HORLICK'S FOOD 



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Horlick's Food. A variety of Liebig's food n in 

 fants. Its composition is: Water, 3.39; fat, 0.08; 

 grape-sugar, 34.99; cane-sugar, 12.45; "" starch; 

 soluble carbohydrates, 87.20; albuminoids, 6.71 ; ash, 

 I.28. 



Hormion [hor'-me-on) [dp/ty, the first]. See Cranio- 

 metric Points. 



Hormogone, Hormogon {hor> '-mo-gon). Same as Hor- 

 mogonium. 



Hormogonium [hor-mo-go'-ne-um) \bpftoq, a cord, 

 chain; y&voq, offspring : //., Hormogonia\ . In biol- 

 ogy, a short, moniliform reproductive body, found in 

 the Nostocs. 



Horn [ME., horn, horn]. The hard projection, used 

 as a defensive weapon, growing on the heads ol 1 

 tain animals. Horns may be permanent, as in the ox ; 

 or deciduous, as in tin deer. Also, the hardened 

 epithelial substance of which the horn is composed. 

 H., Cutaneous. See Cornu cutaneum. H. -blende, 

 a common mineral, occurring massive or in prismatic 

 crystals, of various colors, from white, through green 

 shades, to black. It is a -ilicate of lime, magnesia, 

 or iron. It is sometimes used in the manufacture of 

 porcelain teeth for shading the body or enamel. H.- 

 distemper, a disease of cattle affecting the core of the 

 horn. H.-pock. See Warty Smallpox. H.-pox, 

 a variety of varicella in which the lesions resemble 

 papules. See also Warty Smallpox. 



Horner's Mixture. See Red Mixture. H.'s Muscle. 

 See Muscles, Table of. 



Horny (Jiom'-e) [ME., horn, horn]. Composed of, 

 or resembling, horn. H. Band of Tarinus, a band 

 ol white fibers running between the optic thalamus 

 and the corpus striatum. See Band. H. Epithelium. 

 See Trachoma. 



Horologic [hor-o-loj f -ik) [upo/U5yoc, lit., telling the 

 hour]. In biology, applied to such flowers as open or 

 shut at certain hours. 



Horological [hor-o-lof '-ik-al). Same as Horologic. 



Horopter {hor-op / -ter) [8poc, boundary; birri/p, an ob- 

 server]. The sum of all the points seen singly by the 

 two retinae while the fixation-point remains stationary. 

 " A circle passing through the center of rotation of 

 each eye and through the apex of the point of fixation 

 of the visual lines." 1 Mueller.) "A line representing 

 the curve along which both eyes can join in sight." 



( A e. 



Horopteric [hor-op-ter 1 '-ik) [opog, boundary ; brrri/p, 

 observer]. Pertaining to an horopter. 



Horrida cutis (Jior'-id-ak ku'-tis) [L.]. Goose-skin. 

 ( utis anserina. 



Horripilation [kor-ip-il-a' 'shun) \horrere, to stand on 

 end; pilus, the hair]. A sensation as if the hairs of 

 the skin were stiff and erect. 



Horripilator [hor-ip-il-a' -tor). Same as Arrector pili. 



Horrors (hor^-orz) [horror, a shaking, terror]. A popular 

 name for Delirium tremens, </. v. 



Horse [hors) [ME., /tors, a horse]. A member of the 

 genus Equus ; a domestic beast of burden. H.- 

 chestnut. See Aisculus hi mum. H.- 



chestnut bark, the bark of the hoi stnut [ALscu- 



lus kippocastanum), said to be used in leather-manu- 

 factures for the production of an extract under the 

 simple name of chestnut extract. H. -distemper, 

 influenza. H. -doctor, a farrier ; a veterinary surgei in. 

 H. -drench, a dose of physic for a horse. H.-foot. 

 See Talipes equinus. H. -leech, a large leech, the 

 Haemopis of Southern Europe and Northern Africa; 

 also a horse-doctor. H. -power. See Unit. H.-pox. 1. 

 A pustular disease of horses, which, communicated to 

 cows, produces cow pox. It is also called pustular 

 grease. 2. See Coitus Disease. H. -radish, the fresh 



root of ('■•■'•■/earii! artnoracia, with properties due to 

 a volatile oil. It i- stimulant, diureti , ally 



am it, and is much used as a condiment, i 



of die lid. ext. J5J— ij. Armoraciae, Spt., Comp. 

 B.P 1. Dosi g ij. H.-shoe Fistula, a name ap- 

 plied to a fistulous track surrounding the rectum in a 

 -< mi. in le, either in front or behind. H.-shoe Hy- 

 men. See Hymen. H.-shoe Kidney, the union of 



the lower ends ol the two kidney-. SO that they appear 



to form asingle organ ol a form somewhat like that of 

 a horse-shoe. H. -sickness. SeeAnthrax. H.-tail. 

 Equisetum. H.-weed. See Collinsonia cana- 

 densis. 

 Horsikin {hor'-sik-in [Ml . hors, a horse]. A model 

 I mi teaching the anatomy and surgery ol the 

 hoi 



Horsley's Method. A method of determining the 

 position of the fissure oi Rolando. It i- < arried out by 

 ueans of an instrument made to encircle the le 

 and having an arm fixed at an angle of 67°, which 

 indicates tin- position of the fissure. H.'s Test. 

 See Tests, Table of. 



Horst's Eye-water. Collyrium adstringens luteum. 

 An eye-solution prepared as follow.-: Take of 

 ammonium chlorid.^o centigrams, and zinc sulphate, 

 I25 centigram-, dissolve in 200 gram- of distilled 

 water, and add a solution of 40 centigrams of cam; 

 in 20 grams of dilute alcohol, and 10 centigrams of 

 saffron. Digest for 24 hour- with frequent agitation, 

 and filter. 



Hospital [hos'-pil-ai) \hospitale, a large house]. A 

 building for the care and treatment of sick or infirm 

 people. H. Fever, a feverish condition formerly 

 common in hospitals, due to ill-ventilation and un- 

 sanitary condition-. Al-o, the fever symptomatic of 

 gangrene. Also, a synonym of Typhus . See 



/ ver. H. Gangrene, a contagious, phagedenic 

 gangrene occasionally attacking wounds or open sores. 

 It is confined mainly to military hospitals, and is of 

 mil robic origin. 



Hospitalism [hos* ' -pit-al-izm) \hospitale, a large house]. 

 The morbific influence arising from the gathering of 

 diseased persons in a hospital, a condition that seem- 

 to have a tendency to produce septic di-eases. 



Hospitalization [hos-pit-al-iz-a' -shun) pi tale, a 



large house]. Confinement in a hospital for treat- 

 ment. 



Hospitalomania [hos-pit-al-o-ma'-ne-ah ) [hespita/e, a 

 large house : madness]. A mania for founding 



or visiting hospitals. 



Host [host) [hostis, a stranger, a landlord]. The or- 

 ganic body upon which parasites live. 



Hot [ME., hot, hot]. Having or yielding the sensa- 

 tion of heat; stimulating; biting. H.-air Bath. 

 See Bath. H.Bath. SeeBath. H. -blanket Pack, 

 a rubber sheet and one or two woolen blankets are 

 placed upon the bed. A heavy woolen blanket is 

 wrung out of water at IIO° I'., spread upon the dry 

 blanket, the patient placed upon it and wrapped with 

 it like a mummy. The dry blankets and rubber sheet 

 are wrapped over this, and the patient i- allowed to 

 n main in this pack from half an hour to two hours. 

 It is useful in suppression of urine. Hot-box, Jap- 

 anese, a device for applying dry heat to a part. H. 

 Drops, the Tinctura capsici et myrrha, N. I . ; they 

 useful in many painful conditions of the stomach 

 and bowels, when there is no inflammation or organic 

 di-ea-e; it i- called also " number six. " H. Eye, 

 I lutchinson's term for a persi-tent hyperemia of the 

 conjunctiva seen in gout. H. -spots. See Tempera- 

 tur H. Wet-pack, instead of wringing the 



linen sheet out of cold water, as in the Wet-pack, it 



