Icosandria

(From twenty, and a husband). The names of the twelfth class of the Lin-naean system, comprehending those plants which have hermaphrodite flowers, with twenty or more stamina, growing on the inside of the calyx, not on the receptacle. The situation, and not the number, of stamina is chiefly to be attended to. The calyx is also monophyl-lous and concave in this class; and the claws of the petals are fixed into the inside of the calyx.

Icterodes

(From the jaundice). The

Bilious Ardent Fever

See Blllosa Febris.

Icteritiae

(From icterus, the jaundice). Disco-lorations, or diseases which occasion an unusual colour of the whole skin without acute fever.

Icthyosis

(From a fish). A species of lepra, in which the eruption appears like the scales of fish. See Lepra.

Idae

Us Dactylus,(from Mount Ida, its native place). See Paeonia.

Idaea

See Ophioscordon.

Ideales

(From an idea). A class of diseases consisting in a faulty judgment or alienation of mind.

Idiopatheia

(From peculiar, and affection). A primary affection of any part; as of the head in lethargy, and the lungs in pleurisy; but when these parts suffer by consent, or from disorders of other parts, they are then said to be affected by sympathy.

Idiosyncrasia

(From peculiar, with, and Idiosyncrasy; sometimes also idiocracy, idiotropia. Every individual hath a state of health peculiar to himself; and different bodies vary from each other, though each may be in a healthy state. This peculiarity of constitution is called idiosyncracy. Idiosyncracy sometimes depends on the original organization; and diseases from this cause are often incurable. But when they arise from the state of the nervous power, it either respects its mobility or tone, and is shown by some peculiarity in the functions. It may then be readily corrected, if not wholly removed. See Hygieia.

Idiotropia

(From peculiar, and to nourish). See Idiosyncrasia.

Idou Moulli

The name of a tall plum tree growing in the East Indies, whose fruit is cooling, and bark useful in many chronical diseases. Its place in the botanic systems is unknown.

Igasur

See Nux Vomica.

Igbucaini Brasilianorum

A tree in Brasil, whose fruit resembles apples, and its kernels are a remedy in dysentery; unknown to modern botanists.