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upon a certain kind of food. The digestive ferments 

 embrace the amylolytic, proteolytic, invertive, emulsive, 

 and the milk-curdling ferments. F., Glycolytic. I. 

 One existing in the liver, which changes starch into 

 sugar; also any ferment capable of decomposing sugar. 

 2. Lepine's name for the internal secretion of the pan- 

 creas which reaches the general circulation without 

 entering the intestinal tract. F., Hydrolytic. See 

 under Hydrolytic (Illus. Diet.). F., Insoluble. See 

 F., Organized (Illus. Diet.). F., Inversive, F., 

 Inverting. See Invertin (Illus. Diet.). F.s, Oxida- 

 tion, F.s, Oxidizing, ferments existing in the cells 

 and tissues of the body which act as oxygen-carriers 

 and act on hydrogen peroxid and neutral oxygen as 

 well; their activity is destroyed by heat. Syn., F.s, 

 Tissue; Oxydases; Oxidases. F., Piarolytic, one 

 which decomposes fat. F., Soluble. See Enzyme 

 (Illus. Diet.). F., Steatolytic, one that splits fat 

 into fatty acids and glycerin, as steapsin of the pancre- 

 atic juice and similar ferments found in seeds of poppy, 

 castor-oil beans, Indian hemp, corn, etc. 



Fermentable (fur-ment'-a-bl). Capable of being 

 fermented. 



Fermental (fur-ment'-al). Endowed with capacity 

 to produce fermentation. 



Fermentation. (See Illus. Diet.) F., Alcoholic, F., 

 Spirituous, the conversion of saccharine substances into 

 alcohol ; it is due to yeast germs. 



Fermentescent (fur-ment-es'-ent). Becoming fer- 

 mented. 



Ferralbumose ( fer-al f -bii-mbz). A meat precipitate 

 treated with artificial gastric juice and ferric chlorid. 



Ferralia {fer-a? -le-ali) [ferrum, iron]. Medicinal 

 preparations of iron. 



Ferrate (fer'-at). A salt of ferric acid. 



Ferrated (fer-a / -ted). Combined with iron; contain- 

 ing iron. 



Ferratin {fer'-at-iri). A chemic compound of iron and 

 albumin, introduced as identical with the organic iron 

 component of all food. It is used in anemia and 

 malnutrition. Dose, 7^ gr. (0.5 gm. ) 3 times daily. 

 F., Schmiedeberg's, a nuclein in combination with 

 iron contained in the liver. Syn., ZaleskV s hepatin. 



Ferratogen (fer-at'-o-jen). An iron nuclein obtained 

 by cultivating yeast on a medium impregnated with 

 iron. It is used in treatment of chlorosis, the prepara- 

 tion containing l</ of metallic iron. Syn., Ferric nu- 

 clein. 



Ferric (fer'-ik). I. Pertaining to or of the nature of 

 iron. 2. Containing iron as atrivalentor quadrivalent 

 radicle. F., Chlorid, iron perchlorid. F., Sulfate, 

 iron tersulfate. 



Ferrichthol {fer-ik'-thol). A form of ichthyol sul- 

 fonate of iron which contains 3. 5% of organically com- 

 bined iron together with 96.5 c / of ichthyol sulfonic 

 acid. It is odorless and tasteless and is used in the 

 treatment of anemia and chlorosis. Dose, 2 gr. 



Ferricyanid {fer-e-si'-an-id). A sal of hydroferricy- 

 anic acid. 



Ferricyanogen {fer-e-si-an'-o-jett). Fe 2 (C 3 N 3 ) 4 . The 

 hexatomic radicle found in the ferricyanids. 



Ferrinol (fe^-in-ol). Iron nucleid, a compound of 

 nucleol and iron oxid containing 6% of iron. 



Ferripton ( ferip'-ton). A proprietary preparation said 

 to contain 4% of iron, 7% of proteids, and 89$ of 

 water. It is used in anemia and chlorosis. 



Ferripyrin ( fer-c-pi'-rin). See Ferropyrin. 



Ferrisalipyrin {fer-e-sal-e-pi'-rin). Antipyrin ferrous 

 salicylate, a yellow-brown powder showing a green 

 fluorescence. 



Ferrocyanate {fer-o-si'-an-at). See Ferrocyanid 

 (Illus. Diet.). 



Composed of iron and 

 See Ferrocyanid 

 both 



Ferrocyanic (fer-o-si-an'-ik) 

 cyanogen. 



Ferrocyanuret (fer-o-si-an' -u-ret 

 (Illus. Diet.). 



Ferroferric {fer-o-fer'-ik). Containing iron 

 ferric and ferrous combinations. 



Ferrohemol (fer-o-he'-mol). Hemol containing 3% 

 of added iron. Dose, 8 gr. (0.5 gm. ). 



Ferrol, Ferroleum (fer'-ol, fer-o'-le-um). A proprie- 

 tary 50% emulsion of cod-liver oil containing iron 

 phosphate. 



Ferromagnesium-sulfate (fer-o-mag-ne-se-um-sul'- 

 fdt). FeS0 4 . MgS0 4 + 6H 2 0. A greenish powder, 

 used in anemia and chlorosis. Dose, 0.5 gm. 



Ferromagnetic { fer-o- mag-net f -ik). Having iron as a 

 constituent and possessing magnetic properties. 



Ferrometer {fer-om' -et-ur) \_ferrum, iron ; me/are, to 

 measure]. An apparatus for estimating quantitatively 

 the iron in a minimum quantity of blood. 



Ferropyrin {fer-o-pi f -rin). (C n H, 2 N 2 0) H Fe 2 Cl 6 . A 

 hemostatic containing antipyrin, 64^ ; iron, 12% ; 

 chlorin, 24$. An orange-red, impalpable powder, 

 soluble in hot water, alcohol, and benzol ; slightly in 

 ether; melts at 205 C. It is styptic, antiseptic, and 

 astringent, and is applied externally for gonorrhea and 

 nose-bleed. It is used internally in anemia, chlorosis, 

 neuralgia, in doses from 8 to 15 gr. (0.52-0.97 gm. ). 

 Application, \<f to lyifo solution for gonorrhea, 20% 

 solution for nose-bleed. 



Ferrosine (fer'-o-sen). A granular or fine red powder 

 used as a pigment and said to contain iron oxid, 70'/ 

 to 75^ ; lime and albumin, 10$ to 20^ ; water, 10% 

 to 15%. 



Ferrosodium-citro-albuminate {fer-o-so-de-um-sit-ro- 

 al-bu'-min-dt). A hematinic containing 30*% ferric 

 oxid. Dose, 23 gr. (1.5 gm.); children, 4-8 gr. 

 (0.2 gm. ) in soup oi» syrup. 



Ferrosoferric (fer-o-so-fer' '-ik). Containing iron as a 

 bivalent and a trivalent radicle. 



Ferrosoferrous ( fer-o-so-fer* '-us). Applied to a salt 

 which is compounded of two ferrous salts. 



Ferrosol (fer'-o-sol). A double combination of ferric 

 saccharate and saccharate of sodium chlorid occurring 

 as a clear black-brown liquid; used in the treatment 

 of chlorosis, anemia, and neurasthenia. Dose, I tea- 

 spoonful (5 cm.) 3 times daily. 



Ferrosomatose (fer-o-so / -mat-bz). A combination of 

 2% of iron with somatose; an odorless, tasteless pow- 

 der, soluble in water. It is used as a tonic in chlorosis^ 

 anemia, and debility. Dose, 75-150 gr. (5-10 gm.) 

 daily. As a laxative, dose, 10 gm. 



Ferrostyptin (fer-o-stip'-tin). A preparation of iron 

 and formaldehyd occurring in cubic crystals or crystal- 

 line powder soluble in water, melting at 120° C. It 

 is used as a noncaustic, antiseptic hemostyptic in den- 

 tistry. Dose, 5-8 gr. (0.3-0.5 gm.). 



Ferrovin (fer'-o-vin). A readily absorbable iron prep- 

 aration, used in anemia. 



Ferruginated {fer-u' -jin-a-ted). Having the properties 

 of iron. 



Ferruginous. (See Illus. Diet.) 2. Having the colof 

 of iron rust. 



Ferrum. (See Illus. Diet.) F. caseinatum. See/'." 

 Casein. F. sanguinis, hemoglobin. 



Fersan ( fci J -snn). A proprietary food-product made 

 from the red corpuscles of beef-blood. 



Festucine [fes / -tu-sen) [festuca, a straw]. Straw- 

 colored. 



Fetal. (See Illus. Diet.) F. -markings, furrows and 

 embryonic markings found in the adult kidney. 



Fettmilch of Gartner. A preparation obtained by put- 

 ting equal parts of milk and sterile water into the drum 



