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'A an ardent Thirft, and aLeannefs of the whole Body.

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The Diachylon Gmnmittim, is the great Diatmtb&i

with the Addition of Gum Ammoniac, Galbanum, and

Sagapeminl, diffolv'd with Wine, and boil'd to a Confidence

irnd chllous, and of Honey. This Plafter is the moft powerful f all for di<-

getting, ripening, and refolving.

DIACOD1UM, in Pharmacy, a Medicine prepared from ■Fibres f the Arteries of the Kidneys; or too great Quantity Poppies Heads. r' jlvrpSalts in the Blood, which diffolvc the Mafs otBlood, There are two Kinds : Simple, and Compound. ° r difunite the Parts thereof ; So that the Scrofity is eafily Simple DiAcodivm, is a Kind of Opiate, made of the /•, rl ted from the fame. Juice cxprefs'd from the Heads ofPoppies, both white, and

According to Dr. guincy, the Evident, and rnoft com- black; and made up with the Sap?, or Sugar. It is prefcri- mon Caufe of the Diabetes is the too great Ufe of fpirituous bed to foften Iharp, ferous Humours, to appeafe Coughs, and Liquors, wherewith the Serum becomes fo impregnated, to provoke Sleep. This Preparation was of great Ufe among trjaI it wilt not attract, and joyn with the Cruor, or Glo- the Ancients; but is now laid a-fide, fince it has been found, tales of the Blood, but runs off through the Kidneys fweet, that the Syrup of white Poppies, which is what we now

call Diacodimn, produces the fame Effect.

CompoundDiAconivM is made of thcjimple, with the Addition of the Troches of Ramich, Hvpoeifis, Myrrh; Saffron, and Balauftcs. It is good to (lop, and foften Ca- tarrhs, Hemorrhoids, and Fluxes of the Belly.

The Word is form'd from the Greek JW, per, and kJU Ht*., 'Poppies Head.

DIACONESSE, and DlACONATE. See Deacon, and Deaconry.

DIACONI, in Antiquity, was the Name of a Faction at Athens.

That City, we read, was divided into two Parties : The one Favourers of an Oligarchy, who would only have a few Perfons employ'd in the Government. The other confided of fuch as were for aDemocratical, or Popular Government, wherein the whole People mould have a Share. The nrft were call'd Diaconi, and the latter 'Pediaci ; the latter in- habiting the lower, and the former the upper Quarter, or Part of the City. The Diabctanum is foveraign for the Hydatides. The Laws of Solon imported, that Piffiftratus mould be

DIABROS1S, in Medicine, a Solution of theContinuity Chief of the fflwroa/. Tho' the Seholial on Arifiophanes's of aPart, caufed by fharp, corrofivc Humors gnawing, and Comedy, the Waffs, affirms, that Pandion diftributcd the: devouring the fame. Quarter of the Diaconi among his Sons, and put Lyons at

The Word is Greek, compounded of J~,^ per, through, trie irHead.

D1ACONICON, Sacrifty, a Place about the ancient Churches, where the facred Veftments, with the Vetlels, and other Ornaments of the Altar were preferv'd.

There is another Kind of Diabetes, wherein the Perfon affected renders a great deal more by Urine, than he drinks, naY fometimes more than he both cats and drinks. Some pivVficians attribute this exceffive Quantity of Liquor to the ftir he refpires, which, they ftippofc, becomes converted in- to Water ; Or, at leaft, the Water in the Air refpired is here abforbed, and collefled. But others, with more Probabi- lity, attribute it to a Colliquation of the Blood, fat, and even the folid Parts of the Body.

The Word Diabetes is derived from theGreek $-ia£o.\viiv,

to fafs quick.

' Diabetes, in Hydraulicks, is applied to a Syphon, the twoLeggs, or Branches whereof are inclofed in one another; Jls in the Glafs defcribed by Hero, which runs it felf quite empty, without being inverted, as foon as the Water is arri- ved at the Height of the upper Branch of the Syphon.

DIABOTANUM, in Pharmacy, and Chirurgery, a Plafter, wherewith Wens, iSic. are refolved and difcufs'd

and fodnMi'v, to eat.

DIACALC1TEOS, in Chirurgery, and Pharmacy, a Plafler applied after the Amputation of a Cancer.

The Emplaftrum Diacalciteos is compofed of Oil, Ax- ■inigia, and Chalcitis; from the laft of which Drugs it de- rives its Name,

The firft Council of Laodicea, in the 2 ift Canon, forbids the Priefts living in the Diaconicon, iy T 2 JWoh*!?; or touch- ing the holyUteniils. An ancient Latin Verfion of thofcCa-

DIACARY ON, or Diamtcnm, inPharmacy. SeeDiA- nons renders it, InSecretario: But theCopyat.Ro;Be, aswcli

kccum. as Dionyfius Exiguus, retain the Vlotd Diaconicon in Za-

Galen is faid to have prepar'd his Diacaryon with the t j lh 'Xis true, Zonarus and Salfamon underftand that Ex- Juice of Walnuts, mix'd with as much Honey as fufficed to p re flion in the 2 ijl Canon, of the Order of a Deacon, and not render it an agreeable Compofition. of a Building, to which Opinion Leo Allatius alfo adheres

The Word is form'd from napuV, Wal-nut. in his Treatife, De 'femplis Gnecorum : But all the other

DIACARTAMI, in Pharmacy, an Electuary compofed Interpreters are agreed as to its being aSacrifty. Bcfide the*

ofTurbit Manna, Scammony, Hcrmodactyls, and other Pur- Ornaments of the Prieft-hood, and the Altar, there were

gatives- with the Addition of the Medulla, or Seed of the hkewife here depofited the Relicks of the Church. , Certhamus, which gives it the Denomination. See Car- The Word is Greek, and form'd from JW.Sko, I ferae,

thami. by reafon here were kept every Thing belonging to Divine-

Diacartami chiefly purges pituita. It is prefcribed in Service. It was alfo call'd 'A<ravtrfp;s», and in Latin SaJa-

Difcafes of the Brain; and is frequently mix'd inMedicines tator i um : becaufe it was here the Bifhop received, and

alon'< with other Purgatives. faluted Strangers. Sometimes, too, it was call'd M«T<tTiJ-

DIACATJSTIC Curve, or the Cauftic by Refraclion,isa.

fiw, or MnnTiSfiw, Menfa, by reafon of the Tables there- in, for difpofing the facred Ornaments on ; or father from MlTetW, an Inn.

DIACOOSTICKS, or DIAPHONICKS is the Confi-

1 ^t--l ot f 4,„ i„,l., „fi„; deration of the Properties of Sound refracted in paffina

AMD ; and fo, as that CE the Sines of d»A# * oflnc.^ ^ different Mediums ; that is, out of a denfe/into !

denceCME be always to CG, the S nes of the r fracted <j£ btUe ^ & a more febrile into a denfer Hbdivm

' CMG, in a given Ratio : Then the Cuive-Line,

Species' ~o?C~aftllic Curves', thus conceiVd : Imagine an infi- nite Number of Rays; asBA,BM,BD, &c. (fab.Geom. F;» - - ) iffuin" from the fame Luminous Point B, to be re- fracted from, or to the Perpendicular MC, in the Curve

Angles v^j

which touches all the refracted Rays, is call d the Mia

cauftic. See Caustic.

DIACHYLON, in Pharmacy, a Name given to divers Plafters, on Account of the Mucilages mix'd therein, which are vifcid Juices, call'd by the Greeks x mi ; drawn from certain Plants. SeeMocitAGE.

White, or Simple Diachylon, is compounded of com- mon Oil,' Litharge ofGold, and Mucilages, drawn from the

Root of the A and theSeeds ofLine and Femgrecl, *^^^ ™ a j ^ It is proper to foften, digeft, ripen, and rcleJve.

See Sound, and Refraction. See alfo Aconstick and Phonicks.

The Word is form'd from the Greek fi£ y per, through, which intimates a Paffage ; and JyJ.u^ I hear, q. d. the Con- itderation of the Pafftges of the Sounds we hear.

DIACYDONITES, inPharmacy, is applied to Things, and Remedies, wherein Quinces are an Ingredient : Thus the Confection Diacydonites is a Confection of Quinces, or

and Mfatiov, ^idnci.

DIADEM, in Antiquity, a Royal Head-band, or Fillet, wore by Kings as a Badge of their Royalty; while the Crown was left to the Gods. See Crown.

TheDiadem was aSort of Ribbon, or Band wove ofSilk, Thread, or Wool, more or lefs broad. It was tied round the Temples, and Fore-head ; the two Ends being knotted behind, and let fall on the Neck.

It was ufually white, and quire plain, tho' fometimes em- broider'd with Gold, and let with Pearls, and precious Siones. In latter Times it likewifecame to be twitted round" Crowns, Laurels, (5c. and uppcsrs to have been wore in divers Parts ot the Body : Thus 'P

Tlie Diachylon, call'd Direatum, has for its Sajis the common white Diachylon, with aPcund of which, an Ounce of Powder of Iris is mix'd. This Plafter digefts, incides, and ripens with more Force than the fimple Diachylon.

There is alfo the Great Diachylon, Diachylon mag- mim, compofed of Litharge of Gold, Oils of Iris, Camo- mile, andAncrh, Turpentine, Rcfin of the Pine, yellow Wax, and Mucilages, ofLine, and Fenigreek, with new Figs, Raifms of Damafcus, ' Icthyocolla, Juices ofiw, Squill, and Hyffop. This Diachylon foftens Schirrus's, and re- vives, and diffipates Tumors. 'Tis call'd, the Great, not onlv on Account of its extraordinary Virtues, but alfo be- -

caufe compounded of a preater Number oflngredients, than Vompey was fulpected of afpnmg to the Roy.lty becaufe the r,.fl, ^ LU r A B * of his wearing a white Garter, which was no other than a

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