< ORPUSI I E 





( l |RR< »SU '\ 



in. in diameter and n thick. 



Th. iraglobulin, 



cholesterin, lecithin, and oeurin) infiltrated with co 



I be white or colorless 



corpuscles arc flattened, binucleated or trinucleated 



,. La diameter, and cxi^t in the 



i ; - . | with red corpuscles. I bey 



r, alter tluir shape readily, 



|y resemble ami 



st numerous in venous blood. The color- 



Lesignated as eosinophil*, 



:r, lym- 



C. of Donne. 



C, Eichhorst's, a special 



id of those suffering from 



C, Gluge's, a variety of large 



cells ning fat-drops, myelin, or detritus. They 



Cells and Infiamma- 



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'/ 



Cor i Krause. 



i, i, i. Nerve-tubule. 2, 

 2, 2. Its medullary sub- 



wann. 



tance 

 iter of 

 • and the 

 1 nuclei. 



Corpuscle of Pacini. 

 1. Base, or proximal extremity. 



2. Summit, or distal extremity. 



3. Capsules displaying nuclei. 



4. 4. Attachment of capsules to 

 sheath of nerve-tubule. 5. Cavity 

 of corpuscle. 6 Nerve-tubule. 

 7. 7. Nerve-tubule successively 

 losing its medullary sheath and 

 neurilemma. 8. Enlargement in 

 which it terminal Granu- 

 lar matter continuous with the 



■his enlargement. 



C. of Krause, the spherical or 

 lining it the ends of tin- nerve- 

 tub' from a nerve-plexus, rhey occur 

 in < » of the lips, and various 

 lul.tr surfaces. C, Malpighian, a 

 cor] iscles, and to the 

 C. of Neumann, the nucleated 

 the blood seen after repi 

 C, Norris's Invisible, 



of the same size as the 

 • ause their colorand 

 if tin- liqui 

 I by Non '-1 normally 



that 



bin. C, Pacinian, certain 



cellular 



C. of Purkinje. 



C, Shadow. S C. 



Tactile, of Wagner, the small, nnd 



Tactile Corpus- 

 cle WITH TWO 



Lobes. 



in the papillae of the skin and enveloped by nerve 

 fibers. C. of v. Troltsch, a name formerly given to 

 a si ries <•! lymph-channels between the two layers of 

 the lamina propria of the ear. They 

 arc spindle shaped on longitudinal 

 tion and stellate on transvi rse 

 section, and are lined with endothe- 

 lium. C, Valentin's, the small, 

 roundish amyloid bodies found in 

 nerve-substance. C, Weber's, the 

 sinus pocularis. 



Corpuscula [kor-pus' '-ku-lah) [1 ..]. 

 Plural of Corpusculum. C. margi- 

 nalia, in biology, the marginal sense- 

 organs of Medu 



Corpuscular [kor-pus' -ku-lar) \cor- 

 puscuhtm, a little body]. Relating 

 to or of the nature ol a corpuscle. 



Corpusculation [kor-pus-ku-la'-shun) 

 [corpusculum, a corpuscle]. .A con- 

 dition in which the corpuscles of the 

 blood have undergone hyperplasia, 

 being larger and more numerous than 

 normally. 



Corpusculous [kor-pus' -ku-lus) \cor- 

 pusculum, a corpuscle]. Corpuscular. 



Corpusculum [k <r-pus'-ku-lum) [L. : 

 pi., Corpuscula]. A corpuscle. 



Correctant, or Corrective [kor-ek'- 

 tant or kor-ek' '-tiv) \corrigere, to correct]. 1. Having 

 the power to correct or to modify favorably. 2. A 

 substance used to modify or make more pleasant the 

 action of a purgative or other remedy. 



Correction [kor-ek'-shun) \correctus ; corrigere, to 

 amend]. The rectification of any abnormality (as a 

 refractive or muscular defect), or of any undesirable 

 quality (as in a medicine). 



Correlated [kor'-el-a-ted) [correlatus, related]. Inter- 

 dependent; related. C. Atrophy. See .{trophy. 



Correlation [kor-el-a 1 '-shun) [correlatus, related]. In 

 terdependence ; relationship. 



Corrigan's Button. A cautery-iron. It consists of a 

 button of iron, ^ inch in diameter by ' 4 inch thick, 

 fastened in a wooden handle by a rod 2 inches long. 

 C. Cautery. Same as C. Button. C. Disease. See 

 Diseases, Table of. C. Line. See Signs and Symp- 

 toms, Table of, and Line. C. Pulse, water-hammer 

 pulse. The jerking pulse of aortic regurgitation. 

 The volume of the pulse is large, owing to the hypei 

 trophy and dilatation of the left ventricle : hence there is 

 a sudden expansion of the arteries. The regurgitation 

 of the blood, however, as suddenly empties 'he artery, 

 and the puKe wave subsides rapidly. The peculiarities 

 of the radial pulse may usuall) l»- intensified by rais- 

 ing the hand. It i- also called the collapsing, speakin . , 

 reading, locomotive, kicking, and shuttle pulse. 

 Pulse, and Signs and Symptoms, 7h/>/ 



Corrigent [kor'-ij-en ; e Corrective. 



Corroborant [kor-ob'-o-rant) \corroborans, strengthen- 

 ing]. 1. Tonic : strengthening. 2. A strengthening 

 medicine. 



Corrosion [kor-o'-ehun) \corrodere, to corrode]. The 

 process of corroding, or the -tale of being corroded. 

 C. -anatomy, the preparation of any anatomic s] 

 men by means of a corrosive process that eats away 

 tho^e parts which it i- not desired to preserve. In 

 some cases a resisting-substance is injected, so a 

 preserve the vessels and duct-- from corrosion. C- 

 preparation, one in which the vessels, ducts, or cavi 

 ties "i organs are idled bj a fluid that will harden and 

 the shape of : el or cavity after the 



an itself i- corroded or digested or otherwise de- 



