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Emunctorium
Body disease and historical medicine · A Chymical Dictionary
At a Glance
The word. A bodily place identified through expulsion.
In the book. Excrementa supplies that general account of ejected superfluities.
A place to read. The historical definition below, 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 20; facsimile PDF page 348.
Historical Definition
Emunctorium is the place from which an excrement is expelled.
Meaning
The definition names a place through its function. Excrement is used in the dictionary’s broader sense of superfluous matter ejected by Nature, rather than being confined here to one familiar bodily product. The entry does not identify a particular organ or outlet.
Use in the Book
Excrementa supplies that general account of ejected superfluities. Anodus instead names what is separated from nutriment by the kidneys. The distinction helps separate a place of expulsion from a particular separated material. Emunctorium itself should remain a locational term.
Places to Read
Anodus. A bodily product defined through renal separation.
Excrementa. Superfluities described through expulsion by Nature.
Historical source: 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 20; facsimile PDF page 348 — Facsimile
Sources. A Chymicall Dictionary 1650, s.v. Emunctorium
See also. Anodus; Excrementa