Cocoa bean, 605

Cocoanuts, fat content of, 597
Codeina, 64

Codeine phosphas, 64, 260
sulphas, 64, 260
Codeine, 64, 260

in troublesome coughing, 270
Cod-liver oil, 80

disguising in prescriptions, 32
in bronchitis, 206
in rickets, 583, 630
Coffee, 603
habit, 216
Coils, cold, 665
Colchici semen, 64
Colchicina, 64, 373
Colchicine, 373.
Colchicum seed, 64
action, 373

administration, 373

as specific in gout, 371, 373
over-action, 373

poisoning, treatment, 374
toxic action, 374

diabetic, 744
drug, 744

from carbonic oxide gas, 744
from opium, diagnosis, 265
from sunstroke, 744
lumbar puncture in, 571
uremic, 744

Compensation, broken, in aortic sten-
osis, digitalis in, 222

Complement fixation test, gonorrheal,
549

Compound cathartic pill, 71

as irritant purgative, 172
effervescing powder, 49, 88
jalap powder, 74
licorice powder, 70, 93, 162
pills of rhubarb, 50, 91, 164
powder of ipecac, 74

of rhubarb, 91, 165
solution of iodine, 73
spirit of juniper, 79
tincture of cinchona, 357

of gentian, as appetizer, 149

of lavender, 79

Compresses, cold, 665

Concentration of blood in gassing,

death due to, 749

Congestion, acute, in tonsils and

pharynx, suprarenal sprays to
control, 470, 471

of kidneys, 189

Constipation, diet for, 613

opium as cause of, 262

Convulsions, causes, 768
chloral in, 279

due to epilepsy, 768, 770

to inflammation of meninges, 768
770

of young children, 768
paraldehyde in, 281

puerperal, thyroid extract in, 437

veratrum viride in, 214
spasmophilic type, 768, 769
treatment, 770

uremic, raw kidney extracts in,
508

thyroid extract in, 438
Copper sulphate, 66

as emetic, 156
as escharotic, 139

Corpus luteum, 473
administration, 477

and menstruation, relation of
mammary gland to, 475

and ovaries, relation of, to mam-

mary cancer, 475
description, 473
extract, 477
function, 473

in amenorrhea, 475, 476, 477

in delayed menstruation, 475, 476,
477

in dysmenorrhea, 477

in high blood-pressure, 476
of menopause, 477

in overweight with amenorrhea,
476

in pelvic pain from menstrual
disturbances, 476

in vomiting of pregnancy, 474,
477

of pregnancy, 474

relation of, to vomiting of

pregnancy, 474, 477

relation of, to menstruation, 473

against which there is an idiosyn-
crasy, 42

and preparations, official, 21
causing eruptions on skin, 43
erythema of skin, 776
cumulative effects of, 42

disguising of, in prescriptions, 32
five most useful, 803

for nursing mothers, 43

for office dispensing, 812
in fever, 331
incompatibility of, 36

intravenous administration of, 542
poisoning by, 42

acute, aims of treatment, 758
treatment, 757
chronic, 43, 711

stock-mixtures, unscientific, 30

synonyms, IOI-104

that are specific, 109, 338, 371
that change color of urine, 44
that color feces, 44

therapeutic classification of, 105
truths about, 800

use of, in disease, 29
restrictions in, 30

Drugs used as emetics, 106

as specifics, 109, 338, 371
externally for action on skin, 106,
125

for action on central nervous
system, 108, 247

on circulation, 108, 207

on genitourinary system, 187

Drugs used for action on mucous mem-
branes, 106, 140

on respiratory tract, 108, 198
for counterirritation, 106
for general anesthesia, 109, 284
for hyperemia, 106

for local action in intestinal canal,
106, 157

in stomach, 106, 148
anesthesia, 109, 316

for producing sleep, 108, 270
for systemic action, 107

for vomiting, 106

internally for action on skin, 107,
183
locally, 105

to accelerate heart, 108, 211
to aid digestion, 106

to allay irritation of mucous
membranes, 106

of skin, 106

to blister, 106

to contract blood-vessels, 108, 231
uterus, 108

to decrease perspiration, 107, 186
secretion of mucous membranes
205

of respiratory tract, 108
to depress brain and spinal cord,
108, 257

heart, 108, 212