Ticklishness

(tik'- lishties). Pronene to muscular contraction, with a sense of peculiar distre , due to slight irritation of the skin: its exercise may or may not be accompanied by involuntary laughter, 'icorea ti-ko'-re-ah. j A genus of rutaceous S. American plants. The bark of T. febrifuga is prized in fevers; other species also are medicinal. Unof. 'icuna Poison (ti-ku'-nah). A powerfully convulsant arrow-poison of S. American origin and of unknown derivation. It probably contains picrotoxin. 'idal Air /i'-daldr. See Air . 'ide tide. condition A definite of time.(fid) T.,., Acid, tide, a transient of period increased acidity of the urine, sometimes seen after fasting. T., Alkaline, the transient condition of alkalinity of the urine, occurring during digestion, when by reason f the determination of acid to the stomach there is a diminution of the acid salts secreted by the kidney, idy's Method. A method of estimating the quantity of organic matter present in water. It is done by means of the following solutions: I. Dilute. 2. Solution of pota ium permanganate, 0.286 gram per liter, 10 milligram of available oxygen. 3. Solution of pota ium iodid, free from iodate, 1 part in IO of water. 4. Sodium thiosulphate (hyposulphite)o., 77 gram in 1 liter of distilled water. 5. Starch solution carefully prepared, about VL gram in 100 c.c. of water.