Aegyptium Oleum

See Cataputia; also the name of a topic used by the ancients in uterine disorders.

-------------------- album. See Crinomyron.

--------------------croceum ung. Both these are described by Aetius.

------------------- pharmacum ad aures. The name of one of Aetius's compositions.

Aegyptius Pessus

A pessary described by Paulus Aegineta: it is made of honey, turpentine, saffron, oil, verdigris, etc.

Aeichryson

(From always, and gold; because the herb is always of a shining yellow). See Sedum.

Aeigluces

(From always, and sweet ).

A sweet sort of wine is thus named. When the fermentation has begun, the vessel is placed under water, and there kept all the winter, that it may be cool, and not be completely turned into wine.

Aeithalis

(From always, and to be green). See Sedum.

Aeizoon

(From always, and life). See

Sedum.

Ael

See Alla.

Aeluropo

Syr. de, (from a cat, and pes,) so called from the resemblance of its leaves and flowers to a cat's foot. See Gnaphalium Montanum.

Aembillae

(From blood; because the seeds are of a deep red colour). See Lacca.

Aenea

An epithet given to the instrument called a catheter, from brass, the matter of which it was formerly made.

Aeon

the whole age of a man. But Hippocrates uses it to signify the remains of a man's life. See also Medulla spinalis.

Aeonion

(From eternal; because the sedum majus is an evergreen). See Sedum.

Aera

(From tollo, to take away). So called, because it is necessary to remove it. See Lolium.

Aerated Water

See Aquae minerales and Aquae minerales artificiales.

Aereolum

A weight of about twenty grains.

Aerificatio

(From air, and fio, to become).

It is the producing of air from other bodies, or rather converting them into air.

Aeritis

(From the air,) so named from being of a sky-blue colour. See Anagallis.

Aerologia

(From and sermo). That part of medicine which treats of air, explains its properties and use in the animal economy, and its efficacy in preserving and restoring health.