FRANCHIMONT'S TEST 



493 



FRENCH 



I 





ranchimont's Test. See Tests, Table of. 



fancis' Test. See Tests, Table of. 



ranciscea (fran-sis'-e-aA). See A/ana ca. 



ranck's Pill. A purgative pill containing aloes 4, 



rhubarb 2, syrup of absinthe, q. s. 



Franco's Operations. See Operations, Table of. 

 tangible (fran'-fib-l) [frangere, to break]. Liable 

 to fracture ; breakable. 



rangula [frang' -gu-laA) [origin uncertain]. The bark 

 (one year old) of Rhamnus f rangula, or alder buck- 

 thorn. The fresh bark is a violent irritant ; the old bark is 

 a non-irritant purgative much used in the constipation of 

 pregnancy. Ext. Rhamni Frang. (B. P.). Dose 

 gr. " V -3J- F., Ext., Fid. Dose gss-ij. Ext. 

 Rham. Frang. Liq. (B. P.). Dose 3J-iv. 



Frangulin ( frang' -g u-lin) [origin uncertain], C^H^Ojq. 

 Rhamnoxanthin ; a lemon-yellow, crystalline, odor- 

 less, and tasteless glucosid found in Buckthorn. 



Frank [ME., frank, open]. Of a benign or favorable 

 tendency ; as a frank inflammation ; sometimes also 

 applied to remedies, in a similar sense. 



Frank's Operation. See Operations, Table of. 



Frankel's Apparatus. A pneumatic apparatus. F.'s 

 Pneumobacillus. See Bacteria, Synonymatic Table. 

 rankenhauser, Ganglion of. See Ganglia, Table 

 of F.'s Micrococcus. The micrococcus of perni- 

 cious anemia. See Bacteria, Synonymatic Table of 



Frankenia ( frang- ke'-ne-ah) [after Johann Franke]. 

 A genus of heath-like herbs and undershrubs. F. 

 grandiflora, of California, called Yerba rheuma, is 

 astringent, and is a popular remedy for nasal, urethral 

 and vaginal catarrhs. F. portulacifolia r of St. 

 Helena, has been used as a substitute for tea. Other 

 species of the genus are aromatic and stimulant. Unof. 



Frankfort Black. See Pigments, Conspectus of. F. 

 Plane. See Plane. 



Frankincense (frangk' -in-sens) [francum incensum, 

 pure incense]. A name given to a variety of resinous 

 aromatic substances, especially the exudation of Abies 

 excelsa ; the term was originally, and properly, the 

 same as olibanum. It is the concrete turpentine 

 scraped off the trunks of Pinus australis and P. Ueda. 

 It is used externally as a slight stimulant and is con- 

 tained in Emplastrum picis (B. P.). 



Frankland's Artificial Human Milk. A nutritious 

 preparation made from cow's milk as follows: — Allow 

 ^3 of a pint of new milk to stand 12 hours; remove 

 the cream, and mix it with % of a pint of perfectly 

 fresh cow's milk. Take the milk from which the 

 cream was removed, and put into it a piece of rennet 

 about an inch square (fluid rennet may be employed). 

 Keep the vessel containing it in a warm place, until 

 the milk is fully curdled, an operation requiring from 

 5 to 15 minutes according to the activity of the rennet. 

 Break up the curd repeatedly, and carefully separate 

 the whole of the whey, which should then be rap- 

 idly heated to boiling in a small tin-pan placed over a 

 spirit-lamp or gas-lamp. During the heating a further 

 quantity of casein, technically called " fleetings," sepa- 

 rates, and must be removed by straining through clean 

 muslin. Now dissolve I IO grains of powdered sugar of 

 milk in the hot whey, and mix it with % of a pint of 

 new milk to which the cream from the other fluid has 

 already been added. The artificial milkjshould be used 

 within 12 hours of its preparation. F.'s Method, a 

 method of estimating the quantity of organic matter 

 present in water. The organic carbon is oxidized and 

 obtained as CO, 2 , and the organic nitrogen is liberated 

 in the free gaseous state and measured. 



Franklin (frangk'-lin) [from Benjamin Franklin']. A 

 unit of static or frictional electricity. F. Spectacles. 

 See Bifocal. 



Franklinic (frangk-lin'-ik) [from B. Franklin]. Fric- 

 tional. F. Electricity, static or frictional electricity. 



Franklinism (frangk' -lin-izm). Same as Frankliniza- 

 tion. 



Franklinization (frangk-lin-iz-a'-shun) [after B. 

 Franklin]. The therapeutic use of frictional or static 

 electricity. 



Frasera (fra'-zer-aA). See American Columbo. 



Fraserin (fra'-zer-in) [after John Fraser, an English 

 botanist]. A precipitate from a tincture of the root 

 of Frasera carolinensis ; it is atonic, stimulant, and 

 mildly astringent. Dose I to 3 grains. Unof. 



Fraunhofer's Lines. See Absorption, and Lines Table. 



Fraxin (fraks'-in) [fraxinus, an ash-tree], C^H^Oj,. 

 A glucosid from the bark of certain species of ash 

 (Fraxinus excelsior, etc.). It forms fine, white, four- 

 sided prisms, of a bitter taste. It has been proposed 

 as a remedy for gout, rheumatism, etc. 



Fraxinus (fraks-in'-us) [L. , " ash-tree. "]. A genus 

 of trees, order OleacecE, to which the various species of 

 the ash belong. F. americana, is useful in dys- 

 menorrhea. A wine ( Vinum fraxini americana, 

 N. F.) is prepared from its inner bark. Dose, one 

 fluidrachm. F. excelsior, of Europe, affords a medici- 

 nal bark, its leaves, and wood formerly being official. 

 Chinese wax is collected from the branches of F. 

 chinensis ; and manna from F. ornus and F. rotun- 

 difolia. 



Freak (frek) [~SlE.,freke, bold]. A popular name for 

 a deformed person. 



Freckles (frek'-lz). See Lentigo and Ephelides. 



Freestone-hewers' Lung. Synonym of Pneumono- 

 koniosis. 



Freezing (frez'-ing) [ME. , freesen, to freeze]. The 

 congelation of liquids, especially of water. F. -fluids, 

 liquid preparations, with boric acid, syrupy or gummy 

 in consistence, in which tissue-specimens are immersed 

 prior to freezing and section-cutting. F. -machine, 

 an apparatus for producing intense cold by the evapo- 

 ration of condensed gases. F. -microtome, a micro- 

 tome attached to a contrivance for freezing artificially 

 the tissue to be sectionized. It is used with very soft 

 tissues. F. -mixture, a mixture of salts which absorb 

 heat in undergoing solution. F. -point, the tempera- 

 ture at which a liquid freezes. 



Freire, Micrococcus of. See Bacteria, Table of. 



Fremitus ( frem'-it-us) [L., a murmur]. A tremor 

 caused by the sympathetic vibration of some part or organ 

 of the body in consonance with some other vibrating 

 body. Also, a murmuring. F., Friction, the vibrations 

 produced by the rubbing together of two dry surfaces of 

 the pleura, and felt by the hand. It is met with frequently 

 in dry pleurisy. F., Rhonchal, vibrations produced by 

 the passage of air through a large bronchial tube con- 

 taining mucus. It is most often felt in bronchitis. 

 F., Tactile, the vibratory sensation conveyed to the 

 hand applied to the chest of a speaking person. F., 

 Tussive, the thrill felt when the hand is placed upon 

 the chest while the patient coughs. F., Vocal. 

 See Vocal. 



Fremontia ( fre-mon' '-sAe-ah) [after John C. Fremont, 

 an American explorer]. A genus of malvaceous 

 shrubs. F. californica, Cahfornian slippery elm, is 

 not related botanically to the true elms, but its bark 

 is used in the same way as that of the slippery elm. 



French [Francus, a Frank]. Pertaining to France. 

 F. Blue. See Artificial Ultramarine under Pigments, 

 Conspectus of. F. Crust, or F. Distemper. Synonym 

 of Svphilis. F. Green. Same as ScAweinfurt Green. 

 F. Measles. Synonym of RotAeln, q. v. F. Method, 

 the manual method of instruction of deaf-mutes. F. 

 Mulberry. See Callicarpa. F. Pox. Synonym of 



rh-e . vo l Jj'tfy SJhv^it &£y*n* Sec fAM A / 



