Poverty

(pov'-er-te). The state or condition of being poor. P. of the Blood, a condition of the blood in which there is a deficiency of the red corpuscles or of the coloring-matter of the blood. P.-plants, a cla of plants the names of which relate either to the fact that they greatly injure the farmer by impoverishing the soil, or to the extremely poor kind of soil in which they grow, e. g., Poverty (Polenionium caruleuni), Poverty-weed (Spergitla arvensis), Hunger weed (Ranunculus arvensis), etc. Powder (pozv'-der). Fine, minute, loose particles, as of dust. See Pulvis . P. of Algaroth, a powder prepared by adding an exce of water to an aqueous solution of the terchlorid of antimony. It is composed chiefly of the oxy chlorid of antimony. P., Aromatic, a powder composed of cinnamon, ginger, and cardamom, with or without nutmeg. P., Bleaching. Synonym of chlorinated lime. P.-blower, an apparatus for blowing powder into cavities, as the ear, the nose, the larynx, etc. P., Compound Chalk, a powder containing prepared chalk, acacia and sugar. P., Compound Effervescing. Same as P., Seidlitz. P., Compound Licorice, a powder containing senna, glycyrrhiza and sugar, with or without fennel and wa-hed sulphur. P., Compound Morphin. Same as P., T'ullys. P., Dover's, a diaphoretic and sedative powder composed of powdered opium and ipecac, each one part, and eight parts of sugar of milk. P., Effervescing. See P., Soda. P., Fever, of James. See Pulvis antimonial is. P., Goa. See Chrysarobin . P., Gray. See Hydrargyrum . P., Insect. See Insect Powder. P., James's. Synonym of Pulvis antimonial is. P., Jesuits', powdered cinchona, so-called because the Jesuit priests distributed it gratuitously to the poor. P., Knox's: 1. Calx chlorata; 2. A mixture of 3 parts calcium chlorite and 8 parts sodium chlorid. P., Pearl. Bismuth sub nitrate. P., Ringworm. Synonym of Chrysarobin. P., Seidlitz. See Pota ium . (Pulv. effervesc. comp.) P., Soda, a powder containing sodium bicarbonate, 30 grains, and tartaric acid, 25 grains. P., Styptic, a powder containing alum, gum acacia, and colophony, sometimes with the addition of argil and tragacanth. P., Talcum, powdered soapstone, used often as a local application to inflamed surfaces. P., Tennant's, chlorinated lime. P., Tully's, a powder composed of camphor, prepared chalk, and licorice, 20 parts each, and morphin sulphate, I part. It is used as a substitute for Dover's powder.