Lava

(lah'-vah). The molten ejecta of a volcano. in 95 of alcohol; a perfume. Dose Tinct., Comp., oil of lavender 8, oil of rosemary 2, cinnamon 18, cloves 4, nutmeg 10, red saunders 8, alcohol 680, water 270, dilute alcohol to make 1000. Dose A constituent Fowler's solution. To the g -ij. labiate genus Lavandula of also belong L. spica, or broad lavender (which furnishes the oil of spike), and other medicinal species. Laveran's Corpuscles, or Plasmodia. The Plasmodia malaria, first described by Laveran as Oscillaria malaria-. See Parasites (Animal), of, and Plasmodium. Laville's Liquid Mixture, or Antigout Remedy. A mixture used in acute rheumatism. It is said to be a tincture of quinin and colocynth in, but very probably the active principle in it is colocynth in. See Colocynth is. Lavipedium (lav-ip-e'-de-um). A foot-bath; a pediluvium. Law (/aw). A generalized and epitomized statement of facts. A general rule, or constant mode of action of forces, or phenomena. A rule of action prescribed by authority. See Jurisprudence . L. of Abridged Transmi ion, the forms a umed by an individual in its ontogeny differ somewhat from the accepted ancestral type. L. of Adaptation, the law that a living organism, under whatsoever conditions, will mould itself into harmony with those conditions, and thus continue its existence, whether in a more perfect or le perfect form. L., Angstrom's, of Absorption-spectra, the " rays that a substance absorbs are precisely those that it emits when made self-luminous." L., Ampere's. See Ampere . L. of Avogadro, equal volumes of all gases and vapors, at like temperature and like pre ure, contain an equal number of molecules. L., Baer's, the principle that the evolution of any animal form is determined, first, by increasing histologic and morphologic differentiation, and secondly, by transition from a more general to a more specific type. L., Bell's, the law that the ventral roots of the spinal nerves are motor, and the dorsal sensory. See also Waller i an Lavage (lav-ahzh'). Irrigation or washing out of an organ, such as the stomach, the bowel, etc. Lav amentum (lav-am-en' -turn). An injection.