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Curage. (See Ulus. Diet.) 2. A term used by some 

 authorities for clearing the uterine cavity by means of 

 the ringer, as distinguished from the use of the curet. 



Curanga {ku-rang'-ah) [Malay name]. A genus of 

 plants of the order Scophulariacetc. C. amara, Juss., 

 a species of southern Asia, where the leaves are em- 

 ployed in the treatment of helminthiasis and quartan 

 fever and as a tonic. 



Curangin {kit-rang* -in). A glucosid obtained from 

 Curanga amara, Juss. It is used as a febrifuge in 

 India and is similar in action to digitalis. 



Curarization. (See Ulus. Diet.) C, Spontaneous, 

 conditions of autointoxication occasioned by the para- 

 lyzing influence upon the circulation and upon the end- 

 plates of the neuromuscular system, of toxic sub- 

 stances produced in the body by the tetanization of the 

 muscles. 



Curcin (bur' -sin). A toxalbumin analogous to ricin 

 found in the seeds of Jatropha auras, L. 



Cure. (See Ulus. Diet. ) C, Air. See Pneumatotherapy 

 (Ulus. Diet.). C, Banting. See under Treatment 

 (Ulus. Diet.). C, Dew. See Kneippism. C, Faith. 

 See Faith Cure (Ulus. Diet.). C, Hagey, a secret 

 method of treating alcoholism. C, Keeley, a secret 

 method of treating alcoholism. C, Lacnanthes-, the 

 treatment of tuberculosis by Lacnanthes tinctoria, rep- 

 resented by one Alabone, an irregular practitioner of 

 England (1900), as an infallible remedy. C, Move- 

 ment. See Swedish Movements (Ulus. Diet. ). C, 

 Nudity, a method of treatment of neurasthenia tried 

 in Austria and consisting in exposure of the person to 

 the air and sunlight, combined with baths, massage, 

 and gymnastics. C, Palliative, that which controls 

 partially or completely the manifestations of a disease 

 without eradicating it. C, Radical, the permanent 

 eradication of a disease as distinguished from the cure 

 of the disability due to it. C, Schroth. See under 

 Treatment (Ulus. Diet.). C, Violet, the popular 

 use of an infusion of violet leaves in the treatment of 

 cancer. C, Water, hydrotherapy. C, Whey, 

 orrhotherapy. 



Curetage, Curettage, Curetment, Curettment, Cu- 

 rettement. See Curding. 



Cureting {ku'-ret-ing) [Fr. ewer, to cleanse]. The 

 removal of growths, retained placenta, etc., by means of 

 a curet. Syn., Curetting; Curetment; Curettement ; 

 Curetage; Curettage. 



Curin {kur f -in). A substance obtained from curare; a 

 microcrystalline powder slightly soluble in cold water, 

 easily soluble in alcohol, chloroform, and dilute acids. 

 It has no effect upon the motor nerves, but acts upon 

 the heart. 



Current. (See Ulus. Diet.) C, Abterminal, the 

 secondary current observed at any point in the nerve 

 or muscle on the passage of a single induction shock. 

 C, Adterminal, the negative current observed at any 

 point in a nerve or muscle on the passage of a single 

 induction shock. C, Anelectrotonic, that observed 

 at the anode on passage of a constant current through 

 a nerve. C.s, Angular, those which are inclined to 

 each other at some angle. C, Branch. See C, 

 Derived (Ulus. Diet.). C. -breaker, a rheotome. C, 

 Catelectrotonic, that observed at the kathode on 

 pa Mag< of a constant current through a nerve. C- 

 ch^inger, a rheotrope. C, Combined, that obtained 

 by the combined action of the galvanic and faradic 

 currents. C, d'Arsonval, the high potential dis- 

 charge of a condenser through a large solenoid of wire. 

 C, Inducing, a primary current; one which by its 

 opening or closure produces a faradic current in an 

 adjoining circuit. Cf. C. , Induced 1 Ulus. 1 Met \. C, 

 Induction, C, Inductive. See C, Secondary 



(Ulus. Diet.). C. -interrupter, a rheotome. C, 

 Magnetoelectric, a faradic current generated by a 

 magnet. C, Morton-, the high potential, high fre- 

 quency current first described by Win. J. Morton, 

 whose claims to priority consist in (1) the first inter- 

 mittent and graduated flow from a static machine, in 

 which the pulses are so frequent that their aggregate 

 may be classed as a current; (2) the first apparatus to 

 make effective a static machine having the advantages 

 of very high frequency and oscillatory or alternating 

 characteristics, without the disadvantages of subjecting 

 the patient to the direct action of the primary or inter- 

 rupted current. C, Primary. See C, Inducing. 

 C, Primitive, an electric current from which a de- 

 rived current has not been drawn off. C. -regulator, 

 a rheostat. C.-reverser, a rheotrope. C, Sinuous, 

 one sent in a curved line. C, Sinusoidal, an alter- 

 nating induced electric current in which the electro- 

 motive force is so varied that its rise and fall in a 

 positive direction are immediately succeeded without a 

 break by an exactly corresponding fall and rise in the 

 negative direction, and the rise and fall in both direc- 

 tions would, if graphically illustrated, describe a sine 

 curve. [Jacoby.] C, Spinal Cord, an electric cur- 

 rent applied by placing both the electrodes on the 

 spine. P., Spinal Cord Muscle, an electric current 

 in the application of which one electrode is placed 

 over the spine, the other over a muscle. C, Spinal 

 Cord Nerve, an electric current in the application of 

 which one electrode is placed on the spine, the other on 

 a nerve. C, Static, C., Spark-gap, one constituted 

 by the continuous abstraction and renewal of a charge 

 of static electricity. C, Terrestrial, thermoelectric 

 currents due, according to Ampere, to atmospheric 

 variations caused by the position of the sun, and which 

 circulate from east to west, being perpendicular to the 

 magnetic needle of each place. C, Uniform, an 

 electric current which retains the same strength through- 

 out its application. C, Uninterrupted, a continuous 

 current. C, Unit of, an ampere. 



Currie's Method of treating fevers. See Affusion, 

 Cold. 



Curry. (See Ulus. Diet.) C. -leaves, the leaves of 

 the rulaeeous tree Murraya hoenigii, Spr. , used in 

 India as an aromatic stimulant ; when powdered they 

 impart a peculiar flavor to curry. 



Curtometer {kur-tom'-et-er) \curvus, bent ; fttrpov, a 

 measure]. A device for measuring curved surfaces. 



Curvature. (See Ulus. Diet.) C., Compensatory, 

 in spinal curvature, a secondary curve occurring as the 

 result of the efforts of the trunk to maintain its upright 

 position. C, Lateral, C, Rotarolateral (of the 

 spine). See Scoliosis (Ulus. Diet.). 



Curve. (See Ulus Diet.) C, Barnes'. See under 

 Barnes (Ulus. Diet.). C. -basis, a common level 

 from which spring the ascending lines of a sphygmo- 

 graphic tracing. C.s, Chauveau's, in electro- 

 physiology curves which show that with closing 

 shocks the amount of stimulation obtained at first 

 with the kathode grows with the strength of the 

 current, then remains stationary and 'sometimes de- 

 creases. The degree of stimulation obtained with 

 the anode regularly increases with the current ami 

 overtakes and surpasses that obtained with the kathode. 

 With opening shocks the results are reversed. C. 

 Ellis-Damoiseau's, C, Garland's S. See Sign, 

 Idas'. C, Staircase-, the myographic curve pro 

 duced by repeated stimulation. C, Temperature, 

 a graphic curve showin the variations of the temper 

 ature for a given period. C.s, Traube's, C, Traube- 

 Hering's. See under 'Prank (Ulus. Diet.). 



Cushion. (See Ulus. Diet.) 2. An aggregate of adi- 



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