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Chamomile and Mc 



Chamoprosopic . on the 



iund ; - 

 Champagne enl « ine 



times prescribed as a n med) tor 

 and vomitii . 

 Champak V mi 



d Indo < lima. 

 Its hig used tor 



ii.l emmi 



Chancebone un< foi the ischium. 



Chancre i., same] A term formerly 



: an] primarj venereal ul< er, 

 ba) gnif) the initial lesion 



.1 mil- n followed b) constitu- 



tional sym| ; while chancroid is 



em ate the infectious but non-consti- 



tut: C Hard, Hunterian, Indurated, 



Infecting, Non-suppurating, or True, the ulcer of 

 igin, that i- followed by constitutional 

 C, Non-incubatory, Non-infecting, 

 Simple, or Soft, a contagious, suppurating, non- 

 ulcer, properly called chancroid. 

 C . Phagedenic, chancroid with a tendency to ero- 

 C, Serpiginous, a variety of the last that 

 - superficially in curved lines. 

 Chancroid \\chancre\ A local, infective 



transmitted by sexual intercourse, and charai 

 terized by ulceration, local glandular involvement, 

 suppuration. It ha- been variously termed 

 indurated, simple, or non-syphilitic 

 chan ■ 

 Change ME., \an n, to change]. Death. 



The word i- colloquially u.-ed either for the establish 



•it "T the cessation of the menstrual function. C. of 



Life, th 'ii of the catamenia ; iopause. 



Channel-bone (chan'-el-bon) [ME., cte/, a canal; 



He], The clavicle. 

 Chantreuil's Method. In pelvimetry, a method of 

 ■•naming the distance between the tuberosities of 

 tlv i ; i m. i in estimating the size of the pelvic 



tlet. Ili two thumbs are placed upon the tuberosi- 

 ssistant measures the distance between 

 them. 

 Chap ME., happen, to cleave], i. The jaw 



■uallyin the pi.). 2. A slight or superficial fissure 

 . usually upon the lips, hands, or nipples. 

 Chaptalization [chap-tal-iz-a'-shun). A method of 

 ini; isisting in neutralizing the excess 



ity in the must by the addition of marble-dust, 



mtenf by the addition 



■1 quantity of cane-sugar. The wine 



in alcohol, poorer in acid, and the 



njured 



Charbon [l' r ]- Thi French term for 



Charcoal ME., ] Coal made by 



if smothered combustion. 

 u 

 Charcot Pain. Pain in the ovarian region. 

 Charcot's Disease, . Disseminated, 



multiple, or insular 



C.'s joint, or Joint Disease. See Arthropathia and 



C.-Leyden Crystals, microscopic, 



rhomboidal crystals found in 



and broni hitic patients ; 

 Veumann 



C.'s Method. See Hypn - 



(ism. C. -Neumann Crystals. See Sp> rniin. C.- 

 Robin Crystals, crystals forming upon leukemic 

 blood when allowed to stand exposed for a few days. 

 C.'s Vibrating Arm-chair. See Shaking due. 



Charlatan [shar* '-laf-an) [Sp., charlar, to prattle]. A 

 quack ; a pretender to medical skill ; an advertising 

 .1' ictor. 



Charlatanoid [sliar'-lat-an-oid) [Sp.. char/ar, to 

 prattle]. A term applied to an organism so closely 

 milling a charlatan as at times to be almost in- 

 distinguishable. 



Charles's Law. See Lino. 



Charpie [shar'-pe) \carpere, to pluck]. Picked or 

 shredded lint ; linen shred- for dressing wound-. 



Charqui [char , -ke) [Chilian], A name given in South 

 Aim lira to strip- and slices of beef freed from fat and 

 dried rapidly by sun-heat and -prinkled with maize. 



Charriere's Guillotine. An instrument for excising 

 the tonsils. See Operations, Tabl 



Charta [kar* 'tali) [ xiipn/r, pa] and pi., Chart., ] . 



A paper. In pharmacy, a strip of paper as an ex< ip- 

 ient, the fibers of which are impregnated with the 

 prescribed medicinal substance. Also a wrapper for 

 holding powders or medicines. Of the three official 

 chart,,-, two are intended as vesicants. C. epispas- 

 tica, or C. cantharidis, blistering-paper. C. em- 

 poretica, porous or bibulous paper. C. exploratoria, 

 test-paper. C. sinapis, mustard-paper. 



Chartreuse (shar-treP) [Fr.]. A tonic cordial, ob- 

 tained by distillation from various plants growing on 

 the Alps. 



Chartula [kart f -u-laK) [dim. of charta~\. A little paper, 

 especially a paper containing a single dose of a medic- 

 inal powder. 



Chasma [kaz'-mah), or Chasmus (iaz'-mus) [%ao(i6s t 

 a gaping]. A yawn. 



Chassaignac's Operations. See Operations, Tabic of. 



Chaste Tree [chast /re). See Agnus casttts. 



Chaulmugra Oil {chawl-moog'-raK) [E. Ind.]. \ 

 fixed oil expressed from the seed> of Gynocardia odor- 

 a/a, a tree native to the E. Indies. It is soluble in 

 alcohol, and its properties are due to gynocardic acid. 

 It is thought to be useful in leprosy and is recom- 

 mended in scaly eczema, psoriasis, and syphilitic skin- 

 affections. For external use, gr. xx of the acid ad 

 f,'} of petrolatum. Internally, dose gtt. v-x of the 

 oil, or gr. ss-iij of the acid, in capsules. All unof. 



Chaussier, Line of. See Lines. Table of. 



Chautard's Test. See Tests, laid. 



Chauvel's Operation. See Operations, Table of. 



Chavibetol [chav-e-be / -tol) \chavica, or piper; betel], 

 CjqHjjOjj. A substance isomeric with eugenol ; it 

 occurs in oil of betel. 



Chavica (chav / -ik-ah) [native South Sea Island name]. 

 A genus of plants including the long pepper and betel- 

 pepper. 



Chavicin [chat/ -is-in) \chavica, a genus of plants] . An 

 organic basii pri inalogous to piperin, found in 



pepper. 



Chavicol {cha-i/ -ik-oT) \chavica, a genu- of plant-], 

 1 \ 1 1 ( < >] 1 1 1 1 . A substance occurring in the oil 

 obtained from tin- leave- oi a betel. Il 



colorless oil with a peculiar odor, and boils at 237 ; 

 its sp. gr. at 2d° i> 1. 035. 



Chawstick [chaw'-stik). -wstick. 



Check (click) [MP.., click, a sudden -to]']. Something 

 restraining. C. -experiment. See Control. C- 

 ligament. See Ligament. C. -observation. Si e 

 ( ontrol. 



Checker-berry [click' -cr-ber'-e). A popular name for 

 Gaultheria procumb 



Cheddar Cheese. Si 1 ( 'h esc. 



