F. R. Campbell Language of Medicine

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Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. Even the names of diseases, strange as it may seem, contain metaphors and other poetical figures. Carbuncles are like the purple reddish gems of the same name, icterus (greek 'ixre,oog) is the name of the yellow bird, while iliac passion is a phrase which recalls the spear thrust and the tragic sufferings on the Cross. History is found everywhere illustrated in words, calculate and testify take us back to the days when men told members with pebbles, calculi, and cast their votes with Shells, testae. Gentianas of Illyria is said to have discovered the virtues of the plant named after him. Magnets were first known in Magnesia, chalk, creta, in Crete.