consistence can be seen.
Carbuncle is an intense local inflammation caused by septic germs which
have in some manner found their way to the part. It is particularly apt
to occur in persons whose health is depressed by mental worries, or by
such troubles as chronic disease of the kidneys or blood-vessels, or by
diabetes. The attack ends in mortification of the affected tissue, and,
after much suffering, the core or mortified part slowly comes away. The
modern treatment consists in cutting into the inflamed area, scraping
out the germ-laden core at the earliest possible moment, and applying
germicides. This method relieves the pain at once, materially diminishes
the risk of blood-poisoning, and hastens convalescence. (E. O.*)

CARCAGENTE, or CARCAJENTE, a town of eastern Spain, in the province of
Valencia; near the right bank of the river Jucar, at the junction
between the Valencia-Murcia and Carcagente-Denia railways. Pop. (1900)
12,262. Carcagente is a picturesque town, of considerable antiquity.
Various Roman remains have been found in its neighbourhood. It is
surrounded by groves of orange, palm and mulberry trees, and contains
many Moorish houses, whose old-fashioned blue-tiled cupolas contrast
with the chimneys of the silk mills and linen factories opened in modern
times. An important local industry is the cultivation of rice, for which
the moist and warm climate of the low-lying Jucar valley is well suited.

CARCAR, a town of the province of Cebu, island of Cebu, Philippine
Islands, on the Carcar river near its mouth at the head of Carcar Bay,
23 m. S.W. of Cebu, the capital. It is connected with Cebu by a railway,
and a branch of this railway extending across the island to Barili and
Dumanjug was projected in 1908. Carcar has some coast trade. The
surrounding country is rugged, and produces Indian corn and sugar in
considerable quantity. The language is Cebu-Visayan. Carcar was founded
in 1624.

CARCASS, the dead body of an animal. As a butcher's term, the word means
the body of an animal without the head, extremities and offal. It is
also used of a hollow iron case filled with combustibles, and fired from
a howitzer to set fire to buildings, ships, &c., the flames issuing
through holes pierced in the sides. The word is common in various forms
to Romanic languages, but the ultimate origin is obscure. Possible
derivations are from the Lat. _caro_, flesh, and Ital. _casso_ or
_cassa_, chest, or fro