Quinquaud's Disease

See Folliculitis decalvans, and Diseases, Table of. Q.'s Plaster, a plaster used in treating syphilis. It consists of emplastrum diachylon, 3000 parts; calomel, 1000 parts; castor-oil, 300 parts. The calomel is suspended in the oil and is then added to the melted plaster; it is then spread on linen so that 14 strips each 9 feet by inches are produced. Of this plaster a square of inches contains 18 grains of calomel. Quin que capsular (kzuin - kzve - kap/- su - lar). In biology, having five capsules. severe inflammation of the tonsils and mucous membrane of the fauces, accompanied by fever. It is specially applied to suppurative tonsillitis. Q., Malignant. See Diphtheria . Quintan (kwin' -tan). An intermittent fever, the paroxysms of which occur every fifth day, counting the first and last day. Quinte roon (kivin'-ter-oon). See Quintroon. Quinte ence (kzvin-tes' -ens). The active principle of any substance, concentrated to the utmost degree. A term anciently much employed in medicine and pharmacy for a tincture prepared by digestion at a moderate heat. Quintine (kwin' -tin). In biology, a fifth integument counting from the outside. Quintroon (kwin-troon'). A person, one of whose parents is of the white race, and the other has one-sixteenth part of African blood. Quintuple (kwin'-tu-pl). Fivefold.