KOCHIN 



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KOUMISS 



K., Comma-bacillus of. See Bacteria, Synonymatic 

 Table of. K.'s Dampfapparat. See K. ' s Steam Appa- 

 ratus. K.'s Eruption, an eruption simulating that 

 of measles or, more rarely, that of scarlet fever, and 

 which occurs at times after the injection of tuberculin. 

 K.'s Lymph. See Tuberculin . K.'s Method, or Koch- 

 Ehrlich M ethod, for isolated staining of bacteria. See 

 Stains, Table of. K.'s Method of Sterilization, a 

 method of interrupted heating. The culture-media are 

 heated for a short time daily for from three to five suc- 

 cessive days. By means of a graduated water-bath 

 temperatures suitable to the various media ^re main- 

 tained. The method is eminently sure, and has not 

 the injurious effects on the media that follow one 

 prolonged heating. K.'s Plates, the casting and 

 solidifying of liquefied inoculated culture-media in 

 plates for the purpose of isolating colonies of micro- 

 organisms. K.'s Rules rules formulated by Koch 

 which must be complied with before a given micro- 

 organism can be accepted as the cause of an infec- 

 tious disease. I. The microorganism must be present 

 in every case of the disease, and not in cases of other 

 diseases. 2. It must be isolated and grown on arti- 

 ficial media. 3. Its cultures when injected into an 

 animal body must produce the disease in question. 

 4. The microorganism must again be found in the 

 body in which the disease was thus produced. K.'s 

 Specific. See Tuberculin. K.'s Steam Apparatus, 

 an apparatus for sterilization by steam. K.'s Treat- 

 ment. See Treatment, Methods of. 



Kochin. Synonym of Tuberculin, q. v. 



Kceberle's Nceud. A serre-nceud used in the perform- 

 ance of abdominal hysterectomy. 



Kbnig's Cylinders. An apparatus for testing the per- 

 ception of high tones by the ear. K.'s Manometric 

 Flames, toothed or zigzag flame-pictures seen in a 

 revolving mirror, and produced by the vibrations of 

 the voice against a thin membrane that separates the 

 gas-chamber supplying a small burner from the air- 

 chamber into which one speaks. The form of the 

 flame-picture is characteristic for each vowel, and 

 varies with the pitch. K.'s Rods, steel rods for 

 producing notes of very high pitch. Same as K.'s 

 Cylinders. 



Kofacker- Sadler's Law. See Laiv. 



Kohlrausch's Fold. See Third Sphincter. 



Koino-miasm {koi' ' -no-mi' '-azm) [icoivdc, common ; 

 H'laofia, miasm]. A miasm emanating from the soil. 



Kola-nut (ko'-lali) [African]. The seed of Cola acu- 

 minata, used in parts of Central Africa as a substitute 

 for tea and coffee. It contains an alkaloid similar to 

 caffein, and is a cerebral stimulant and cardiac tonic. 

 Dose of a twenty per cent, tincture, 3J ; of the fluid 

 extract, gtt. xx-xxx. Unof. 



Kolla {kol'-ah) [native name]. An Abyssinian dis- 

 ease resembling malaria. 



Kollerism (kol' -er-izm) . .See Cocainization. 



Kolliker's Columns. See Muscle-columns. K., 

 Glands of. See Gland. K., Lamina or Mem- 

 brane of. See Membrane, Reticular. 



Kollonema (kol-on-e* '-mah) \_k6a7m, glue; vfjfia, tissue]. 

 Same as Myxoma, q. v. 



Kolossow's Fixing-solution. See Stains, Table of. 



Kolotyphus {ko-lo-ti'-fus) [ku?mv, colon ; rv<j>og, stupor]. 

 Typhoid fever. 



Kolpo- {kol'-po-). See Colpo-. 



Kolpocystotomy {kol-po-sis-tof '-o-me). See Colpocyst- 

 atomy. 



Kolpodesmorrhaphy {kol-po-dez-mor'-a-fe') \k6"K-koc, 

 vagina; (ha/t6r, bond ; pn<j>i/, seam]. Same as Colpor- 

 rliaphv, q. v. 



Kolpokleisis (kol-po-klis'-is). See Colfokleisis. 



Kombe {kom'-bah) [African]. An African arrow-poison 



(kombe inee) extracted from Strophanthus kombe. 

 Komeceras, Komoceras (ko-mes'-er-as, ko-mos' -er-as) 

 \_KOfir], the hair; nepac, horn]. In biology, applied 

 to such a horn as that of the American prong-horn, 

 formed of matted hair. 

 Kommabacillus (kom-ah-bas-il' -tis). See Bacteria, 



Synonymatic Table of. 

 Koniantron {ko-ne-an' -troii) \kovlc, dust ; a 1 

 antrum\. An instrument for spraying fluid into the 

 tympanic cavity. 

 Koosso, or Koosoo (koo'-sod) . See Brayera. 

 Kopf-tetanus {kopf -tet-an-us) [Ger.]. Cephalic tet- 

 anus, due to wounds of the head, chiefly in the region 

 of the fifth nerve. Initial trismus is associated with 

 paralysis of the face on the side of the injury. In 

 some cases there is also pharyngeal spasm, so that the 

 name Hydrophobic Tetanus has also been given 

 to this form of tetanus. 

 Kopiopia (kop-e-o f -pe-aK). See Copiopia. 

 Kopp's Asthma. See Asthma. 



Koprikin (hop' -rik-iti) \_n6-poq, dung]. A term applied 

 by Hunefeld to undigested animal matter in the feces. 

 Kore- (kor'-e-). See Core-. 



Koronion (ko-ro'-ne-ou). See Craniometric Points. 

 Koroscopy [ko-ros r -ko-pe). See Retinoscopy. 

 Kosin (ko'-shi) [Abyssinian, cusso~\, C 31 H 38 O 10 . Same 



as Koussin. See Brayera. 

 Koso (ko'-sd). Same as Brayera, q. v. 

 Kossein [kos'-e-hi) [Abyssinian, cusso\ A crystalline 

 body contained in koosso. It is soluble in ether, in 

 alcohol, and in acids. It is slightly styptic. 

 Koubasoff, Bacillus of. See Bacteria, Synonymatic 



Table of. 

 Koumiss (koo f -mis) [Tartar, kumiz, fermented mare's 

 milk]. An alcoholic drink made by the fermenta- 

 tion of milk. As made by the fermentation of 

 mare's milk, it has long been a favorite beverage 

 with the Tartars and other Asiatic tribes. Cows 

 milk has been used chiefly in making it, both in Europe 

 and America. Mare's milk is the more suitable lor 

 fermentation because of the larger percentage of milk- 

 sugar that it contains. The composition of the kou- 

 miss as prepared from both mare's milk and 

 milk is shown in the accompanying analyses from 

 various sources: — 



ANALYSIS OF KOUMISS. 



Koumiss from mare's 

 milk (Fleischmann), . 



Koumiss from cow's 

 milk (Fleischmann), . 



Koumiss from mare's 

 milk (Konig), . . . 



Koumiss from mare's 

 milk (London, 1884), . 



Koumiss from cow's 

 milk (Wiley), .... 



91-53 



88.93 



92.47 



91.87 



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1.35 



.•.■11 



O.79 



♦•38 



c.i)i 



I" I 



«..i; 



2.03 



197 



1 01 



a.56 



1.-: 



0.85 



1.36 



1.19 



2.08 



1.8s 



2.65 



l>! 



286 





0.44 



K.-cure, a method of treating pulmonary tuberculo- 

 sis. Large quantities of koumiss can be easily d 

 and its use is frequently attended by a gain in weight. 



