CALCIUM 



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CALCULUS 



Calcii peroxidum, Ca0 2 -j- 4H 2 0, aii antiseptic, used 

 in acid dyspepsia and summer diarrhea. Dose (chil- 

 dren!, ; 4 -2 gr. (0.049-0.13 gm.). C. Phenolsul- 

 fonate, C. Phenylsulfate. See C Sulfocarbolate. 

 C. Phosphate, Antimoniated, a mixture of precipi- 

 I calcium phosphate (67 parts) and antimony oxid 

 (33 P arts •> occurring as a dull white, gritty powder with- 

 out odor or taste, soluble in boiling water. It is altera- 

 tive, purgative, and emetic, and is used in acute rheu- 

 matism and febrile diseases. Dose, 3-8 gr. (0.2-0.52 

 gm. ) 4 to 6 times daily. Syn. , Antimonial powder, 

 P.: James febrile powder. C. Phosphate, 

 Dibasic, Ca(H,PG 4 ) 2 or CaHP0 4 , a white powder 

 soluble in acids, insoluble in water. It is used in dis- 



! eases of bone, chlorosis, etc. Dose, 8-20 gr. (0.52— 1. 3 

 gm. 1. Syn., £ /'calcic phosphate ; Secondary calcium 

 phosphate. C. Phosphate, Monobasic, CaH 4 (P0 4 ) 2 - 

 — H . 0, the chief constituent of the so-called " super- 

 phosphate of lime," a decomposition product of tri- 

 calcic or dicalcic phosphate and sulfuric acid, occurring 

 as white, deliquescent, strongly acid crystals. C. 

 Phosphate, Precipitated. See C. Phosphate, Tri- 

 bute. C. Phosphate, Primary. See C. Phosphate, 



\ Monobasic. C. Phosphate, Tertiary. See C. Phos- 



I phate, Tribasic. C. Phosphate. Tribasic, Ca,- 

 (P0 4 ),, a light, white amorphous powder without odor 

 or ta>tc. soluble in acids, insoluble in water. It is used 

 as the dibasic. C. Phosphid, Ca 2 P 2 , a gray mass, de- 

 composing in contact with water. C. Phosphite, 

 CaHPQ 3 — 11 J K small white crystals slightly soluble 

 in water. C. Phosphoglycerate, PO s C 3 H 7 , a white 

 crystalline powder, slightly soluble in cold water. The 

 solution is rendered turbid by heat and the salt is al- 

 most insoluble in boiling water. C. Phospholactate. 

 See C. Lactophosphate. C. Phthalate, CaC 8 H 4 4 +- 

 H,0. dull rhombic prisms soluble in water. C. 

 Picrate. C. Picronitrate, Ca(C 6 H,(XO,) 3 ) 2 , an 

 explosive reddish or yellowish powder. C. Plumbate, 



! a flesh-colored powder, soluble in acids. C. Propi- 

 onate. Ca(C 3 H 5 0.,) 2 , white powder, soluble in water. 

 C. Pyroracemate. See C. Pyruvate. C. Pyrophos- 

 phate. Ca.,P 2 ; , a white powder. C. Pyrothio- 

 arsenate, Ca s As 1 S 7 , a salt. C. Pyrothioarsenite, 

 \, a salt. C. Pyrovanadate, 2Ca,V 2 7 + 

 5HX). a white amorphous body. C. Pyruvate, 



1 (C 3 H.( ), iCa, a crystalline compound of calcium and 

 pyruvic acid converted into a gummv mass by warm- 

 ing. C. Quinate, Ca(C-H n 6 ) 2 + ioH 2 0, white 

 crystals soluble in water. C. Quinovate, a compound 

 of calcium and quinovic acid used in malarial fever 

 and dysentery as a tonic. Dose, \-\ gr. (0.01 3-0.032 

 C. Racemate, C 4 H 4 6 Ca -1 4H,0, a crystal- 

 line compound isomeric with calcium tartrate, but less 

 soluble. C. Saccharate, a compound consisting of a 

 large quantity of calcium hvdrate dissolved in a solu- 

 tion of sugar. C. Salicylate, CaC-H 4 O s -f H 2 0, a 

 white crystalline powder with alkaline reaction, solu- 

 ble with difficulty in water. It is used in intestinal dis- 

 eases. Dose, 8-20 gr. (0.52-1.3 gm. ). C. San- 

 tonate. C. Santoninate, Ca(C l5 H 19 4 ),, a white, 

 odorless, insipid powder, insoluble in water or chloro- 

 form. It is anthelmintic. Dose, N-i 1 , gr. (003-01 

 gm.). C. Sarcolactate, 2Ca(C,H-0 3 ) 2 — 9H 2 0, a 

 crystalline compound of calcium and sarcolactic acid 

 isomeric with calcium lactate. C. Selenite, CaSe0 3 + 

 2H 2 0, a white powder. C. Succinate, CaC 4 H 4 4 -f 

 HjO, fine colorless crystals, soluble in water. C. 

 Sucrate. a compound of calcium and saccharose 

 formed by dissolving lime in cane-sugar ; it occurs in 

 syrup of lime. C. Sulfate. 2CaS0 4 -f-H 2 0, a fine 

 white, odorless and tasteless powder, used in making 

 plaster bandages for fractures Syn., Plaster of Paris ; 





Gypsum. C. Sulfhydrate, CaS . H 2 S, transparent 

 crystals decomposing in the air; it is used as a depila- 

 tory. C. Sulfid, CaS, a compound of calcium and 

 sulfur, a yellow-white substance with odor of hydro- 

 gen sulfid and forming a large percentage of calx sul- 

 furata. It is recommended in treatment of influenza 

 (dose, 1 gr. 4 times hourly) and in treatment of diph- 

 theria (dose, ^ gr. every hour under I year of age, 

 every y z hour between the ages of 1 and 3, and every 

 15 minutes between the ages of 3 and 5 |. Syn , C". 

 monosulfid. C. Sulfid, Hydrated. CaS ; it is used as 

 a depilatory. C. Sulfite, CaSO :i , white powder, solu- 

 ble in sulfurous acid and in 800 parts of water. It is 

 antiseptic and is used in flatulent diarrhea. Dose, 

 T L-5 gr. ( 0.0065-0. 32 gm. ). C. Sulfocarbolate, 

 Ca(C 6 H 5 S(3 4 ) 2 — 6H 2 0, a white, odorless, astringent 

 powder or scales, soluble in water. It is an internal 

 antiseptic and astringent. Dose. 5-1 5 gr- (°-3 2 ~o.97 

 gra. ) in t% solution. C. Sulfophenate. See C. Sul- 

 focarbolate. C. Thiosulfate, CaS 2 O s , white antisep- 

 tic crystals soluble in water ; it is an internal antisep- 

 tic. Dose, 3-10 gr. (0.194-0. 65 gm.). 



Calcoglobulin {kal-ko-glolZ-u-lin). A combination of 

 soluble calcium salts with an albuminous base. It has 

 a distinct and definite form and is probably the basis of 

 all the calcic tissues of the body. 



Calcospherites, Calcosphaerites {kal-ko-sfe'-ritz) 

 [calx, lime ; spkartt, a sphere]. Hartig's term for the 

 granules or globules formed in embryologic dental 

 pulp and in tissues like bone and shell by calcium 

 salts brought by the blood into loose proteid combina- 

 tion and modified by the cytoplasm. 



Calculus. (See Illus. Diet.) C, Adherent, one 

 that has become adherent to the wall of the organ 

 in which it is located. C, Alternating, one com- 

 posed of alternate layers of the substances of which 

 it is made up. C, Alvine. See C, Intestinal. 

 C, Articular. See C, Arthritic (Illus. Diet.). 

 C, Aural, hardened cerumen in the external audi- 

 tory canal. C. biliaris, C. biliarius, C. biliosus. 

 a gallstone. C, Blood, a fibrinous calculus con- 

 taining remains of blood-corpuscles. C. Breast. 

 See C, Lacteal (Illus. Diet.). Calculi Cancrorcm. 

 See Astacolith (Illus. Diet.). C, Cardiac, a clot in 

 the heart which has become calcified. C, Chalky, 

 one made up mainly of calcium carbonate and calcium 

 phosphate with small amounts of magnesium carbon- 

 ate, water, and organic matter, and frequently having 

 a foreign body as a nucleus. C, Cystic. 1. A vesical 

 calculus. 2. A gallstone. 3. One composed of cystin. 

 C Cystic-oxid, C, Cystin, a urinary calculus, 

 rarely found and composed largely of cystin. C, 

 Encysted, a vesical calculus which has become in- 

 vested in a pouch springing from the wall of the blad- 

 der. C. enterolithus. See Enterolith (Illus. Diet.). 

 C, Essential, one having its origin within the tissue 

 of an organ and not from a foreign body. C, Fatty, 

 a vesical calculus having a nucleus of fat or sapona- 

 ceous matter. C. felleus, a gallstone. C, Fibrin- 

 ous, a vesical calculus made up of dried coagulated 

 albumin. C, Gastric. See C. t Stomachic. C. Hemic, 

 a concretion of coagulated blood. C, Hempseed, 

 the smooth variety of mulberry calculi. C, Hepatic, 

 C, Hepaticocystic. one situated in a bile-duct in the 

 liver. C. Impacted, one arrested in its passage 

 through a canal. C, Incarcerated. See C, Encysted. 

 C. intestini, C, Intestinal. See Enterolith and 

 Bczoar (Illus. Diet.). C, Joint. See C, Arthritic 

 (Illus. Diet.). C, Lacrimal. See Dacryolith (Illus. 

 Diet.). C, Laminated, one made up of layers of 

 different materials. C, Meibomian, the hardened se- 

 cretion of the meibomian glands that may accumulate 



