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(Lat.), n. f. Ka2m(ka3m)-fo'ra3. 1. Camphor; the official term for Chinese camphor in the U. S. Ph., the Br. Ph., and most of the continental pharmacopoeias. [B, 95.] 2. In botany a genus of plants, made by Nees, equivalent to Cinnamomum; of Mei ner, a section of that genus. [B, 121.] Acetum camphorae. See ACETUM camphor a tum, ACIDUM ACETICUM camphor a tum, and Mixtura e c. cum ace to. Alcohol camphorae saponaceum. The lin i mentum sap on a to-camphor a tum. [B.] See Lin i mentum SAPONIS. Aqua camp horse [U. S. Ph., Br. Ph.]. Fr., eau camphree. Ger., Camp her was ser. It., acqua di can for a. Sp., agua de alcanfor. Syn.: aqua camphor at a [Fr. Cod.]. Camphor water; a solution of camphor in water. In the U. S. Ph. preparation, 8 parts of camphor are di olved in 1,000 of water, the camphor being first finely subdivided by solution in alcohol and diffusion through cotton; in the Br. Ph. preparation, a little over 3 parts of powdered camphor are treated with 1,000 of water; in the Fr. Cod. preparation, 2 parts of camphor are powdered and washed with 1,000 of water. [B, 5, 113.] C. bromata [Ru . Ph.]. See C. monobromata. C. cape i is is. Of the pharmacists, the Osmites camphor in a. [B, 121.] C. carbo lis at a. Fr., camphre phenole. Ger., Phenol camp her. An oily, colorle liquid, miscible with oils, but not with water or alcohol, obtained by rubbing up 100 parts of camphor with a solution of 36 of carbolic acid in 4 of alcohol; used instead of carbolic acid as an antiseptic, both locally and internally. It has been particularly applied in diphtheria. [B, 81, 107.] C. de Baros, C. de Borneo. See Borneo CAMPHOR. C. chinensis. See Chinese CAMPHOR. C. crud a. See Crude CAMPHOR. C. depurata [Finn. Ph.]. Camphor purified for medicinal use. [B, 95.] Camphorae hydrochloras. See CAMPHOR hydrqchloride. C. elaborata. See Refined CAMPHOR. Camphorae elixir. See AQUA pestilential is. Camphorae flores. See Flowers of CAMPHOR. Camphorae flores compos it i. Camphor sublimed with benzoin. [L, 119.] Camphor a glandulifera [Nees and Wallich]. The Cinnamomum glanduliferum. [B, 214.] C. inuncta [Nees]. The Cinnamomum inunctum. [B, 214.] C. japonica. See Japanese CAMPHOR. C. monobromata [U. S. Ph.]. Fr., camphre mono brome [Fr. Cod.]. Ger., Monobromcampher, einfach bromirter Campher. It., can for a monobromurata. Sp., alcanfor mono bro mura do, Syn.: c. bromata [Ru . Ph.], mono bromated camphor, monobromcamphor. A compound, Ci H,BrO, formed by the action of bromine on camphor heated upon the water-bath; a colorle , crystalline substance of camphoraceous odor and taste, insoluble in water, soluble in alcohol, in ether, in chloroform, and in the fixed oils; used as a sedative in delirium tremens and related conditions. [B, 4, 270.] C. offlcinarum. 1. Of C. Bauhin, the Cinnamomum c. 2. Of the Fr. Cod., ordinary c. [B, 113, 214.] C. parthenoxylon [Nees]. The Cinnamomum parthenoxylon. [B, 214.] C. phenol at a. See C. carbo lis at a. C. pseudo-sa afras [Miquel]. The variety /3 glaucescens of the Cinnamomum c. and the Cinnamomum pseudo-sa afras. [B, 214.] C. pnrincata. See Magisterium camphorae and C. depurata. C. rafflnata. See Refined CAMPHOR. C. rii of cerate [U. S. Ph.], or of 10 of camphor and 90 of simple cerate [Belg. Ph., 1854]. [B, 10 81 ] Cf UNGUENTUM camphor a tum. Elixir camphorae. See AQUA pestilential is. Emulsio camphorae [Swed. Ph.]. Fr., emulsion camphree. Ger., Camp her milch. Syn.: emulsio camphor at a I* inn. Ph.]. An emulsion made of 1 part of camphor and 12 EtrtM^ch of blanched almonds and sugar, official in the Ed. rn.., is* Similar preparations made with camphor, mucilage, and simple emulsion, or with camphor mixed with water, were official in a number of the older formularies, and the preparation of the Finn. Ph. and the Swed. Ph. is in like manner niade A, ape; A, at; A3, ah; A, all; Ch, chin; Ch, loch (Scottish); [s. 46]