Volume 2

The New Sydenham Society̓s Lexicon of medicine and the allied sciences : (based on Mayne̓s Lexicon) / by Henry Power and Leonard W. Sedgwick.

  • New Sydenham Society.
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1881-1899
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    CHALICRATUM—CHAM^DRYS. in stonemasons, potters, and those exposed to the breathing of dust containing silica. It produces cough and expectoration of sputa containing silica, shortness of breath, loss of flesh, sometimes haemoptysis, and then the signs of cavities in the lungs. These organs contain numerous hard nodules, containing silica and carbon, which often soften and break down into cavities. Clialic'ratum. (XaXis, pure wine; ke- pavvufu, to mix.) An old term for a mixture of wine and water. Chali'ni. (X«\ii/o's, a bridle.) Those paits of the cheeks contiguous to the angles of the mouth, or where the bridle is inserted in the horse, were anciently so termed according to Blancardus. Clial'inoplasty. (XaXu/0'9; irXda-aw, to form.) The operation for forming anew frsenum, or angle of the mouth. ChalliL. (Sax. cealc, from L. calx, lime. F. craie ; I. creta; Gr. Kreide.) Carbonate of lime. See Creta. C, campli'orated, A mixture of pow- dered camphor and chalk in the proportion of 1 to 8 or 15, used as a dentifrice. C. eat'ing'. A form of diseased appetite in which there is a longing for chalk. C, French. 4MgSi03. SiOaiHsO. A form of steatite, a silicated magnesian mineral. Used in powder as a desiocative. C. mix'ture. See Mistura creta. C, precipitated. See Creta prmcipitata. C, prepa'red. See Creta praiparata. C, red. Ruddle; a red argillaceous ore of iron, being decomposed ha?matite. It was for- merly used in the manufacture of some plasters. C.-stones. (F. caTcnl arthrittqiie; G. Kreidcstcbi.) The concretions deposited in the auricle, and the joint ends of the bones, espe- cially of the hands and feet, of those who are severely afflicted with gout; so called from their resemblance to chalk. They are composed in great part of urate of soila; wilh, sometimes, phosphate and carbonate of lime. Chalk Creek Spring-s. America; 5 miles from Arkansas River. Altitude 8000 feet. Temp, various, highest 160° F. Some of them are ferruginous; one is a clay or mud hath. Chal'les. France; Uepartement de la Haute-Savoie, near Aix-Ies-Bains. Mineral waters, temp. 15° C. (59° F.), containing sul- phuret of sodium and minute quantities of sodium bromide, and potassium iodide. Used as adjuncts to the waters of Aix-les-Bains. Chal'Onnes. France; Departcmcnt de Maine-et-Loire; known in the neighbourhood as Fontaine Sainte-Maurille. A very weak chaly- beate water. Clialot'. The Allium ascalonicum. See Charusset. A mineral water arising at a little distance from, and of the same nature as, Briimoiit. Chalyb'eate. (XaXm//, iron, or steel. F. ehalyhe; G. eisciiartir/, stahlartig.) Belonging to, or partaking of the nature or quality of, or containing, iron. C. bread. Bread containing a grain of lactate of iron to the ounce. C.plas'ter. The Emplastrum ferri. Chalyb'eated. (Same etymon.) Con- taining iron. C. tar'tar. The Ferrum tartaraiiim. Chal'ybis rubi'g'o praepara'ta. (L. chalybs, steel; riiMgo, rust; prmparatus, prepared.) Same as Ruhigo ferri. Chalybocre'nEB. (XaXui/^, steel; Kp/wn, a spring.) Chalybeate mineral waters or springs. Chalybope'g'ae. (XaXuv/^; irnyn, a spring.) Chalybeate mineral waters or springs. Chal'ybS. (XdXuv/f. F.aeier;G. Stakl.) Steel. C. tartariza'tus. A name for ferrum tartaratum. Clia'llia> (S-vfir], a cockle.) Old name for a measure of about two teaspoonfuls, or two drachms; being about the size of a cockle-shell. Also called Cheme. Chamseac'te. (Xafiai, on the ground; a/iT77, the elder tree.) The dwarf elder tree, Sambucus ebultis. Cliamsebal'anus. (Xa/uat, on the ground ; jSaXavos, an acorn. G. Erdnuss.) Old name for a plant, supposed to be the Lathyrus tubcrosus. ChamaeHbatUS. {Xa/iai, on the ground ; l3dT09, a bramble.) Old name for the dewberry, Hubiis casius. ChamECbux US. (Xa^at, on the ground; TTiigos, the box tree.) The Polygala chamce- buxus. Chamseced'rUS. {Xa/xai. on the ground ; KiSpo^, the cedar tree.) The Artemisia san- tonica. Chamseceph'alous. (X«juai', on the earth, hence low, dwarfish; KiipaXij, the head.) The same as Platycephalous, having a vertical index of less than 70 per cent. Chamsecer'asus. (Xanai; Kspao-os, the cherry tree.) The honeysuckle, Lonicera pcriclymcniim. ChamaeciS'SUS. (Xa^o', on the ground; Kio-o-o's, the ivy plant.) The ground ivy, Gle- choma hedcracea. Cliaill£ecle'ma> (X«/iat, on the ground; KKriixa, a young shoot.) The ground ivy, Gle- choma hcderacea. Cham88cri5'ta> (Xa/xat; L. crista, a crest or plume.) The Cassia chamcecrista. CliainaB'cyce. {Xafiai; iruKrj, a fig tree.) The Euphorbia chammsyce. diameecyparis'sus. (Xa/xat; Ku-ra- /)i<ro-o9, the cypress. Q. Erdcypresse.) The <Sa»- tolina chammcyparissus. Cliamaedapli'ne. {Xap^ai; od<pvi], the laurel.) Old name applied to the liiisciis hypo- glossum, or Alexandrian laurel; to the Viiioa minor, or periwinkle ; and to the Daphne lau- reola, or spurge laurel, and the D. mczereon. ChamSB'dropSa The same as Chamccdrys. Cbamsedryi'tes. Old name for a wine in which germander, Teucrium chainccdrys, has been steeped. Chamae'drys. (Xa^at, on the ground ; ipv-i, the oak.) The germander, Teucrium chamcedrys ; because it grows low, and its leaves are like those of the oak. Also, the Veronica chamcedrys. C. inca'na marit'ima. (L. incanus, hoary; maritimus, belonging to the sea.) The Teucrium marum. C. mi'nor re'pens. (L. minor, less; re- pens, creeping.) The Teucrium chamcedrys. C. officinalis, Moiich. The Teucrium chamcedrys. C. palus'tris. (L. paluster, marshy.) The water germander, Teucrium scordium. C. scor'dium. The Teucrium scordium.