When  the  fit  is  over  keep  the  head  cool.  If
there  have  been  white  stools,  give  a  grain  or
two  of  calomel,  and  repeat  it  every  three  or
four  hours  for  tl  ree  or  four  times  until  the
stools  become  green  or  dark.  Keep  the
bowels  open  by  castor  oil,  and  let  the  patient
be  put  on  a  milk  diet.  The  latter  part  of  the
above  treatment  is  inserted  for  the  benefit  of
the  emigrant  or  other  individual  having  no
means  of  obtaining  proper  medical  aid.
COFAHIKE,  Copaiba  balsam  made  into  a
mass  with  wax  and  powdered  cubebs,  divided
into  hard  egg-shaped  pills  weighing  5  deci-
grammes eai  h  and  sugar  coated.
COPAHINE  MEGE  DE  JOZEAU.  A  fixed
quantity  of  copaiba  balsam  is  mixed  with  con-
centrated nitric  acid,  and  constantly  stirred  as
long  as  effervescence  continues.  The  oxidised
halsiim  is  then  washed,  first  with,  warm  then
with  cold  water,  till  the  washings  cease  to
have  an  acid  reaction.  From  one  part  of  this
balsamum  copaivss  acido  nitrico  correctum
with  -^  part  powdered  cubebs,  Jj  part  bi-
carbonate of  soda,  -f^  part  calcined  magnesia,
with  some  mucilage,  a  mass  is  prepared  and
divided  into  oval  pills,  which  are  afterwards
coated  with  sugar,  mixed  with  gum  and
carmine.
COFAI'EA.  Syn  Copai'va,  Copaiva  bai-
S AM,  Capit'],  Balsam  op  capit'i;  Copai'ba
(Ph.  L.  E.  &  D.),  L. ;  Baume  de  Copah0,  Fr. ;
CoBAiVA  BALSAM,  Ger.  "The  oleo-resin,  of  a
brown  colour,  obtained  by  incision  from  the
trunk  of  Copaif era  multijuga."  (B.P.)  Most
of  the  balsam  of  commerce  is  obtained  from
Para  and  Maranhao.  It  is  packed  in  casks
containing  from  1  to  1^  cwt.  each,  or  in  large
bottles,  or  in  cylindrical  tin  boxes.
