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Ce^hAliCs, or Cephalic Medicines, are fuch as are tofoper for DH orders of the Head : Thefe are generally of a volatile, fpirituous, or aromatic Nature, or at leaft join'd. with luch ; and are fuppos'd to be of fervice, by the Vo- latility of their Particles, insinuating into the Nerves, and mixing with the Animal Spirits direcily, as well as by the common Circulation.
Thus, Spirit of Lavender is fuppos'd dire£tly to acl up- on the Nerves of the Palate, &c. upon which account, it's frequently taken dropp'd on Sugar, or Bread : and Sal Vo- latile, by fmelling to, is fuppos'd to be affiftant to the Head, by its volatile Particles entering the Olfa&ory Nerves. As to Aromatic Cephalics, as theSpecies of Diam- bra, Pouder of Deguretu, Nutmeg, &c. they ad chiefly by their aromatic Parts warming the nervous SyAem, and in- creafing their Vibrations, by which the nervous Fluid circu- lates more freely.
Cephalic Vein, in Anatomy, is a Vein of the Arm be- tween the Skin and the Mulcles, divided into two Branches, External and Internal. The External goes down to the "Wrilt, where it joins the Bafztica, and turns up to the Back of the Hand : The Internal Branch, together with a Sprig of the 'Bafilica^ makes the Mediana. See Vein.
'Tis thus call'd, in regard the Antients us'd to open it in Diforders of the Head.
CEPHALOPHARINGiEI, in Anatomy, twoMufcles of the Orifice of the Oefopbagm, call'd the 'Pharynx. See Pharynx.
They have their Orifice in the Articulation of the Head with the firft Vertebra ; and are inferted into the upper Part of the Pharynx, ferving to draw it upwards and backwards,
CEPHALALGIA, in Medicine, is underftood, in the ge- neral, of any Head-acb ; but properly Signifies, only a frc'fli one : When it becomes inveterate, 'tis call'd Cephalia 3 and, when it only poffefles half the Head, Megrim.
CEPHETJS, in Aftronomy, a Conftellation of the Nor- thern Hemifphere. See Constellation.
The Stars in the Conftellation Cepbeus, in Ttolemtfs Catalogue are 13 5 in T^'cbo's 11 5 in the Britannic Ca- talogue 55. The Order, Names, Longitudes, Latitudes, Magnitudes, &c. whereof, are as follow.
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Stars in the Conftellation Cefheos.
Names and Situation
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Latitude,
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the Stars.
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09
In the preced. Foot
» 28 50
35
75
27 45
t 5
In the preced. Arm
r j9
5
73
5« 57
4 5
In the bend of the preced.
Arm
14
3°
71
45 45
4
H 58
M
74
5 20
s
In the preced. Shoulder
8 31
3
58
55 8
3
14 18
55
S9
59 15
S
20 30
19
70
2 57
s
In the Girdle, agft. the prec
d.Sid
t y 1 is
35
71
8 15
3
y io 4a
1 1
SS
47 28
s
1° 5
8
«5
29 2
5
10
W 4 M
37
70
'5 33
5
T 9 35
24
«5
2 27
7
« 7 i«
4«
70
22 40
5
That preced. of the Tiara
Y 4 7
S
Si
39 14
C
7 41
48
Si
52 51
S
1 5 In Cepheus's Neck
10 58
IS
Si
54 22
7
» io 27 45
S9
22 27
5 «
In die Breatt
V >» 55
IS
«5
45 4 1
5
M n
22
«4
18 27
s
20
IS 29
2
64 IS 41
6
Middle of 3 in the Tiara North, and fmall. of the fame South, in the Tiara
9 40 II 41
8 42
7 33
5
Si si 59
9 27
54 M 58 31
4 5 s
4
K s 4°
54
«8
25 29
S
2 5
Y 18 32
2
H
24 27
7
14 5
2S
s i
57 IS
5
That following the Tiara
. 13 IO
14
59
32 50
f 5
V 26" 30
IO
«8
31 58
23 7
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Between the Feet, double
2« 37
31
SS
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Y 12 54 40
si
2 10
s
Preced. in the following Arm
V H ; 4
Y 28 (8
51
45
SS Si
59 34 3S 40
s
4
In the following Leg
tf '9 IS
3
«5
31 44
5
Latter in the hind Arm
5 42 « 25 48
I s
Si
2320
5
In the hind Foot
'5
H
3« 47 J
3
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cfpecially thofe of the Skin. It takes its Name from its capital Ingredient, Wax, call'd in Latin Cera.
Its Confluence is thicker than that of a Liniment • the Iafl having ufually two Ounces of Wax to two of Oil- hut the foil four of Wax to two of Oil ; fee Liniment : yet 'tis thinner than a Piafier. See Emplaster.
There are Cerates of various kinds, Rcfrigcrative, Sto- machic, S?c. Cerate of Sulphur, of Santal, reitringent Ce- rate 'of Bricks, Divine Cerate, &c.
There is a particular one, call'd the refrigerative Ce- rate of Galen, made of white Wax and Oil of Rofes Om- phacln.
CERATION, in Chymiflry, the Preparation of any Matter, to render it fit and difpos'd to liquify, or melt, which of it felf it was not.
This is frequently done, to enable things to penetrate into Metals, or other folid Bodies. The Word comes
CEPI Corpus, in Law, a Return made by the Sheriff", upon a Capias, or other Procefs to the like purpofc ; figni- fying, that he hath taken the Body of the Party.
CERATE, in Medicine, a kind of Unguent, or Lini- ment, made of Oil and Wax 5 us'd in feveral Difeafes,
from Cera, Wax.
CERATOGLOSSUM, in Anatomy, a Pair of Mufcles of the Tongue, thus defcrib'd by Mr. Caliper : ' The Ce- ' ratogloffum has a broad flefliy Origination, at the fupe- ' nor Part of the Os Hyoidcs, laterally ; whence it afcends ^ to its Infertion ar the Root of the Tongue. This, with i US n nCr ' aflin S' t!raw tlle Tongue into the Mouth di- rectly : If only one of them aft, it moves the Tongue on one fide.
The Word is deriv'd from the Greek «g« Corml, and yhmna,, Lingua ; its Form bearing fome refemblance to a Horn.
CERCELEE', in Heraldry. A Crefs Omelet, is a Crofs
which, opening at the Ends, turns round both ways, like a Ram's Horns. See Cross.
CERDONIANS, anticnt Hereticks, who maintain'd moft of the Errors of Simon Magus, Saturnil, and other Gnof- tics. See Gnostics.
They took their Name from their Leader Cordon, a Sy- rian, who came to Rome in the Time of Pope Hyginus ; and there abjur'd his Errors : but in appearance only ; for he was afterwards convicted of perfifting in them, and ac- cordingly caft out of the Church again.
Cordon affcrtod two Principles, the one Good, and the other Evil : This laft, according to him, was Creator of the World, and the God that appear'd under the old Law. The firft, whom he call'd unknown, was the Fa- ther of Jefus Chrilt ; who, he taught, was only Incarnate in appearance, and was not born of a Virgin ; nor did he fuffer Death bur in appearance. He deny'd the Refurrec- tion, and rejefled all the Books of the Old Teflament, as coming from an evil Principle. Marcion, his Difciple, fuc- ceeded him in his Errors. See Marcionites.
CEREALIA, in Antiquity, Fcalts of Ceres, inftituted by Triptolemus, of Eleufis in Attica, Son of Celelis Kin?, of that Place, in gratitude for his having been inftrofted by Ceres, who was fuppos'd to have been his Nurfe, in the Art of cultivating Corn, and making Bread : fo that the Cerealia took their Rife from Greece.
There were two Feafts of this Kind at Athens ; the one call'd Eleafiiiia, the other 1'kepmphoria. Sec Eleu- sinia, and Thesmcphoria.
What both agreed in, and was common to all the Ce- realia, was, that they were celebrated with a world of Religion and Purity 5 fo that it was efteem'd a great Pollu- tion to meddle, on thofe Days, in conjugal Matters.
'Twas not Ceres alone that was honour'd here, but alfo Sacchns. The Victims ofter'd were Hogs, by reafon of the wafte they make in the Produfls of the Earth : whe- ther there was any Wine offer'd, or not, is Matter of much debate among the Criticks. 'Plautus and Maorobius feem. to countenance the negative fide ; Cato and Virgil the pofitive. Macrobius fays, indeed, they did not offer Wine to Ceres ; but Mulfum, fweet Wine : and that the Sacri- fices made the 21ft of September to that Goddefs and Her- cules, was a Sow full of Cakes and fweet Wine ; and that this is what Virgil means by MM 'Baccho. Vid. Salma- JlUS, Larnbin, &c.
The Cerealia pafs'd from the Greeks to the Romans, who held 'em for eight Days fucccflively ; commencing on the 12th of April. It was the Women alone who were con- cern'd in the Celebration, all drefs'd in white : the Men, likewife in white, were only Spcflators. They cat nothing till after Sun-fet ; in memory of Ceres, who in her fcarch after her Daughter, took no rcpalt but in the Evening.
There were alfo exhibited Combats on Horfeback ; tho thefe were afterwards chang'd into Combats of Gladiators: which was look'd on as an ill Omen for the Republic. The People became Sharers in this Feait, by the Largef- fes, Pears, Nuts, t£c. diifributed among them. The JE- diles ordinarily prcfided over the Cerealia 3 yet fometimes the Dictator, and fometimes the Majler of the Horfe were by a Senatus-Confultum appointed to prefide. It was held in the Circus, and began on the Day whereon the Lv.'di Circcnfcs ended.
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