COSTER'S PASTE 



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COUP DE SOLEIL 



Coster's Paste. A remedy of some value in the treat- 

 ment of Tinea tonsurans. It is made of iodin, 2 

 drams, in one ounce of oil of pitch. This is to be 

 painted upon the patch and allowed to remain until 

 the crust which is produced by the application falls off. 



Costicartilage (kos-te-kar' '-til-aj) \costa, a rib; car- 

 tilago, gristle]. A costal cartilage or unossified 

 sternal rib. 



Costicervical (kos-te-ser 1 '-vik-al) \_costa, a rib; cervix, 

 a neck]. Relating to the neck and ribs. 



Costicervicalis {kos-te-ser-vik-a' '-lis) \costa, a rib ; cer- 

 vix, the neck]. The cervicalis ascendens muscle. 

 See Muscles, Table of. 



Costispinal (kos-te-spi' -nal) \costa, a rib ; spina, the 

 spine]. Relating to the ribs and vertebral column. C. 

 muscles, levatores costarum. See Muscles, Table of. 



Costive [kos f -tiv) \_constipare , to be bound]. Consti- 

 pated ; affected with costiveness. 



Costiveness (kos'-tiv-ness) \_conslipare , to be bound]. 

 An abnormality of digestion characterized by reten- 

 tion and hardness of the feces. 



Costo- {kos'-to-) \costa, a rib]. A prefix denoting con- 

 nection with the ribs. 



Costotome (kos' -to-tom) \costa, rib; to[i6q, cutting]. 

 A strong knife for cutting the costal cartilages in dis- 

 section, etc. 



Costus Root (kos f -tus root). See Putchuk. 



Cotnar (kot'-nar) [a Moldavian place-name]. A rich, 

 strong, and highly esteemed wine from Roumania. 



Coto [ko'-to) [Sp., a cubit]. Coto Bark. The bark of 

 a tree native to Bolivia. It contains a bitter principle, 

 Cotoin, C 22 H lg 6 , irritant to the skin and mucous 

 membranes. Its therapeutic properties are not known. 

 It is recommended for diarrhea and zymotic fevers and 

 for the night-sweats of pulmonary tuberculosis. Dose 

 of the powder, gr. j-xv ; of the fluid extract gtt. v-xv ; of 

 the tincture (i in io), gtt. x-xxx ; of cotoin, gr. ss-j. 



Cotoin (ko f -to-in) [Sp., coto, a cubit], C 22 H 18 6 . A 

 crystalline substance found in Coto Bark. See Coto. 



Cottage-hospital (kot'-dj-hos'-pit-al). A small esta- 

 blishment for the purpose of providing for the sick in 

 a small and isolated community. 



Cotting's Operation. See Operations, Table of. 



Cotton (kot'-n) [ME. , cotoun\. Gossypium, a white 

 fibrous seed-hair that envelops the seeds of the cotton- 

 plant. The structure of the cotton-fiber is very char- 

 acteristic. It presents a flattened and collapsed tube, 

 slightly twisted in a spiral form, with comparatively 

 thick walls and a small central opening. Chemically, 

 it contains about 91 per cent, of pure cellulose, 7 per 

 cent, of moisture, and a small amount of fat, nitrog- 

 enous materia! and cuticular substance. C, Absor- 

 bent, is the fiber prepared, by removal of oily matters, 

 for the surgeon's use. C.-blue. Same as Soluble Blue. 

 C. -holder, a probe roughened near the end, upon 

 which cotton may be twisted into a pledget. C.-oil. 

 See C. -seed Oil. C.-root. See Gossypium. C. -phthisis, 

 a variety of pulmonary disease occurring among 

 cotton operatives from inhalation of cotton-dust. C- 

 seed Oil or C.-oil, oleum gossypii seminis, an oil 

 obtained by pressure from the hulled seeds of several 

 species of Gossypium. The raw oil is brownish-yellow 

 in color, somewhat viscid, of a specific gravity of 

 .922 to .9306 at 1 5 C. The refined oil has a straw- 

 yellow color, or is colorless, of a pleasant, nutty flavor, 

 specific gravity .9264 at 15 C. , boiling at about 6oo° 

 F. It possesses slight drying properties, and issaponi- 

 fiablc, but is chiefly used in adulterating olive, lard, 

 sperm, and other oils. 



Cotton's Test. See Test's, Table of. 



Cotunnius, Aqueduct of. See Aquedurt. C, Canal 

 of. See Canals. C, Liquor, or Water of, the 



perilymph. See Aqua labyrinthi. C, Nerve of, 

 the naso-palatine. See Nerz'es, Table of. 



Cotyledon (kot-il-e' -don) \_kotv'/.t]6uv, a socket]. A 

 mass or tuft of villi on the uterine side of the placenta; 

 always present upon the human placenta. The placenta 

 of the ruminant mammals has many such masses, hence 

 is polycotyledonous. 



Cotyloid (kot f -il-oid) [kotvA/j, a cup ; sldog, form]. 



Cup-shape. C. Fossa, or Cavity, the acetabulum. 



C. Ligament, surrounds the acetabulum. C. Notch, 



a notch in the anterior and lower border of the acet- 



1 abulum. 



Couch-grass (kowch'-gras). See Triticum. 



Couching {kowch'-ing) [Fr. , coucher, to depress]. 

 The operation, now fallen into disuse, of depressing a 

 cataractous lens into the vitreous chamber, where it 

 was left to be absorbed. 



Couerbe's Test. See Tests, Table of. 



Cough {kof) [ME., cough, a cough]. A sudden violent 

 expiratory explosion through the mouth after deep in- 

 spiration and closure of the glottis. C. -center. See 

 Center. C, Trigeminal, a reflex paroxysmal cough, 

 occurring in individuals whose respiratory organs are 

 perfectly sound, and due to an irritation of the trigem- 

 inal fibers distributed to the nose, pharynx, and external 

 auditory meatus. C, Winter, a short troublesome 

 cough of old people, due to chronic bronchitis, and re- 

 curring every winter. 



Coulomb {koo-lom') [after Coulomb, a French physi- 

 cist]. The unit of measurement of electric quan- 

 tity ; the quantity of electricity that passes during one 

 second through a conductor having a resistance of one 

 ohm, with one volt of electromotive force. The 

 micro-coulomb is the millionth part of this amount. 



Coulomb's Law. See Law. 



Coumalic Acid (koo-mal'-ik). See Acid. 



Coumaric Acid {koo-mar'-ik). See Acid. 



Coumarilic Acid {koo-mar-il'-ik). See Acid. 



Coumarin (koo' -mar-in), C 9 H 6 2 . A vegetable proxi- 

 mate principle that occurs in Asperula odorata, in the 

 Tonka bean, and in Melilotus officinalis. It is solu- 

 ble in hot water, readily so in alcohol and ether; it 

 crystallizes in shining prisms, possesses the odor of the 

 Asperula, and melts at 67 , in the proportion of 2 

 grains to the dram. It covers the odor of iodoform. 

 Unof. 



Coumarone (koo' -mar-on), C 8 H g O. A body, formed 

 by distilling coumarilic acid with lime. It is present 

 in coal-tar. It is an oil that sinks in water, ami 

 at 169 C. 



Counter-extension (kown f -ter-eks-ten' -shun). S 

 tension. 



Counter-indication (kown' -ter-in-dik-a' -shun). 

 Contra-i ndication . 



Counter-irritation (kown' '-ter-ir-it-a' '-shun) [ 

 against; irritare, to irritate]. Superficial and arti- 

 ficially-produced inflammation, in order to cms 

 good effect upon some adjacent or deep-seated morbid 

 process. This is generally accomplished by vesi< 

 rubefacients, etc. 



Counter - opening (kown'-ter-op'-en-ing) [ 

 against; ME., openyng, an opening]. An incisii 

 made in an abscess or cavity, opposite to an 

 generally for purposes of drainage. 



Counter-poison (kown'-ter-poi'-zn) [<<>nt 



ME., poisoun, poison]. A poison given as an anti- 

 dote to another poison. 



Counter-stroke (kown'-ter-strdk). See Cot 



Country Fever. See Fever, Florida. C. F. of Con- 

 stantinople. Synonym of Mediterranean / 



Coup de Soleil {koo dull so-lay') [Fr.]. Sun- 

 See Heat-stroke. 



