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Galenical, a.1 and n.|gəˈlɛnɪkəl|
Also 7 -all, Gallenical.
[f. Galenic a.1 + -al1.]
A. adj. = Galenic a.1 Galenical figure: in Logic (see quot. 1774).
1652Ashmole Theat. Chem. Annot. 461 Albeit I magnifie Chemicall Phisique, yet I do not lessen the due commendations that belong to Galenicall. 1671Glanvill Disc. M. Stubbe 12 Galenical Physicians. 1712tr. Pomet's Hist. Drugs I. 133 They are much us'd in Physick among several galenical Compositions. 1741Watts Improv. Mind i. xvii. Wks. VIII. 125 Whether chemical or galenical preparations. 1741Chambers Cycl. s.v. Figure, It is called the fourth..and by others, the galenical Figure. 1768W. Donaldson Sir Barth. Sapskull I. 214 My face was disguised by a galenical mask. 1774Reid Aristotle's Logics iii. §2 It [the fourth figure of syllogism] was added by the famous Galen, and is often called the Galenical. 1854Mayne Expos. Lex., Galenical medicine, the medical principles taught by Galen, which consisted in an almost entire reliance on simples. 1880Daily Tel. 20 Sept., Galenical Laboratory. [Wanted] In the above department of a wholesale druggist, a young man who thoroughly understands the manufacture of tinctures and galenical preparations on a large scale.
B. n. A remedy such as Galen prescribed, a vegetable medicine, a simple.
1768W. Donaldson Sir Barth. Sapskull II. 139 He was occasionally supplied with chymicals and galenicals. 1840Barham Ingol. Leg. Ser. i. Leech Folkestone, He swallowed, at the least, two pounds of chemicals and galenicals. 1884Times 14 Aug. 3 Suggestions had recently been made for standardizing some of our galenicals.
Hence Gaˈlenically adv., with galenical or vegetable remedies.
1681Salmon (title), Compendium of Physick..showing the Signs and Judgments of curing all Diseases perform'd Astrologically, Gallenically, and Chemically. 1694Lond. Gaz. No. 3020/4 The Cure of all sorts of Fevers; Galenically and Chymically performed. |
