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‖ materia medica|məˈtɪərɪə ˈmɛdɪkə|
[med.Latin, literal transl. of Gr. ὕλη ἰατρική (Galen) = medical material.]
1. The remedial substances used in the practice of medicine.
1699M. Lister Journ. Paris 244 The Arabians were wise, and knowing in the Materia Medica, to have put it in their Alkermes. 1752Berkeley Th. on Tar-water Wks. 1871 III. 496 Can any instance be produced in the whole materia medica..of the virtue of a medicine tried on greater numbers? 1799Med. Jrnl. I. 56 The Purple Fox-glove is a medicine which, for some time, stood high in the list of the materia medica. 1817J. Bradbury Trav. Amer. 116 As I supposed this bag contained the whole materia medica of the nation, I examined it with some attention.
fig.1768–74Tucker Lt. Nat. (1834) II. 97 What I may call the materia medica of morality. 1783J. Beattie Let. 30 Mar. Life, etc. (1806) II. 122 It would be a valuable addition to the materia medica of government. 1796Burke Regic. Peace iv. Wks. IX. 124 Among other miserable remedies, that have been found in the materia medica of the old College, a change of Ministry will be proposed.
2. That branch of medical science which treats of these substances.
1811A. T. Thomson Lond. Disp. ii. (1818) 1. 1845 E. Ballard & A. B. Garrod (title) Elements of Materia Medica and Therapeutics. |