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KARTULIS, BACILLUS OF 



K 



K. The symbol of Kalium, or its more commonly used 

 equivalent, Potassium. 



K., or Ka. In electrotherapeutics, the abbreviation of 

 Kathode, or of Kathodic. 



Kaateer's Method. A method of staining tubercle- 

 bacilli. See Stains, Table of. 



Kabbalistic, Cabalistic (kab-al-is'-tik) [Heb., gabba- 

 lak, reception]. Pertaining to the Kabbala, which 

 included a system of the treatment of diseases by su- 

 pernatural agencies. 



Kaif (kif) [Arab.]. Languor; dreamy enjoyment; 

 sensuous tranquillity, such as follows the use of cer- 

 tain drugs (like opium, or hashish). 



Kairin (ki'-rin) [aaipoq, the right time], C 10 H 13 NO.- 

 HC1.H 2 0. An artificial alkaloid prepared from 

 chinolin. It is valuable as a powerful antipyretic ; 

 it also produces diaphoresis and emesis ; its use is 

 sometimes followed by collapse. Its general proper- 

 ties are similar to those of antipyrin, q. v. Dose gr. iij — 

 xxx. Unof. 



Kairocoll {ki'-ro-kol) [naipog, the right time ; n67u\,a, 

 glue], C n H n N0 2 . An artificial alkaloid prepared 

 from chinolin. 



Kairolin, or Kairolina {ki'-ro-lin, or ki-ro-W -naK) 

 [natpdq, the right time], C 10 H 15 N. Methylquinolin 

 hydrid. An antipyretic resembling kairin, but less 

 efficient. Unof. 



Kakke (kak'-kd) [Chinese for "leg-disease"]. Epi- 

 demic and endemic multiple neuritis, or beriberi, as 

 seen in Eastern and Southern Asia. 



Kako- (kak'-o-*). See Caco-. 



Kakodyl {kak'-o-dil}. See Cacodyl. 



Kakosmia {kak-oz' -me-ah) . See Cacosmia. 



Kakotrophia 'kak-ot-ro' '-fe-ah). See Cacotrophy. 



Kaladana (kal-ad-a f -nah) [origin unknown]. An East 

 Indian convolvulaceous plant, Ipomcea (Pkarbitis) nil. 

 Its seeds are a safe and good cathartic. Dose of the 

 powdered drug, ^ ss— Qij; of the resin, gr. iv-viij. 

 Unof. 



Kalanchoe (kal-an-ko'-e) [Chinese]. An East Indian 

 crassulaceous plant. Its leaves are used in the form 

 of poultices for bites and boils, the juice as an anti- 

 pyretic. Unof. 



Kali (kal'-e, or ka'-li) [Ar., qali, potash]. Potassium, 

 q. v. K.-blue. Same as Berlin-blue. 



Kalidium (hal-id'-e-um) [ncikiSi.ov, dim. of koXicl, cot, 

 granary: pi. , Kalidia~\. In biology, the spore-capsule 

 of certain algae. 



Kaligenous (kal-if -en-us) [Ar., qali, potash ; yewav, 

 to beget]. Pertaining to the production of potassium. 



Kaligraph (kaP -ig-raf) [naX6g, beautiful, ypatyuv, to 

 write]. An instrument for the use of those afflicted 

 with writers' cramp. It is essentially a pantograph, 

 so arranged that by making the letters very large at one 

 point, they are reproduced of a natural size at another. 



Kalimeter {kal-im'-et-er). See Alkalimeter. 



Kalimetry \kal-im' '-et-re) . See Alkalimetry. 



Kaline (ka'-lin or kal'-in). See Alkaline. 



Kalisaya (kal-is-a'-yah). See Calisaya. 



Kalium {ka f -le-um). A synonym of Potassium, q. v. 



Kalmia (kaP -me-ah) [after Peter Kalm, an explorer]. 

 Laurel, Mountain-laurel, Sheep-laurel, Broad-leaved 

 laurel, Calico Bush. The leaves of K. latifolia, a 

 well-known evergreen common in the United States, 

 having alterative, cardiac, sedative, and astringent 

 properties. It is a popular cure-all, and has proved 

 valuable in diarrhea and in syphilitic affections. Dose 

 gr. xx-xxx ; of the fid. ext. TTLxx-^ss. Unof. K. 



angustifolia, like the foregoing, is poisonous. Its 

 decoction is a popular remedy for sores and ulcers, to 

 which it is applied hot. Unof. 



Kalmuck Type. See Idiocy, Ethnic. 



Kamala (ham-a'-lah) [Hind., £amlla]. Rottlera. The 

 glands and hairs from the capsules of Mallotus philip- 

 pinensis {Rottlera tinctoria) , native to Southern Asia 

 and Abyssinia. It is a purgative and anthelmintic, 

 much used for the expulsion of lumbricoid and other 

 parasitic worms. Dose 3J-^j of an 3 vj to gxvj 

 alcoholic tincture. 



Kambi (kam'-be) [E. Ind.]. An aromatic gum, like 

 elemi, from Gardenia lucida, a plant of India. Unof. 



Kamela (kam-e' -lafi) or Kamila (kam-e'-lah). See 

 Kamala. 



Kammerer and Giacomi's Apparatus. An appara- 

 tus for air-analysis. 



Kanarin (kan'-ar-in), C 8 N 3 HS 2 . A substance ob- 

 tained from KCNS by electrolysis ; it is probably 

 identical with pseudo-cyanogen sulphid, and is em- 

 ployed as a yellow or orange dye for wool, not re- 

 quiring a mordant. 



Kandahar Sore {kan f -da-har). See Furunculus ori- 

 entalis. 



Kandelia (kan-de' -le-aK) [E. Ind., kandef\. A rhizo- 

 phoreaceous plant found in the Malay Islands. K. 

 rheedii, a small tree found in India, where its bark, 

 mixed with dried ginger, or pepper and rose-water, is 

 used in diabetes. Unof. 



Kandol {kan'-dol}. A volatile constituent of coal-tar, 

 proposed as a local anesthetic. Its rapid evaporation 

 freezes the superficial tissues. It is possibly identical 

 with rhigolene, q. v. Unof. 



Kangaroo Method (kang-gar-oo'') . H. C. Wood's 

 term for the method of treating disease by giving, at 

 short intervals, powerful remedies whose influence is 

 short-lived. K. Tendon, a material derived from 

 the tail of Macropus giganteus, the great kangaroo. It 

 is used in surgery for ligatures. See Ligature. 



Kanten {kan'-ten) [Jap.]. A variety of agar-agar, or 

 Japanese sea-weed isinglass, used in the arts, and as 

 a food. 



Kaolin {ka> ' -o-liti) [Chin., kaoling, "high ridge"]. 

 White clay, China clay. The silicate of aluminum, 

 obtained from the decomposition of felspar. It is 

 sometimes used as a protective application in eczema. 

 K., Ung., I in 3, allays irritation if applied to abraded 

 skin. Unof. 



Kaposi's Disease. See Atrophoderma pigmentosum , and 

 Xeroderma pigmentosum ; also, Diseases, Table of. K.'s 

 Ointment, an ointment used in the treatment of sca- 

 bies. It consists of naphthol, 40 grains ; green-soap, 

 2.y z drams; prepared chalk, V z dram; lard, x / z ounce. 

 It is also called the compound naphthol-ointment. 



Kappeler's Method. See Anesthetic. 



Karabic Acid (kar' -ab-ic) . See Acid, Succinic. 



Karakin {kar f -ak-in) [N. Zeal., karaka]. A white 

 crystalline body, apparently a glucosid, obtained from 

 the nuts of the karaka [Corynocaipus Icevigata). 

 is an intensely bitter, crystalline body, soluble in water. 

 alcohol, and alkalies, insoluble in ether ami > 

 roform, and melts at loo C. 



Kardio- (kar'-de-o-). See Cardio-. 



Karlinski, Bacillus of. See Bacteria, Synom 

 Table of . K., Proteus of. Sett Bacteria, Synonym- 

 a/ic Table of. 



Kartulis, Bacillus of. See Bacteria, Synonymatic Tabic 

 of. 



