GLOSSARY OF SCIENTIFIC TERMS. 1247 



Broxy-^A. term often applied to a number of fatal diseases of sheep, 



especially to a form of anthrar or carbuncular fever. 

 Bronchia — The first two branches of the wind-pipe. Bronchitis is an in- 

 flammation of the bronchia. 

 Bronchotomy — The operation of cutting into the wind-pipe. 

 Cadaverous — Having the appearance of a dead body. 

 CcBsarian operation — To cut into the womb by way of the abdomen, 



when natural delivery cannot be accomplished. 

 Calcareous — Containing lime, lime-like. 

 CalculuH — Any hard, solid concretion found in any part of the body, ab 



stone in the bladder, gall-stones, etc. 

 Calefacient — Anything producing warmth. 

 Calks, or Calkins — The heel of the horse-shoe when turned down to pre* 



vent slipping. 

 Callous — Induration ; a hard deposit; excess of bony matter. 

 Ca?ntl-backed — Hump-backed. 

 Canal — A tu})e or passage — as the alimentary canal, (throat), tjTnpanic 



canal, etc. 

 Cancer — A hard, unequal, ulcerating tumor, which usually proves fatal. 

 Canine Teeth — The teeth between the lateral incisors and the small 



molars of the jaw. 

 Canker — Eroding ulcers of the mouth ; virulent, corroding ulcers. Any 



sore which eats or corrodes. 

 Cannon-bone — The shank, or I>one below the knee or hock. The met 



acarpal or metatarsal bone of the horse, 

 Cantharis — A coleopterous insecst. The cantharis vesicatoria ; powdered, 



it is the active principle in ordinary blistering plasters. 

 Canula — A hollow tube of metal or other substance, variously used ii 



surgery. 

 Capillary — Hair-like ; applied to the minute ramifications of the bloot 



vessels. 

 Gapped Hock — A swelling on the points of the hock of the horse. 

 C ipsicmn — Cayenne i)ei)per. The small, long red pepper. 

 Capsular Ligaments — Ligaments surrounding the joints. 

 Capsule — A membranous bag or sac. 



Carbon — Woody matter. Charcoal is impure carbon ; the diamond is 

 pure carbon. Carbonic acid is expelled from the lungs in the act of 

 breathing. Carbonic oxyde in the blood or lungs is fatal to life. 

 Cardia — The superior or ossophagal orifice of the stomach ; and of the 



heart. 

 Caries — -Ulceration of the substau^' 3 of the bones. 



