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The doctrine of symptoms; that part of the science of medicine which treats of the symptoms of diseases; semeiology.

That department of medicine which relates to the preservation of health; prophylaxis. [Obs.]

Composition, or the putting of two or more things together, as in compounding medicines.

That branch of medicine which treats of syphilis.

e's work; to systematize one's ideas. Diseases were healed, and buildings erected, before medicine and architecture were systematized into arts. Harris.

h consists largely or chiefly of pure silica. It is highly valued in the East Indies as a medicine for the cure of bilious vomitings, bloody flux, piles, and various other diseases.

n. He had inherited from his parents a scrofulous taint, which it was beyond the power of medicine to remove. Macaulay.

or artificial cavity of the body in order to arrest hemorrhage, or for the application of medicine.

nd old tarred rope. Knight. -- Tar water. (a) A cold infusion of tar in water, used as a medicine. (b) The ammoniacal water of gas works. -- Wood tar, tar obtained from wood. It is usually obtained by the distillation of the wood of the pine, spruce, or fir, and is used in varnishes, cements, and to render ropes, oak…

is a poisonous white crystalline substance having a sweetish metallic taste, and used in medicine as a sudorific and emetic.

crystalline substance, C2H2(OH)2.(CO2H)2, having a strong pure acid taste. It is used in medicine, in dyeing, calico printing, photography, etc., and also as a substitute for lemon juice. Called also dextro-tartaric acid. (b) By extension, any one of the series of isomeric acids (racemic acid, levotartaric acid, inact…

The science, as distinguished from the art; as, the theory and practice of medicine.

pplying remedies for diseases; curative. "Therapeutic or curative physic." Sir T. Browne. Medicine is justly distributed into "prophylactic," or the art of preserving health, and therapeutic, or the art of restoring it. I. Watts.

A white crystalline substance derived from urethane, used in medicine as an antipyretic, etc.

human body is composed of four elements, earth, air, fire, and water, and that vegetable medicines alone should be used; -- from the founder, Dr. Samuel Thomson, of Massachusetts.

The art of employing perfumes in medicine. [R.] Dunglison.

of an African asteraceous plant (Guizotia abyssinica), yielding a bland fixed oil used in medicine.

To kindle; to rage; to smart. [Obs.] Ne was there slave, ne was there medicine That mote recure their wounds; so inly they did tine. Spenser.

Tabacum) of the Nightshade family, much used for smoking and chewing, and as snuff. As a medicine, it is narcotic, emetic, and cathartic. Tobacco has a strong, peculiar smell, and an acrid taste.

The science of obstetrics, or midwifery; that department of medicine which treats of parturition. [Written also tokology.]