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ANEURISM, Aneurisma, in Medicine, a Soft yield- ing Tumor, form'd of Blood exttavalated and fpread under the FleSh, by the Rupture or Dilatation of an Artery. See Artery, and Tumor.
, Ancnrifms ufually proceed from an Artery being acciden- tally cut, or prick'd in bleeding ; or from fome preternatu- ral Detention, or a CorroSion of its Coats, &c.
BOTOMY.
If an Artery happen to be cut, the Blood gufhes out im- petuously, by Sl'arrs*; and is not eaSily Slop'd : an Inflam- mation and Difcolduration of the Part fucceeds, with a Tu- mor, and Inability to move the Part. The Symptoms are nearly the fame in cafe of a Corrofion of the Coats of the Artery, only lefs violent. See Wound.
If the Blood ceafe to flow from the wounded Artery, and pour it felf between the Interlaces of the Mufcles ; re- courfe is had to manual Operation 5 which being neg- lected, the Extirpation of the Limb frequently becomes unavoidable. — An Anettriftn from a Distention of the Canal,
Some Christian Writers, after La&antius, Inftitut. Lib. I, c. xv. alledge the Energumeni, and the Operations of Ma- gick, as convincing Proofs thereof. Sr. Thomas produces other Confederations, in behalf of the Opinion, Lib. II. con- tra gentes, c. xlvi.
Authors are not fo unanimous about the Nature as the Exif- See Ph l e- tence 0$ Angels.— Clemens Alexandrians believ'd they had Bo- dies; which wasalfo theOpinion of Origen,Ctefarins, 'lentil- &'«», and feveral others. Athanafius, St. Sa/il, St.Gregory Ni- cen. St. Cyril, St. Cbrjyjbfiom, &c. hold 'em mere Spirits.
Eccleikftical Writers make an Hierarchy of nine Orders of Angels. See Hierarchy.
Angel is more particularly underffood of a Spirit of the ninth and loweft Clafs, or Order of the Hierarchy, or Hea- venly Choir. See Hierarchy.
The Scripture makes mention of the Devil and his An- gels. — We alfo fay, the Fallen Angels, Guardian Angels, Sec. See Guardian, Daemon, Genius, &c.
In the Apocalypfe, the Denomination Angel is alfo
is fcldom fatal ; tho reckon'd, when large, incurable : The given to the FaSiors'of' Several Churches.— The Angelof the
chief Inconveniencies are the Magnitude of the Tumor, and Church of Ephejits ; the Angelof tho Church of Smyrna, &c. the Pulfation. See Hemorrhage. TJn Cang'e adds, that the fame Name was antiently given
tH.£ittre gives us the S&oty of an Aneurifma of this kind, to certain Popes and Bifliops; by reafon of their lingular
in the Aorta ; the Caufe whereof he attributes to an ex- Sancliry, &c.
traordinary Diminution of the Cavity of the Axillary and
Subclavian Arteries. Hi ft. de I'Acad. R. An. 1712. ■
Another Hiflory of an Aneurifma of the fame Part, wc have in the 'Philofophical TranfaBions. It was occafioned by fome violent Shocks the Patient receiv'd on the Breair,
foon
Angel is alfo ufed in Commerce, for an antient Gold Coin (truck in England-, fo called from the Figure of an An- gel imprefs'd upon it. See Coin.
Its Value in 1 Hen. VI. was 6s. %d. in I Hen. VIII. 71. 6d. in 34 Hen. VIII. 8s. and in 6 Ed-w. VI. it was 10 J
which threw him into fpitting of Blood, and foon after form'd And the half Angel, or, as it was fometimes called, the All- the Tumor, whereof he dy'd. Upon Diffeflion, the Aneu- gelot, was the Moiety of this.
rifma was found fo big, that it filled the whole Cavity of the Thorax on the right Side. N° itij. v
The Word comes from the Greek etv^vnva, dilato, I dilate. ANGARIA, a Term in Law, Signifying any troublefom, or vexatious Duty or Service, paid by the Tenant to the Lord. — The Word is form'd of rhe French Angarie, Perfonal Service ; that which a Man is bound to perform in his own Perfon. — t Pr<eftattoncs AngariarnmtS Tcriangarienim plan- ftrcrum £5? ««*2tf«f/», imprefling of Ships. See Service, &c. ANGEIOGRAPHY, a Defcription of the Weights, Mea- fures, Veffels, &c. ufed by the feveral Nations. See Mea- sure, Weight, Vessel, &c. '
The Word is compounded of a-yfum', Vas, Veffelj and ypy.qa, fcribo, I defcribe.
ANGEIOLOGy, Anceiologia, in Anatomy, the Hif- tory, or Defcription of the Veffels in a human Body 5 e. g. the Nerves, Arteries, Veins, and Lymphaticks. See Ves- sels.
Angciology is a Branch of Sarcology. See Sarcology. The Word fecms to be derived from elyffiw/, a Vejjcl, and
- o>or, Speech, or Tiifcourfc.
ANGEL, a fpiritual, intelligent Subflance ; the firir in Rank and Dignity among created Beings. See Spirit.
The Word Angel, is not properly a Denomination of Na- ture, but of Office ; denoting as much as Nuntius, MeSTen- ger, a Perfon employ 'd to carry one's Orders, or declare his Will. — Thus it is St. *Pattl reprefents Angels, Heb. I. 14. where he calls them Miniflring Spirits : And for the fame Reafon the Name is given, in the Prophet Malachy, C. II. 7, to Prieils ; and by St. Matthew, C. XI. 10, to St. John Sap- tift. Jefus Chrilt himfelf, according to the Septuagint, is call'd in Jfaiah, C. IX. 6, the Angel of the mighty Council 5 a Name, fays Tertllllian, de Came Chrifti. C. IV. which fpeiks his Office, not hisNatute. — So the Hebrew Word ufed
The Angel now fubfitls no otherwife than as a Money of Account. See Money.
The French have alfo had their Angels, 'Demi-Angels, and Angelots ; now difufed.
ANGELIC, or Angelical, fomething belonging to, or that partakes of, the Nature of Angels. See Angel.
Thus, we fay, an Angelical Life, e?c. — St. Thomas isfty- led the Angelical DoBor.— The Angelical Salutation is called by the Romanics Ave Maria. See Av e.
The Greeks diflinguilh two Kinds of Monks : Thole who profefs the moil perfect Rule of Life, are called Monks of the Great or Angelical Habit.
ANGELICA, called alfo ArchAngelica, and Radix Siriaca, a medicinaPPlant, thus named, on account of its great Virtue as an Alexipharmic or Counterpoifon. See A-
LEXIPHARMIC.
It is of a fweet Smell, and aromatick Tafle ; and is load- ed with a highly exalted Oil, and volatile Salt.— It is repu- ted cordial, flomachick, cephalick, aperitive, fudorifick, vul- nerary, refifts Poifon, &c. tho the chief Intention wherein it is now prefcribed among us, is, as a Carminative.
Its Root is in the moil efleem ; tho the Leaves are alfo ufed.
Augzlic k-Watcr, is one of the compound Waters of the Shops ; thus called from the Angelica Roots, which are the Bails thereof. See Angelica- Water.
Angelica, A^ys\mn, was alio a celebrated Dance, among the antient Greeks, perform'd at their Feafls. See Dance.
It was thus called, from the Greek £yp.tx, Nuntius, Mef- fenger ; by reafon, as 'Pollux allures us, the Dancers were drefs'd in the Habit of Meflengers.
Angelica Veftis, among our AnceSiors, was a Monkifll Garment, which Laymen put on a little before their Death, that they might have the Benefit of the Prayers of the
in Scripture for Angel, is alfo a Name of Office, and not of Monks.
Nature -J t^D Lcgatus, q. d. Legate, Envoy, Minifler : It was from them called Angelical, becaufe they were cal-
and yet Cufiom has prevailed ; infomuch that Angel is now led Angeli, who by thefe Prayers Mime falnti fticcurrebant.
commonly taken for a Denomination of Nature. — Hence, where we read the Phrafe ad fiiccnrrendum in out
The Exiftence of Angels is fuppofed in all Religions.— old Books, it muft be underflood of one who had put on the
Indeed, the antient Sadducees are reprefented as denying all Habit, and was at the Point of Death.
Spirits ; and yet the Samaritans and Caraites, who are re- ANGELICI, were an antient Order of Knights, inflitu-
puted Sadducees, openly avow it : wirnefs Abufaid, the tecMn rroi, by Ifacius Angelus Flavins Commenius', Empe-
Author of an Arabick Vcrfion of the Pentateuch ; and Aa- ror of Conftantinople. See Knight and Order.
ron, a Caraite Jew, in his Comment on the Pentateuch ; They were divided into three ClaSfes ; but were all under
both extant in Manufcript, in the King of France's Libra- the Direction of one Grand Mailer. The firft, were called
ry. See Sadducee, Caraite, ($e. Torquati, from a Collar which they wore, and were 5° in
In the Alcoran, we find frequent mention of Angel.!. — The number.— The fecond were called the Knights of fuftice,
Muffulmen believe 'em of different Orders or Degrees, and were Ecclefiafticks.— And the third were called Knights
— Employments, both in Heaven, '
and deftin'd for differen
and on Earth. They attribute exceeding great Power to the
Angel Gabriel ; as, to be able to defcend in the Space of
an Hour from Heaven to Earth ; to overturn a Mountain
tith a fingle Feather of his Wing, tic. The Angel Afrael,
Servitors.
Juftiniani will have this Order to have been instituted in the Tear 313, by Conffiantine ; and fuppofes the Occafitm thereof to have been the Appearance of an Angel to that Emperor, wirh the Sign of a Crofs and thefe Words, In hen
they fuppofe, appointed to take the Souls of fuch as die ; figno vinces : But, that there was fuch a thing as any Mill
and another Angel, named Bfiapbil, (lands with the Trum- tary Order in thofe Days, is a mere Fable. See Militas*
pet ready in his Mouth to proclaim the Day of Judgment. Order.
See Alcoran, Mahometanism ,J$c. Angelici were alfo a Sect of antient Hereticks.-St.
The Heatnen Philofophers and loets, wete alfo agteed as Allguftm fuppofes 'em thus call'd from rheir yielding an ex-,
to the Exiftence of intelligent Beings, Superior to Man ; as travagant Worfhip to Angels, and fuch as tended to Idola-
is Shewn by St. Cyprian, in his Treatife of the Vanity of try : Tho Epifhanhis detives the Name from their holding
Idols, from the Teltimonies of Tlato, Socrates, T'rifmegif- that the World was created by Angels, tits, &c. See Platonism, g?<r. — See alfo Djemon, Ge- nius, f$c £j?
