jervin

(jer’vin). A poisonous alkaloid, NO,, from Vera’ trum al’bum and Vera’trum CoE: a depre ant to the motor and vasomotor centers. je amin (jcs’am-in). See Gelsemium. je a no dine (jes-an’o-din). | A proprietary antiseptic and anodyne preparation. Jesuits’ bark (jez’u-its). See Cinchona. Jesus Haly. See Ali ben Iza. jigger (jig’er). See chi go. jimson-weed (jim’zn). See sir am onium. Jobert’s fo a, operation, suture (zho-behrz) [Antoine Joseph Jobert de Lamballe, French surgeon, 1799-1867]. See fo a, operation, and suture. Joffroy’s reflex (rbot rushes. ) [Alexis Joffroy, physician in Paris, born 1844]. See reflex. joha (jo’hah). An oily solution of salvarsan, marketed in ampules of 1 and 3 c.c. johannisin (jo-han’is-in). An alkaloid from and a oil. johimbin (jo-him’bin). An aphrodisiac alkaloid from the bark of an African tree called johimbehe. Dose, y-1y BT. (0.003-0.0065 gm.). See yohimbin. Johne’s bacillus, disease (yo’néz) [Albert Jokne, German physician]. See bacillus and désease. Johnson's test (Sir George Johnson, English physician, 1818-1896]. See fest. joint (joint) [L. articula’tio]. An articulation between two-bones; more especially one which admits of more or le motion in one or both bones. a mph i diarthrodial j., a mph i diarthrosis. arthrodial j. See arthrodia. | ball-and-socket j. See enarthrosis. biaxial j., a joint in which there are two chief axes of movement at right vied to each other. bilocular j., a joint diled into two cavities by the inter articular cartilage. Brodie’s j., hysteric neuralgia of a joint. Ghavcoe" 8j., chronic inflammation of the synovial membrane of a joint, extending to the substance of the bone: seen in certain diseases of the spine. Chopart’s j., the union of the os calcis and astragalus with the remaining bones of the tarsus: the mediotarsal articulation. cochlear j., a form of hinge-joint which permits of some lateral motion. compound j., a joint composed of several bones. condyloid j., a joint consisting of an ovoid head moving in an elliptic cavity, permitting of all movements except axial rotation. Cruveilhier’s j., the atlanto-odontoid joint. hrodial j. See diarthrosis. a chronic villous arthritis. See under arthritis. ellipsoid j., a joint with two axes of motion, both of them through the same bone. enarthrodial j. See enarthrosis. false j. See pseudarthrosis. ginglymoid j. See ginglymus. gliding j. See arthrodic. hinge-j. See ginlymus. hysteric j., a hysteric condition resemfing arthritis. immovab le j. Sce synarthrosts. inter carpal j’s, the articulations formed by the carpal bones in relation to each other. irritable j., a condition in which a joint is subject to attacks of inflammation without discoverable cause: it frequently follows sprain. Lisfranc’s j., the tarsometatarsal articulation. mid carpal j., the joint between the scaphoid, semilunar, and cuneiform bones and the second row of the car us. mixed j. See am phi arthrosis. movable i, See diarthrosis. mult 1 j. Same as enarthrosis, open j., a veterinary term for inflammation of a joint with sloughing which exposes the joint surfaces. piso cuneiform j., the articulation of the pisiform and cuneiform carpal bones. pivot j., a rotary joint. polyaxial j. Same as enarthrosis. rotary j., a lateral ginglymus or rotating diarthrosis. saddle j., a joint having two saddle-shaped surfaces at right angles to each other. simple j., a joint made up of two bones. spheroid j., an enarthrosis with spheric surfaces. spiral j. ‘Same as cochlear j. aynar- See synarthrosis. tomato-j., painful condition of one or more joints attributed to an acid state of the system caused by eating tomatoes. trochoid j., a rotary joint. uniaxial j., a joint which moves on one axis only. unilocular j., a joint having only one cavity.