Furrows

[Jadelot, a French physician]. Certain furrows of the face observed in conditions of disease. Three sets are distinguished: The genal and nasal furrows are said to indicate disease of the gastrointestinal tract or abdominal viscera; the former runs from the mouth toward the malar bone, the latter from the nasal alae in a semicircle about the mouth; the labial furrow, from the angle of the mouth out- JAIL-FEVER ward to the lower part of the face, indicates disease of the lungs; the oculozygomatic furrow, beginning at the inner canthus of the eye, and pa ing outward below the lower lid, to be lost on the cheek; it is said to point to disorders of the nervous system. Jail-fever. Typhus fever. v.miaJaksch’s of infants.Disease. ch401.xhtml p 345