R 1 I RROV 





J . Per* 



: the 



Gcnal Fur: utli 



: . .. I .:: 



•■. which 



the Nasal 



• the 



mat c Furrow, beginning at 



outward 



■ in. 



i tn pro- 

 ires fi »r 



■.in to a 



. sometimes n fined 



intry of its 



alap 



I infants. 



[named from 



I he tuber ol Ipomaea 



due to ('■■ . jala- 



■ hydragogue 



•ful in combination with calo- 



J . Abstractunv : pil. cathartic 



J.. Ext I ' -■ gr. v-xv. 



J . Re tincture by water. 



J., Pulv., Comp., contains jalap 35, 



x-srj. J., Tinct. 



Jal.i 



J- 





Jamb 



j«j 



■ ity of Mexico], 

 • us oriza- 



ilvulin ; it is 



rum a tincture 



: an irritant hydragogue 



[W. Indies], An island of the 

 J. Dogwood. 5 J. Kino. 



• in. 



1 ] A genus of 



J. aquea, 



J. vulgaris is a t; the 



thi fruit and 



LI Thi 



It is thought to 



1 nut 



I nof. 



I be dried and 



I n inn, a shrul 1 



ern India, 



hildren, 



amount 



ij •. ; ol 



I \ :■ 



myrrh. J.'s 





J» r: Weed. 





JAUNDICE 



Janosik's Embryo. A human embryo described by 

 fanosik as having two gill-pouches and three aortic 

 an 



Janus, or Janiceps {ja , -nus or jan f -is-eps) [Janus, a 



two-faced divinity; caput, head]. A syncephalic 

 monstrosity with two fai 



Japan :>i') [Chin., Jih-pun\. An island on the 



eastern coast of Asia. J. Colors. See Pigments, 

 . and Dye-stuffs. J. -black. See Pigments, 

 J. Lacquer. Same as J. -black. J. 

 Wax, a wax obtained by boiling the berries of several 

 trees of the genus Rhus, from incisions in the stems 

 of which flows the famous [apan lacquer varnish. It 

 i> properly a fat, as it consists almost entirely of 

 glyceryl palmitate. Its specific gravity is .999 and its 

 melting-point 120 F. (49 C). When freshly broken, 

 the fractured surface is almost white or slightly yel- 

 lowish green and the odor tallow like. It is used for 

 mixing with beeswax in the manufacture of candles 

 ami wax matches. 



Japanese ( jap-an-ez') [Japan, an island on the east 

 coast of Asia]. Pertaining to Japan or its inhabit- 

 ants. J. Method of Resuscitation; it consists in 

 drawing forward the tongue and making rapid passes 

 with paper fans soaked in water and aqua ammonias. 

 The object is to get as much of the vapor of ammonia 

 into the lungs as possible. This method is also called 

 Japanese Fanning. J. Fanning. See J. Method of 

 Resuscitation. J. Hot-box, a device for applying 

 dry-heat to a part, as the eyes. 



Jar [Pers., jarrah, a little cruse]. A small earthen or 

 glass vessel without handle or spout. J., Leyden, an 

 electric condenser consisting of a glass jar lined, exter- 

 nally and internally, in its lower two-thirds with tin. 

 See Leyden. 



Jargon (jar^-gori) [ME., jargoun, chattering]. Con- 

 fused, unintelligible talk ; gibberish; babble; charac- 

 teristic of some forms of idiocy and insanity. 



Jargonize (j'a^-gon-lz) [ME.., jargoun, chattering]. 

 To utter unintelligible sounds. 



Jarich's Ointment. An ointment containing pyrogallic 

 acid, zj, and lard, one ounce. 



Jarjavay's Muscle. See Muscles, Table of. 



Jasmine ( jaz'-miii) [Pers., yasmln, jasmine]. See 

 fasminum. J. -yellow. See Gelsemium. 



Jasminum (jaz'-min-um) [Pers., yasmln, jasmine]. A 

 genus of oleaceous plants, mostly of tropical old-world 

 origin ; jasmine. Many of the species are cultivated 

 for their fragrant flowers, and for their essential oil. 

 Some of the species are vermifuge, others lactifuge, and 

 -till others are used in the treatment of skin diseases. 

 I nof. 



Jatropha { jat' -rojah) [larpdg, a physician; Tpoipi/, 

 nourishment]. A genus of euphorbiaceous plants 

 having irritant, cathartic, and emetic properties. See 

 Barbadoes Nut and Tapioca. J. macrorhiza, the root 

 "I a plant indigenous to Mexico and the Southern 

 United States, possessed of alterative and cholagogue 

 pro] in large doses it is a hydragogue cathartic 



and emetic. Dose of the fluid extract Zss— ij. Unof. 

 J. Oil, the oil of the Barbadoes nut. 



Jaundice ( jawn'-dis) [Fr., jaunisse, yellowness]. A 

 condition arising from obstruction of the biliary pas- 

 !t is characterized by a yellowish coloration of 

 the skin, and may be associated with languor, malaise, 

 nausea, vomiting, itching of the skin, diarrhea or con - 

 stipation, clay colored stools, slow pulse, and depres- 

 sion of temperature. Certain of the secretions of the 

 body also are discolored, as the urine. J., Acute 

 Febrile. See Weil' l> J , Acute Infective. 



Weil's , J., Black, an extreme degree of 



jaundice. J. , Blue, a synonym of Cyanosis. J., Hema- 



