- NLM Digital Collections - Quincy's Lexicon-medicum : a new medical dictionary, containing an explanation of the terms ...Publication: Philadelphia : Published by Benjamin Warner, M. Carey & Son, and Edward Parker, 1817... i. e. a herb good against poison.) Drakena. Cyperus lon- gus, odorus, peruanus. Bezoardica radix. Dorsteniu contrayerva ... The pregnancy of a woman. Cyparissus- See Cupressus. CYPERUS. (Fi»m xuvxpot, a little round vessel which ...
- NLM Digital Collections - The elements of materia medica and therapeutics (Volume 2)Publication: Philadelphia : Lea and Blanchard, 1852-1854... so-called roots (rhizomes) of several species of Cyperus (e. g. longus, rolundus, and esculentus) were for- ... History.—Turmeric is probably the xv*Eipo$ ivSixoe (Cyperus indicus) of Dios- corides.6 Both he and ...
- NLM Digital Collections - The London medical dictionary: including, under distinct heads, every branch of medicine, viz....Publication: Philadelphia : Published by Mitchell, Ames, and White ; William Brown, printer, 1819... Laurus Alexandrina. RUSH NUT. The root of the cyperus esculentus Lin. Sp. PI. 67, which is mucilaginous ... MAJ. FOL. SA'NCTJE HELE'NiE RA'DIX. Cyperus Ameri- canus, cyperus longus Lin. Sp. PI. 67, ...
- NLM Digital Collections - Medical flora, or, Manual of the medical botany of the United States of North AmericaPublication: Philadelphia : Atkinson & Alexander, 1828-1830... smoked like tobacco. The seeds are mu- cilaginous. CYPERUS, L. Bullrush. Many species, disliked by cattle, used ... consolidate sand like E. arenarius, Arundo arenaria, and Cyperus arenaria. The seeds have been used for bread. ...
- NLM Digital Collections - The elements of materia medica and therapeutics (Volume 2)Publication: Philadelphia : Lea & Blanchard, 1843... History.—Turmeric is probably the Kvirstpog 'Iv&xos, (Cyperus indicus) of Dioscorides. (Lib. i. cap. iv.) Both ... cap. lxx. ed. Valp.) state that this Indian Cyperus has the form of ginger, and that, when ...
- NLM Digital Collections - The student's medical dictionary : including all the words and phrases generally used in ...Publication: Philadelphia : P. Blakiston, 1896... ad-ru'-e). Antiemetic root. The root of Cyperus articulatus; it is anthel- mintic, aromatic, stomachic. Dose ... a joint; 7rove, a foot]. In biology, having jointed legs. Arthropyosis (ar-thro-pi-o'-sis) [apdpov, ...
- NLM Digital Collections - Quincy's Lexicon physico-medicum improved : or, A dictionary of the terms employed in ...Publication: New-York : Printed by T. & J. Swords ..., 1802... Hamorrhois tumens of Cullen. Mariscus, long-rooted bastard^ Cyperus, a species of Schcsnus. Maritus. Authors who have ... bulbous, consisting of a bulb; articu- late or jointed, and globose or gl6be- shaped. Roriferous Duds, dew- ...
- NLM Digital Collections - American pocket medical dictionary : containing the pronunciation and definition of over 26,...Publication: Philadelphia : W.B. Saunders, 1898... object seen. An'glesey leg. A kind of jointed artificial leg. An' glicns «n'dor. English sweating ... unite by joints ; to join. 2. United byjoints; jointed. A. speech, utterance of words and sentences. Vrt ...
- NLM Digital Collections - The natural history of Pliny (Volume 3)Publication: London : Henry G. Bohn, MDCCCLV-MDCCCLVII... which is naturally tenacious of life, is also jointed as well as the stem. The reeds of ... desmos :"64 throughout the whole of Greece, rushes, cyperus, and sedge65 are similarly employed. When at any ...