Arnica. A tincture of the roots or flowers of the

arnica plant, used as an external application in wounds and bruises.

8. Sangsue. Leech, a kind of worm used in medicine to extract blood from a patient by sucking it. \ 13. Sage. Well-behaved, good (particularly in speak-

i^ ing of children). Cf. ex. p. 182, 1. 8.

15. Carabin. Formerly a sort of apprentice to a surgeon-barber, now applied, ironically, to a médical student, or, depreciatively, to a physician. 27. In petto (pron. ifi-pèt-to) Ital. =dan« la poitrine, i. e., secrètement.