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Ls, (from
water, and
the spine). See Spina bifida.
(From
water, and
a rose,) a drink made of water, honey, and the juice of roses. Se Paulus .AEgineta, lib. vii. c. 15.
(From
aqua,and
the oil of roses,) water mixed with the oil of roses; given by Galen as an emetic in cases of poison. Hydrosaccharum, (from
aqua, and
sugar,) a composition of sugar and water, which answers to the hydromeli by changing honey for sugar.
(From
water, and
flesh). A tumour or abscess containing water and flesh. M. A. Severinus.
(From
water,
flesh, and
an hernia). See Sarcocele.
(From
and
purslane). See Apium.
(From
and
the.
chest",. See Hydrops pectoris. Hydroticus, (from water). See Hydragogcs.
(From
to be in health). The doctrines of health. See Hygieia and Medicina.
(From the same). Hygienists; physicians who only attend people in health, to prevent diseases. The temperaments, the constitution, the air, the food, the habitations, the changes in the functions of the body, and those from different ages.
seasons, and climates, were the objects of their attention.
(from
humid). Liquid plasters.
See also Colophonia.
(From
humid, and
an eyelid). Hygrophthalmicus. An epithet of some ducts discovered in the extreme edge or inner part of the eyelids, leading probably from glands.
(From
humid,
a varix, and
a tumour). A species of hernia, from a varicous spermatic vein, while the scrotum is at the same time filled with water.
 
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