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A suppurative medicine.

isorders (such as wounds, dislocations, tumors, etc.), whether by manual operation, or by medication and constitutional treatment.

The art of healing by manual operation; that branch of medical science which treats of manual operations for the healing of diseases or injuries of the body; that branch of medical science which has for its object the cure of local injuries or diseases, as wounds or fractures, tumors, etc., whether by manual operation…

th, or the like, fastened to a handle, for cleansing the mouth of a sick person, applying medicaments to deep- seated parts, etc.

A poisonous plant (Vincetoxicum officinale) of the Milkweed family, at one time used in medicine; -- also called white swallowwort. African swallowwort, a plant of the genus Stapelia.

ep. And now at last you came to swoop it all. Dryden. The grazing ox which swoops it [the medicinal herb] in with the common grass. Glanvill.

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.

One of the preserved seed pods of the tamarind, which contain an acid pulp, and are used medicinally and for preparing a pleasant drink. Tamarind fish, a preparation of a variety of East Indian fish with the acid pulp of the tamarind fruit. -- Velvet tamarind. (a) A West African leguminous tree (Codarium acutifolium).…

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

as finely divided leaves, a strong aromatic odor, and a very bitter taste. It is used for medicinal and culinary purposes.

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.