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Name: Category: Description: Lacrimal glands Body Part The glands in the eyes responsible for secreting tears. Lambdoid Body Part In the skull, the suture that runs between the ossa occipitis and the parietalia. Landanum Treatment Preparation of opium with alcohol. Larynx Body Part The voice box, connected to the top of the windpipe. Lassitude Symptom Fatigue, lethargy, sleeps/sleeping much, tired (if unusually so), weariness, heaviness. Laxative Treatment Medicines which promote evacuation by stool. Lead Treatment A metal which is absorbent, antacid, astringent, anodyne, narcotic or virulent. Leeches Treatment External application of aquatic blood-sucking worms belonging to the order Hirudinea (normally of the genus Hirudo or Sanguisuga), which are applied to specific parts of the body to draw-off blood. Leg Body Part The limbs on which a person walks and stands. Lemon Juice Treatment Used to treat nausea, vomiting and fevers, as well as heart palpitations. Lenitive Treatment A laxative. Leprosy Condition A skin disease or form of psoriasis in which the skin resembles the scales of a fish. Leucoma Symptom Whitening of the cornea, caused by an inflammation of the eye, an abscess in the cornea, small pox, measles, wounds or burns. Leucophlegmatic Symptom A dropsical habit of body, with a white bloated skin. Leucorrhoea Symptom A mucous or mucopurulent discharge from the lining membrane of the female genital organs. Lienteria Symptom A form of diarrhoea, in which the food passes through the bowels partially or wholly undigested. Lignum Campechense Treatment A wood used medicinally as an astringent and corroborant, seen as an effective treatment for diarrhoea and the late stages of dysentery. Also known as Campeachy Wood, Brasilis Lignum and Jamaica Wood. Lime water Treatment A solution of lime in water. Also known as aqua calcis. Liniment Treatment Embrocation for external application by smearing or rubbing, usually made with oil. Linseed Treatment Flax, Linei, Lintseed. Seeds of the plant Linum usitatissimum. Lint Seed Treatment Used to mitigate symptoms of gonorrhoea, such as burning sensation when passing urine. Liquor amnii Body Part Amniotic fluid. Liquorice Treatment The rhizome (also called liquorice-root) of the plant Glycyrrhiza glabra. Lisbon Diet Drink Treatment A medicine used in Portugal for the cure of scurvy and venereal disease. Lithias renalis Condition Kidney stones. Lithontriptic Treatment Medicines used to break up stones in the bladder. Lithotomy Treatment Surgical removal of stones from the bladder, kidney or urinary tract. Liver Body Part Digestive organ. Lochial Symptom Vaginal discharge after giving birth. Looseness Symptom Looseness of bodily fluids, especially connected with the bowels, for example, caused by worms in the alimentary canal. Lotion Treatment A thick, smooth liquid preparation designed to be applied to the skin for medicinal purposes. Lues Condition A plague or spreading disease, particularly syphilis. Lumbago Condition Rheumatic affection and pain in the lumbar area of the body, e.g. lower back and groin. Lumbricus Condition Intestinal worms. Luna Fixata Luddemanni Treatment Zinc oxide. Dr Hieronymus David Gaubius discovered a 'quack' Dutch shoemaker selling a mysteriously effective drug, luna fixata. Discovering that it was nothing more than zinc oxide, Gaubius proposed it as Luna Fixata Luddemanni in his text ‘Adversaria’. Commonly used to treat epilepsy and other convulsive and spasmodic diseases. Lungs Body Part Organs in the chest that supplies the body with oxygen, and removes carbon dioxide from the body. Lymph Body Part System of thin tubes and lymph nodes that run throughout the body.
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- Lacrimal glands
Body Part
The glands in the eyes responsible for secreting tears.
- Lambdoid
Body Part
In the skull, the suture that runs between the ossa occipitis and the parietalia.
- Landanum
Treatment
Preparation of opium with alcohol.
- Larynx
Body Part
The voice box, connected to the top of the windpipe.
- Lassitude
Symptom
Fatigue, lethargy, sleeps/sleeping much, tired (if unusually so), weariness, heaviness.
- Laxative
Treatment
Medicines which promote evacuation by stool.
- Lead
Treatment
A metal which is absorbent, antacid, astringent, anodyne, narcotic or virulent.
- Leeches
Treatment
External application of aquatic blood-sucking worms belonging to the order Hirudinea (normally of the genus Hirudo or Sanguisuga), which are applied to specific parts of the body to draw-off blood.
- Leg
Body Part
The limbs on which a person walks and stands.
- Lemon Juice
Treatment
Used to treat nausea, vomiting and fevers, as well as heart palpitations.
- Lenitive
Treatment
A laxative.
- Leprosy
Condition
A skin disease or form of psoriasis in which the skin resembles the scales of a fish.
- Leucoma
Symptom
Whitening of the cornea, caused by an inflammation of the eye, an abscess in the cornea, small pox, measles, wounds or burns.
- Leucophlegmatic
Symptom
A dropsical habit of body, with a white bloated skin.
- Leucorrhoea
Symptom
A mucous or mucopurulent discharge from the lining membrane of the female genital organs.
- Lienteria
Symptom
A form of diarrhoea, in which the food passes through the bowels partially or wholly undigested.
- Lignum Campechense
Treatment
A wood used medicinally as an astringent and corroborant, seen as an effective treatment for diarrhoea and the late stages of dysentery. Also known as Campeachy Wood, Brasilis Lignum and Jamaica Wood.
- Lime water
Treatment
A solution of lime in water. Also known as aqua calcis.
- Liniment
Treatment
Embrocation for external application by smearing or rubbing, usually made with oil.
- Linseed
Treatment
Flax, Linei, Lintseed. Seeds of the plant Linum usitatissimum.
- Lint Seed
Treatment
Used to mitigate symptoms of gonorrhoea, such as burning sensation when passing urine.
- Liquor amnii
Body Part
Amniotic fluid.
- Liquorice
Treatment
The rhizome (also called liquorice-root) of the plant Glycyrrhiza glabra.
- Lisbon Diet Drink
Treatment
A medicine used in Portugal for the cure of scurvy and venereal disease.
- Lithias renalis
Condition
Kidney stones.
- Lithontriptic
Treatment
Medicines used to break up stones in the bladder.
- Lithotomy
Treatment
Surgical removal of stones from the bladder, kidney or urinary tract.
- Liver
Body Part
Digestive organ.
- Lochial
Symptom
Vaginal discharge after giving birth.
- Looseness
Symptom
Looseness of bodily fluids, especially connected with the bowels, for example, caused by worms in the alimentary canal.
- Lotion
Treatment
A thick, smooth liquid preparation designed to be applied to the skin for medicinal purposes.
- Lues
Condition
A plague or spreading disease, particularly syphilis.
- Lumbago
Condition
Rheumatic affection and pain in the lumbar area of the body, e.g. lower back and groin.
- Lumbricus
Condition
Intestinal worms.
- Luna Fixata Luddemanni
Treatment
Zinc oxide. Dr Hieronymus David Gaubius discovered a 'quack' Dutch shoemaker selling a mysteriously effective drug, luna fixata. Discovering that it was nothing more than zinc oxide, Gaubius proposed it as Luna Fixata Luddemanni in his text ‘Adversaria’. Commonly used to treat epilepsy and other convulsive and spasmodic diseases.
- Lungs
Body Part
Organs in the chest that supplies the body with oxygen, and removes carbon dioxide from the body.
- Lymph
Body Part
System of thin tubes and lymph nodes that run throughout the body.
- Lacrimal glands
