Historical Sign Language Database
Georgetown University
April 30, 2025
Search: MEDICINE
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| Entry ID | Book Source | Reference Gloss | Author’s gloss | Description | Page | URL |
| 509 | Higgins (1923) | MEDICINE | MEDICINE | MEDICINE: Right middle tip of open hand as if mixing powder in the left palm. (Poison: "Bad" "Medicine"). | 91 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/books/book-window.php?id=509&refid=higgins1923 |
| 380 | Michaels (1923) | MEDICINE~TAKE-PILL | MEDICINE | MEDICINE: 1. Rub the tip of the middle finger of your right hand in the palm of your left hand. 2. Go through motion of taking something from the left palm and putting it to your mouth to taste. 3. Have expression. | 88 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/books/book-window.php?id=380&refid=michaels1923 |
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| Tag ID | Signer(Year) | Reference Gloss | Context | Segment | URL | |
| 331 | Dougherty (1913) | MEDICINE | N/A | PEOPLE DET-IX(rt) LOOK-AT(-to-lt), BEGIN DOCTOR ALL-OVER SPREAD MEDICINE C-H-L-O-R-O-F-O-R-M(nod). | 34 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=dougherty&glossid=331 |
| 318 | McGregor (1913) | MEDICINE | N/A | IN HOUR 2~3~4 WORLD KNOW++ ABOUT THAT(2h,int) AND QUICK DET-IX-PL PEOPLE(rf) FEEL GO-TO(-to-rt) FEEL PITY(rt) QUICK SUMMONS+~GO-AWAY EAT CLOTHES MEDICINE DOCTOR SEND(rt) NO-MATTER(neg) cl:1aroundS(to-bottom-of) WORLD. | 33 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=mcgregor_sermon&glossid=318 |