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RESORCIN 



TABLE- OF RESINS.— Continued. 



III. Fragrant Oleo-resins and Gum-resins. 

 Balsam of Gilead, or Mecca I Balsamodendron perryi, B. 



Balsam. 



Balsam of Peru. 

 Balsam of Tolu. 

 Bdellium, or Grogul. 

 Benzoin. 



Labdanum, or Ladanum. 



Liquid Storax. 



Myrrh. 



Olibanum, or Frankincense. 



Solid Styrax. 



West Indian Balsam. 



Ammoniacum. 

 Asafetida. 



Galbanum. 



Opoponax. 



Sagapenum. 



Sarcocol. 



opobalsamum and Amyris 

 gileadensis. 



Myrosperinum peruiferum. 



Myrospermum toluiferum. 



Balsamodendron roxburghii. 



Styrax benzoin and balsamo- 

 dendron Mukul. 



Cistus creticus var. labdanif- 

 erns 



Liquidambar orientalis. 



Balsamodendron myrrha. 



Boswellia carteri, B. serrata, 

 Juniperus lycia. 



Styrax officinalis. 



Clusia multiflora, C. grandi- 

 flora, C. insignis. 



IV. Fetid Gum-resins. 



Dorema ammoniacum. 

 Ferula narthex and F. scoro- 



dosma. 

 Ferula galbanifera and F. 



rubricaulis. 

 Opoponax chironium. 

 Ferula 

 Penea sarcocolla, P. mucro- 



nata. 



V. Medicinal Rksins. 

 Balsam of Copaiba. I Copaifera officinalis, C. multi- 



juga, etc. 

 Euphorbium. Euphorbia resinifera. 



Gamboge. 

 Guaiacum. 



Garcinia. 

 Guaiacum officinale. 



VI. Extract-resins. 



Churrus. 

 Cubeb Resin. 

 Jalap Resin. 

 Podophyllum Resin. 

 Scammony. 



Cannabis saliva 

 Cubeba officinalis. 

 Ipomeajalapa. 

 Podophyllum peltatum. 

 Convolvulus scammonia. 



Resina {rez-i f -nah) [L.]. A resin. R. lutea. See 



Acaroides. 

 Resinaceous {rez-in-a'-she-us) [resina, resin]. Having 



the qualities of resin. 



Resiniferous {rez-in-if ' -er-us) \_resina, resin ; ferrt, t 

 bear]. Producing resin. 



Resiniform [rez f -in-if-orni). Same as Resinoid. 



Resinoid [rez' -in-oid) [resina, a resin ; elSoc, like], 1 

 Resembling a resin. 2. A substance which has soni 

 of the properties of a resin. Most of the so-calk- 

 resinoids are of indefinite chemic composition ; othei 

 are impure resins. 



Resinous (rez'-in-tis) [resina, a resin]. Having th 

 nature of a resin. 



Resistance (re-zis' -tans) \_resistare, to withstand]. I 

 electricity, the opposition offered by a conductor to th 

 passage of the current. It is estimated in ohms. St 

 Ohm. R., Essential, the resistance to conductio 

 within the battery itself. R., Extraordinary, th 

 resistance to conduction outside of the battery. 



Resolution (rez-o-lu'-shun) [resolvere, to resolve]. . 

 quick improvement in the course of a febrile diseasi 

 See Crisis. R. of Anesthesia, the condition whx 

 muscular and nervous reactions are permanent 

 absent. Complete anesthesia. R. of Inflammatioi 

 the return of tissues implicated in the inflammatoi 

 process to their normal condition. 



Resolvent {re-zol* -vent) \_resolvere, to dissolve]. Th. 

 which causes solution or dissipation of tissue, 

 discutient. 



Resolving (re-zoV '-vins;) \_resolvere, to dissolve]. Cau 

 ing solution or dissipation of tissue. R. Power, tl 

 power of a microscopic objective to show small par: 



Resonance {i-ez'-o-nans) \re, again; sonare, to sound 

 The peculiar quality given to sounds by their reverbe 

 ation and modification by the resonance-organs, or 1 

 the morbid conditions of the chest in auscultation. F 

 Amphoric, a variety of tympanitic resonance having 

 metallic quality. R., Bell-metal, a bell-like son: 

 heard on auscultation in pneumothorax when the che 

 is percussed with two coins used as plexor and 

 ter. R., Cough, a sound heard on auscultation durii 

 the act of coughing. R., Cracked-pot, a variety of tyi 

 panitic resonance elicited by percussing over a pulmo 

 ary cavity communicating with a bronchus. K 

 organs, the supra-laryngeal cavities that modify th 

 quality of vocal sounds. R., Skodaic. S 

 Tympany. R., Tympanic, resonance elicited on pe 

 cussion over the intestines and over large lung-caviii 

 with thin, yielding walls. R., Vesicular, the nonn 

 pulmonary note. R., Vesiculo-tympanitic, an a 

 mixture of vesicular and tympanitic resonance. F 

 Vocal, the sound heard on auscultation of the die I 

 during ordinary speech. R., Whispering, the so 

 heard on auscultation of the chest during the act 1 

 whispering. 



Resonant (rez* -o-nant} [resnnans, resounding]. 

 Sounding or ringing in the nasal passages. -. A 1 

 sonant or nasal sound. See Consonant. 



Resonator (rcz' '-o-na-tor) \re, again ; sonare, to soun 

 An instrument used to intensify sounds. See K- \ 

 nance-organs. 



Resopyrin (rez-o-pi' -riii) [resina, resin ; orcinf sri 

 fire]. A compound of resorcin and antipyrin. 

 physiologic and therapeutic actions of this b< 

 undetermined. Unof. 



Resorcin (re-zor' -sin) [resina, resin ; Orcus, Phil 

 C fi H 4 (OH) 2 . Resorcinol; a substance produced I 

 different resins, and from umbelliferous gum 

 fusion with caustic potash. It is isomeric with hytli 

 quinone. It crystallizes in colorless rhombic 

 plates, melts at Ii8° C, and boils at 276 C. It ij 

 rembles carbolic acid in many of its pro] 

 odorless, antiseptic, and a powerful germicide. 1 

 valuable chiefly as an antipyretic, in malarial level 

 and locally as a lotion in diphtheria. 1 >ose gr. t~* 



