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Coup sur Coup [koo sur kot/) [Fr.]. Blow upon 

 blow; a designation lor an obsolete method of appl) 

 ing venesection; the successive bleedings following 

 each other rapidly. 



Couperose [kupt-rdz) [Fr.]. Synonym of Acn 

 rosacea. 



Coupler's Blue. See Pigments, Conspectus of. C. 

 Red. Same as Rosanilin. 



Courses (kors'-cz). See Menses. 



Court Plaster [iortplas / -ter). See Ichthycolla. 



Courty's Method. See Treatment, Methods 



Couvade [koo-vakd'} [Fr., couver, to hatch]. Male 

 child-bed. A custom o( certain savage tribes in 

 which, alter child birth, the father goes to bed, etc., 

 and the mother gets up, etc. 



Couveuse (/ ') [Fr.]. See Incubator. 



Tarnier's Couveuse. 

 (From Fullerton's " Obstetric Nursing:") 



Cover |7vr;''-rr) [ME. , cuveren, to cover]. I. To pro- 

 tect. 2. To copulate with; said of male animals. C- 

 correction, an arrangement to so adjust the lenses of 

 a microscope that the best definition may be obtained 

 for varying thicknesses of cover-glasses. C. -glass, 

 in microscopy, the thin lamina of glass covering the 

 object mounted on the slide. It should not exceed 

 2^„ inch in thickness. < )n account of its effect on the 

 transmission of light, the thickness of the cover-glass 

 must be considered in correcting the objective. C- 

 glass Preparation, the fixing and staining of a fluid 

 upon a cover-glass. C.-slip. Same as C. -glass. 



Cow (/-,<:,', [AS., cu, cow]. The female of the genus 

 Bos, ami of other large animals. C.-bane. Water 

 Hemlock. The leaves of Cicuta virosa, an acrid nar- 

 cotic, highly poisonous to cattle, but not affecting 

 sheep and goats. It causes intoxication and spasm. 

 It i- sometimes used externally as an anodyne in 

 rheumatism. C. -parsnip. See Masterwort. C.-pox, 

 C.-pock, a variety of pock seen in the cow, and 

 thought to correspond with smallpox in man. C- 

 tree. See Brosimum. 



Cowage {koitZ-aj} [Hind., kawanch, cowhage]. The 

 external hairs <<\ tin- pod of Mucuna pruriens, used 

 in medicine as a mechanical vermifuge. 



Cowan-plant [kow'-an-plant). See Alonsenel. 



Cowdie-gum i .;'■■ urn) [nat. N. Zeal.]. Codie 



pine re--in. The resinous juice from the Dammara 

 australis, a coniferous tree of Xew Zealand. It is 

 one of the ingredients of copal varnishes. It is also 

 one of the ingredients of the impression-material 

 known as " Modeling Composition." It is one of the 

 varieties of Dammar, </. v., and is also called Kauri- 

 gum. 



Cowell's Operation. See Operations, Tab!, 



Cowhage, Cowitch (kozo'-aj, kow'-i - Mucuna 



and Cowage. 



Cowl [kowl ) [AS . • .a hood]. A cover for a chim- 



ney, that turn-, with the wind and iila- 



tion. 

 Cowling's Rule. A. rule for dosage. In his formula 

 the age of the child at the next birthda) is the nume 

 rator and 24 the denominator. According to this, 

 the dose of a child approaching lour years of age 



Would be .\ = \ of tie- dose fo] ail adult. 



Cowper's Glands. See Gland. 



Cowperitis {kow-per-i' -tis) [Cowper, an English anato- 

 mist ; trie, inflammation]. Inflammation of the glands 

 ot Cowper, usually gonorrheal in origin. 



Cowpoxing [kow-poks'-ing). Synonym of Vaccination. 



Coxa {koks'-ah) [coxa, hip]. 'I he hip joint or the hip. 

 In biology, the basal joint of the [eg ot an arthropod, 

 abbreviated from coxognalhite and coxopodile,ot Milne 

 Edwards ; also - lite. 



Coxagra [koks-a' -grah) [coxa, the hip; aypa, seizure]. 

 Gout in the hip; sciatica. 



Coxal [koks'-al) [coxa, the hip]. Relating to the 

 or hip. 



Coxalgia [koks-al' '-je-ah) [coxa, a hip; .tin]. 



Pain in the hip-joint. See Sciatica, and Hip-joint 

 Dis 



Coxalgic ( koks-al' -j/k) [coxa, the hip; a/.tioc, pain]. 

 Relating to coxalgia. 



Coxarthrocace (koks-arth-rok' -as-e) [coxa,hip; 

 joint; kok6q, bad]. A fungoid inflammation of the 

 hip-joint. 



Coxe's Hive-mixture. See Scilla and Antimonium. 



Coxecphysis (koks-ek'-fis-is) [coxa, hip ; h 



blow out]. In biology, a branch springing from the 

 coxa of an arthropod ; synonymous with the epignath- 

 ite and epipodite of Milne Edwards, and with the podo- 

 branchia of Huxley when it is connected with the 

 branchial plumes, as in Homarus. 



Coxitis [koks-i' -tis) [coxa, the hip; trie, inflammation]. 

 Inflammation of the hip-joint. 



Coxocerite [koks-os / -er-it) [coxa, the hip ; nepac , horn]. 

 In biology, the basal joint of the antenna of an arthro- 

 pod. 



Coxodynia [koks-o-din r -e-aK) [coxa, hip; tin]. 



Same as Coxalgia. 



Coxo-femoral [koks-o-fem'-or-al) [coxa, the hip; 

 femur, the thigh-bone]. Relating to the coxa and the 

 femur. 



Coxopodite (koks-op'-o-dit) [coxa, hip ; kovq, a foot]. 

 See Coxa. 



Coxotuberculosis [koks-o-tu-ber-ku-lo'-sis) [coxa, the 

 hip ; tuberculum, a tubercle]. Tuberculous disease of 

 the hip-joint. 



Crab L.ouse (k>-a/> / -/t'7(is) See Pedicu 



Crab's-eyes [krabz'-li . Mat, calcareous concretions 

 {Lapides cancrorum) derived from the stomach of the 

 crab, and used as a means of removing foreign bodies 

 from the eye. Also a name for the seeds of Abrus 

 precatorius. 



Crachotement [kra-shot-mon (g)') [Fr.]. A peculiar 

 reflex following operations upon the utero ovarian or- 

 gans, marked by a desire to spit, without the ability to 

 do so. It is usually accompanied by a tendency to 

 syncope. 



Cracked-metal Sound. See Crack und. 



Cracked-pot Sound. A peculiar sound elicited by per- 

 cussion over a pulmonary cavity communicating with 

 a bn melius. 



Crackling [krak'-ling) [Ml . ak 'en, to crackle]. 

 A sound compared to that produced when salt is 

 thrown into the fire, heard over a lung in which soften- 

 ing of tuberculous deposits has begun to take place. 



Cradin [krad'-iri] [Kpadi/, fig-branch]. A principle 

 obtainable from tin- leaves and twigs of the common 

 tig. It is said to be a peptic ferment, in some respects 



