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An abbreviation of Pedacii Dioscoridis Opera.
(From
the sons of Jupiter,
Castor and Pollux: the parotid glans are so named from their equality in shape and position). See Parotides.
(From
double, and
from
the ear). The name of a wooden cup, with two ears or handles, lined with aromatics, to give a flavour to the liquor contained in it.
(From
acid, and
oleum). A malagma of oil and vinegar.
(From
and
acid). The name of an acid collyrium in Marcellus Empiricus. Diospyros. See Guajacana. Dipcadi. See Bulbus vomitorius. Dipcae'a. See Circaea.
(From
double, and
a petal). Consisting of two petals.
Or Disphryges. Scoriae; (from
twice, and
to torrefy). There are three kinds; 1st, Metallic, produced only in Cyprus; found in the mud of a pool, whence it is taken and dried in the sun, then burnt; as it were twice roasted. 2d, The dross in working copper. 3d, Pyrites calcined to redness.
From
double, called also meditullium). It is the soft part between the two tables of the bones of the skull.
The written instrument which gives authority for physicians to practise. It is usually written on parchment, and folded up; hence its name, from
to fold. Diplomas are now disgracefully sold by colleges founded for better purposes; and the blockhead, who cannot write a prescription, ranks with a man of the greatest learning and experience. Also a double vessel. To boil in diplomate, is to set one vessel, containing the ingredients intended to be acted upon, in another larger vessel full of water, and to this latter vessel the fire is applied. See Balneum Mariae.
(From
bis, double, and
to breathe). An epithet of wounds which penetrate through some cavity, or quite through a part, or that have two orifices, admitting the air at both ends.
The teasle, (from
thirst). So called from the concave situation of its leaves, which will hold water, by which the thirst of the traveller may be relieved. See Aspalathus.
 
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