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Vlcus æstiomenum
Body disease and historical medicine · A Chymical Dictionary
At a Glance
The word. A destructive swelling described through its action on its site.
In the book. Other aposteme entries are identified by hardness, dryness or bodily location.
A place to read. The historical definition below, 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 46; facsimile PDF page 374.
Historical Definition
Vlcus æstiomenum is a cancerous swelling that eats into the place.
Meaning
The source combines a disease description with a visible or attributed process: the swelling feeds upon the place where it occurs. Eats into conveys that historical wording without assigning a precise modern diagnosis.
Use in the Book
Other aposteme entries are identified by hardness, dryness or bodily location. Here destruction at the site is the distinguishing feature.
Places to Read
Sephirus. A swelling characterized by hardness and dryness.
In This Edition
The initial V is retained in the historical form and can also be found through the editorial U spelling. The adjective cancerous is reported as part of the old description.
Historical source: 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 46; facsimile PDF page 374 — Facsimile
Sources. A Chymicall Dictionary (1650), s.v. Vlcus æstiomenum; 1650 facsimile PDF p. 374; compare Sephirus
See also. Sephirus