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(From
sweet,) a mixture of a number of aromatic ingredients, formed into troches, said first to be invented and described by Androma-chus. Their composition is in some of the later dispensatories.
(From
sweet, and
smell).
See Mentha.
(From
sweet, and
to breathe). See Dens leonis.
See Glaux vulgaris leguminosa.
(From
sweet). See Stymmata.
(From
an ulcer). An ulcer of the cornea.
(From
an ulcer, and
water). A small ulcerous pustule.
(From
to draw). A hook for extracting the foetus.
(From Helene, where it grew. See Enula.
He.lenium Indicum. See Battatas Canad.
(From
a fen, and
arte; from growing in marshy places). See Apium.
(From
the sun,and
a flower; because its flower turns to the sun). See Chamaecistus, Battatas Canadensis.
(From
the outer border of the ear). See Auricula.
And Heliochryson,(from
the sun, and
gold). Goldylocks. See
Elichrysum, also Gnaphalium montanum.
DAE' I Pulvis. See Euphrasia.
(From
the sun and
to behold; because it turns to the sun). See Tithy-malus.
(From
a nail; because it was used to be beaten from nails and pins). See AEris squamae.
(From
to turn). A spiral line. Sec
Auricula.
Strum, (from
hellebore). Bear's foot. See Helleborus Fcetidus.
Hippocrates and his successors introduced hellebore into the rectum, both for vomiting and purging, altering the strength according to circumstances; and the effects were called helleborizing.
 
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