Lobe

(lot). Any one of the parts or divisions into which an organ may be separated by fi ures and constrictions; as the lobes of the brain, liver, ear, etc. A more or le rounded part or projection of an organ. Lobes of Brain; each half of the convex cerebral surface is divided by fi ures into five lobes, the frontal, parietal, occipital, temporo-sphenbidal, and central, or island of Reil, to which some writers add a frontoparietal lobe. See Brain and ure. Lobes of Liver. See Liver. L., Marginal, the first frontal convolution running along the margin of the longitudinal fi ure. Lobes, Optic, the tubercula quadrigemina. L., Slender (of the cerebellum). The fourth of the five lobes on the under surface of either hemisphere of the cerebellum.. An acrid principle derivable from Lobelia infiata. Unof. (lob' -let). Same as Lobulet. (lo-be'-le-ah). The leaves and tops of L. infiata, an expectorant, antispasmodic, and emetic; in larger doses a motor depre ant and narcotic. It is valuable in asthma and dry cough, and is the main ingredient of empiric cures for pulmonary tuberculosis. It makes an excellent enema in strangulated hernia. L., Acetum, io per cent, of the drug. Dose nj-x. L., Infus., unof., to Oj. Dose 3 j— 3 j. L., Tinct., 20 per cent, of the drug. Dose L., Tinct., (B. P.) Dose n. The genus Lobelia contains many species, most of them having little-understood medicinal qualities. Ixjbelin (lo-be'-lin). precipitate from the tincture of Lobelia infiata; an emetic, nervine, anti-spasmodic, resolvent and relaxant. Dose, as an emetic 1 to 3 grains in warm water, repeated, if nece ary, in ten minutes, until an effect is produced. As a diaphoretic and expectorant 1 from to grain. Unof. 2. An oily liquid alkaloid, from the plant Lobelia infiata; actively poisonous. Unof. -obo pneumonia nia, Croupous. (Jo-bo-nu-mo' -ne-ah). the right extremity of the transverse fi ure from the commencement of the fi ure for the inferior vena cava. L. central is, the superior vermiform proce ; the island of Reil. L. corp or is striati, the island of Reil; the lenticular nucleus. L. of Ear, the soft ma at the lower part of the pinna of the ear. L. fi urae sylvii, the island of Reil. L. hepatis anonym us.