COUP SUR COUP 335 



CRADIX 



Coup sur Coup (koo sur koo / ) [Fr.]. Blow upon 

 blow ; a designation for an obsolete method of apply- 

 ing venesection ; the successive bleedings following 

 each other rapidly. 



Couperose (kup / -roz) [Fr.]. Synonym of Acne 

 rose 



Coupler's Blue. See Pigments, Conspectus of. C. 

 Red. Same as Rosanilin. 



Courses | kors'-ez). See Menses. 



Court Plaster [kort plas r -ter). See Ichthycolla. 



Courty's Method. See Treatment, Methods of. 



Couvade [koo-vahd') [Fr., coiner, to hatch]. Male 

 child-bed. A custom of certain savage tribes in 

 which, after child birth, the father goes to bed, etc., 

 and the mother gets up, etc. 



Couveuse {koo-vu\r)z') [Fr.]. See Incubator. 



Tarnier's Cocveuse. 

 (From Fullerton's " Obstetric Nursing.") 



Cover (kuv'-er) [ME. , cuveren, to cover]. I. To pro- 

 tect. 2. To copulate with; said of male animals. C- 

 correction, an arrangement to so adjust the lenses of 

 a microscope that the best definition may be obtained 

 for varying thicknesses of cover-glasses. C. -glass, 

 in microscopy, the thin lamina of glass covering the 

 object mounted on the slide. It should not exceed 

 2^5 inch in thickness. On account of its effect on the 

 transmission of light, the thickness of the cover-glass 

 must be considered in correcting the objective. C- 

 glass Preparation, the fixing and staining of a fluid 

 upon a cover-glass. C.-slip. Same as C. -glass. 



[AS., cu, cow]. The female of the genus 

 Bos, and of other large animals. C.-bane. Water 

 Hemlock. The leaves of Cicuta virosa, an acrid nar- 

 cotic, highly poisonous to cattle, but not affecting 

 sheep and goats. It causes intoxication and spasm. 

 It is sometimes used externally as an anodyne in 

 rheumatism. C. -parsnip. See Masterwort. C.-pox, 

 C.-pock, a variety of pock seen in the cow, and 

 thought to correspond with smallpox in man. C- 

 tree. See Brosimum. 



ikwage (koiv'-dj) [Hind., kawanch, cowhage]. The 

 external hairs of the pod of Mucuna pruriens, used 

 in medicine as a mechanical vermifuge. 



^owan-plant (ko7i/-an-plant). See Alonsenel. 



lowdie-gum (kort/ -de-gum) [nat. X. Zeal.]. Codie 

 pine resin. The resinous juice from the Dammara 

 australis, a coniferous tree of Xew Zealand. It is 

 one of the ingredients of copal varnishes. It is also 

 one of the ingredients of the impression-material 



| known as " Modeling Composition." It is one of the 

 varieties of Dammar, q. v., and is also called Kauri- 



owell's Operation. See Operations, Table of. 

 owhage, Cowitch (koit/-aj\ koitZ-ich). See Mucuna 

 | and Courage. 

 owl {ko-wl ) [AS., ciile,a hood]. A cover for a chim- 



ney, that turns with the wind and assists in ventila- 

 tion. 



Cowling's Rule. A rule for dosage. In his formula 

 the age of the child at the next birthday is the nume- 

 rator and 24 the denominator. According to this, 

 the dose of a child approaching four years of age 

 would be jj = ^ of the dose for an adult. 



Cowper's Glands. See Gland. 



Cowperitis {ko-w-per-i' -tis) [Corvper, an English anato- 

 mist ; itiq, inflammation] . Inflammation of the glands 

 of Cowper, usually gonorrheal in origin. 



Cowpoxing (kow-poks' -ing). Synonym of Vaccination. 



Coxa [koks'-ah) [coxa, hip]. The hip-joint or the hip. 

 In biology, the basal joint of the leg of an arthropod, 

 abbreviated from coxognathite and coxopodiie , of Milne 

 Edwards ; also Coxopodite. C. vara, bending or twist- 

 ing of the neck of the femur. 



Coxagxa (koks-a'-grah) [coxa, the hip; ay pa, seizure]. 

 Gout in the hip ; sciatica. 



Coxal (koks'-al) [coxa, the hip]. Relating to the coxa. 



Coxalgia {koks-al' -je-ah) [coxa, a hip ; al.yoe, pain] . 

 Pain in the hip-joint. See Sciatica, and Hip-joint 

 Disease. 



Coxalgic {koks-al' -jik) [coxa, the hip; a/jpoc, pain]. 

 Relating to coxalgia. 



Coxarthrocace (koks-arth-rok* '-as-e) [coxa, hip ; apdpov, 

 joint; made, bad]. A fungoid inflammation of the 

 hip-joint. 



Coxe's Hive-mixture. See Scilla and Antimonium. 



Coxecphysis (koks-ek' '-fis-is) [coxa, hip ; ekowov, to 

 blow out]. In biology, a branch springing from the 

 coxa of an arthropod ; synonymous with the epignath- 

 ite and epipodite of Milne Edwards, and with the podo- 

 branchia of Huxley when it is connected with the 

 branchial plumes, as in Homarus. 



Coxitis (koks-i'-tis) [coxa, the hip; /r^c, inflammation]. 

 Inflammation of the hip-joint. 



Coxocerite (koks-os 1 '-er-it) [coxa, the hip ; nipac, horn]. 

 In biology, the basal joint of the antenna of an arthro- 

 pod. 



Coxodynia (koks-o-din'-e-ah) [coxa, hip ; bdvvn, pain] . 

 Same as Coxalgia. 



Coxo-femoral (koks-o-fem'-or-al) [coxa, the hip; 

 femur, the thigh-bone]. Relating to the coxa and the 

 femur. 



Coxopodite (koks-op'-o-dit) [coxa, hip ; —oir, a foot]. 

 See Coxa. 



Coxotuberculosis {koks-o-tu-ber-ku-lo' -sis) [coxa, the 

 hip ; tuberculum, a tubercle] . Tuberculous disease of 

 the hip-joint. 



Crab Louse (krab'-lmos) See Pedicn 



Crab's-eyes (krabs'-iz). Flat, calcareous concretions 

 (Lapides cancrorum) derived from the stomach of the 

 crab, and used as a means of removing foreign bodies 

 from the eye. Also a name for the seeds of Abrus 

 precatorius. 



Crachotement {kra-shot-mon (g)') [Fr.]. A peculiar 

 reflex following operations upon the utero-ovarian or- 

 gans, marked by a desire to spit, without the ability to 

 do so. It is usually accompanied by a tendency to 

 syncope. 



Cracked-metal Sound. See Cracked-pot Sound. 



Cracked-pot Sound. A peculiar sound elicited by per- 

 cussion over a pulmonary cavity communicating with 

 a bronchus. 



Crackling (krak'-ling) [ME., crakelen, to crackle]. 

 A sound compared to that produced when salt is 

 thrown into the fire, heard over a lung in which soften- 

 ing of tuberculous deposits has begun to take place. 



Cradin (krad'-in) [upaSr], fig-branch]. A principle 

 obtainable from the leaves and twigs of the common 

 fig. It is said to be a peptic ferment, in some respects 



