Medical Lexicon Series 26:

"Ictus"

In humoral pathology, the stroke of the arterial pulse detected by the hands, as opposed to the interval between two consecutive strokes .

Source: Bartolomeo Castelli, "Lexicon medicum" (Messina 1598): 223

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Medical Lexicon 26:

"Constitutio", Synonyms: κατάστασις

Originally denoting the repositioning of a luxated bone to its proper place, the term was also used to define the standard bodily constitution.

from: B Castelli, "Lexicon Medicum" (1598): 96

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Medical Lexicon 25:

Prognosis

In pre-modern medicine, the capacity to judge the future outcome of a disease.

Source: Bartolomeo Castelli, "Lexicon Medicum Graeco-Latinum" (Messina 1598): 338.

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