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Name: Category: Description: Galactorrhea Symptom A milky discharge from the nipple unrelated to the normal milk production of breastfeeding. Galbanum Treatment Gum resin from Ferula family. Used as a carminative. Gall bladder Body Part Small pouch sitting below the liver. Gallarum pulveris Treatment Powdered 'galls'; an excrescence produced on trees, especially the oak, by the action of insects, most commonly wasps. Gamboge Treatment A gum resin obtained from various trees of the genus Garcinia. Acts as a purgative. gargle Treatment Use of a gargle (i.e. rinsing the throat with a fluid supposedly having soothing or antiseptic properties). Garlic Treatment Topical application of garlic was believed to help with a variety of disorders including earache. Gastrodynia Symptom Stomach pain similar to heartburn; frequent complaint of dyspeptics. Genitals Body Part A person's external organs of reproduction. Gentian Treatment Bitter tonic extracted from the roots of the Gentian plant. Gin Treatment Infusion of Juniper united with spirit by distillation and diluted with water. Taken as a diuretic. Ginger Treatment A flowering plant (Zingiber officinale) whose roots were taken medicinally. In the case notes primarily taken as a stimulant and aromatic. Glauber's Salts Treatment First artificially made by alchemist/chemist Johann Rudolph Glauber in 1656. Glaucoma Condition When the nerve that connects the eye to the brain (optic nerve) is damaged. Can lead to loss of vision. Globus Hystericus Symptom Air rising in the oesophagus that is prevented from reaching the mouth by spasm. It most commonly attends hysteria and gives the sensation of a lump in the throat. Glottis Body Part The opening between the vocal folds in the larynx that is generally thought of as the primary valve between the lungs and the mouth. Gluteus maximus Body Part A thick fleshy muscle with a quadrangular shape. Godbold's Vegetable Balsam Treatment An English patent medicine concocted by Nathaniel Godbold in 1785, and produced by Godbold and later his sons.
Nathaniel Godbold (1730-1799) was originally a baker in Suffolk. Godbold’s Vegetable Balsam was a popular patent medicine that was used mostly to treat respiratory illnesses. It was produced into the 19th century - carried on by Godbold’s sons. Godbold published ‘A treatise on the nature and cure of consumptions. To which are added, certificates and accounts of many extraordinary cures performed by Godbold's vegetable balsam’ in 1785.Gonorrhea Condition A sexually transmitted disease which causes off-white discharge from the genitals. Goulard’s Extract of Saturn Treatment Subacetate of lead, first devised by Thomas Goulard. Gout Condition An illness that results in spasms; painful inflammation in the joints, particularly the big toes; and the presence of chalky sediment in the urine. Gripes Symptom Spasmodic constricting pains in the bowels and stomach. Grume Symptom Thick, congealed blood. Guiaicum Treatment Resinous gum from trees of the species Lignum Vitae. Used to treat rheumatism and arthritis. Gum Ammoniacum Treatment A gum-resin of an umbelliferous plant (Dorema ammoniacum), of peculiar smell, and bitterish taste, found wild from North Africa to India. Named lac ammoniacum when it partially dissolves in water to produces a milky fluid. Gum Arabic Treatment Hardened sap of two species of the acacia tree; Senegalia (Acacia) senegal and Vachellia (Acacia) seyal. Gum Kino Treatment Gum extracted from coccoloba uvifera, a species of flowering plant in the buckwheat family polygonaceae, native to the coastal fringes of tropical America and the Caribbean. Also known as Jamaica extract. Gum Pill Treatment General term for pills largely composed of one or more medicinal gum. Gum Body Part Part of the soft tissue lining of the mouth. Gummosae Treatment Composite medicine, typically containing gum ammoniacum, asafoetida, galbanum and myrrh, sometimes alongside other ingredients. Gutta opaca Condition Cataract. An opacity of the eye which prevents the rays of light passing to the retina, and so preventing vision. Gutta serena Condition General contemporary term for blindness with unknown aetiology.
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- Galactorrhea
Symptom
A milky discharge from the nipple unrelated to the normal milk production of breastfeeding.
- Galbanum
Treatment
Gum resin from Ferula family. Used as a carminative.
- Gall bladder
Body Part
Small pouch sitting below the liver.
- Gallarum pulveris
Treatment
Powdered 'galls'; an excrescence produced on trees, especially the oak, by the action of insects, most commonly wasps.
- Gamboge
Treatment
A gum resin obtained from various trees of the genus Garcinia. Acts as a purgative.
- gargle
Treatment
Use of a gargle (i.e. rinsing the throat with a fluid supposedly having soothing or antiseptic properties).
- Garlic
Treatment
Topical application of garlic was believed to help with a variety of disorders including earache.
- Gastrodynia
Symptom
Stomach pain similar to heartburn; frequent complaint of dyspeptics.
- Genitals
Body Part
A person's external organs of reproduction.
- Gentian
Treatment
Bitter tonic extracted from the roots of the Gentian plant.
- Gin
Treatment
Infusion of Juniper united with spirit by distillation and diluted with water. Taken as a diuretic.
- Ginger
Treatment
A flowering plant (Zingiber officinale) whose roots were taken medicinally. In the case notes primarily taken as a stimulant and aromatic.
- Glauber's Salts
Treatment
First artificially made by alchemist/chemist Johann Rudolph Glauber in 1656.
- Glaucoma
Condition
When the nerve that connects the eye to the brain (optic nerve) is damaged. Can lead to loss of vision.
- Globus Hystericus
Symptom
Air rising in the oesophagus that is prevented from reaching the mouth by spasm. It most commonly attends hysteria and gives the sensation of a lump in the throat.
- Glottis
Body Part
The opening between the vocal folds in the larynx that is generally thought of as the primary valve between the lungs and the mouth.
- Gluteus maximus
Body Part
A thick fleshy muscle with a quadrangular shape.
- Godbold's Vegetable Balsam
Treatment
An English patent medicine concocted by Nathaniel Godbold in 1785, and produced by Godbold and later his sons.
Nathaniel Godbold (1730-1799) was originally a baker in Suffolk. Godbold’s Vegetable Balsam was a popular patent medicine that was used mostly to treat respiratory illnesses. It was produced into the 19th century - carried on by Godbold’s sons. Godbold published ‘A treatise on the nature and cure of consumptions. To which are added, certificates and accounts of many extraordinary cures performed by Godbold's vegetable balsam’ in 1785.
- Gonorrhea
Condition
A sexually transmitted disease which causes off-white discharge from the genitals.
- Goulard’s Extract of Saturn
Treatment
Subacetate of lead, first devised by Thomas Goulard.
- Gout
Condition
An illness that results in spasms; painful inflammation in the joints, particularly the big toes; and the presence of chalky sediment in the urine.
- Gripes
Symptom
Spasmodic constricting pains in the bowels and stomach.
- Grume
Symptom
Thick, congealed blood.
- Guiaicum
Treatment
Resinous gum from trees of the species Lignum Vitae. Used to treat rheumatism and arthritis.
- Gum Ammoniacum
Treatment
A gum-resin of an umbelliferous plant (Dorema ammoniacum), of peculiar smell, and bitterish taste, found wild from North Africa to India. Named lac ammoniacum when it partially dissolves in water to produces a milky fluid.
- Gum Arabic
Treatment
Hardened sap of two species of the acacia tree; Senegalia (Acacia) senegal and Vachellia (Acacia) seyal.
- Gum Kino
Treatment
Gum extracted from coccoloba uvifera, a species of flowering plant in the buckwheat family polygonaceae, native to the coastal fringes of tropical America and the Caribbean. Also known as Jamaica extract.
- Gum Pill
Treatment
General term for pills largely composed of one or more medicinal gum.
- Gum
Body Part
Part of the soft tissue lining of the mouth.
- Gummosae
Treatment
Composite medicine, typically containing gum ammoniacum, asafoetida, galbanum and myrrh, sometimes alongside other ingredients.
- Gutta opaca
Condition
Cataract. An opacity of the eye which prevents the rays of light passing to the retina, and so preventing vision.
- Gutta serena
Condition
General contemporary term for blindness with unknown aetiology.
- Galactorrhea
