SPONGE-HOLDER

n. Spu3nj'hold-u5r. Ger., Schwammhalter. A rod terminating in a clasp like device for grasping a sponge, to which it serves as a handle. Finger s.-h. A s.-h. with a thimble at one end, for use within the throat. [E.] SPONGIA [Swi Ph.] (Lat.), n. f. Spo2n(spon2)'ji(gia)-a'. Gr., <rrdyyos, triroyyia. Fr., eponge fine [Fr. Cod.] (1st def.). Sp., esponja [Sp. Ph.] (1st def.). 1. A sponge. In pharmacy., S. offlcinalis, or, according to the Fr. Cod., Belg. Ph., and Sp. Ph., S. us it at is sima, washed and pre ed. The Finn. Ph. and Norw. Ph. require Mediterranean sponges; the Swed Ph. allows also sponges from the Red Sea. 2. See TONSIL. [B, 95 (o, 38).] Carbo sponBiae [Gr. Ph.]. See CARBO spongiae. Pulvis spongia} ustae [Fr. Cod.]. Fr., poudre d'eponge torrefiee [Fr. Cod.]. Fine sponges, cleansed, burned in a coffee-mill, powdered, and sifted through a No. 100 silk sieve [Fr. Cod.]; river sponge sifted through a 1.600- mesh sieve [Ru . Ph.]. [B, 95 (a, 38).] S. cerata [Belg. Ph., Dan. Ph., Finn. Mil. Ph., Norw. Ph., Swed. Ph.], Spongiae ceratae [Ger. Ph., 1st ed., Gr. Ph., Ru . Ph.]. Ger., Wach chwamm. Fine sponges carefully cleansed, soaked in melted yellow wax, pre ed in a warm pre [Ger. Ph., Norw. Ph., Ru . Ph., Swed. Ph.], and, when cold, freed from the wax on their edges; used to make sponge tents. [B, 95 (a, 38).] S. compre a [Belg. Ph.], Spongiae compre ae [Ger. Ph., 1st ed., Gr. Ph., Ru . Ph.]. See Compre ed SPONGE. S. cynorrhodontis, S. cynosbati. See BEDEGAR. S. equina. Ordinary bath-sponge, [a, 35.] S. flu via til is [Ru . Ph.]. Small sponges found on stones or on the stalks and leaves of water plants in rivers, ponds, or swamps. [B, 95 (o, 38).] S. funiculo pre a [Fr. Cod.]. See Compre ed SPONGE. S. go ypina. Wool sponge, "lamb's wool"; a variety of S. equina. [o, 35.] S. lacinulosa. Fr., epongepeluch.ee. A very porous, round, soft sponge found in the Mediterranean and Red Seas and the Indian Ocean. [B, 119 (o. 38).] S. lacustris. A Ru ian species used in the fresh state by the hom ceo pat hists for the preparation of a tincture. [B, 270.] S. marina [Dan. Ph., Finn. Mil. Ph., Gr. Ph., Norw. Ph., Ru . Ph., Swed. Ph.]. See S. (1st def.). S. of ficin alls [Belg. Ph.]. Fr., eponge fine [Fr. Cod.]. See S. prceparata (2d def. ). S. praeparata. 1. See S. cerata. 2. Sponge rendered soft and suitable for surgical purposes by maceration in cold water and separation of the calcareous matter, [a, 35.] S. pre a [Austr. Ph., Hung. Ph., 3d ed.]. See Compre ed SPONGE. S. rosarum. A, ape; A2, at; A3, ah; A4, all; Ch, chin; Ch2, loch (Scottish); [s. 526]