ZINGIBERIN 



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ZOOPELIOMETRY 



air and is decomposed violently by water ; boils 1 18° C. ; 

 sp. gr. 1. 182 at 15 C. Z. Ferrocyanid, Zn a Fe- 

 (CN) 6 +3H 2 0, white powder, used as an alterative 

 and antiseptic. Dose, ^—4 gr. (0.032-0.26 gm.). 

 Z. Formate, Zn(CH0 2 ) 2 4- 2HjO, prismatic crystals 

 soluble in 24 parts of water; used in gonorrhea. Z. 

 Gynocardate, a yellow, granular powder, readily 

 soluble in alcohol, ether, chloroform, or acids. Recom- 

 mended in treatment of psoriasis, prurigo, and other 

 skin-diseases. Z. Hemol. See under Hemol. Z. 

 Hypophosphite, Zn(PH 2 2 ) 2 -+- H a O, used as an an- 

 tiseptic, antispasmodic, and astringent. Dose, Yz-y)/^ 

 gr. (0.032-0.1 gm.). Z. Ichthyol-sulfonate, 

 (C 28 H 36 S 3 6 H)Zn,. See Ichthyol, Zinc. Z. Iodate, 

 iodic acid. Z. Lactophosphate, an antiseptic white 

 powder used in nervous diseases. Z. Mercuric 

 Cyanid. See Mercury and Zinc Cyanid. Z. Mono- 

 chloracetate, Zn(C 2 H 2 C10 2 ) 2 , an antiseptic. Z. 

 Nitrate, Zn(NO s ) 2 4- 6H a O, colorless prisms soluble 

 in water; used externally as 50% paste with flour and 

 water as an escharotic on cancerous affections. Z. 

 Oleate, Zn(C 18 H 3J 2 ) 2 , a reaction -product of zinc 

 acetate and sodium oleate containing 13% of zinc 

 oxid; soluble in carbon disulfid and petroleum benzin. 

 Z. Permanganate, Zn(Mn0 4 ) 2 + 6H 2 0, very dark 

 crystalline granules, soluble in water; used in aqueous 

 solution 1 : 4000 as injection in gonorrhea and in 

 I : iooo or 2 : iooo solution as eye lotion. It is 

 incompatible with all combustible or easily oxidiza- 

 ble substances. Z. Phosphite, 2ZnHP0 3 4- 5H 2 0, 

 a granular crystalline powder used as an antiseptic and 

 tonic. Z. Picrate, Z. Picronitrate, Zn(C 6 H 2 - 

 (N0 2 ) 3 0) 2 4- H 2 0, yellow powder, soluble in water, 

 used as an antiseptic. Z. Salicylate, (C 7 H 5 3 ) 2 Zn- 

 4- H 2 0, colorless crystals, soluble in 25.2 parts of 

 cold and readily in boiling water, soluble in 36 parts 

 of ether and 3.5 parts of alcohol. Recommended as 

 antiseptic dusting-powder and wash in various skin- 

 diseases. Z. Sozoiodol, Z. Sozoiodolate, (C 6 HjI 2 - 

 (OH)S0 3 ) 2 Zn 4- 6H 2 0, colorless needles, soluble in 25 

 parts of water, used in 2% solution in treatment of 

 gonorrhea and in nasal catarrh in 10-15% dusting- 

 powder. Z. Stearate, Zn(C 18 H 35 2 ) 2 , a reaction-pro- 

 duct of zinc sulfate and potassium or sodium stearate; 

 a white powder darkening on exposure, soluble in ben- 

 zene, oil, turpentine, and slightly in alcohol. Used in 

 gonorrhea attenuated with 35 % of europhen. Z. 

 Subgallate, a compound of zinc oxid, 44%, and gallic 

 acid, $6%, forming a greenish -gray neutral powder, 

 insoluble in the usual solvents. It is used as an intes- 

 tinal antiseptic. Dose, O.03-O.26 gm., and externally 

 on wounds, gonorrhea, etc. Z. Sulf hydrate, Zn- 

 (SH) 2 , a white precipitate, which decomposes on be- 

 coming dry. Recommended externally and internally 

 in the treatment of chronic eczema, psoriasis, and 

 vegeto-parasitic dermatoses. Internally the dose is 

 0.03-0.13 gm.; externally in ointment (10%), com 

 bined with lanolin and lard (2 : 3). Z. Sulfite, Zn- 

 SO :< 4" 2H./), small crystals slightly soluble in water ; 

 used as an antiseptic on skin-diseases. Z. Sulfoich- 

 thyolate, brown tarry mass used externally as an anti- 

 septic. Z. Sulfophenate. Sea Z. Sulfocarbolate (Illus. 

 Diet.). Z. Tannate, Zn,(C 27 II,, l O |7 ) 2 , a gray astrin- 

 gent powder used in diarrhea. Dose, 1^-3-4^ gr. 

 (O.I-O.2-O.3 S' n - ) an d externally in gonorrhea. Z. 

 Tetraborate, ZnB^O., a white antiseptic powder solu- 

 ble in acids. Z. Trichlorocarbolate, Zn(C 6 H,Cl s O) 2 , 

 a yellow antiseptic precipitate used in skin-diseases. 

 Syn. , Z. Trichlorophenate. Z. -white, zinc oxid, ZnO. 



Zingiberin (zin-jib-er'-in). The oleoresin of ginger. 



Zinol (zin'-o/). A mixture of zinc acetate and alum- 

 nol ; used in solution in gonorrhea. 



Zionist {zi'-on-ist). A follower of the faith-healer, 

 Dowie. 



Zirconia (zir-kc/ -ne-aJi). Zirconium oxid, Zr0 2 . 



Zoescope [zo'-es-kop) [Coy, life; anoneiv, to view]. See 

 Stroboscope. 



Zomol {zo'-uiol) [Zo/i6g, meat-juice]. Name applied 

 by Hericourt (1901) to the plasma of raw beef. 

 Evaporated to dryness it is used as a concentrated food. 

 Dose, 10 gm. daily. 



Zomotherapy {zo-mo-ther'-ap-e) [(,'w/uof, meat-juice; 

 QepwKtia, therapy]. Richet and liericourt's name for 

 their method of treatment of tuberculosis by a raw 

 meat diet; the meat, finely hashed or scraped, is given 

 in daily doses of 200 gm. with soup, etc. 



Zone, Zona. (See Illus. Diet. ) Z., Adoral, the zone of 

 cilia which circumscribes the peristome or frontal plain 

 of infusoria. Z., Barnes' Cervical. See Z., Cervical 

 (Illus. Diet.). Z.s, Charcot's, the hysterogenic 

 zones. Z., Charcot's Posterior Root. See Col- 

 umn, Burdach , s (Illus. Diet.). Z.s of His, in the 

 embryo the four thickenings which run the entire 

 length of the medullary cord. (Minot. ) Z.,Hitzig's, 

 a hypesthetic zone extending around the trunk in tabes 

 dorsalis. Z., Hypnogenous, an area or tract, 

 pressure upon which induces sleep. Z., Neogenic, 

 the subcapsular layer of the kidney, so called be- 

 cause it is the one in which the most active processes 

 are going on. Z., -Outer Gray, of Kolliker. See 

 Cappa (Illus. Diet.). Z., Sclerotic, a condition oc- 

 curring in iritis, marked by a ring of anastomoses of 

 deep conjunctival vessels around the periphery of the 

 cornea, which perforate the sclerotic and anastomose 

 with those of the iris and choroid. Syn., Arthritic 

 Ring. Zona terminalis. See Terma (Hlus. Diet. ). 

 Z., Weber's Orbicular, that portion of the iliofemo- 

 ral ligament which forms a loop around the neck of 

 the femur. Z., Westphal's, a zone in the posterior 

 column of the lumbar spinal cord, which is bounded 

 externally by the inner side of the posterior horn, in- 

 ternally by an imaginary anteroposterior line drawn 

 through the point at which the posterior horn turns in- 

 ward, and posteriorly by the periphery of the cord. It 

 contains the afferent fibers concerned in the patellar 

 reflex mechanism. 



Zonulitis [zon-u-li'-tis). Inflammation of Zinn's 

 zonule. 



Zooamylon (zo-o-am' -il -on) [CHiov, animal ; amylitm, 

 starch]. Maupas' term for the ternary substance al- 

 lied to starch and glycogen found included in the 

 cytoplasm of certain sporozoa. Cf. Paragfycegen. 



Zoocyst (zo'-o-sisl) [Coop, animal ; ninnc, cell]. Zopf's- 

 term for a variety of encysted rhizopods resembling a 

 sporocyst, except in the thickness and number of the 

 protective layers. 



Zoodermic (zo-o-dur / -mik). Pertaining to or taken 

 from the skin of some animal other than man, a form 

 of skin-grafting (q. v.). 



Zoogenous (zo-oj'-en-its) [kuov, animal; yeway, to 

 produce]. Transmissible from animals to man. 



Zoogony {zo-oj'-on-e). See Zoogenesis (Illus. Diet.). 



Zooiatria (zo-o-i-af '-re-a/i). See Zdatria (Illus. Diet.). 



Zoolak {zo'-ol-ak). An additional commercial name for 

 matzoon. 



Zoolite, Zoolith {zo'-ol-tt, -ith) [f«w, animal; X<ft>f, 

 stone]. A fossil animal or any part or specimen of it. 



Zoomagnetism (zo-o-mag' -net-izm). Animal magne- 

 tism. 



Zoonomy {zo-ou'-om-e\ [Cwor, animal ; bvopa, name]. 

 A term proposed by Powell under which to group the 

 many generalities respecting animals, 



Zoopeliomctry (zo-o-pe-le-oiu'-et-rc) [ r &QV, animal ; 

 Tte'Aiv, pelvis]. Pelvimetry applied to cattle. 



