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Name: Description: Landanum Preparation of opium with alcohol. Laxative Medicines which promote evacuation by stool. Lead A metal which is absorbent, antacid, astringent, anodyne, narcotic or virulent. Leeches 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. Lemon Juice Used to treat nausea, vomiting and fevers, as well as heart palpitations. Lenitive A laxative. Lignum Campechense 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 A solution of lime in water. Also known as aqua calcis. Liniment Embrocation for external application by smearing or rubbing, usually made with oil. Linseed Flax, Linei, Lintseed. Seeds of the plant Linum usitatissimum. Lint Seed Used to mitigate symptoms of gonorrhoea, such as burning sensation when passing urine. Liquorice The rhizome (also called liquorice-root) of the plant Glycyrrhiza glabra. Lisbon Diet Drink A medicine used in Portugal for the cure of scurvy and venereal disease. Lithontriptic Medicines used to break up stones in the bladder. Lithotomy Surgical removal of stones from the bladder, kidney or urinary tract. Lotion A thick, smooth liquid preparation designed to be applied to the skin for medicinal purposes. Luna Fixata Luddemanni 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.
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- Landanum
Preparation of opium with alcohol.
- Laxative
Medicines which promote evacuation by stool.
- Lead
A metal which is absorbent, antacid, astringent, anodyne, narcotic or virulent.
- Leeches
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.
- Lemon Juice
Used to treat nausea, vomiting and fevers, as well as heart palpitations.
- Lenitive
A laxative.
- Lignum Campechense
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
A solution of lime in water. Also known as aqua calcis.
- Liniment
Embrocation for external application by smearing or rubbing, usually made with oil.
- Linseed
Flax, Linei, Lintseed. Seeds of the plant Linum usitatissimum.
- Lint Seed
Used to mitigate symptoms of gonorrhoea, such as burning sensation when passing urine.
- Liquorice
The rhizome (also called liquorice-root) of the plant Glycyrrhiza glabra.
- Lisbon Diet Drink
A medicine used in Portugal for the cure of scurvy and venereal disease.
- Lithontriptic
Medicines used to break up stones in the bladder.
- Lithotomy
Surgical removal of stones from the bladder, kidney or urinary tract.
- Lotion
A thick, smooth liquid preparation designed to be applied to the skin for medicinal purposes.
- Luna Fixata Luddemanni
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.
- Landanum
