CALCULARY 



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CALLUS 



consists of C. prep. 30, acacia 20, sugar 50 parts. 

 Dose gr. v-^j. Testa praeparata, prepared oyster- 

 shell. Unof. Dose gr. x-xx. C. trochisci, each 

 contains prepared chalk 4 gr. , acacia I, sugar 6, with 

 a little nutmeg. 



Calculary {kal' -ku- la-re) [calculus, a stone]. Relating 

 to or of the nature of a calculus. 



Calculifragous {kal-ku-lif -rag-us) [calculus, a stone ; 

 fr anger e, to break]. Lithotritic ; breaking or redu- 

 cing a stone in the bladder. 



Calculous {kal' -ku-lus) [calculus, a stone]. Of the na- 

 ture of a calculus. 



Calculus {kal' -ku-lus)[dim. of calx, chalk : pi., Calculi~\. 

 A calcareous or stone-like concretion found in the blad- 

 der, kidney, etc. C, Arthritic, a gouty concretion. 

 C.| Biliary, a gall-stone. C, Bronchial, a concretion 

 in an air-passage. C, Cutaneous. See Milium. 

 C, Dental, tartar on the teeth or gums. C, 

 Fusible, a urinary calculus composed of phosphates 

 of ammonium, calcium, and magnesium. C, Lacteal, 

 or Mammary, a calcareous nodule sometimes obstruct- 

 ing the lactiferous ducts. C, Mulberry, the oxalate- 

 of-lime variety, resembling a mulberry in shape and 

 color. C, Nasal. See Rhinolith. C. , Prostatic, 

 one in the prostate gland. C, Renal, a calculus 

 found in the kidney, producing what has been called 

 nephritic colic. C, Salivary, one forming in the 

 ducts of the salivary glands. C, Uterine, an in- 

 trauterine concretion ; a wombstone ; formed mainly by 

 calcareous degeneration of a tumor. C, Vesical, one 

 that may have originally descended from the kidney or 

 formed primarily in the bladder. 



Calea {kal'-e-ah) [L.]. A genus of tropical American 

 composite-flowered plants. C. zacatechichi, a 

 Mexican plant, tonic, antiperiodic, and a hepatic stimu- 

 lant. Unof. 



Caledonia Brown. See Conspectus of Pigments, under 

 Pigment. 



Calefacient {kal-e-fa f -she-enf) [L. , calidus, warm ; 

 facere, to make]. 1. Warming; producing a sensa- 

 tion of heat. 2. A medicine, externally applied, that 

 causes a sensation of warmth. 



Calefactor {kal-e-fak' '-tor) [caledus, warm ; facere, to 

 make]. A warmer ; a little, portable stove ; a pocket 

 stove ; a chafing-dish. 



Calendula {kal-en' -du-lah) [calendar, the first day of 

 the month : gen., Calendula]. Marigold. The 

 flowering plant known as the garden-marigold, C. offi- 

 cinalis. C., Tinct., contains 20 per cent, of the leaves 

 and stems. It is used exclusively as a local applica- 

 tion to wounds, bruises, and ulcers, and has been 

 vaunted as a cure for carcinoma. 



Calendulin {kal-en' -du-lin) [calendar, the first day of 

 the month]. An amorphous principle obtainable 

 from calendula. 



Calentur {kal' -en-tur) [Sp., calentura, heat ; L., calere, 

 to be hot]. A tropical remittent fever with delirium ; 

 formerly, a supposed fever of this kind that attacked 

 mariners, leading them to leap into the sea. 



Calf [ME., calfe]. The thick fleshy posterior portion 

 of the leg. See Sura. C.-bone, the fibula. C- 

 knee. See Genu Valgum. 



Calices of the Kidneys {ka'-lis-iz). Plural of Calyx. 

 The cup-like tubes of the ureter that encircle the 

 apices of the Malpighian pyramids of the kidneys. 



Calico Bush (kal'-ik-o boosli). See Kalmia . 



California {kal-ifor' -ne-ah) [Mex.]. A western State. 

 C. Buckthorn. See Cascara Sagrada. C. Elm. 

 See Fremontia. C. Feverbush. See Garrya. C. 

 Laurel, the leaves of Umbellularia californica, com- 

 mon to the Pacific slope. It is recommended for 

 nervous headaches, cerebro- spinal meningitis, neu- 



ralgia, etc. Dose of fld. ext., gtt. x-xxx. C. Poppy. 

 See Kschscholtzia californica. 



Caligated (kal' -ig-a-ted) [caliga, a boot]. In biology, 

 applied to the booted tarsus of the typical oscine birds. 



Caligation {kal-ig-a' -shun), or Caliginosity {kal-ij-in- 

 os'-it-e). See Caligo. 



Calignani's Operation. See Operations, Table of. 



Caligo {kal-i'-go) [L.]. Dimness of vision ; an 

 opacity of the cornea, lens, or vitreous humor. 



Caligula {kal-ig' -u-lah) [caliga, a boot]. In biology, 

 applied to the tarsal envelop of oscine birds. 



Caliology {kal-e-ol' -o-je) [na7ua, a nest ; teyeiv, to 

 speak]. In biology, the systematized knowledge of 

 birds' nests. 



Calipers {kal' -ip-erz) [corruption of caliber']. Com- 

 passes with curved legs ; they are used in vulcanite 

 and celluloid dental work to measure the thickness 

 of the plate. Calipers are used also in pelvimetry, 

 craniometry, and other measurements of parts of the 

 body. 



Calisaya (kal-is-a' -yah) [South America]. Cinchona 

 bark, especially that of Cinchona calisaya. See Cin- 

 chona. 



Calisthenics, or Callisthenics (kal-is-then'-iks) [/ca/oc, 

 beautiful ; atisvoq, strength]. The practice of various 

 rhythmic movements of the body and of the limbs, in- 

 tended to develop the muscles and produce gracefulness 

 of carriage ; light gymnastics, especially designed for 

 the use of girls and young women. 



Callaway's Test. In dislocation of the shoulder the 

 loss of from one to two inches in the vertical circum- 

 ference of the shoulder-joint of the injured side, as 

 determined by measuring with a tape-line over the 

 acromion and through the axilla. This test is not 

 reliable after traumatic swelling has set in. 



Callicarpa (kal-ik-ar' -pah) [nakoQ, beautiful ; KapTTuc, 

 fruit]. A genus of verbenaceous plants. C. ameri- 

 cana, a shrub of the U. S. , called " French Mul- 

 berry," is used locally for skin-diseases and for dropsy. 

 Unof. C. bonplandiana, of South America, and 

 C. cana, C. lanata, and C.rheedii,of the E. Indies, 

 are similarly employed. All unof. 



Callisection {kal-is-ek' -shun) [callus, insensibility ; 

 sectio, a cutting]. Painless vivisection. 



Callisen's Operation. See Operations, Table of. 



Callitriche (kal-it'-rik-e) [kciaoq, beautiful ; 0/»if, hair]. 

 A genus of aquatic herbs. C. heterophylla and 

 C. verna are diuretic ; these and other species afford 

 a mucilage employed as a hair-dressing and they are 

 used in domestic practice for making poultices. Unof. 



Callosal {kal-o'-sal) [callosus, hard]. Pertaining to 

 the corpus callosum. 



Callose {kal' -6s) [callosus, thick-skinned, hard]. In 

 biology, having hardened spots or protuberances. 



Callositas (kal-os'-it-as). See Callosity. 



Callosity {cal-os'-it-e) [callus, hardness]. Callositas, 

 Tylosis, Tyloma, Keratoma. A hard, thickened 

 patch on the skin produced by excessive accumulation 

 of the horny layers. 



Calloso-marginal {kal-o-so-mar'-jin-al)[callosus, hard ; 

 margo, margin]. Relating to the callosal and mar- 

 ginal gyri of the brain. 



Callosum {kal-o'-sum). The bridge of white nerve- 

 substance joining the hemispheres of the brain. It 

 has also been called Corpus callosum, Trabs cerebri, 

 and Commissura magna. See illustrations under 

 Brain. 



Callous {kal' -us) [callosus, hard]. Hard ; tough, like 

 callus. 



Callus {kal'-us) [L.]. I. A callosity; hardened and 

 thickened skin. 2. The new growth of incomplete 

 osseous tissue that surrounds the ends of a fractured 



