Cooley's Cyclopædia of Practical Receipts and Collateral Information in the Arts, Manufactures, Professions, and Trades..., Sixth Edition, Volume I

by Arnold James Cooley; Richard Vine Tuson

Chocolate, Sim′ple. Syn. Hygien′ic c., Homœopath′ic c.; Chocola′ta, C. sim′plex, C. salu′tis, L.; Chocolat de santé, Fr. Prep. (P. C.) Caracas and Maragnan cocoa, of each 96 lbs.; sugar, 160 lbs.; cinnamon, 1 oz. (to 2 oz.); triturated together in the usual manner, and formed into cakes or powder.

Chocolate, Vanil′la. Syn. Chocola′ta cum vanil′la, L. Prep. 1. (P. C.) Chocolate (plain,—P. C.), 16 oz.; vanilla, ¹⁄₂ dr.

2. (Cotterau.) Cocoa paste, 6 lbs.; sugar, 10 lbs.; vanilla, 11 dr.

See forms previously given.

Chocolate, Ver′mifuge. Syn. Chocola′ta vermifu′ga, L. See Chocolate, Purgative (Nos. 2 and 3, above).

Chocolate, White. Syn. White cocoa, Car′rageen c.; Chocola′ta cum chon′dro, Pas′ta caca′o cum chon′dro, P. c. c. lichen′e carraghen′o, L. Prep. 1. As Iceland moss chocolate, but employing carrageen moss.

2. (Ph. Dan.) Roasted and decorticated cocoa seeds (reduced to a subtile mass in a warm iron mortar) and powdered white sugar, of each 2 lbs.; powdered carrageen (debitterised), 3 oz.

3. (Cottereau.) Sugar, 6 lbs.; rice flour, 1³⁄₄ lb.; potato starch and butter of cocoa, of each ¹⁄₂ lb.; gum Arabic ¹⁄₄ lb. (dissolved); tincture of vanilla, ¹⁄₂ fl. oz.; boiling water, q. s.; triturate to a stiff paste. The above are highly nutritious, and are recommended as articles of diet for convalescents and debilitated persons.

CHOKE-DAMP. Syn. Aft′er-damp. The term applied by miners to carbonic anhydride (carbonic acid) and other irrespirable gases and vapours evolved in mines. See Carbonic Acid, Fire Damp, Ventilation, &c.

CHOKING. Threatened choking may occur either in the gullet or swallow—or in the windpipe. If in the gullet press down the tongue with the handle of a spoon, and pass the fingers down without any hesitation, when the substance may generally be dislodged or pulled up. When it is small, and has got out of reach, it may mostly be removed by filling the mouth with liquid and swallowing it at a gulp, or by swallowing a large piece of bread. Foreign bodies thus swallowed generally pass harmlessly through the bowels.