cot'ton

Syn.: go ypium. The hairs of the seed of Go ypium herbaceum and other species of Go ypium, deprived of impurities. absorbent c. C. from which oil and other impurities have been removed; made by boiling carded c. with a solution of soda or caustic potash, washing thoroughly, expre ing, boiling again in a solution of alkali, washing well, and drying quickly. Absorbent c. may be medicated by immersing it in an alcoholic solution of the agent and allowing the alcohol to evaporate [Br. Ph., go ypium; U. S. Ph., go ypium puri- Hcatu)n\. c. lint. Lint made of c, instead of linen, c. root bark. The bark of the root of Go ypium herbaceum. It contains a peculiar acid resin, soluble, when pure, in water, and believed to be the active principle of the bark [U. S. Ph., go ypii cortex.,] gun c. See pyroxylin, hemostatic c. Absorbent c# impregnated with ofMonsel's solution, and or with a mixture ferric chlorid alum, or with a solution of iron sesquichlorid, applied in the same manner as lint, covered with a compre , iodized c. C. impregnated with iodin. iodoform c. A preparation made by impregnating cotton with an iodoform. salicylated c, salicylic c. A preparation made by impregnating absorbent c. with salicylic acid, soluble gun c. See pyroxylin, sublimated c. Absorbent c. impregnated with a solution of mercuric chlorid in alcohol, distilled water and glycerin. [Arab., cot in.1