Is the name given to the effect produced on certain parts and secretions of the system by a diseased state of the liver, or whatever cause prevents the bile from finding its natural outlet; and by confining it to the gall-bladder, or the secreting vessels of the liver, causes it to be absorbed into the blood, and, passing into the circulation, gives rise to those symptoms, which constitute what is called jaundice. The word “jaundice” signifies _yellow_, and is used to designate that impaired state of the liver known by the external signs of a yellow skin, a yellow tinge of the white coat of the eye, and a deep saffron colour imparted to the secretion from the kidneys, while the other alimentary discharges are almost white; these characteristics of jaundice are attended with languor, loss of appetite, sometimes amounting to a loathing of food, disturbed sleep, great avidity both of stomach and bowels, nausea, and often sickness; a heavy bitter taste, that no cleanliness can eradicate, pervades the mouth and fauces, while a dull heavy pain takes possession of the right side, just over the liver, greatly increased by pressure, but which no change of position abates. Attending these symptoms there is always more or less of what is understood as fever: when the disease is protracted, and the bile remains long unremoved from the blood, the skin and eyes darken in their colour, and assume a _green_ aspect, and when still more obstinate of cure, that green becomes of a deep purple or blackish hue, when the disease is called black jaundice. Jaundice is a very common disease in hot climates, especially to Europeans newly arrived, and, indeed, is by no means rare in this country and the sister island; and though, as we have already said, it may proceed from any diseased condition of the liver, there are many other causes that may induce it, such as pressure on the liver by the formation of tumours, pregnancy, and the presence of gall-stones, though in this latter case the cause is generally easily discovered by the severity, sharpness, and continuance of the pain. Though the remedies employed for jaundice are under all circumstances nearly alike, it is both satisfactory and useful to discover as early as possible what is the immediate cause that, obstructing the bile, has led to its absorption by the blood; as on this knowledge much time may be saved in the treatment, which is remarkably simple, and may be undertaken with the greatest confidence without consulting any medical opinion. In all cases of jaundice, especially when attended with pain, the warm bath is of the utmost importance, as it will afford instant relief; and if the pain and disease proceeds from a gall-stone, the heat of the bath, by expanding the duct in which it is impacted, will almost immediately facilitate its passage, and thus by removing the obstruction, at once remove the cause of the disease.