Cyclopædia
Assuming scurvy is required, the following 4 results were found.
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ARCANUMhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ARCANUM
two or three cohobations are made: which leave a powder, much like the Prince’s powder; of good use in the gout, dropsy, scurvy, etc. It operates chiefly by stool. Arcanum Foviale, is made of an amalgam of mercury and tin, digested in spirit of nitre:...
- Type: Article
- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Unclassified
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ACIDhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ACID
etc. Acids are prescribed in Medicine as Coolers, Antiseptics, Antiscorbutics, Diaphoretics, Alexipharmics, etc.See SCURVY, PLAGUE, etc. "Acids," Mr. Boyle observes, "not only disturb the body while they continue sensibly acid, but in many cases create...
- Type: Article
- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Unclassified
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ANTIMONYhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/natural-history/ANTIMONY
cast in Cones, as abovementioned. It is much used in Diet-drinks and Decoctions of the Woods, and Compositions against the Scurvy; as a Diaphoretic, and Deobstruent. See DIAPHORETIC. Prepared Antimony is that which has undergone some Chemical Process,...
- Type: Article
- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Natural History
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ANTISCORBUTICShttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ANTISCORBUTICS
Remedies against the Scorbutus or Scurvy. See SCORBUTUS. See also DETERGENT. ANTISCORBUTICS
- Type: Article
- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Unclassified