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KOUMISS 



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Found in the 



K.'s 



K.'s Steam Apparatus, 



m. K.'s Treat- 



K 



I in the perform- 



M1V. 



: per- 

 K.'s Manometric 

 n a 

 by the vibral 



the 



ia.ll burner from the air- 



I he form of the 



vel, and 



K.'s Rods for 



K. 's 



:-Sadler's Law. 

 Fold 



commi 

 from the 

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ubstitute 



iid similar to 



lulant and cardiac tonic. 



'] the fluid 



An Abyssinian dis- 



olumns. K., 

 K . Lamina or Mem- 



>loS* 



tupor]. 









I 



Kombc . .' laA) [African]. An African arrow-poison 



miic inee) extracted from Strophanthus kombc. 



Kumeceras, Komoceras [ko-mes , -er-as, ko-ntos / -er-as) 



, the hair; born]. In biology, applied 



.i horn .1- that of the American prong-horn, 



matted hair. 



Kommabacillus ikom-ak-bas-il'-us). See Bacteria, 



Koniantron on) \jc.6viq, dust; avrpov, 



■um~\. An instrument for spraying fluid into the 

 tympanic ca\ ity. 



Koosso, or Koosoo {koo' See Brayera. 



Kopf-tetanus (. w-us) [Ger.]. Cephalic tel 



anus, due to wound- of the head, chiefly in the region 

 the fifth nerve. Initial trismus is associated with 

 paralysis of the face on the side of the injury. In 

 som also pharyngeal spasm, so that the 



name Hydrophobic Tetanus lias also been given 

 to thi> form of tetanus. 



Kopiopia (/.' ah |. See Copiopia. 



Kopp's Asthma. See Asthma. 



Koprikin [kop / -rik-in) \_K6irpog, dung], A term applied 

 by Hiinefeld to undij inimal matter in the feces. 



Kore- [kor'-e-). See Co) 



Koronion (i-o-ro' -tie-on). See Craniometric Points. 



Koroscopy (ko-ros'-ko-pe). See Retinosco 



Kosin (/;■.' rin) [Abyssinian, cusso], Cgjl 1 J > 10 . Same 

 as Koussin. Sec Brayera. 



Koso (ko'-so). Same as Brayera, q. v. 



Kossein [kos'-e-in) [Abyssinian, cusso"]. A crystalline 

 dy contained in koosso. It is soluble in ether, in 

 alcohol, and in acids. It is slightly styptic. 



Koubasoff, Bacillus of. See Bacteria, Synonymatic 

 Table ■ 



Koumiss [koo r -mis] [Tartar, kumiz, fermented mare's 

 milk]. An alcoholic drink made by the fermenta- 

 tion of milk. As made by the fermentation of 

 mare's milk, it has long been a favorite beverage 

 with the Tartars and other Asiatic tribes. Cow's 

 milk has been used chiefly in making it, both in 1'urope 

 and America. Mare's milk is the more suitable for 

 fermentation because of the larger percentage of milk- 

 sugar that it contains. The composition of the kou- 

 miss as prepared from both mare's milk and cow's 

 milk is shown in the accompanying analyses from 

 various sources : — 



ANALYSIS OF KOUMISS. 



K.-cure, a method of treating pulmonary tuberculo- 



I uantitii > of koumiss can be easily digested, 



quently attended by a gain in weight. 



