Jacket

(jak'-et). A short coat. J., Bark, a jacket stuffed with powdered cinchona. J., Cotton, a jacket lined with cotton, sometimes used in the treatment of pneumonia. J., Plaster-of- Paris, a mould of plaster-of- Paris cast upon the body or part, for keeping it rigid and fixed in a desired position, in sprain or dislocation of the spine, etc. J. -poultice, a poultice applied about the whole surface of the thorax; it is sometimes used in the treatment of pneumonia. J., Straight, a system of leather straps used to bind violently insane persons in order to prevent self-inflicted injury. Jackson's Pectoral Syrup. A cough-medicine containing morphin hydro chlorate, sugar, sa afras pith, gum arabic, and water.