head. The hairs of other parts. The beard. 'To shave; to shave off; 3to shave round or scrape about. To shave the head. It is proper to cut all, previously shaven, if they be covered with hairs, through the middle. Dens circumradi debet, CELS. The tooth ought to be scraped all round. cum capillo pro mantelibus ante pectora uti." (Pliny, Hist. Nat. lib. vii. cap. 2.) "To weare the scalpes, haire and all, nstead of mandellions or stomachers before their breasts.' Holland's Translation.) * Crinis (from zęíva, discerno) is said of the hair when set in order or plaited (Dumesnil, Latin Synonyms. Transl. by Rev. J. M. Gosset.) Crines signifies rather the ringlets and locks of a woman, than simply and generally the hair: it is, of course, less applicable to medical subjects.- Cincinnus (from xixivvos) is a curl of hair. Cæsaries (from cædo) is particularly said of a man's head of hair, because women's heads of hair never were cut. Coma (from xóμn) signifies a head of hair either dressed or not. Barba abraditur, præterquam The beard is shaven in superiore labro, PLINY. Tondere; attondere, CELS. Ad cutem tonderi, CELS. off except on the upper lip. To shear, clip close, or cut short. The hair to be clipped close to the skin. Caput attonsum habere, CELS. To keep the [hair of Novacula, CELS. SECT. 7.-De fonticulis, setaceis, acupuncturâ, &c. Fonticulus purulentus. Fonticulus excitetur incisione (vel ferro, vel vesicatorio, vel medicamento caustico, vel cauterio, vel ferro ignito). Fiat fonticulus purulentus in interstitiis musculorum brachii; ope ferri vel caustici. the] head clipped close. A razor. Of Issues, Setons, the Let an issue be pro- * Fonticulus, dim. of fons. A little fountain, Fiat fonticulus in musculo- Let an issue be made rum duorum interstitio ad prohibendum dolorem quo impeditur facilis motus. Sit fonticulus inter musculum Sartorium et Vastum internum (vel inter principia musculi Gastrocnemii, vel interstitio musculi Deltoidis et Bicipitis). Fascia pro fonticulis in brachio (vel femore, vel surâ). Setaceum.* Acus; acus ferrea, CELS. Acus pro setaceo. between [i.e. in the interstices of] two muscles, to avoid pain, which would impede easy motion. Let an issue be made between the Sartorius and Vastus internus muscles (or between the heads of the Gastrocnemius, or between [i. e. in the interstice] of the Deltoid and ceps muscles). A bandage for issues in the arm (thigh, or calf.) A seton. Bi A needle; an iron needle. A seton-needle. Inseratur setaceum nuchæ Let a seton be in capitis. serted in the nape of the neck. * From seta, a bristle, or horse-hair; because horse-hairs were first used to keep open the wound. Acu idoneâ serici fasciculum Let the skin at the ducente perforetur cutis colli posterioris partis, serico in vulnere relicto; ut fiat diuturna suppuratio. Quoties pus effundi cessaverit (vel hâc deficiente) illinatur sericum unguento Sabinæ. Acus admovere, CELS. Cutem candentibus ferramentis exulcerare, CELS. Non, ut primum fieri potest, ulcera sanare, CELS. Tum, qua notæ sunt, cutis, acu filum ducente trans back part of the neck be perforated by a proper needle carrying a skein of silk; the silk being left within the wound to excite a constant discharge of pus. Whenever the pus ceases to be discharged (or when the pus is deficient in quantity), let the silk be anointed with Savine ointment. To apply a needle. To 'take hold of, 'sew through, traverse -with a needle. To make ulcers in the skin by hot irons [i. e. by the actual cautery]. Not to heal the ul cers as soon as possible. Then, where the marks are, the * Acupunctura; from acus, a needle, and pungo, I prick. Nearly all the words in this section are of modern origin, and necessarily so; for, with few exceptions, electrical phenomena are of modern discovery, and the language of the ancients is incompetent to express them. The Greeks and Romans were acquainted with the attractive |