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Name: Category: Description: Caeruleae Treatment Pill, active ingredient of which is cuprum ammoniala. See also entries for copper and cuprum ammoniala. Calamine Treatment An ore of zinc. Calcination Symptom The use of heat to produce a change in a body; or the separation of the more volatile part of any compound with heat. Calculi Condition To be affected by stones for example kidney stones. Caligo Symptom Problems with vision, including total or partial loss of sight. See also entry for amaurosis. Calomel Treatment A preparation of mercury much used in medicine in the form of a white powder with a yellow tinge. Was often used in the treatment of worms. Also known as Mercury Dulcis, Sweet Mercury and Mercurius Choloride. Calumba Treatment See entry for Columbo root. Camomile Treatment Anthemis nobilis, an aromatic creeping herb with white flowers. Camphor Treatment Camphor is a waxy extract of the wood of the Camphor Laurel (Cinnamomum camphora), a large evergreen tree native to Asia. Cancer Condition A painful scirrhous tumour, often terminating in a fatal ulcer. Canella Alba Treatment See entry for cinnamon. Cantharides Treatment The medicinal name of the dried beetle Cantharis vesicatoria or Spanish Fly. Used as a diuretic, as a blistering agent and as stimulant to kidneys and other genitourinary organs. Carcinoma Condition Cancerous ulcer. See also entry for cancer. Cardamom Treatment A spice consisting of the seed-capsules of various species of Amomum and Elettaria (family Zingiberaceæ). Used as a stimulant and stomach tonic as well as a carminative and antispasmodic. Cardiac Symptom Of or relating to the heart, also known as cordis. Cardialgia Symptom Experience of heartburn, pain and a sensation of heat around the heart or stomach, often accompanied by indigestion. Cardiogmus Symptom To have a gnawing pain at the mouth of the stomach. It is seen as synonymous with cardialgia. Carditis Condition Inflammation of the heart. Also known as Inflammation Cordis. Carduus Benedictus Treatment Known by the common names St. Benedict's thistle, blessed thistle, holy thistle and spotted thistle; a thistle-like plant in the family Asteraceae, native to the Mediterranean region. Carebaria Condition Heaviness of the head. See also entry for cephalalgia. Carious Condition Decay of bones and teeth. Carminative Treatment Medicines that work to expel wind from the body. Carus Symptom A term applied to different forms of heavy sleep or insensibility. Cassia Treatment A gentle laxative, emetic and cathartic from the pulp of the fruit cassia. Also known as cassia senna. Castile Soap Treatment An ingredient for pills used to relieve costiveness, flatulence and other stomach problems; named for Castile, a region in Spain where the soap originated. Also known as Spanish Soap. Castor Treatment Known as Russian castor it was a reddish-brown unctuous substance which had a strong smell and nauseous bitter taste, obtained from two sacs in the inguinal region of the beaver. Used medicinally as an antispasmodic. Catalepsy Condition A disorder characterised by seizures at intervals generally lasting a few minutes though sometimes can continue for some hours or days. Catamenia Symptom Menstrual discharge; monthly period. Cataphora Symptom Meaning to render sleepy. It is the unusual propensity for sleep. Cataplasm Treatment A poultice. Cataracta Condition An opacity of the crystalline lens of the eye causing more or less impairment of sight, but never complete blindness. Catarrh Condition Inflammation of mucous membrane in nose, throat and/or lungs. Catarrhus Senilis Condition A disease causing chronic catarrh and bronchial inflammation particularly affecting the elderly. Cathartic Treatment Medicine suited to increase the evacuation by stool; purgation. Catheter Treatment A long tubular instrument used for passing along the urethra into the bladder in order to draw off urine or to find a stone. Caustic Alkali Treatment Hydrates of potassium and sodium. Also called Caustic Potash, Caustic Soda and Caustic Ammonia. Ammonia as a gas or in solution. Caustic Alkaline Lixivium Treatment Also known as Wood Ash, Ley or Lye. Liquid with alkaline salts leached from wood ashes or lye. Cellular membrane Treatment Substance which is found everywhere under the skin surrounding the muscles, blood vessels etc. Cephalalgy Condition Headache. The term is derived from the Greek word Cephal which means head. Cephalalgia can refer to a milder headache and Cephalalgia Hysterica is a pain which is fixed in the crown of the head. See also entry for Clavus Hysterica. Cephalitis Condition Inflammation of the brain and an inflammatory condition of the central nervous system. See also entry for phrenitis. Cerate Treatment A kind of stiff ointment composed of wax together with lard or oil and other ingredients. Chalybeate Treatment Spa or mineral water, usually containing high concentration of iron salts. Cheek Body Part Either side of the face below the eye. Chin Cough Condition An epidemic, contagious, spasmodic disease. Also known as whooping cough, kink cough, hooping or convulsive cough and pertussis. Chin Body Part The protruding part of the face below the mouth, formed by the apex of the lower jaw. Chlorosis Condition A disorder thought to occur mainly in young women soon after puberty characterised by a greenish pallor of the skin, cessation or irregularity of menstruation, and weakness, often associated with loss of appetite. Also called the Green Sickness, White Fever and Virgin's Disease. Cholera Condition In the 18th century it was a disease characterised by severe diarrhoea, vomiting, abdominal cramps and leg spasms. Chorea Scelotyrbe Condition See entry for chorea. Chorea Condition A convulsive disorder usually found in children involving involuntary muscle spasms, particularly in the face and arms. Also known as Sydenham's Chorea, Saint Vitus Dance, Chorea Sancti Viti, Choreomania. Chyle Symptom The white milky fluid formed by the action of the pancreatic juice and the bile on the chyme, and contained in the lymphatics of the intestines. The term was applied to the fluid in the intestine just before absorption. Cicatrize Treatment To heal (a wound, sore, ulcer, etc.) by inducing a cicatrice or scar; to skin over. Cicuta Treatment Hemlock. Highly poisonous plant administered as powder or extract of leaves, used as a narcotic and to relieve coughing. Cilia Body Part The outer edges of the eyelids. Cinchona Treatment A bark of various species of the Cinchona tree, found in the Caribbean from which quinine was later isolated. Commonly used as a febrifuge to relieve fevers. Also known as Peruvian Bark; Jesuits' Bark, Quinquina. Cinnamon Treatment A fragrant and sweet tasting aromatic used as an astringent. Citrine Treatment Made with lard and mercuric nitrate and used against skin parasites. Clavicle Body Part The collarbone, which extends from the breastbone to the shoulder blade, forming part of the pectoral arch. Clavus Hystericus Symptom Severe head pain. A shooting pain in the forehead that is sharply defined, and typically described as feeling like a nail being driven into the head often associated with hysteria. Clyster Treatment Clyster, glyster. The introduction of a medicine, through injection into the rectum, designed to empty or cleanse the bowels. Coagulum Symptom A mass of coagulated matter, a clot of blood. Cobalt Treatment A metallic and earthly mineral which gives off a sapphire blue colour when melted. Was often used to obtain arsenic from. Coccia Treatment See entry for Colocynth pill. Coccyx Body Part Pelvis or pelvic bones located at the bottom of the spine; tailbone. Cochineal Treatment A dyestuff made from the body of the insect Coccus cacti. Used in medicine as an antispasmodic. Coeliac Condition Of or belonging to the belly, or the cavity of the abdomen. Term applied to an intestinal disease or diseases which affect the ability to digest and cause diarrhoea. Colchicum Treatment English crocus. The medicine derived from this plant was often prescribed for gout and rheumatism. Colica Condition Associated with both severe griping pains in the stomach and can also mean relating to the colon. Colliquative Symptom Having the effect of dissolving or wasting. Can be applied to profuse discharges which cause the body to waste away, or to diseases characterised by such discharges; as colliquative diarrhoea, colliquative sweat, colliquative fever. Collyrium Treatment A topical medicine applied for the treatment of eye disorders; an eye-salve or eyewash. Colocynth Pill Treatment A pill containing aloes and colcynth (crocus, usually Colchicum autumnale) used as a purgative. Also known colocynthide cum aloe and coccia pills. Colon Body Part The greater portion of the large intestine which extends from the caecum to the rectum. Columbo Root Treatment Plant used to make a bitter, demulcent tonic with sedative, corroborant and antiseptic properties. Also known as Calumba and Coccolus Palmatus. Columna Nasi Body Part The lowest and fleshy part of the nose which forms a part of the septum. Comata Condition Nervous diseases which are defined by diminution or total loss of the powers of voluntary motion, attended with sleep, or a deprivation of the senses. Concussion Symptom The sudden and violent motion to the brain which causes a sudden swelling of blood-vessels in the brain. Condyle Body Part A rounded process at the end of a bone serving to form an articulation with another bone. Condyloma Condition The medical term for genital warts. Confection of Cynosbati Treatment A concoction composed of the fruit of rosehip plants such as Rosa Sylvestris, Hips or Dogrose, prescribed for consumption and effective against coughs. Also known as the confection of the dog rose or hip. Confection Treatment The making or preparation of ingredients by mixing. Generally, it was a preparation made with sugar and other ingredients. Constipation Symptom See entry for costiveness. Consumption Condition An illness causing abnormal weight loss or wasting away. Often associated with the term tuberculosis. Contusion Condition Bruising; bruises. Convulsions Symptom Condition characterised by involuntary contraction of the muscles, convulsive fits, motions, affections, spasms. Cophosis Condition Total or partial loss of hearing; dumbness or dullness of any of the senses. Copper Treatment See entry for Caeruleae. Cordial Treatment Aromatic and sweetened spirit, serving as a soothing beverage to administer medicine. Coriander Seeds Treatment Bitter, aromatic. Cornea Body Part The coating of the eye. The strong, thick and tendinous first coat of the eye. Corona Veneris Symptom Term used for syphilitic blotches on the forehead which often extend around it like a crown. Corrigent Treatment A corrective ingredient in a medicine. Corrosive Sublimate Treatment A topical application to kill ringworm. It could also refer to corrosive sublimated mercury and mercuric chloride, used as a poison and disinfectant. Cortex Aurantia Treatment Orange peel. Cortex Treatment The bark of various trees which was used medicinally such as Peruvian bark. Coryza Symptom The running at the nose which constitutes or accompanies a cold in the head. Costiveness Symptom A person is said to be costive when the excretion from the intestines does not happen daily. Also known as constipation, constipatio, constipatus and obstipatio. Couhage Treatment Also known as cowage or cowhage. It is the stinging hairs of the pod of a tropical plant, Mucuna pruriens, family Leguminosæ, which was used as an anthelmintic. Crab eyes Treatment A hard calcareous mass found in the stomach of certain crustaceans (as the European crayfish). Cramp Symptom A sudden painful rigidity of a muscle which causes excruciating pain. Cranium Body Part The skull, also known as Calva and Calvaria, Cerebrigalea. Cream of Tartar Treatment Purified and crystallized bitartrate of potassium used as a purgative, cathartic and diuretic. Creta Treatment Chalk which could be applied in powdered form, pulveris. Used for heartburn and other disorders caused by the build-up of acidity in the alimentary and stomach canals. Croup Condition An inflammatory disease of the larynx and trachea of children which caused a sharp ringing cough. Croup was the popular name in the south-east of Scotland and was introduced into medical use by Professor Francis Home of Edinburgh in 1765. See also entries for cough and cynanche. Crude Antimony Treatment A medical treatment applied externally to relieve skin problems, derived from the metal antimony. Crusta Lactea Condition An eruptive disease of infants at the breast. Also known as milk-scab and milk-blotch. Cubitus Body Part The forearm. Cucurbitina Condition A type of tape worm. Cupping Treatment A glass specially designed to adhere to the skin through the creation of a temporary vacuum which draws the blood to the surface of the skin. Cuprum Ammoniala Treatment Copper reduced to a saline state. Also known as cuprum ammoniatum, ammoniacum and ammoniacal copper. Cutaneous Condition A disease of the skin, from cutis meaning skin. Cuticle Body Part Known as the Scarf-skin which is the integument or universal covering of the body. Cynanche Condition Any throat disease with inflammation, swelling and difficulty breathing and swallowing. Also known as tonsillitis, quinsy, quinsey, trachealis and croup. Cystorrhoea Symptom A discharge of mucus from the bladder. Also known as vesical catarrh.
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- Caeruleae
Treatment
Pill, active ingredient of which is cuprum ammoniala. See also entries for copper and cuprum ammoniala.
- Calamine
Treatment
An ore of zinc.
- Calcination
Symptom
The use of heat to produce a change in a body; or the separation of the more volatile part of any compound with heat.
- Calculi
Condition
To be affected by stones for example kidney stones.
- Caligo
Symptom
Problems with vision, including total or partial loss of sight. See also entry for amaurosis.
- Calomel
Treatment
A preparation of mercury much used in medicine in the form of a white powder with a yellow tinge. Was often used in the treatment of worms. Also known as Mercury Dulcis, Sweet Mercury and Mercurius Choloride.
- Calumba
Treatment
See entry for Columbo root.
- Camomile
Treatment
Anthemis nobilis, an aromatic creeping herb with white flowers.
- Camphor
Treatment
Camphor is a waxy extract of the wood of the Camphor Laurel (Cinnamomum camphora), a large evergreen tree native to Asia.
- Cancer
Condition
A painful scirrhous tumour, often terminating in a fatal ulcer.
- Canella Alba
Treatment
See entry for cinnamon.
- Cantharides
Treatment
The medicinal name of the dried beetle Cantharis vesicatoria or Spanish Fly. Used as a diuretic, as a blistering agent and as stimulant to kidneys and other genitourinary organs.
- Carcinoma
Condition
Cancerous ulcer. See also entry for cancer.
- Cardamom
Treatment
A spice consisting of the seed-capsules of various species of Amomum and Elettaria (family Zingiberaceæ). Used as a stimulant and stomach tonic as well as a carminative and antispasmodic.
- Cardiac
Symptom
Of or relating to the heart, also known as cordis.
- Cardialgia
Symptom
Experience of heartburn, pain and a sensation of heat around the heart or stomach, often accompanied by indigestion.
- Cardiogmus
Symptom
To have a gnawing pain at the mouth of the stomach. It is seen as synonymous with cardialgia.
- Carditis
Condition
Inflammation of the heart. Also known as Inflammation Cordis.
- Carduus Benedictus
Treatment
Known by the common names St. Benedict's thistle, blessed thistle, holy thistle and spotted thistle; a thistle-like plant in the family Asteraceae, native to the Mediterranean region.
- Carebaria
Condition
Heaviness of the head. See also entry for cephalalgia.
- Carious
Condition
Decay of bones and teeth.
- Carminative
Treatment
Medicines that work to expel wind from the body.
- Carus
Symptom
A term applied to different forms of heavy sleep or insensibility.
- Cassia
Treatment
A gentle laxative, emetic and cathartic from the pulp of the fruit cassia. Also known as cassia senna.
- Castile Soap
Treatment
An ingredient for pills used to relieve costiveness, flatulence and other stomach problems; named for Castile, a region in Spain where the soap originated. Also known as Spanish Soap.
- Castor
Treatment
Known as Russian castor it was a reddish-brown unctuous substance which had a strong smell and nauseous bitter taste, obtained from two sacs in the inguinal region of the beaver. Used medicinally as an antispasmodic.
- Catalepsy
Condition
A disorder characterised by seizures at intervals generally lasting a few minutes though sometimes can continue for some hours or days.
- Catamenia
Symptom
Menstrual discharge; monthly period.
- Cataphora
Symptom
Meaning to render sleepy. It is the unusual propensity for sleep.
- Cataplasm
Treatment
A poultice.
- Cataracta
Condition
An opacity of the crystalline lens of the eye causing more or less impairment of sight, but never complete blindness.
- Catarrh
Condition
Inflammation of mucous membrane in nose, throat and/or lungs.
- Catarrhus Senilis
Condition
A disease causing chronic catarrh and bronchial inflammation particularly affecting the elderly.
- Cathartic
Treatment
Medicine suited to increase the evacuation by stool; purgation.
- Catheter
Treatment
A long tubular instrument used for passing along the urethra into the bladder in order to draw off urine or to find a stone.
- Caustic Alkali
Treatment
Hydrates of potassium and sodium. Also called Caustic Potash, Caustic Soda and Caustic Ammonia. Ammonia as a gas or in solution.
- Caustic Alkaline Lixivium
Treatment
Also known as Wood Ash, Ley or Lye. Liquid with alkaline salts leached from wood ashes or lye.
- Cellular membrane
Treatment
Substance which is found everywhere under the skin surrounding the muscles, blood vessels etc.
- Cephalalgy
Condition
Headache. The term is derived from the Greek word Cephal which means head. Cephalalgia can refer to a milder headache and Cephalalgia Hysterica is a pain which is fixed in the crown of the head. See also entry for Clavus Hysterica.
- Cephalitis
Condition
Inflammation of the brain and an inflammatory condition of the central nervous system. See also entry for phrenitis.
- Cerate
Treatment
A kind of stiff ointment composed of wax together with lard or oil and other ingredients.
- Chalybeate
Treatment
Spa or mineral water, usually containing high concentration of iron salts.
- Cheek
Body Part
Either side of the face below the eye.
- Chin Cough
Condition
An epidemic, contagious, spasmodic disease. Also known as whooping cough, kink cough, hooping or convulsive cough and pertussis.
- Chin
Body Part
The protruding part of the face below the mouth, formed by the apex of the lower jaw.
- Chlorosis
Condition
A disorder thought to occur mainly in young women soon after puberty characterised by a greenish pallor of the skin, cessation or irregularity of menstruation, and weakness, often associated with loss of appetite. Also called the Green Sickness, White Fever and Virgin's Disease.
- Cholera
Condition
In the 18th century it was a disease characterised by severe diarrhoea, vomiting, abdominal cramps and leg spasms.
- Chorea Scelotyrbe
Condition
See entry for chorea.
- Chorea
Condition
A convulsive disorder usually found in children involving involuntary muscle spasms, particularly in the face and arms. Also known as Sydenham's Chorea, Saint Vitus Dance, Chorea Sancti Viti, Choreomania.
- Chyle
Symptom
The white milky fluid formed by the action of the pancreatic juice and the bile on the chyme, and contained in the lymphatics of the intestines. The term was applied to the fluid in the intestine just before absorption.
- Cicatrize
Treatment
To heal (a wound, sore, ulcer, etc.) by inducing a cicatrice or scar; to skin over.
- Cicuta
Treatment
Hemlock. Highly poisonous plant administered as powder or extract of leaves, used as a narcotic and to relieve coughing.
- Cilia
Body Part
The outer edges of the eyelids.
- Cinchona
Treatment
A bark of various species of the Cinchona tree, found in the Caribbean from which quinine was later isolated. Commonly used as a febrifuge to relieve fevers. Also known as Peruvian Bark; Jesuits' Bark, Quinquina.
- Cinnamon
Treatment
A fragrant and sweet tasting aromatic used as an astringent.
- Citrine
Treatment
Made with lard and mercuric nitrate and used against skin parasites.
- Clavicle
Body Part
The collarbone, which extends from the breastbone to the shoulder blade, forming part of the pectoral arch.
- Clavus Hystericus
Symptom
Severe head pain. A shooting pain in the forehead that is sharply defined, and typically described as feeling like a nail being driven into the head often associated with hysteria.
- Clyster
Treatment
Clyster, glyster. The introduction of a medicine, through injection into the rectum, designed to empty or cleanse the bowels.
- Coagulum
Symptom
A mass of coagulated matter, a clot of blood.
- Cobalt
Treatment
A metallic and earthly mineral which gives off a sapphire blue colour when melted. Was often used to obtain arsenic from.
- Coccia
Treatment
See entry for Colocynth pill.
- Coccyx
Body Part
Pelvis or pelvic bones located at the bottom of the spine; tailbone.
- Cochineal
Treatment
A dyestuff made from the body of the insect Coccus cacti. Used in medicine as an antispasmodic.
- Coeliac
Condition
Of or belonging to the belly, or the cavity of the abdomen. Term applied to an intestinal disease or diseases which affect the ability to digest and cause diarrhoea.
- Colchicum
Treatment
English crocus. The medicine derived from this plant was often prescribed for gout and rheumatism.
- Colica
Condition
Associated with both severe griping pains in the stomach and can also mean relating to the colon.
- Colliquative
Symptom
Having the effect of dissolving or wasting. Can be applied to profuse discharges which cause the body to waste away, or to diseases characterised by such discharges; as colliquative diarrhoea, colliquative sweat, colliquative fever.
- Collyrium
Treatment
A topical medicine applied for the treatment of eye disorders; an eye-salve or eyewash.
- Colocynth Pill
Treatment
A pill containing aloes and colcynth (crocus, usually Colchicum autumnale) used as a purgative. Also known colocynthide cum aloe and coccia pills.
- Colon
Body Part
The greater portion of the large intestine which extends from the caecum to the rectum.
- Columbo Root
Treatment
Plant used to make a bitter, demulcent tonic with sedative, corroborant and antiseptic properties. Also known as Calumba and Coccolus Palmatus.
- Columna Nasi
Body Part
The lowest and fleshy part of the nose which forms a part of the septum.
- Comata
Condition
Nervous diseases which are defined by diminution or total loss of the powers of voluntary motion, attended with sleep, or a deprivation of the senses.
- Concussion
Symptom
The sudden and violent motion to the brain which causes a sudden swelling of blood-vessels in the brain.
- Condyle
Body Part
A rounded process at the end of a bone serving to form an articulation with another bone.
- Condyloma
Condition
The medical term for genital warts.
- Confection of Cynosbati
Treatment
A concoction composed of the fruit of rosehip plants such as Rosa Sylvestris, Hips or Dogrose, prescribed for consumption and effective against coughs. Also known as the confection of the dog rose or hip.
- Confection
Treatment
The making or preparation of ingredients by mixing. Generally, it was a preparation made with sugar and other ingredients.
- Constipation
Symptom
See entry for costiveness.
- Consumption
Condition
An illness causing abnormal weight loss or wasting away. Often associated with the term tuberculosis.
- Contusion
Condition
Bruising; bruises.
- Convulsions
Symptom
Condition characterised by involuntary contraction of the muscles, convulsive fits, motions, affections, spasms.
- Cophosis
Condition
Total or partial loss of hearing; dumbness or dullness of any of the senses.
- Copper
Treatment
See entry for Caeruleae.
- Cordial
Treatment
Aromatic and sweetened spirit, serving as a soothing beverage to administer medicine.
- Coriander Seeds
Treatment
Bitter, aromatic.
- Cornea
Body Part
The coating of the eye. The strong, thick and tendinous first coat of the eye.
- Corona Veneris
Symptom
Term used for syphilitic blotches on the forehead which often extend around it like a crown.
- Corrigent
Treatment
A corrective ingredient in a medicine.
- Corrosive Sublimate
Treatment
A topical application to kill ringworm. It could also refer to corrosive sublimated mercury and mercuric chloride, used as a poison and disinfectant.
- Cortex Aurantia
Treatment
Orange peel.
- Cortex
Treatment
The bark of various trees which was used medicinally such as Peruvian bark.
- Coryza
Symptom
The running at the nose which constitutes or accompanies a cold in the head.
- Costiveness
Symptom
A person is said to be costive when the excretion from the intestines does not happen daily. Also known as constipation, constipatio, constipatus and obstipatio.
- Couhage
Treatment
Also known as cowage or cowhage. It is the stinging hairs of the pod of a tropical plant, Mucuna pruriens, family Leguminosæ, which was used as an anthelmintic.
- Crab eyes
Treatment
A hard calcareous mass found in the stomach of certain crustaceans (as the European crayfish).
- Cramp
Symptom
A sudden painful rigidity of a muscle which causes excruciating pain.
- Cranium
Body Part
The skull, also known as Calva and Calvaria, Cerebrigalea.
- Cream of Tartar
Treatment
Purified and crystallized bitartrate of potassium used as a purgative, cathartic and diuretic.
- Creta
Treatment
Chalk which could be applied in powdered form, pulveris. Used for heartburn and other disorders caused by the build-up of acidity in the alimentary and stomach canals.
- Croup
Condition
An inflammatory disease of the larynx and trachea of children which caused a sharp ringing cough. Croup was the popular name in the south-east of Scotland and was introduced into medical use by Professor Francis Home of Edinburgh in 1765. See also entries for cough and cynanche.
- Crude Antimony
Treatment
A medical treatment applied externally to relieve skin problems, derived from the metal antimony.
- Crusta Lactea
Condition
An eruptive disease of infants at the breast. Also known as milk-scab and milk-blotch.
- Cubitus
Body Part
The forearm.
- Cucurbitina
Condition
A type of tape worm.
- Cupping
Treatment
A glass specially designed to adhere to the skin through the creation of a temporary vacuum which draws the blood to the surface of the skin.
- Cuprum Ammoniala
Treatment
Copper reduced to a saline state. Also known as cuprum ammoniatum, ammoniacum and ammoniacal copper.
- Cutaneous
Condition
A disease of the skin, from cutis meaning skin.
- Cuticle
Body Part
Known as the Scarf-skin which is the integument or universal covering of the body.
- Cynanche
Condition
Any throat disease with inflammation, swelling and difficulty breathing and swallowing. Also known as tonsillitis, quinsy, quinsey, trachealis and croup.
- Cystorrhoea
Symptom
A discharge of mucus from the bladder. Also known as vesical catarrh.
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