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JUNIPERUS 



Jesuits' Bark. A name for Cinchona. J. Drops. 

 See Wade's Balsam. 



Jetolin (jel'-o-lin). See Pigments, Conspectus of. 



Jewel-weed (ju' -el-wed).- See Impatiens. 



Jewlap ( ju'-lap). See Dewlap. 



Jigger Flea. See Pulex. 



Jimjams (jim'-jams) [slang]. A vulgar synonym of 

 delirium tremens. 



Jimson (jim'-sun). See Datura stramonium. 



Jingko (jing'-ko). See Gingko. 



Job's Tears. See Coix lacrima. 



Jobert's Suture. See Suture. 



Joe Pye Weed. See Eupatorium purpureum. 



Johnson's Picro-saccharimeter. See Picro-saccharim- 

 eter. 



Joint [ME., joynt, a joint]. See Articulation. J. -dis- 

 ease, any morbid affection involving the joints and 

 their surrounding tissues. J., Charcot's, a disease of 

 the joints accompanying tabes dorsalis. It is charac- 

 terized by a swelling, due to effusion of fluid into the 

 articular cavity and about the surrounding tissues, 

 followed by a lax condition, and ending in distortion 

 or deformity of the joint, sometimes with diminished 

 range of motion, and at other times with excessive 

 range of motion. J. -felon. See J. -ill. J. -ill, a 

 term applied to two very different forms of disease 

 in cattle: I. To septic arthritis, resulting from septic 

 inflammation of the navel ; 2. To an acute exudative 

 arthritis, in which large quantities of plastic lymph 

 are thrown into the cavity of the joint, leading to per- 

 manent stiffening and deformity. J. -less, without 

 joints. J. -mice. See Corpora libera articulorum. 

 J. -oil, the synovia. 



Jones's (Bence) Albumin. See Albumin. 



Jorissenne's Sign. See Signs and Symptoms, Table of. 



Joule (jool) [after J. P. Joule, an English physicist]. 

 A heat-unit, equal to one calorie divided by 4200. 

 See Electric Units. J.'s Law. See Law. 



Jowl (jol or joul) [ME. ,jolle, jaw]. The cheek. 



Judas Tree (ju'-das tre). Red-bud. The bark of 

 Cercis canadensis, an astringent, much used in diar- 

 rhea, and as an injection in leukorrhea. Dose of the 

 fid. ext, rr\xv-:5j. Unof. 



Jugal iju'-gal) \_jugum, a yoke]. Connecting or 

 uniting, as by a yoke. J. Bone, the malar bone. 

 J. Points. See Craniometric Points. J. Process. 

 See Zygoma. 



Juglandin {jug-Ian' -din) [juglans, a walnut]. A 

 precipitate from a tincture of the root-bark of Butter- 

 nut, Juglans cinerea ; it is alterative, tonic, laxative, 

 detergent, etc. Dose 2 to 5 grains. Unof. 



Juglans (jug'-lanz) [L. , " walnut"]. A genus of trees, 

 including the true walnut. J. regia, the European 

 walnut, has stimulant and alterative leaves, which 

 have been found useful in expelling tapeworm. The 

 black walnut, J. nigra, has the same properties. 

 Butternut, the inner bark (collected in autumn) of 

 the roots of J. cinerea, is a mild cathartic, very popu- 

 lar in dysentery and chronic constipation. Dose of 

 the ext., gr. v x. 



Juglone {jOg'-ton) [juglans, walnut], C 10 H 5 (O a ).OH. 

 An active principle existing in the bark of the Euro- 

 pean walnut; it is also obtained by oxidizing hydrojug- 

 lone with ferric chlorid. It is almost insoluble in water, 

 consists of yellow needles, and melts witli decomposi- 

 tion at about 150-155 C. It has the smell of fresh 

 walnuts, and is a powerful sternutatory. Unof. 



Jugo-maxillary {ju' '-go-ma ks'-il-a-re) [jugum, a yoke ; 

 maxilla, a jaw]. Relating to the jugular vein and 

 the maxilla. 



Jug-sound. A term for amphoric resonance. 



Jugular (ju'-gu-lar) [jugularis ; jugulum, throat]. 



Pertaining to the throat. J. Fossa. See Fossa. J. 

 Ganglion. See Ganglia, Table. J. Veins. See Vein. 



Jugulation (jug -u-la f -shun) [jugulatio, a killing]. 

 The swift and sudden shortening of an attack of dis- 

 ease by therapeutic measures ; also, the arrest of an 

 epidemic by prompt and effective measures. 



Jugulocephalic (ju-gu-lo-sefal 1 '-ik) [jugulum, the 

 throat ; ae(pa?^, head]. Pertaining to the throat and 

 the head. 



Jugulum (jug'-u-lum) [L. : pi., Jugula~\. The collar- 

 bone ; also, the throat. 



Jugum (ju'-gum) [L. : //. , Juga~\. A yoke. In 

 biology, a pair of leaflets in a compound leaf. J. 

 penis, a cushioned forceps or compressor appli 

 the penis to prevent incontinence of urine. J. sphen- 

 oidale, the line of fusion of the orbito-sphenoid 1 >< ties. 



Juice (jus) [jus, broth]. The fluid or liquid contained 

 in the tissue of an animal or plant. Various secretions 

 of the body are known as juices, e.g., the gastric, 

 intestinal, and pancreatic juices. J. -canals, s] 

 within the connective tissue, constituting the origin of 

 the lymphatic vessels. J., Gastric. See Gastric. 

 J., Intestinal, the intestinal secretion, succus cut. 

 the secretion of the follicles of Lieberkuhn mainly, 

 but in the duodenum including that of Brunner's 

 glands. J., Pancreatic. See Pancreatic. 



Jujube (ju'-jub) [jujuba, fruit]. The fruit of the 

 jujube tree, Zizyphus jujuba. J. -paste, a confection, 

 originally containing the pulp of jujubes, but now 

 made of gum-arabic, or of gelatin, variously flavored. 



Julaceous (ju-la'-she-us) [iulus, catkin]. In biology, 

 resembling a catkin. 



Julep (ju'-lep) [Pers. , julab , a sweet drink]. A sweet- 

 ened and aromatized alcoholic or medicated drink. 



Jumbai-bean ( jum' -hi-hen) [Negro dial., Jumbai, an 

 evil spirit]. The Leuca'na glauca Benth, a leguminous 

 tree resembling the locust, found in the West Indies. 

 The eating of the fruit or the foliage by horses and 

 cattle results in the loss of hoofs, horns, and hair of 

 tail and mane. 



Jumpers (jum'-perz) [ME., jumpen, to jump]. A 

 name applied to those afflicted with a neurosis charac- 

 terized by motor incoordination and convulsive move- 

 ments of any part of the body, but especially of the 

 lower extremities, so that springing movements or 

 jumping movements follow efforts to walk, etc. The 

 name has also been given to hysteric fanatics 

 devotional frenzy is accompanied by acts of leaping 

 and distortion ; and also to certain persons 

 powers of will and control over their movement! 

 are in part abolished. See Latah, Alyriachit, Pc 

 and Saltatoric Spasm. 



Jumping (jump* -trig). See Palmus. 



Junctura (junk-tu' -rah) [L.]. A suture, as of bones 



June (fun) [ Junius, a Roman name, meaning young]. 

 The sixth month of the year. J. -cold. Synonym d 

 Hay-fe?jer. J. Lobster. See Buckle-shell. 



Jungle Fever. See Fever. 



Juniper (ju f -nip-er). See Juniperus. 



Juniperin (ju-nij' -er-in) [juniperus, the junipei 

 A yellow," resin-like powder found in juniper 1> 



Juniperus (ju-nip'-er-us) [I,. .gen., Juniperi\ 1. - 

 genus of berry-bearing coniferous trees. !'•< 

 official species (see Juniperus, 2), there are seji 

 other medicinal species. 2. Juniper, the fruit a 

 communis; its properties are mainly due to a volal 

 and it is a stomachic tonic, diuretic, and a] 

 The oil is eliminated by the kidneys. It is valuable 1 

 chronic pyelitis and cystitis. J., Infusum, unci., 

 consists of juniper-berries \), boiling water ( ' 

 Ol., the volatile oil. Dose n\,v-xx. J., Spt., 5 parts 

 of the oil in 95 of alcohol. Dose 3J-gj- J-> S P 1 -' 



