC TARTAR, the oxide of antimony. 



ELECTROMOTOR, or ELECTROMOTIVE potassa, and tartaric acid forming a triple 

 FORCE, the development of electricity by salt - As an emetic, the dose is from half a 

 means of Voltaic arrangements. ; rain to two grains. As a diaphoretic or 



ELECTRON, Amber, so called by the ancient purgative, the dose should be less than half 

 Greeks, whence, from its latent electricity a grain. It is soluble in three parts of boil- 

 being excitable by friction, the name Elec- iu K au(i eighteen parts of cold water. 

 tricity. SeeELECTRUM ' EMMKNAGOGUES, medicines for promoting 



ELECTROTINT, a mode of making drawings menstrual evacuation. 



with any substance insoluble in solutions of EMOLLIENTS, the opposite of tonics ; they 

 sulphate of copper. A reverse of designs so relax tne nbrous tension, 

 made may be obtained fit for printing from EMPHASIS, the stress laid on syllables or 

 Dy immersing them in these solutions and w " rds itt elocution. It is synonymous with 

 the precipitation of the copper upon them. I accent in music. 



ELF.CTRO-VITAL CURRENTS, those cur- ! EMPHYSEMA, a dilation of the air-cells of 

 rents of electricity under the command of * he lu "g 3 . occasioned by chronic bronchitis 

 the volition by which the motions of the i accompanied occasionally by the rupture of 

 Dody are performed at will, and the volition ! two or more of the cells into one " Also - 

 connected with the physical action; as also I more rarel y. ^ rupture of the lung with escape 

 those currents by which involuntary animal of air ' ler ^pleura. 

 motions are produced. There are by some EMPIRIC, a quack or impostor, as now used, 

 physiologists supposed to be two currents ; 'Originally, and in a more honourable sense, 

 one proceeding internally from the cerebro- thc? teml was applied, as Us etymology indi- 

 spinalaxis ; theotherexternaland cutaneous, c;ltes - to tuose wno founded their knowledge 

 returning from the extremities to that axis, on experience, f/JLTTflplKOS. 



KLECTRUM, a native alloy of gold and EMPLASTICS. medicines which tend to 

 silver, found in silver white crystals and shut up the pores of the body, and produce 

 imperfect cubes in the north of Europe and constipation. 



California, consisting of t\vo proportions of EMPYEMA, purulent matter collected in 

 troll to one of silver. This alloy is also the cavity of the thorax. 

 called Electron. ' K.MPVREUMATIC OILS, oils produced from 



ELECTUARY, a powder or medicine mixed the distillation of organic matters at high 

 with syrup of the consistence of honey. temperatures. 



ELECTI-AKY, LENITIVE, powdered senna EMULSION, a milky liquid, 

 mixed with coriander seeds, pulp of cassia, 1 ENCEPHALOCELE, hernia of the brain, 

 prunes, figs, sugar, and decoction of ENCKATITES, a sect of the Gnostics opposed 

 Uquorice. to marriage. 



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