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on the inner surface of the eyelids. C, Nephritic. 

 See C, Renal (Illus. Diet.). C, Organic, one with 

 a nucleus formed of epithelium, blood, etc. C. pan- 

 creatis, C, Pancreatic, one found in the pancreatic 

 duct ; it is generally multiple and made up of calcium 

 carbonate or calcium phosphate. C, Parotid, oneoccur- 

 ring in the parotid gland or its duct. C, Pineal, brain- 

 sand. See Acervulus (Illus. Diet. i. C, Pisiform, a 

 pea-shaped calculus, usually multiple. C, Podagric. 

 See C, Arthritic (Illus. Diet.). C., Preputial, a con- 

 cretion of calcified smegma or deposit from decom- 

 posed urine formed between the prepuce and the glans 

 penis. Syn., Postholilh. C, Prostaticovesical. 

 See C, Vesicoprostatic. C, Pulmonary, a chalky 

 mass formed in the lung or in the bronchial gland. 

 C, Salivary. (See Illus. Diet. ) 2. The tartar depos- 

 ited on teeth. C, Sanguineous. See C, Blood. 

 C, Saponaceous. See C, Fatty. C, Scrotal. 

 I. A vesical or prostatic calculus which has made its 

 way to the scrotum. 2. One formed in the scrotum 

 from calcareous degeneration. C, Secondary, a vesi- 

 cal calculus formed in consequence of a diseased con- 

 dition of the mucosa of the urinary tract. C, Semi- 

 nal. See C, Spermatic: C, Spermatic, one occurring 

 in the seminal vesicles. C, Stercoraceous, one 

 made up chiefly of hardened fecal matter. C, Sto- 

 machic, a concretion found in the stomach, usually 

 consisting of hair or other material swallowed. C, 

 Sublingual, a salivary calculus occurring in the sub- 

 lingual gland. C, Subpreputial. See C, Preputial. 

 C, Tonsillar, one formed in a tonsillar follicle. C, 

 Urinary, a concretion composed of concentric layers 

 of crystallized substance cemented together by mucus 

 or other organic material, occurring in the bladder. 

 Urinary calculi (sand, gravel, or stones, according to 

 their size) consist of: (i) A mixture of uric acid with 

 urates, with either little or no phosphates ; (2) mixed 

 calculi, those containing more phosphates than uric 

 acid; (3) calcium oxalate calculi; (4) phosphatic 

 calculi — composed either of calcium phosphate, triple 

 phosphate, or a combination of calcium and magne- 

 sium phosphates; (5) calcium carbonate calculi ; (6) 

 cystin calculi ; (7) xanthin calculi ; (8) fibrinous calculi, 

 consisting of fibrin or inspissated albumin. C, 

 Venous. See Phlebolith (Illus. Diet.). C, Vesico- 

 prostatic, one situated partly in the bladder and 

 partly in the prostate. C, Xanthic, C, Xanthic 

 Oxid, C, Xanthin, a gray or brown greasy urinary 

 calculus of rare occurrence, consisting of xanthin and 

 hypoxanthin. 



Calcusol {hal'-ku-sol). A proprietary remedy for gout, 

 said to consist of piperidin parasulfamin-benzoate and 

 potassium bicarbonate. 



Calentura (kal-en tu'-rah). I. See Calentur (Illus. 

 Diet.). 2. Applied to an epidemic disease of horses 

 in the Philippines. It is caused by a species of Spi- 

 rillum. C. amarilla, C. vomito-negro, yellow fever. 



Cali Nuts. The fruit of a species of Muaina or 

 Dioclea growing on the west coast of Africa, in which 

 physostigmin has been found. 



Calibrate [kal'-ib-rat) [Fr., calibre, the bore of a gun]. 

 I. To estimate the exact size of an opening, as of in- 

 testines to be united by anastomosis. 2. To graduate 

 the tubes of a thermometer so that it will indicate the 

 temperature correctly, or to determine the errors of the 

 gradation when made ; also, to determine the indica- 

 tion of the reading after the correction of the errors. 



Calibration {kalc-bra'-shun). The act, process, or re- 

 sult of calibrating. 



Calibrator [kal'-e-bra-tor). An instrument for deter- 

 mining the exact diameter of the lumen of an open- 

 ing, as of the urethra. It may consist of a truncated 



cone supplied with a scale or some form of dilating 

 blades. 

 Caliche (kah-le'-che) [S. A., a fleck of lime from a 

 wall]. The South American name for crude sodium 

 nitrate ; Chili saltpeter. 

 Californin {kal-e-forn'-in). A bitter, yellow, amor- 

 phous, friable substance of neutral reaction obtained 

 from Cascarilla riedeliana, Wedd., and other allied 

 plants. 

 Caliginous (Ical-iJ'-in-us). Relating to or affected with 



caligo. 

 Calisayin (kal-e-sa'-yen). An amorphous base o 



ing mostly of quinin obtained from cinchona bark. 

 Calix (Ical'-ihs) [pi. calices\. See Calyx (Illus. Diet 

 Calliandra (kal-e-an' '-dra) [/ia/.oc, beautiful; avi/p, . 

 man — (stamen)]. A genus of leguminous shrul 

 herbs natives of tropical America. C. grandiflora, 

 Benth., the yerba del angel, tlacoxil, oxochitl, xiloN> 

 chitl, or cabellos de angel of Mexico, where it i 

 as a febrifuge. It contains the glucosid calliandreina. 

 Calliandreina (kal-e-an- dre'-in-ah). A glucosid ob- 

 tained from Calliandra grandiflora. It causes vomit- 

 ing, purging, prostration, and collapse in doses over 

 90 centigrams. 

 Callisection (kal-e-sek'-shun) [callum, insensibility; 

 sectw, a cutting]. Vivisection of anesthetized animals. 

 Callososerrate \kal-o-so-ser'-at) [callosus, hard 

 ratus, saw-shaped]. Having serrated callous projec- 

 tions. 

 Callus. (See Illus. Diet.) Syn., Callum. C, Defini- 

 tive, C, Interposed. SeeC. , Permanent (lWus. I 

 C, Ensbeathing, C, External, C, Temporary. 

 See C, Provisional (Illus. Diet.). C, Interior, C, 

 Internal, provisional callus of a fractured bone de- 

 posited in its medullary canal. 

 Calluxanthin (kal-u-zan' -thin). C 14 H 10 O 7 . A reddish 

 yellow pigment contained in heather, Calluna 

 garis, L. 

 Calmin (kaP-min). A compound of antipyrin ancj 



heroin ; it is used in asthma, etc. 

 Calolactose {calo-lak'-toz). An intestinal disinfectan j 

 said to consist of calomel, I part ; bismuth subnitrate j 

 I part ; lactose, 8 parts. 

 Calorescence (kal-or-es'-enz). Tyndall's name for thij 

 phenomenon produced by focusing the invisiblt 

 rays from some appropriate source upon a pi< 

 charcoal by means of a lens or mirror; the cl 

 will be heated to incandescence, thus converting, b 

 its interposition, nonluminous rays into luminous rav- 

 Calorimeter. (See Illus. Diet.) C, Respiratio; 

 (Atwater's), an apparatus used to determine the calori 

 values of various foods and their effect on metabolism 

 Calorimetry. (See Illus. Diet.) C, Direct. 

 method of estimating the amount of heat pn 

 duced and given off by an animal incased in a vei 

 tilated cabinet, and inclosed in another cabinet til'' 

 with air or water, by gauging the amount imparted 

 the air or water in the second cabinet. C, IndireC 

 that arrived at by an estimation of the calorific va.i 

 of a known quantity of food ingested by an 

 a given time. 

 Calory. (See Illus. Diet.) C, Small, the ami 

 heat required to raise the temperature of <" 

 water one degree centigrade. C. , Great, tin' ann'ti 

 of heat required to raise the temperature ol 

 gram of water one degree centigrade. 

 Calot's Method. See Treatment. 

 Calvaria. (See Illus. Diet.) C, Natiform, I 

 term for a sign of congenital syphilis consisti 

 presence of four eminences on tin- bums forming u 

 sides of the anterior fontanel. Cf. Parrot's 

 Calvarium. (See Illus. Diet.) 2. The entire skull. 



