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Cochrane's Cough Medicine. A nostrum which bears the name ofMajor Cochrane, is prepared by making a decoction of the heads ofwhite poppies previously freed from the seeds; strain this, boil itagain with vinegar and brown sugar to the consistence of syrup ;then add sulphuric acid till it is pretty sour.Coffee (Essence of) is said to be prepared with cassia pulp as abasis.

Coffee Drops. See Drops.

Colchici Flores. New. Used similarly to the next, but milder inoperation. It is the juice which is the active ingredient in the EauMedicinale, and in Wilson's Tincture.

Colchici Radix. L. E. D. P. Bulb of the Meadow Saffron, Culchicumavtumnale, a native plant, supposed by Sir H. Halford to be thehermodactyl of the old writers; but this is not the opinion of con-tinental authors. When dry it loses its acrimony. It contains thealkaline substance called veratria, which see.Medicinally it is narcotic, diuretic, and drastico-cathartic, of a hot,acrid, bitter taste, but little smell. The dose is gr. ss to gr. iij of thefresh bulb in pill, or the same of the expressed juice in honey ormucilage, in gout, rheumatism, hydrothorax, and dropsy; or in formof infusion, tincture, or syrup.Incompatible with acids and all oxides, which, Dr. Paris says, render it

milder.Enters into Acet. Colchici. L. Oxym. Colchici. D. Syr. Colch. Au-tumnalis. E.

Colchici Semina. L. Used in a manner similar to the preceding, butnot so good as the flowers, which it would appear are the preferablepart of the plant.

Colchicum Vinegar. See Acetum Colchici. It is best preparedfrom the extracted juice of the flowers.

Colchicum Wine. See Vinum Colchici.

Colcothar. See Ferri Subcarbonas and Oxidum Ferri Rubrum.

Cold Cream. See Ceratcjm Album.

Colley's Depilatory. A nostrum composed of sulphurct of potassand quicklime. It is by no means a safe preparation, though not sodangerous as that of Delcroix, &c. See Depilatory.

Collyria consist of a variety of fluid applications used in inflammationof the eyes, &c. See De Brune's Collyr.

Collyrium Acidi Acetici. Vinegar Eye-water. Take Jj of aceticacid, Jss of diluted spirit, Jviij of rose water, and mix. Applied toweak watery eyes.Or, Take Jss of acetic acid, $vj of elder-flower water, 5iij of spirit ofrosemary, and mix.