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Aboiement. B. Disease, a guttural, barking cough, 

 with nervous disorder and impairment of tin- will; 

 cynobex bebetis. 



Barleria [bar-le* -re-aft) [_!-.]. A genus oi acanthai 

 plants. B. buxifolia and B. ciliata, ol lmlia, are 

 aperient. B. prionitis, of S. Asia, is employed 

 polychrest. Unof. 



Barley [bar'-le) [ME., barly~\. A cereal belonging 

 to the order Graminea ; the most common vai 

 Hordeum distichon, is much used as a food, and also 

 in the preparation of malt. B. Decoct. (B. P 

 Dose 3J— iv. B. Pearl, is the decorticated grain, 

 rounded and polished. B. Water, decoctum hordei, 

 a decoction consisting of two ozs. of Pearl II. boiled 

 in one and one half pints of water and afterward 

 strained. See Ptisan. B. Sugar, saccharum hordea- 

 turn ; practically a glucose. Applied also to an amor- 

 phous mass obtained by melting cane-sugar. 



Barnes's Curve. In obstetrics, the segment of a cir- 

 cle, having for its center the sacral promontory, its 

 concavity looking backward. B.'s Dilators, gradu- 

 ated rubber bags used for dilating the cervix uteri 

 in the induction of abortion or premature labor. B.'s 

 Method. See Treatment, Methods of. 



Barograph [bar'-o-graf) [ Idpoc, weight ; -ypd<peii>, to 

 record]. A self-registering barometer. 



Baromacrometer [bar-o-mak-rom r -et-er) \fidpoq, weight; 

 pnKpoc, long; pkxpov, measure]. An apparatus for 

 ascertaining the weight and length of new-born infants. 



Barometer [bar-om / -et-er) [/Sdpoc, weight; ptrpov, a 

 measure]. An instrument for determining the weight 

 and tension of the atmosphere. It consists essentially of 

 a glass tube about 36 inches long, closed at one end, 

 filled with mercury, and inverted in a basin of mer- 

 cury. The mercury will sink in the tube until it rests 

 at a height of about 30 inches at the sea-level, the 

 height varying as the atmospheric pressure increases or 

 diminishes. B., Aneroid, a metallic box from which 

 the air has been exhausted, the tension being indi- 

 cated by the collapsing or bulging o<" the thin corru- 

 gated cover, which is connected with a movable index. 

 B. -maker's Disease, a form of chronic mercurial 

 poisoning among the workmen who make barometers. 

 It is due to the inhalation of the fumes of mercury. 



Barometrograph (bar-o-met'-ro-graf). See Barograph. 



Baroscope (bar'-o-skop) \_jidpoc, weight ; amnelv, to 

 observe]. An instrument used for determining the 

 loss of weight of a body in air, compared with its 

 weight in a vacuum. A form of baroscope has been 

 invented by Esbach for the quantitative determination 

 of urea. 



Barosma {bar-oz' '-mak) [<3dpog, heavy ; baiti], smell]. A 

 plant of the order Rutacea, native to the Cape of Go< id 

 Hope and vicinity ; several species of which yield the 

 Buchu of commerce. 



Barosmin (b 



ar-oz 



-win) [fiapog, heavy; bap?}, smell]. 



A precipitate from the tincture of Barosma crenata. 



Dose grs. ij-iij. Unof. 

 Barras (bar' -as) [Fr.]. Turpentine obtained in the S. 



of Erance, chiefly from Pinus pinaster. 

 Barrel-shaped Chest. See Emphysema. 

 Barrenness (bar^-en-nes) [ME., bareynesse~\. Sterility 



in the female. 

 Barrier's Method. See Treatment, Methods of. 

 Barruel's Apparatus. An arrangement for charging 



water with carbonic acid. 

 Barsac [bar-sank*) [Fr.]. A white French wine, often 



with a bitter-sweet, resinous flavor. 

 Bartholin, Canal of. See Duct. B., Duct of. See 



Duct. B., Foramen of. See Foramina, Tab ' 



B., Glands of. See Gland. 

 Bartholinitis [bar-tho-lin-i'-tis) [Bartholin, a Danish 



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physician; trie, inflammation]. Inflammation of the 

 vulvovaginal gland. 



Bartisch's Operation. See Operation,, Table of. 



Bartlett's Apparatus. A splint or dressing for frac- 

 ture ol the clavicle with dislocation. 



Barton's Bandage. See Bandage. B. Fracture. 

 See f'raeture and Diseases, Table of B. Handker- 

 chief, a form of temporary dressing for a wound. 

 Handkerchief Dressing. B. Operations. See Opera- 

 tions, Table of. 



Baruria [bar-u' '-re-aft) [/Jdpoc, heavy ; ovpov, urine]. 

 Abnormally high specific gravity of the urine ; also the 

 ndition ol the body associated therewith. 



Barwell's Apparatus. An apparatus for the treatment 

 ol talipes by mean- of continuous traction on the foot. 

 B. Operations. See Operations, Table of . 



Barwood Red. See Pigments, Con pectus of. 



Baryacoia [bar-e-ak-oi' aft). See Baryecoia. 



Baryecoia (bar-e-ek-oi'-aft) [ ; , hardness of hear- 



ing]. Hardness of hearing; partial deafness. 



Baryencephalia {bar-e-en-sef-a' '-It aft) [Bapbg, heavy; 

 •»/>'» . brain]. Dulness of intellect. 



Baryglossia {bar-e-glos' -e-aft) \fiapbq, heavy; yhuaaa, 

 a tongue]. Thick , slow utterance. 



Barylalia (bar-e-la' -le-aft) \fiapve, heavy; /a/.ta, 

 speech]. Thickness and dulness of speech ; bary- 

 phonia. 



Barymastia [bar-e-mas / -te-aft) [ lapvc, heavy; ui - 

 breast]. Same as Barymazia. 



Barymazia (bar-e-ma'-ze-ah) \fiapvc, heavy; pa£6c, 

 breast]. Heaviness or large size of the mammas. 



Baryodmia (bar-e-od' -me-ah) [ heavy; bSpi/, 



odor]. A heavy, disagreeable odor ; also a subjective 

 sensation as of a disagreeable smell. 



Baryodynia [bar-e-o-din f -e-aft) \fjiapbc, heavy ; bdvvrj, 

 pain]. Severe pain. 



Baryphonia (bar-e-fo' '-ne-aft) [[iapir, heavy ; pi. . . 

 voice]. A difficulty of speech. 



Baryphonic [bar-e-fon' -ik) \fiapvc, heavy ; tpuvi/, voice]. 

 Affected with baryphonia. 



Barysomatia {bar-e-so-ma* '-she-aft) \fiapvq, heavy; 

 autia , body]. Excess in the weight of the body. 



Baryta, or Barytes (bar-i'-tah, or bar-i'-tes) [fiapbg, 

 heavy]. Oxid of barium. See Barium. B. Green. 

 Same as Manganese Green. 



Barythymia [bar-e-tkim* '-e-aft) [j3apvg, heavy; 0vp:6g, 

 mind]. A melancholy, gloomy, or sullen state of 

 mind. 



Basaal (ba'-sa-a/) [Malay]. An East Indian to • 

 Embelia basal : it- fruit is a vermifuge ; its leaves are 

 soothing and demulcent. Unof. 



Basad [ba'-sad) \Jidaig, a foundation]. Toward the 

 basal aspect. 



Basal (ha' -sal) [fidoic, a foundation]. Pertaining to or 

 located at the base. See Basilar. B. Ganglia. 

 Ganglion. 



Basanastragala (bas-an-as-trag f -al-aft) [ lacavog, tor 

 ture ; dorpayaTwc, heel, ankle], (lout in the heel or 

 ankle. 



Basculation (bas-ku-la'-shun) [Ii . --wing]. 



The movement by which retroversion of the uterus is 

 corrected when the fundus i- pressed upward and the 

 cervix drawn downward. 



Bascule Movement (bas'-kul mooz J -me>r fit. bas- 

 cule, a swing]. The recoil of the heart in its .systolic 

 motion. 



Base (/'as) [ jcurig, a foundation]. The lower part, as, the 

 base of the brain. In chemistry, an element or radical 

 that combines with an acid to form a salt. The 

 electro positive molecule or radical of a compound. In 

 dentistry, the plate upon which artificial teeth are held. 

 In pharmacy, the most important part of the prescription. 



