CURDLING FERMENT, TEST FOR 



Curdling Ferment, Test for. See Tests, Table of. 



Cure (kur \cura, care]. The successful treatment of 

 : also, a system of treatment. See Faith- 

 cure, Mind-cure, Grape-cure, Water-cure (see Hydro- 

 pair ure. Rest-cure, etc. C.-all, a Pana- 

 cea, q. v. C. , Herb-juice, a method of treating certain 

 intestinal and gastric troubles. It consists in drinking 

 dailv the fresh juice of various herbs and wild plants. 

 C., Potato, Cameron's method of treating foreign 

 bodies in the alimentary tract by the ingestion of 

 mashed potatoes. The body becomes imbedded in 

 the potato-mass that is formed. C, Shaking-. See 

 Ska 



Curet {ku-ret') [Fr.]. An instrument shaped like a 

 spoon or scoop, for detaching substances from one 

 another, as the placenta from the uterine wall, etc. 



Curettage (ku-ret '-dj). See Curage. 



Curling's Operation. See Operations, Table of. C. 



Ulcer. See L leer and Diseases, Table of. 

 Currant (ker'-ant) [ME.]. I. L'va passa minor ; the 

 small, dried, seedless grapes of Greece ; formerly 

 used in pharmacy. 2. The fruit of various species of 

 Ribes, as A\ nigrum, the black currant, preparations 

 of which have long been employed in the home- 

 treatment of sore-throats. Unof. C. -jelly Clot, a 

 soft variety of clot seen in thrombi, the fibrin being 

 stained by the presence of red cells. 

 Current (ker'-ent) \currere, to run]. In electricity, a 

 term applied to the transference of electric force, 

 which is arbitrarily likened to the flow of a liquid in 

 a confined passage. C, Action, the physiologic 

 current obtained during the activity of a muscle or 

 nerve. C, After, a current produced in nervous or 

 muscular tissue when a constant current which has 

 been flowing through the same has been stopped. C, 

 Alternating, a term applied to a current which, by 

 means of an interrupter, is alternately direct and 

 reverse. This current is employed (in New York) for 

 the execution of capital sentences. C, Ascending, 

 the current formed by placing the positive electrode 

 upon the periphery of a nerve and the negative upon 

 the surface over the nerve-center in the spinal cord. 

 C, Axial, a current passing through a nerve in the 

 direction opposite to that taken by the normal impulse. 

 C, Battery, a galvanic current. C, Blood, the 

 stream of blood as it flows from and back to the heart. 

 C.,Centrifugal,a descending current . C . , Centripetal, 

 an ascending current. C, Constant. See C, Con- 

 tinuous. C, Continuous, a constant, uninterrupted 

 current in one direction. C, Critical, the current at 

 which a certain result is reached. C, Demarcation, 

 the muscle-current of Du Bois Reymond ; the current 

 obtained from an injured muscle. C, Derived, a cur- 

 rent drawn off by a derivation-wire from the main cur- 

 rent. C. Descending, one passing through a nerve 

 centrifugally, the anode being placed proximally. the 

 cathode distally. C, Diffusion of, the power of a 

 galvanic current to extend its influence in all direc- 

 tions, the same power never being limited to the 

 two electrodes. C, Direct, a current constant in 

 direction, in contradistinction to an alternating current. 

 C Electrotonic, in electro-therapeutics, a current 

 due to internal polarization in the nerve-fiber between 

 the conducting core of the nerve and the enclosing 

 sheath. C, Faradic, the current produced by an in- 

 duction-coil, or by a magneto-electric machine. C 

 Franklinic. a term sometimes used in electro-thera- 

 peutics for a current produced by the action of a fric- 

 tional electric machine. C, Galvanic, a current 

 generated by the decomposition of acidulated water 

 by means of metallic plates. C, Induced. See C, 

 Secondary. C, Interrupted, a current that is alter- 



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nately opened and closed. C, Inverse, an ascending 

 or centripetal current. C, Labile, moving one or 

 both electrodes over the surface treated. C, Muscu- 

 lar or Nerve, Alteration Theory of, a theory pro- 

 posed by L. Hermann, in which the currents of nerve or 

 muscular fibers are regarded as a result of their altera- 

 tion from any original condition ; Molecular Theory 

 of, a theory proposed by Du Bois Reymond, according 

 to which every nerve or muscular fiber is regarded as 

 composed of a series of electro-motive molecules ar- 

 ranged in series and surrounded by a neutral conduct- 

 ing fluid. C, Reversed, that produced by changing 

 the poles. C, Secondary, a momentary current 

 produced when a coil of insulated wire is introduced 

 within the field of another coil, through which a con- 

 tinuous current is passing. When the coil is removed 

 from the field there is a momentary current in the op- 

 posite direction. C, Secretion, a current following 

 stimulation of the secretory nerves. C. -selector, a 

 device for altering the strength of a current. C, 

 Stabile, a current applied with both electrodes in a 

 fixed position. C, Swelling, one that begins weak 

 and is gradually made stronger, and again gradually 

 diminished. C, To and Fro, a Faradic current. C, 

 Voltaic, the continuous current. 



Curry (ker f -e) [Canarese, kart\. A sauce, originally 

 Anglo-Indian, containing turmeric, coriander, capsi- 

 cum, garlic, ginger, etc. ; it is much employed as a 

 relish or appetizer, especially in warm countries ; 

 also, a dish seasoned with the foregoing. 



Curschmann's Spirals. Corkscrew-like threads of 

 mucin contained in the small, thick pellets that are 

 expectorated during or at the close of an asthmatic 

 paroxysm. They are supposed to be casts of the 

 bronchioles, and have also been seen in simple bron- 

 chitis and in pneumonia. C. Theory. See Bronchio- 

 litis exudativa. 



Curtate (ker'-tat) [curtatus, shortened] . See Expecta- 

 tion of Life. C. Expectation. See Expectation of Life. 



Curtman's Test. See Tests, Table of. 



Curvature (ker'-vat-ur) \curvare, to curve]. A bend- 

 ing or curving. C, Angular. See Spondylitis. C, 

 Potts', angular curvature of the spine, with a posterior 

 projection. C. of Spine. See Caries, Kyphosis, 

 Scoliosis. 



Curve (kerv) [curvus, bent]. A bending or flexure. 

 C. of Cams, in obstetrics, a portion of the arc of a 

 circle the circumference of which lies in the median 

 line of the pelvis, the center being at the symphysis 

 pubis ; the curve is that part of the arc that lies 

 between the planes of the inlet and the outlet. 



Curvicaudate (ker-ve-kaw 1 '-ddt ) \curvus, curved ; 

 cauda, a tail]. In biology, having a curved tail. 



Curvidentate (ker-ve-den'-tdt) [cunnis, curved; dens, 

 tooth]. In biology, having curved teeth. 



Curvifoliate (ker-ve-fo / -le-dt ) \cunms, curved ; folium, 

 leaf]. In biology, having curved leaves. 



Curvinervate (ker-ve-ner' -vat) \curvus, curved ; 

 nervus, nerve]. In biology, applied to leaves the 

 veins of which are curved and nearly parallel in their 

 course. 



Curvirostral (ker-ve-ros / -tral) \curvus, curved ; ros- 

 trum, beak]. In biology, having a crooked bill or beak. 



Curvoisier and Von Hacker's Method. See Opera- 

 tions, Table of 



Cusack's Operation. See Operations, Table of. 



Cuscamidin (kus-kam'-id-in) [cusco ; amid ]. A sub- 

 stance found in Cinchonas . 



Cuscamin ( kus / -kam-in) \cusco ; amin~\. A crystalline 

 substance found in Cinchonas. 



Cusco Bark (kus'-ko bark). A kind of cinchona ; the 

 bark of a variety of Cinchona pubescens. 



