Amulet

a charm—usually an inscribed stone or of metal—worn on the person as a protection witchcraft or disease. Amulets are prob of Oriental origin, and are common in the to the present day. In England in the century the name was given to any worn’or carried for the prevention or cure of Burton says that “they are not alto to be rejected. Peony doth cure epilepsy; stones, most diseases; a wolf's dung borne one helps the colic; a spider, an ague,” he is of opinion that “medicines which of words, characters, spells, and charms, do no good at all, but out of a strong conceit, devil’s policy, who is the first founder and of them.” ‘The carrying a cramp-bone in ieee is a familiar example of the use of the Amur or AMOOR (Mantchu, Saghalien; Chinese, Kiang), a great river of eastern Asia, which its rise in Mongolia is known as the Argoun., N.E. the Argoun forms the boundary be- Ru ia and China. On reaching Ust Strelka 53° 18’ N., long. 121° 24’ E.) it is joined by the coming from the Trans-Baikal province of and the united streams bear the name taking a course 8.E. to the confluence of the and thence N.E. to the Sea of Okhotsk, the upper end of the I. of Saghalien. The ) city 400 The almond) which surface been tion consolidation percolation thus being substance, The composition generally fusel amyl) never amyl pre ure, of the pulse pectoris, almost in few handkerchief seizure a spleen, deposition with to exciting long met of proved almost records some blood, ti ue who starch closely Xenophon’s Cyrus and term Alexander's species, largest length, Anableps.. of Nikoliaievsk is at its mouth, and for the last miles the river is wholly im Ru ian territory.. total length amounts to at least 2,500 miles. daloid (from the Greek amugdalds, an a geological term applied to lavas in bubbles of gas, escaping from near the of the stream, have left cavities which have drawn out into an elliptical form in the direcof the flow of the viscous ma , and after the of the rock have been filled in by with mineral matter. The minerals filling up the cavities are termed amygdules, as often calcite or some other light-coloured they resemble almonds in almond-toffee. zeolite group commonly occur as amygdules. Amyl (C,H), a radical which enters into the of many chemical compounds, being found in the form of amylie alcohol or oil (q.v.). Diamyl (i.e. two molecules of is a colourle liquid; a single molecule has been obtained. Amy] Nitrite, a valuable drug obtained from alcohol. When inhaled it reduces blood producing flushing of the face, throbbing the arteries of the neck, a sense of fulne in head, with giddine , and increase in the rate. Its chief use is in cases of angina in attacks of which disease it affords instantaneous relief. 1t is often prescribed the form of gla capsules, each containing a drops of the drug. These. are crushed ina and inhaled by the patient when the occurs. Amyloid Disease, a form of disease in which peculiar substance is found in the kidneys, liver, intestines, and other parts of the body, the of which leads to serious interference nutrition, and among other special symptoms dropsy and obstinate diarrhwa. One of. the chief causes of amyloid disease appears to be continued suppuration; it was not uncommonly with years ago as the result of the formation matter in the chest cavity in children, but immethods of treatment have fortunately expunged this cla of cases from the of disease. ‘The amyloid substance is by regarded as new material deposited from the by others it is considered as a product of degeneration. It was first studied by Virchow, named it amyloid, as he regarded it as allied to (amylum). It is now known however to be related to albumen in chemical composition. Anabaptists. [Baprists.] Anabasis (a going uy), the name even to famous account of the expedition of the younger against his brother Artaxerxes, the retreat of the 10,000 Greek allies. The is also applied by Arrian to his account of campaigns. Anableps, 2 genus of Cyprinodonts, with three from tropical America. They are the fish of the family, being about-a foot in and are remarkable from the position and 132 structure dark it into is perforated Giinther, with position surface, Anaboligm throwing), proce es stances, paratively Inorganic taken pounds. metabolisin, An acanthin i, vertical the thoracic. the Anacharis. An achars is, 3th Athens ing own A then i an recorded Anarch arsis, Barthélemy’s boing Anachronism, custom brated Dido some thage. Anacoluthon dthetoric it is met Anaconda strict ing habits, It is Brazil, mals. eggs aud Anabolism. ( 120 of the eyes. The cornea is cro ed by a horizontal stripe of the conjunctiva, dividing an upper and a lower portion, and the iris by two. pupils..According to Dr. this fish is frequently observed to swim half of its bead out of the water, in which it can see as well as when below the (from the Greek ana, up, déle, # term applied in physiology to those of metabolism, or change of food-sub- Which consist in the building up of com simple chemical compounds, such as the substances water and carbun-dioxide in by plants, into.more complex organic com- Jt is sometimes termed constructive an order of fishes in which the and ventral fins have no spinous rays, and ventral fins when present are cither jugular or It contains the cod and its allies, and flat fish. ea [Evopra.] « Scythian philosopher of the century 6.¢., who was reported to have visited and won the friendship of Solon Return to his native land he was put to death by his brother for attempting to introduce the code." His wise and witty sayings were by Lielins, and also by Plutarch. The who appears as the hero of the Abbé famous romance, is represented as a descendant of the sage. the placing of an event or ata wrong chronological date. A celeannehrvonisin is the incident of AEneas and in Virgils -Aneid, as AMneas must have lived two hundred years before the building of Car- Anachronisms are frequent in Shakespeare. (Greek, not following), a term in ov grammar signifying want of sequence; frequent in calloquial speech, and is sometimes with in poetry. (nncetcs murinus), a gigantic consnake from South America, of aquatic whence it is also called the water-serpent. found ja the rivers and swamps of Guiana and a sew { ‘a Gi! aye. ‘ FAO HEAD OF ANACONDA (Ennectes murinus). and preys chiefly on birds and small mam- The anaconda is ovoviviparous-—that is,,the are hatched within the body. of the female-— there are distinct traces of hind-limbs. It ) sometimes rich spots yellow been to Poly crates, court, the themes to ment given be sensuality applied been by the in province in and inlet in amount a Poverty disease, temporary be anemia, ditions constituents source varieties. and the is noticeable poorne look natural tre ing palpitation, treatment sutisfactory—fresh ministration recovery in miraculous; for exce ively term teria which atmospheric shows Anaerobiosis. attains a length of thirty feet; colour brown, with two rows of large round black along the back, and a series of light golden rings edged with black on each side.