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Webster 1913 Edition

Hepar

‖

He′par

,
Noun.
[L.
hepar
,
hepatis
, the liver, Gr. [GREEK].]
1.
(Old Chem.)
Liver of sulphur; a substance of a liver-brown color, sometimes used in medicine. It is formed by fusing sulphur with carbonates of the alkalies (esp. potassium), and consists essentially of alkaline sulphides. Called also
hepar sulphuris
.
2.
Any substance resembling hepar proper, in appearance; specifically, in homeopathy, calcium sulphide, called also
hepar sulphuris calcareum
([GREEK]).
Hepar antimonii
(Old Chem.)
,
a substance, of a liver-brown color, obtained by fusing together antimony sulphide with alkaline sulphides, and consisting of sulphantimonites of the alkalies; – called also
liver of antimony
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Hepar

HE'PAR

,
Noun.
[L. hepar,the liver.] A combination of sulphur with an alkali was formerly called by chimists hepar sulphuris, liver of sulphur, from its brown red color. The term has been applied to all combinations of alkali or earth with sulphur or phosphorus.
The hepars are by modern chimists called sulphurets.

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