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O (CHIN CHINA 



atropin in its >n the respiratory and circulatory 



It- long continued as i is 



followed by insomnia, decay «'f moral and intellectual 

 .\er, emaciation, and death. Locally, it is a pow 

 erful anesthetic in a limited area of surface. It acts 

 most rapidl) on mucous tissues. Applied to the con- 

 junctiva of the eye ii causes also dilatation of the 

 pnpil and paralysis of the function of accommodation. 

 . to the tongue it temporarily destroys the sense 

 taste. 1 C.- 



Bug, an u t which cocainomaniacs fre- 



quently think they are infested with; a belief that is pro- 

 bably dt perversion. C, 

 Ceratum, I in .; ), for burns, etc. C. Citras, used in 

 dentisti hing teeth. C. Hydrochloras, 



I ,,Ni ",('1. more prop 

 ain chlorid, most commonly used for local an 

 thesia in 2- : Dose, internally, gr. 



C. Hydrochlorat., Liquor, i lU' D ise nxij-x. 

 injectio C. Hydrochlorat.. Hypoderm. ; i grain in 

 minim-. C, Lamellae B.P.), each containing 

 ain hydrochlorate. C. Oleas, a io 

 Ution in oleic acid, for external use. C. 

 Phenas or Carbolas, a topical application in catarrhs 

 I in rheumatism. Used as a live to ten per cent. 

 Ution, also internally, gr ,'_.-.',. 

 Cocainism (ko-ka' -in-izni) [S. Amer. coca}. The 



dn-habit. 

 Cocainization [ko-ka-in-iz-a' 'shuri) [S. Amer., coca"]. 

 The bringing of the system or organ under the intlu- 

 en< ain. 



Cocainomania [ko-ka-in-o-ma f -ne-ah\ [cocain; fiau'ia, 

 m.! The habit of using cocain ; properly, 



insanity due to the cocain-habit. 

 Cocainomaniac iko-ka-in-o-ma' -ne-ak\ [cocain : tu 

 madness]. ' >ne who is insane from the effects of 

 ain. 

 Cocamin ' iam-in) [S. Amer. coca; amin~\, 



ii \' >,. Truxillin, or Isotropyl-cocain ; an alkaloid 

 >ca. It has active properties, but its physio- 

 ■: effects are little known. 

 Coccaceae {kok-kas' '-e-e\ [Fr. , coccacees ; kokkqc, a ker- 

 ] A gnup <f -chizomycetous fungi, or bacteria, 

 including as genera the Micrococcus, Sarcina, Asco- 

 . and Leuconostoc. The elements are normally 

 il, reproduction usually taking place by divi- 

 • writers place the genus Leuconostoc alone 

 in this group ; others exclude it entirely. 

 Coccidia (kok-sid'-e-a)i) \k6kkoc, a berry] . The so-called 

 rmia — minute oval structures about 0.035 mm - 

 long, with a thick capsule and coarsely granular con- 

 They are frequently found in the liver of the 

 rabbit, and have been found in the liver, in a pleuritic 

 exudate, and in the kidney, ureter, and heart-muscle 

 in man. The organism is more properly called ( 



um oviform , while the spores that it forms are 



termed '-rmije. 



Coccidiosis (kok-sid-i'-o-sis) [kokkoc, a berry; v6ooc, 



disease]. The group of symptoms produced by the 



roccidia in the body. 



Coccidium [kok . 1 berry: pi., Coc- 



'•']• 1 In bi plied (a) to the spore-bearing 



conceptacle of certain alga . to egg-shaped 



-rms. 2. A : protozoans, by some re- 



■ iii). 

 C. oviforme has been found in intes- 

 tinal epithelium, and in the liver of man, and often in 

 r of the rabbit. True coccidia are non-motile 

 C. sarkolytus, the name given by 

 ireinoma. 

 Coccillana ( 4) [S. Amer.]. The bark of 



: the W. Indies, a tree of the fam 



ily Afeliacea ) aa emetic and purgative; in over-doses it 

 i- poisonous as an irritant narcotic. It acts locally upon 

 the mui ous mi mbrane when directly applied or when 

 absorbed. It i- commended for bronchial catarrh. Dose 

 of fl. ext. 't\ x— xxx. (Jnof. 



Coccinella [kok-sin-el' '-ah) . See Cochineal. 



Coccinellin (kok-sin-el' -in), or Coccinellina (kok-se- 

 n F-lei-nd). See Carmin. 



Coccinin [kok' -sin -in) [coca'nus, scarlet], C, 4 H 12 5 . I. 

 A substance obtained by heating carmic acid with po 

 tassium hydrate. It crystallizes in yellowish leaflets 

 from an alcoholic solution. 2. A coal-tar color belong 

 ingto the azo-groii]). Same as New Coccin and Pkent 

 tol Red. 



Coccobacteria (kok-o-bak-te f -re-ah\ \k6kkoq, a kernel ; 

 laKrijpiov, a little rod]. The rod-like or spheroidal 

 bacteria found in putrefying liquids, and called C. 

 septica. See Bacteria, Synonymatie Tabic of. 



Coccoloba (kok-oF -o-baJi) \_cocolobis, a kind of grape]. 

 A genu- of polygonaceous trees of tropical America. 

 C. uvifera, the sea-side grape, has a hard and valu- 

 able wood, which, when boiled, yields what is called 

 Jamaica kino. 



Coccomelasma (kok-o-mel-az f -mak\ \k6kkoq, berry; 

 fie'/.aaua, blackness]. A granular dermal melanosis. 



Cocculus (kok'-u-lus) [dim. of coccus, a berry]. A 

 genus of menispermaceous plants of the tropic-. C. 

 indicus, is the dried fruit of Anamirta cocculus. It 

 is an active narcotic poison, and is employed as a de- 

 stroyer of vermin ; its preparations have proved ser- 

 viceable for headaches, dysmenorrhea, etc. See Picro- 

 toxin. 



Coccus [kok' -its') \k6kxoc, a berry]. I. A cell or cap- 

 sule. 2. In biology, {a) the separable carpels or mit- 

 lets of dry fruits; (Ii) a spherical bacterium, a micro- 

 coccus. C. cacti, the cochineal insect. See Cochineal. 



Coccyalgia (kok-se-al'-je-ah) \_k6kkv!-, coccyx ; iXyoq, 

 pain], Coccygodynia. 



Coccydynia (kok-se-din' -e-ah). See Coccygodynia. 



Coccygalgia (kok-sig-al f -je-afi). See Coccygodynia. 



Coccygeal (kok-sif '-e-al) [k6kkvI;, coccyx]. Pertaining 

 to the coccyx. 



Coccygectomy (kok-sig-ek' '-to-me) [ki'ikkv^, coccyx; 

 EKTOftq, excision]. Surgical excision of the coccyx. 



Coccygeus (kok-sif -e-us) \k6kkvI-, coccyx]. One of 

 the pelvic muscles. See Muscles, Table of. 



Coccygodynia (kok-sig-o-din' '-e-ah) [k6kkv!-, coccyx; 

 bUvvrj, pain]. Pain referred to the region of the coc- 

 cyx ; confined almost exclusively to women who have 

 given birth to children. The pain i* due to a rupture 

 or stretching of the ligaments surrounding the coccyx, 

 or to fracture or dislocation of that bone. 



Coccygotomy (kok-sig-ot'-o-me) \k6kkvI-, coccyx ; rofii], 

 a cutting], tutting of the coccyx. 



Coccyx (kok / -siks) \k6kkvI-, the cuckoo (resembling the 

 bill) ]. The last bone of the spinal column, formed 

 by the union of four rudimentary vertebrae. See 

 Bones, Tabic of. 



Cochenille [Fr.]. Same as Cochineal. 



Cochia (ki>' -ke-ah, or ko' '-che-ah) [I.. ; of <!r. KOKKU 

 pill]. An old, but not obsolete, name for certain 

 drastic and mainly aloetic pill- (pilula cochia). The 

 ime cochia is now adjectival. 



Cochin China ; k>' chin chi'-nah) [native Asiatic]. A 

 country of lower Asia. C. Diarrhea, a form of 

 tropical diarrhea dependent upon the presence in the 

 intestine of a thread worm. Anguillula intestinalis, 

 and it- larval offspring. C. Leg. Synonym of 

 Elephantiasis arabum. C. Ulcer, an affection of 

 Cochin China characterized by deep ulceration of the 

 extremities. It is supposed to be the same as 

 Furunculus or/, n talis. 



