HORLICK'S FOOD 



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Horlick's Food. A variety of Liebig's foods for in- 

 fants. Its composition is: Water, 3.39; fat, 0.08; 

 grape-sugar, 34.99 ; cane-sugar, 12.45 > no starch ; 

 soluble carbohydrates, 87.20 ; albuminoids, 6.71 ; ash, 

 I.28. 



Hormion (hor'-me-on) [opfiij, the first]. See Cranio- 

 metric Points. 



Hormogone, Hormogon (hor / -mo-gon). Same as Hor- 

 mogoniurn. 



Hormogonium (hor-mo-go* '-tie-urn) [bpfioq, a cord, 

 chain; } ovoc, offspring : pi., Hormogonia~\. In biol- 

 ogy, a short, moniliform reproductive body, found in 

 the Xostocs. 



Horn [ME., horn, horn]. The hard projection, used 

 as a defensive weapon, growing on the heads of cer- 

 tain animals. Horns may be permanent, as in the ox ; 

 or deciduous, as in the deer. Also, the hardened 

 epithelial substance of which the horn is composed. 

 H., Cutaneous. See Cornu cutaneum. H. -blende, 

 a common mineral, occurring massive or in prismatic 

 crystals, of various colors, from white, through green 

 shades, to black. It is a silicate of lime, magnesia, 

 or iron. It is sometimes used in the manufacture of 

 porcelain teeth for shading the body or enamel. H.- 

 distemper, a disease of cattle affecting the core of the 

 horn. H.-pock. See Warty Smallpox. H.-pox, 

 a variety of varicella in which the lesions resemble 

 papules. See also Warty Smallpox. 



Horner's Mixture. See Red Mixture. H.'s Muscle. 

 See Muscles, Table of. 



Horny (hom'-e) [ME., horn, horn]. Composed of, 

 or resembling, horn. H. Band of Tarinus, a band 

 of white fibers running between the optic thalamus 

 and the corpus striatum. See Band. H. Epithelium. 

 See Trachoma. 



Horologic (hor-o-loj' '-ik) \upoX6joq, lit., telling the 

 hour]. In biology, applied to such flowers as open or 

 shut at certain hours. 



Horological (hor-o-loj' -ik-al). Same as Horologic. 



Horopter (hor-op/ -ter) [open;, boundary ; birrrjp, an ob- 

 server]. The sum of all the points seen singly by the 

 two retinae while the fixation-point remains stationary. 

 " A circle passing through the center of rotation of 

 each eye and through the apex of the point of fixation 

 of the visual lines." [Mueller.) "A line representing 

 the curve along which both eyes can join in sight.' ' 



Horopteric (hor-op-ter* -ik) \opoc, boundary ; bazrrjp, 

 observer]. Pertaining to an horopter. 



Horrida cutis (hor'-id-ah ku f -tis) [L.]. Goose-skin. 

 Cutis anserina. 



Horripilation ( hor-ip-il-a' -shun) [horrere, to stand on 

 end; pilus, the hair]. A sensation as if the hairs of 

 the skin were stiff and erect. 



Horripilator (hor-ip-il-a' -tor). Same as Arrector pili. 



Horrors (hor , -orz)\horror, a shaking, terror]. A popular 

 name for Delirium tremens, q. v. 



Horse (hors) [ME., hors, a horse]. A member of the 

 genus Equus ; a domestic beast of burden. H.- 

 chestnut. See ^Esculus hippocastanum . H.- 

 chestnut bark, the bark of the horse-chestnut (Alscu- 

 lus hippocastanum), said to be used in leather-manu- 

 factures for the production of an extract under the 

 simple name of chestnut extract. H. -distemper, 

 influenza. H. -doctor, a farrier; a veterinary surgeon. 

 H. -drench, a dose of physic for a horse. H.-foot. 

 See Talipes equinus. H. -leech, a large leech, the 

 Haemopis of Southern Europe and Northern Africa ; 

 also a horse-doctor. H. -power. See Unit. H.-pox. 1. 

 A pustular disease of horses, which, communicated to 

 cows, produces cow pox. It is also called pustular 

 grease. 2. See Coitus Disease. H. -radish, the fresh 



root of Cochlearia armoracia, with properties due to 

 a volatile oil. It is stimulant, diuretic, and externally 

 a rubefacient, and is much used as a condiment. Dose 

 of the fld. ext. 3J-ij. Armoraciae, Spt., Comp. 

 (B.P.). Dose 3J-ij. H.-shoe Fistula, a name ap- 

 plied to a fistulous track surrounding the rectum in a 

 semicircle, either in front or behind. H.-shoe Hy- 

 men. See Hymen. H.-shoe Kidney, the union of 

 the lower ends of the two kidneys, so that they appear 

 to form a single organ of a form somewhat like that of 

 a horse-shoe. H. -sickness. See Anthrax. H.-tail. 

 See Equisetum. H.-weed. See Collinsonia cana- 

 densis. 



Horsikin (hor 1 '-sik-in) [ME., hors, a horse]. A model 

 used in teaching the anatomy and surgery of the 

 horse. 



Horsley's Method. A method of determining the 

 position of the fissure of Rolando. It is carried out by 

 means of an instrument made to encircle the head, 

 and having an arm fixed at an angle of 67 , which 

 indicates the position of the fissure. H.'s Test. 

 See Tests, Table of. 



Horst's Eye-water. Collyrium adstringens luteum. 

 An eye-solution prepared as follows : Take of 

 ammonium chlorid, 50 centigrams, and zinc sulphate, 

 125 centigrams, dissolve in 200 grams of distilled 

 water, and add a solution of 40 centigrams of camphor 

 in 20 grams of dilute alcohol, and 10 centigrams of 

 saffron. Digest for 24 hours with frequent agitation, 

 and filter. 



Hospital (hos'-pit-al) \hospitale, a large house]. A 

 building for the care and treatment of sick or infirm 

 people. H. Fever, a feverish condition formerly 

 common in hospitals, due to ill-ventilation and un- 

 sanitary conditions. Also, the fever symptomatic of 

 gangrene. Also, a synonym of Typhus Fez'er. See 

 Fever. H. Gangrene, a contagious, phagedenic 

 gangrene occasionally attacking wounds or open sores. 

 It is confined mainly to military hospitals, and is of 

 microbic origin. 



Hospitalism (hos / -pit-al-izm) \hospUale, a large house] . 

 The morbific influence arising from the gathering of 

 diseased persons in a hospital, a condition that seems 

 to have a tendency to produce septic diseases. 



Hospitalization (hos-pit-al-iz-a' -shun) \hospitale, a 

 large house]. Confinement in a hospital for treat- 

 ment. 



Hospitalomania (hos-pit-al-o-ma'-ne-ah) [hospitale, a 

 large house ; fiavia, madness]. A mania for founding 

 or visiting hospitals. 



Host (host) [hostis,a. stranger, a landlord]. The or- 

 ganic body upon which parasites live. 



Hot [ME., hot, hot]. Having or yielding the sensa- 

 tion of heat; stimulating; biting. H.-air Bath. 

 See Bath. H. Bath. See Bath. H. -blanket Pack, 

 a rubber sheet and one or two woolen blankets are 

 placed upon the bed. A heavy woolen blanket is 

 wrung out of water at IIO° F. , spread upon the dry 

 blanket, the patient placed upon it and wrapped with 

 it like a mummy. The dry blankets and rubber sheet 

 are wrapped over this, and the patient is allowed to 

 remain in this pack from half an hour to two hours. 

 It is useful in suppression of urine. Hot-box, Jap- 

 anese, a device for applying dry heat to a part. H. 

 Drops, the Tinctura capsici et myrrha, N. F. ; they 

 are useful in many painful conditions of the stomach 

 and bowels, when there is no inflammation or organic 

 disease; it is called also "number six." H. Eye, 

 Hutchinson's term for a persistent hyperemia of the 

 conjunctiva seen in gout. H. -spots. See Tempera- 

 ture-sense. H. Wet-pack, instead of wringing the 

 linen sheet out of cold water, as in the Wet-pack, it 



