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J A U of jessamine ; when the whole is 1 It is worthy neither spirit will combine with this i'.i- .1 tli.tt there is no other method of fixing it than by means of vegetabl The fruticans, or Shrnbby Jasmine, wh ch Ins long, shrubby, trailing stal s and brane es, on the sides ind en !> ot which app< ar yel- low Bowers, in the m >nth of June. This sprcies ;s remarkable tor the numerous suckers which spring from its roots, imi ! overspread the adjoining ground, if they be not an- nually ta ien np : its branches and s impart a tine citron colour to cloth previously immersed in alum-water; but solutions of tin and bismuth produce a much brighter 6hade. 3. The kumile, or Dwarf Yel- low Jasmi «•. has firm stalks, low bushy branches, and produces yel- low fl iwers in the month of July. The whole plant yields a fine olive colour, if the wool or cloth be first prepared in a solution of green vi- triol. All these species thrive in our gardens, and are easily propagated by layers and cuttings i but they require a warm, m^ rather humid, soil. Beautiful sh ubs may be p.o- duced, by inoculating t! e first spe- cies with that caiied grandifiorum, or the Gfeat-flbwered Catalunian Jasmine. JAUNDICE, otiaerus, a dis- ease in Wuich the srriu and eves are yellow; the feces of a whitish co- lour ; and the urine of a dark red hue, tinging cloth, or other sub- stances immersed in it, of a yellow- ish shade. Various causes produce this ob- stinate disease ; such as a very di- luted and acrid state of the bile-; J A U |> 7 •" • . ites, tines ; the c he, wl . in d - fruit ; accumula- umouTs near the liver; suppression of the natural evacua- . ice. It may also arise, from and unwholsi id ; ;h well as from tl - of tear, terror, anger, or any other passion and likewise from suddenly drink- ing co'd vvat( r, while the bo iy is V 1. Persons of a sedentary life and ■■■it, especially ■ t > be a 1 tacked by thejaui Eve 1 infants be- eft to the disease, if the breast be given them, while the mother is under the influence of p s- on. The chief object, in curing the jaundice, is to remove t e cause whic . occasions the accumulations of bile and humours at the liver; but, as it is very dirficuJt to ascer- tain the precise nature and-opei a- tion of that cause, various means ought to be employed, as circum- stances may require. If , however, the jaundice arise from indurated sWellings in the viscera, it is seldom curable ; yet, as this symptom can- not always be discovered, the most judicious method will be that of treating the disorder conformably ti- d^e manner practiced in calculous affections, or tr.e stone ; with a view to dissolve tiie concretions, and to prevent their future accu- mulation. For this purpose, gen- tie emetics should be frequently taken, and constant exercise on horseback ; which, from their con- cussion of the viscera, dislodge the obstructing matter, and thus re- move the complaint. But, if there be any tendency to mnammation, the patient ought 10 lose a little blood, previously to t&kihg any erne-