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dis gendered by .1 ncy, which, 



once present, may multiply and renew itself in- 

 definitely, and which always rise to the same 

 dis ... plied to an infectious dis- 



luse i\i-t> only in certain 

 malaria, pneumonia, acute rheumatism. 



I which the 

 msmitted from person to person, through 

 1,,, variola, 



tina, diphthi 



in infectious disease ol « hich 



ih< arried by persons, or their 



emanal md in the soil, water or 



which it multiplies and thence generates 



teric fever, yellow lever. 



C. Typhus. Synonym ■ 



Contagium ['■•]• Any virus or mor- 



which a communicable dis- 



imitted from the sick to the well. C. ani- 



matum. same C. vivum ("living 



ly living vegetable >>r animal organism 



th.it cam I of an infectious disease. 



Contest to call to witness]. To 



C. Theory, the doctrine of 



Contiguity u'-it-e) [contiguitas, a touching]. 



Proximity. C, Amputation in the, is performed at 

 :it. without section "I a bone. 

 Continued tare, to make con tinu- 



s] Persisted in. C. Fever, a fever that is neither 

 intermittent nor typically remittent. See Fever. 

 Continuity n tin-it' -it <\ [continuitas, uninterrupted- 

 is]. In anatomy, the portion lying between two 

 ft of a hone. C, Solution of. See 

 S 'utt >:. C Amputation in the, amputation in 

 which a bone is divided. 

 Continuous (A n-tin' -u-us) [continuus, joined ; uninter- 

 rupted]. Unbroken. C.-gum Work, a method of 

 ; | ing artificial d mures. 

 Contortion hun) [contorquere, to twist]. A 



twi-ting or writhing, as of the body. 

 Contour r*\ [Ft., contour, circuit]. I. The line 



that bounds, di I terminates a figure. 2. In 



lentistry, to effect the restoration of lost parts 

 of teeth by building them up with gold, etc. C- 

 feather-hair, one of those outer and longer hairs or 

 to determine the contour of a bird or 

 mammal, a- distinguished from a soft down-feather or 

 the under-fur. C. -fillings, in dentistry 

 fillings in which the material is so built out as to 

 • portion of the crown of the tooth; 

 I from plane or flu-di-fillings. 

 Contracted Heels. See Hoofbound, 

 Contractility alt-til' -it-e) [contrahere, to draw 



r]. That property of certain tissues, especially 

 shortening upon the appli 



Contraction ' huh) [contrahere, to drav 



the elements of a tissueor 



:hu> diminishing its volun intents. C, 



Carpo-pedal, a of tetany occurring in infant-, 



■ ith dentition 01 seat w.,rms. 



ing of tl rs, >ws, and 



i onvulsions. C, 



Closing reduced at the 



C, Front- 

 tap. ■ often i 

 in It is a delicate 

 n tl irritability. I he fool i 



i the musi h s ol the I 

 : nsion of the 



n of the R 



flexes. Table of . C. -furrows, a number of concentric 

 curved lines near the ciliary margin ol the iris. I lay 

 are produced in the living w\> by a folding of the iris 

 upon itself during dilatation of the pupil. C, Hour- 

 Glass. See Uterus. C„ Opening, the muscular 

 contraction produced by opening or breaking the cir- 

 cuit. C, Paradoxic, Westphal's term for a phe- 

 nomenon that consists in the contraction of a muscle, 

 caused by the passive approximation of its extremities. 

 C. -remainder, the stage of elastic after-vibration or 

 i> idual contraction persisting in a muscle after with 

 drawal of the stimulus. C.-ring, the boundary line 

 between the upper and lower uterine segments, often 

 marked by a perceptible ridge. That portion of the uter- 

 ine canal that must be dilated to allow the escape of the 

 fetus is i ailed the lower uterine segment ; that portion 

 above the point at which the dilatation ceases, /. e., the 

 contracting portion of the muscle, is called the upper 

 uterine segment. 



Contractions. See Contracture and also Abbreviations > 

 in Introductory Tables. 



Contracture {kon-trak'-ckur) [contractus, a drawing to- 

 gether]. Contraction; permanent shortening, as of a 

 muscle ; distortion or deformity due to the shortening 

 of a muscle or of various muscles. In electro -thi 

 peutics, muscular spasms, clonic or tonic, the variety 

 determined in regard to time, by the method of appli 

 cation of the current. 



Contra-extensio (kon-trah-ek-sten f -se-o)\L,.~\. Counter- 

 extension. 



Contra-fissura (Icon' -trah-fis-su' -rah) [contra, opposite 

 to; fissura,a. fissure]. Cranial fissure or fracture pro- 

 duced by a blow upon the skull at a point distant from 

 or opposite to the seat of the fracture. 



Contra-indicant [kon-trah-in f -dik ant I [contra, op- 

 posed to ; indicare, to indicate], i. I laving the effect 

 of a contra indication. 2. A symptom, indication. or 

 condition that forbids the use of a particular remedial 

 measure or set of measures. 



Contra- indication {kon-trah-in-dik-a'-shuri) [contra, 

 against ; indicare, to point out]. That pathologic or 

 modifying condition in which a remedy or a method 

 of treatment is forbidden that under ordinary cases 

 might lie proper. 



Contra-stimulant [kon-trah-stim' '-u-lant) [contra. 

 against; stimulare, to stimulate]. I. Counteracting the 

 effect of a stimulus; depressing; sedative. 2. A 

 sedative remedy. 



Contra-stimulism (kon-trah-stim' -u-lizm) [contra. 

 against ; ti inula re, to stimulate]. The doctrine of 

 controstrimulus ; Rasorianism. 



Contra-stimulus, or Contro-stimulus(/v;;-//v?//-r//w'- 

 u-lus, or kon-tro-stim 1 '-u-lus )[ contra, against ; stimulus, 

 a stimulus]. An influence that is opposed, or acts in 

 opposition, to a stimulus. 



Contrayerva [kon-trah-yer t '-vah\ [contra, against; 

 herba, an herb]. The root of Dorstenia contrayerva, 

 a stimulant, tonic, and diaphoretic. Its decoction is 

 mucilaginous, and is serviceable in low fevers and 

 malignant eruptive diseases. DoseJJss. I not. 



Contrecoup (kon'-tr-koo) [Fr.]. Counter-stroke, a 

 variety of injury by indirect violence, as by a blow on 

 a remote part. See Contra-fissura. 



Contrectation [kon-trek-ta '-sli un) [contrectatio : contrec- 

 tare, to touch]. Digital examination; palpation; 

 touch; manipulation, as in massage. 



Control f kon-trbV) [contra, against; rotula, a roll]. 

 An experiment performed to test the correctness of 

 the results of another experiment ; a standard by 

 which to check observations and insure the validity 

 of their results. Also, a synonym for Control Animal. 

 C. Animal. See C. Experiment. C. Experiment, an 



