| Jonston, Johns | <person> Scottish physician in Poland, 1603-1675. See: Jonston's alopecia, Jonston's area. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| Jordan's rule | <genetics> An evolutionary rule that states that the closest genetic relatives of a given species are found very near it, but the two groups are isolated by some kind of natural barrier (such as a river) that neither species can cross easily. (09 Oct 1997) |
| jorden | 1. A pot or vessel with a large neck, formerly used by physicians and alchemists. 2. A chamber pot. Origin: Prob. Fr. The river Jordan, and shortened fr. Jordan bottle a bottle of water from the Jordan, brought back by pilgrims. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| josamycin | <chemical> Leucomycin v, 3-acetate, 4 beta-(3-methylbutanoate). A macrolide antibiotic from streptomyces narbonensis. The drug has antimicrobial activity against a wide spectrum of pathogens. Pharmacological action: antibiotics, macrolide. Chemical name: Leucomycin V, 3-acetate 4B-(3-methylbutanoate) (12 Dec 1998) |
| joseph | An outer garment worn in the 18th century; especially, a woman's riding habit, buttoned down the front. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| Joseph knife | A knife for use in rhinoplasty to separate the overlying skin from the nasal dorsum. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Joseph Lister | <person> Lister's surgical achievements certainly place him as the figurehead of English medicine. Born into a studious Quaker family in Upton, England, where his father was a wealthy wine merchant and also a maker of optical instruments, Joseph was influenced into scientific problems. While a medical student, he was encouraged in research, and later published two articles, the first on the dilator and sphincter muscles of the iris (enlarge and diminish the size of the pupil) and the second, describing the involuntary muscles (erector pillores) of the skin which elevated the hairs (and cause "goose bumps"). After graduating from the non-sectarian University of London Medical School, (called the Godless College) he became interested in microscopic anatomy, physiology, the mechanism of inflammation, and intravascular clotting. Lister migrated to Edinburgh, to visit the famous Syme's Clinic, married Agnes, the daughter of James Syme, Professor of Surgery, and six years later became Chief of Surgery at Glasgow. He experienced friends and dissenters throughout his life. Deeply impressed by the high incidence of mortality after amputations (45%), he insisted on rigid cleanliness. These were the times that "laudable pus" was necessary to heal wounds. Lister was firmly convinced that pus (purulency) was not necessary, but was actually detrimental to healing. He tried various antiseptic solutions (zinc chloride, bichloride of mercury, sulfites) to sterilise wounds and finally settled on carbolic acid spray (1865). His patients' mortality dropped dramatically. Lister soaked his silk and catgut sutures in carbolic acid, and used the same solution when he cleansed and dressed wounds frequently. Joseph Lister was called to Edinburgh to follow his father-in-law, Syme as professor. He was the first physician to sit in the House of Lords (1897). Upon his death this peer of the surgical world was buried in Westminster Abbey alongside his wife, and the entire guild of surgeons realised that the British island had laid to rest her greatest surgeon. Lived: 1827-1912. (18 Nov 1997) |
| Joseph rhinoplasty | An obsolete term for reduction and reshaping of the nose. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Joseph's clamp | A clamp used after rhinoplasty to maintain or improve the alignment of the bony support of the nose. (05 Mar 2000) |
| joseph's flower | <botany> A composite herb (Tragopogon pratensis), of the same genus as the salsify. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| Joseph, Jacques | <person> German surgeon, 1865-1934. See: Joseph rhinoplasty, Joseph knife. (05 Mar 2000) |
| joso | <zoology> A small gudgeon. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| joss | A Chinese household divinity; a Chinese idol. "Critic in jars and josses." Joss house, a Chinese temple or house for the Chinese mode of worship. Joss stick, a reed covered with a paste made of the dust of odouriferous woods, or a cylinder made wholly of the paste; burned by the Chinese before an idol. Origin: Chinese, corrupt. Fr. Pg. Deos God, L. Deus. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| jostle | To run against and shake; to push out of the way; to elbow; to hustle; to disturb by crowding; to crowd against. "Bullies jostled him." "Systems of movement, physical, intellectual, and moral, which are perpetually jostling each other." (I. Taylor) Origin: A dim. Of joust, just, v. See Joust, and cf. Justle Alternative forms: justle. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| Joubert's syndrome | <syndrome> Agenesis of the cerebellar vermis, characterised clinically by attacks of tachypnea or prolonged apnea, abnormal eye movements, ataxia, and mental retardation. (05 Mar 2000) |