Scoop

(skup). In surge i instrument resembling a spoon, for the extract; foreign bodies from the softer ti ues or from pa or cavities. S., Ear, an instrument having a sh handle and a small, shallow bowl, used in removing epidermal scales or cerumen from the external audi canal. S. -extraction, an operation for cataract which the lens is removed by means of a lensp, or spoon, pa ed behind and lifted out with lens. S., Leroy d'Etiolle's, a scoop resembling lithotrite in shape, and used in removing urethral culi. S., Lithotomy, an instrument used to reve calculi in the operation of lithotomy. S., Plantal, a scoop or curet furnished with a long handle, d used to detach adherent portions of the planta. S., Schaffer's Throat, an instrument for the at, made so that it can be introduced closed, and en opened by means of a rod sliding within a holw stem. pers' Pneumonia. The chronic form of pneunia occurring in grain-scoopers from exposure to Id and dust. a (sko'-pah). rothrum. See arin. A diuretic iciple obtained from scoparius. See Scoparius. arius (sko-paf -re-its). Broom. The tops of the common broomnt, Cvtisus scoparius. Its properties are due to a utral principle, scoparin, and an alkaloid, sparteln. It is diuretic and laxative; in large doses cathartic and emetic. It is a favorite remedy in cardiac dropsy and kidney-complaints. Dose of an to Oj decoction, 3 j; of scoparin, gr. v-x; of the uid extract gtt. xxx. S., Decoct. (B. P.) Dose "j-iij. S., Succus (B. P.) Dose pe (skop). A suffix, signify to see or examine; usually forming a part of the name of some instrument.