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  • ALLUMhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ALLUM

    Vomiting, is not much used inwardly, and rarely without some smooth Aromatic, as a Corrector.—It is used outwardly in astringent Lotions, and is an Ingredient in several Dentifrices. It is a principal Ingredient in Dying and Colouring; neither of which...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Ephraïm Chambers
    • Category: Unclassified

  • ACACIAhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/biotechnology/medicine/ACACIA

    ACACIA, in Medicine, an inspissated Juice, of a Shrub of the Thorn kind; used as an Astringent. See ASTRINGENT. There are two Kinds, the Vera and Germanica.The Acacia Vera, is brought from the Levant; and supposed to be the Juice of the Pods of a large...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Ephraïm Chambers
    • Category: Medicine

  • ACERBhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ACERB

    intermediate savour between acid, austere, and bitter. See ACID, etc. All matters which come under this denomination are astringent. See ASTRINGENT. ACERB

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Ephraïm Chambers
    • Category: Unclassified

  • AMBERhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/natural-history/AMBER

    Efficacy; being used in Suffumigations, to remove Defluxions; and in Powder, as an Alterant, Absorbent, Sweetener, and Astringent. See SUFFUMIGATION, ABSORBENT, ASTRINGENT, etc. In times of Plague, those who work in Amber at Koningsberg are said to be...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Ephraïm Chambers
    • Category: Natural History

  • Medicinehttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/biotechnology/medicine

    &c. Regimen, Diet, Medicine, &c. Kinds hereof, Specific, Purgative, Emetic, Diaphoretic, Diuretic, Alterative, Styptic, Astringent, Emollient, Opiate. Absorbent, Caustic, Anodyne, Sympathetic. Cardiac, Cephalic, Febrifuge. Antimonial, Chalybeat,...

    • Type: Category

  • VIEW OF KNOWLEDGEhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/view-of-knowledge

    &c. Regimen, Diet, Medicine, &c. Kinds hereof, Specific, Purgative, Emetic, Diaphoretic, Diuretic, Alterative, Styptic, Astringent, Emollient, Opiate. Absorbent, Caustic, Anodyne, Sympathetic. Cardiac, Cephalic, Febrifuge. Antimonial, Chalybeat,...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Ephraïm Chambers
    • Category: Introduction

  • ALKALYhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/chymistry/ALKALY

    in common, but their being effervescent with Acids. The one is a Class of native, fixed, scentless, insipid, mild, astringent, fossil Bodies: The other a Set of such as are volatile, odorous, sapid, caustic, aperitive, and procured by Art. Hence, adds...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Ephraïm Chambers
    • Category: Chymistry

  • AMURCAhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/biotechnology/pharmacy/AMURCA

    in Pharmacy, a Medicine made of the Lees or Sediment of Olives.—It is an Astringent. See OLIVE. AMURCA

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Ephraïm Chambers
    • Category: Pharmacy

  • AUSTEREhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/AUSTERE

    implies a rough, astringent taste; such as that of sloe-berries. Austere things differ from acerb or sour ones; in that they contract the tongue somewhat less, and are devoid of acidity. The word is from the Greek, αὐστηρός, austere. AUSTERE

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Ephraïm Chambers
    • Category: Unclassified

  • APOPLEXYhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/biotechnology/medicine/APOPLEXY

    to be kept under. To cure an Apoplexy, Medicines must be used that occasion large Evacuations; and nothing of opiate or astringent meddled withal—During the Fit, copious bleeding in the Jugulars to be used, and the Patient laid on his back; applying...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Ephraïm Chambers
    • Category: Medicine

  • ASPALATHhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ASPALATH

    Purple Colour. See Wood. The Aspalath is otherwise called Rhodium, or Rosewood, and was anciently in much Repute, as an Astringent or Dryer, but now disused. See ROSE. In Virtue, Taste, Smell, and Weight, it resembles the Lignum Aloes; and in Physic...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Ephraïm Chambers
    • Category: Unclassified

  • ABSINTHIUMhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/biotechnology/medicine/absinthium

    at least 30. Those which obtain in Medicine, are, 1°, the Roman or small, call'd also Pontic; used as a Stomachic, Astringent, Discutient, and to prevent Putrefaction. — Etmuller says, there is not a chronic Distemper in which it is not serviceable. — A...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Ephraïm Chambers
    • Category: Medicine

  • ABSYNTHIUMhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/biotechnology/medicine/ABSYNTHIUM

    at least 30. Those which obtain in Medicine, are, 1°, the Roman or small, call'd also Pontic; used as a Stomachic, Astringent, Discutient, and to prevent Putrefaction. — Etmuller says, there is not a chronic Distemper in which it is not serviceable. — A...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Ephraïm Chambers
    • Category: Medicine

  • APOCROUSTICShttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/APOCROUSTICS

    Medicines intended to stop the Flux of malignant Humours, to a part diseased. See REPELLENT. They are usually cold, astringent, and consisting of large Particles; wherein they differ from drawing Medicines, which are hot, and consist of more subtle...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Ephraïm Chambers
    • Category: Unclassified

  • AVIGNON-Berryhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/AVIGNON-Berry

    etc. in France. See BERRY. The Berry is somewhat less than a Pea; its Colour Green, approaching towards a Yellow; of an astringent and bitter Taste.—It is much used by the Dyers who stain a yellow Colour with it; and by the Painters, who make a fine...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Ephraïm Chambers
    • Category: Unclassified

  • ARMENIAN Bolehttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ARMENIAN%20Bole

    which is palish, red, soft, fattish upon the Palate, and adhesive on the Tongue, is the best. It is a good Astringent, and Vulnerary; and in those Intentions is prescribed against Diarrheas, Dysenteries, Hemorrhages, and other Defluxions—Externally it...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Ephraïm Chambers
    • Category: Unclassified
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