A dictionary of terms used in medicine and the collateral sciences / By Richard D. Hoblyn.

  • Hoblyn, Richard D. (Richard Dennis), 1803-1886.
Date:
1835
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    COAGULABLE LYMPH. The fluid slowly effused in wounds, which after- wards becomes the bond of union, or cicatrix. COAGULATION {cov, and afere, to bring together). It is termed— 1. Spontaneous; the cohesion of the particles of the blood, some effused fluids, &c. 2. Induced; the effect produced upon albumen by heat, alcohol, acid, ren- net, Src. COAGULUM This is distinguished as 1. Clot; applied to the blood only. 2. ; applied to albumen. 3. Curd; applied to milk. COBALT (Cobalus, the demon of mines). A metal, found chiefly in com- bination with arsenic; the basis of the blue colour upon our earthenware. 1. Zagre. An impure oxide of cobalt. 2. Smalt. A blue-coloured glass, ob- tained by heating zaffre with sand and potash, reduced to powder. It is the blue-stone used in washing. COCCULUS (dim. of kSkko^, a grain.) A genus of plants: Order Menispermece. C. Palmatus. The Calumba tree. C. Tuberosus. A species, the seed of which is the Cocculus Indicus of the shops, containingpicro/cria. COCCUS (KoKKof, a grain, from its being formerly supposed to be the seed of a plant). Coccinella. Cochineal, the dried female of a hemipterous insect which feeds on the leaves of several species of the Cactus, and is hence called Coccus Cacti. COCCYX (KoKKuf, a cuckoo). The lower end of the spine, so called from Its resemblance to the cuckoo's beak. 1. Coccygis OS. The coccyx. Cauda. 2. Coccygeus. A muscle of the os coc- cygis. COCHINEAL. The dried insect called Coccus Cacti, or CoccineUa. COCHLEA (KoxXor, a conch). A ca- vity of the ear, resembling the spiral shell of the snail. COCHLEARE (cochlea, a snail's shell). A spoon, so named from its resemblance to the shell of a snail; a spoonful. The following proportions are used in apportioning the dose of mixtures:— C. Amplum. A table-spoonful. /Jss. C. Mediocre. A dessert-spoon: this contains more than/5ij. C. Minimum. A tea-spoon ; /5j- To these may be added— Cyathus. A wine-glass. This, though 33 I COCHLEARIA {cochleare, a spoon.) A genus of plants : Order Cruciferct. C. Armoracia. Horse-radish. C. Officinalis. Common scurvy-grass. COCOA. A substance procured from the seeds of the Theobroma Cacao, or Chocolate tree. COCOS BUTYRACEA. The Mac- kaw tree, the kernels of which yield the palm oil: Order Palma;. Cocos nucifera. The Cocoa tree. The fruit is used as food, as also the fruit bud, or cabbage. COCTION [coquo, to digest). The pro- cess of reducing the aliment to chyle. CODEIC ACID. Hydro-chloric acid; the second acid of opium. CCELIA (Koi\i'a). The belly. Hence— 1. Coeliac, a term applied to an artery— the first branch of the aorta in the abdomen; and to a plexus—a prolon- gation of the solar. 2. Coeliac Passion. The colic. COiNURUS (xoivor, common, ovpa, a tail). A cystose bladder, containing se- veral animals grouped together and ad- hering to its sides. Compare Cysticercus. COFFEE. The roasted seeds of the Coffea Arahica: Order Cinchonacece. COHESION {cohcereo, to stick toge- ther). The power by which the compo- nent particles of a body cohere, or are kept together. It is the opposite to Ex- pansion. Compare Attraction. COITUS {coire, to go together). The conjunction of the sexes. COKE. The residue of coal, when the volatile matters are driven off; COLATURA {colo, to strain). Any filtered or strained liquor. COLCHICUM AUTUMNALE. Mea- dow Saffron. Used by the ancients under the name ot ffermodactyllus; a bulbife- rous plant, found in moist meadows: Order Colchicacea. The juice of the bulb is very poisonous to dogs; hence the Dutch name Hundes hoden, and the French name Tue-chien. All the species of Colchicum yield the alkaloid veratria ; the Autumnale, the largest proportion— the Byzantium, the smallest. Blane. The preparations of the bulb are— 1. The VinumColchici.h. Dose,Hixxx. to /5j. in any mild fluid. Thom- son.—nixx. to/5jss. Paris. 2. The Acetum Colchici. L. Dose, /3ss. to /5jss. Thomson.—f^ss. to /5ij. Paris. 3. The Syrupus Colchici. E. Dose. to/5ss. or more.