an tid otary

& s. [Low Lat. anti do tarius = pertaining to an antidote, from anti dotum; Gr. ἀντίδοτον ( anti dot on ).] A. As adjective : Antidotal. B. As substantive. [In Sp. anti dot a rio = a dispensary: Mediæv. Lat, antidotarium. ] 1. A book giving directions as to the preparation of the several medicines. "Ant. Guianerius in his an tid otary hath many such."- Burton ; Anat. of Melancholy, p. 36. 2. A dispensary, a place where medicines are dispensed ăn-ti-dote ( Eng . ), * ăn-ti-dō'-tům ( Lat .). [In Fr. antidote ; Sp., Port., & Ital. anti do to ; Lat. antidotum . From Gr. ἀντίδοτον (anti dot on) = a remedy, an antidote, properly the neut. of adj. ἀντίδοτος ( antidotos ) = given as a remedy: ἀντί ( anti ) = against, and δοτός (dotos) = given; δίδωμι (didomi) to give.] IMG:content-0587.png:[blocks in formation] Med. A medicine designed to counteract the influence of poison introduced by any means into the system. In Garrod's cla ification, Antidotes figure as Order 1 of his Division III. He discriminates them into direct and indirect antidotes; the former neutralising or destroying the poison against which they are prescribed on meeting it in the system; the latter counteracting its injurious physiological effects. He gives a cla ified list of the more common poisons, with their respective antidotes. It commences with "(a) Acids counteracted by magnesia, chalk, and dilute solutions of alkaline carbonates; ( b ) Alkalies and Alkaline earths, to which the antidotes are first vinegar and water, or second, oil; (c) alkaloids, against which should be administered tinely divided animal charcoal." (See Garrod's Materia Medica , 3rd ed., 1868, pp. 420, 421.)