The word quack is derived from the German "quack salber," or mercury, which metal was introduced into the Materia Medica by Philippus Aureolus Theophrastus Paracelsus Bombast ab Hohenhein!
For nearly four centuries mercury has been exhibited in theMateria Medica to a greater extent than any other remedy.
I assert that there are no such medicines in the Materia Medica, or the world.
Paracelsus proclaimed to the world that there was no further need of the Materia Medica, especially the writings of Galen, and burned them in public; his "Elixir Vitae" would cure all diseases.
Then there are Materia Medica, Chemistry, and much more to be learned before one can become competent to prescribe for diseases safely.
This looks remarkably like the oldMateria Prima of the Schoolmen translated into Greek.
This calx may be separated from the alkali, if an acid be employed to precipitate it; and then it is calledMateria Perlata.
I must confess, if I had my way I should abolishMateria Medica[1] altogether.
Pereira was the examiner, and you know that "Pereira's Materia Medica" was a book de omnibus rebus.
Tom was busy with the rehearsals at the Coliseum, and I, being left alone, had little taste for the Materia Medica.
I do not know that we displayed any remarkable interest in the Materia Medica, or that the authorities of Guy's looked upon us as likely to do them any singular credit.
Even my lately-acquired knowledge of the Materia Medico, scarcely warranted me in offering to cure her.
If the condensations, or humors, are homogeneous, they constitute the "materia prima" of metals.
Barton was the author of various works on natural history, botany and materia medica, his Elements of Botany (1803) being the best known.
Also he says, "In prima autem rerum institutione fuit principium activum verbum Dei, quod de materia elementari produxit animalia, vel in actu vel virtute, secundum Aug.
They introduced sugar-cane into Europe, improved the methods of manufacturing paper, discovered a method of obtaining alcohol, knew the uses of gypsum and of white arsenic, were expert in pharmacy and learned in materia medica.
Theophrastus was the founder of the science of botany, Dioscorides the founder of materia medica.
Hermetic Symbol from the "Materia Prima" of Valentinus, 850-m.
Dioscorides was a Greek physician who wrote entirely from the standpoint of materia medica, most of his work being devoted to herbs; but Book V.
Of all classes of the materia medica, none are more uncertain in their action than expectorants.
The whole materia medica has been, unfortunately, unsuccessfully sought without the discovery of a single remedy for this disease, or even a palliative of its severer symptoms.
The excrement, fat, and hoof were included in theMateria Medica of the Ph.
From this physician's observations, coffee may become a valuable addition to our materia medica; and the homoeopathic practitioners maintain that they have employed it with great success in various maladies.
For Charity, Justice, and Truth have but their being in terms, like the philosopher's Materia prima.
A medicine of this kind is sold under the name of tasteless ague-drops; but a more certain method of ascertaining the quantity is delivered in the subsequent materia medica, Art.
Why Does the Greater Part of Allopathic Materia Medica Consist of Virulent Poisons?
This is frankly admitted in every allopathic materia medica.
So the recital might be continued all through orthodox materia medica.
He was formerly professor of materia medica at the Johns Hopkins University of Baltimore, U.
Homeopathic materiamedica teaches that ~Bryonia~ has a special affinity for the mucous and serous membranes of the respiratory tract and that its symptomatic effects correspond closely to those described in the preceding paragraph.
Rhubarb is apt to be over-valued as a "spring medicine" on account of its association with the Turkey rhubarb of materia medica.
The tomato, according to an American physician, is one of the most powerful deobstruents (remover of disease particles, and opener of the natural channels of the body) of the materia medica.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "materia" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
