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BLUMENB \< II. ( I 1\ I s OF 



known as hemoglobin . and is said to be due to minute 

 quantities of the salts of iron. B.-cure, the therapeutic 

 employment of fresh blood, mainly that of bulloi 



Hi man Red Blood- 

 magmfied 500 times). 

 diamett 1 'ter Landois.) 



B. -crystals, crystals of a substance known as hema- 

 lin. B.. Defibrinated, freshly shed blood that has 

 n beaten with a glass rod or tongs until the fibrin 

 all adhered to the rod in the form of a solid, 

 fibi -h-white. elastic mass. B. -flower. 



B. -fluke. See Bilharzia Hematobia. 

 B., Gases of. certain gases given off when blood is 

 exposed to the vacuum produced by an air-pump. 

 They are carbonic acid, nitrogen, and oxygen, and 

 stitute about half of the volume of the blood.* 

 B. -globules. Same as B .-corpuscles. B.-heat, a 

 temperature varying from 98 to 100° F. B. -islands, 

 a term applied I roups of corpuscles developed 



during the first days of embryonic life, within the 

 large branched cells of the mesoblast. B., Loss of. 

 hage. B.-mole, in obstetrics, a mole 

 consisting of the decidua only, interspersed with effu- 

 is of blood, the fetus having been expelled. B.- 

 plaque. See B. -platelets. B. -plasma, the liq 

 sanguinis, or fluid part of the blood. B. -plate. See 

 B .-platelets. B. -platelets ; besides the red and col- 

 orless corpuscles, the blood contains smaller formed 

 elements, concerning which there arc many theories 

 and names. Hayem describes Hematoblasts ; Pouches 

 describes Globulins : Max Schultze, Kornchen 1 ele- 

 mentary bodies 1 ; llizzozero, Blut-plattchen, or Blood- 

 itelets. They are circular or oval, light gray, and in 

 human blood destitute of nuclei. They are from I to 

 I.3 11 in size, there being from 18,000 to 300,000 

 in the cubic millimeter. B. -poisoning, a common 

 term denoting any ailment arising from the intro- 

 duction of decomposing organic matter or putrefac- 

 tive germs into the blood. See Anthrax, Pyemia 

 and Septicemia. B. -pressure, the force of compres- 

 n exerted by the blood upon the walls of the vessels 

 ler the influence of the heart's action, the elastic 

 walls, etc. Various instruments have been devised to 

 mate the amount of this pressure, the Hemadynamo- 

 nut Pot uille, Ludzvig's Kymograph, Lick's 



■ '. . '. Basch? s Sphygmomanometer, the 

 aph, etc. B.-root. See S,m- 

 B.-shot, extravasated with blood. B- 

 spavin. See Spavin. B. -stone. See Conspeclu 



tnder Pigment. B. -striking. Synonym 

 of Anthrax. See also Black-leg. B. -tablet. 



td-plale. B. -tumor. See Hematoma. B. -ves- 

 sel, a tube-like structure for conveying the blood 

 thri 1 lody. < f. . Xrterv ami / 'ein. 



Bloodless [blud'-les) [ME., blood]. Without bl 

 B. Operations, surgical operations, such as amputa- 

 tions, in which the member is so bandaged by com 

 presses and bands that the blood is expelled 



and kept from the part to be operated upon. 

 Bloodletting [M.E., blood; leten]. The 



artificial abstraction of blood from the body. B., Gen- 

 eral, vent section or phlebotomy; it acts by redu 

 iid diminishing the quantit) 

 od. It is occasionally used with excellent results in 



pneumonia, sunstroke, etc. B., Local or Topical. 

 Cupping, Leeching or Scarification. It is useful in 

 ; tain inflammatory conditions. 



Bloody (blud'-e) [ME., blood.] Having the nature of. 

 or filled with blood. B. Flux. See Dysentery. B. 

 Milk. See Red Milk Bacillus and Bacteria, Sy 

 nymatic, Table of. B. Murrain. Synonym of 

 Anthrax. B. Sweat. See Ephidrosis. 



Bloom [/'tun/) [ME., blew, a blossom], 1. A blossom 

 2. A state of health. 3. See Lubricating Oils. 



Blossom [bios' -um )[M E.,blosso/ne,a flower]. In biology, 

 11) the flower of a plant ; (2) to put forth flowers. 



Blotch (/'/,'<//) [origin uncertain]. A pimple or blain ; 

 a small discolored patch of skin; a group of small 

 pustules. 



Blow (bio) [AS., blovan]. I. To pant. 2. To deposit 

 eggs up< in, as flies. 



Blowing Sound. See Bellows Murmur. 



Blown (Hon) [ME., blowen]. In farriery, with the 

 stomach distended from gorging with food. B. Meat, 

 meat that has been blown up with air in order to give 

 it a wdiite color ami to hide delects in its condition. 



Blow-pipe [blo f -pip). A cylindrical tube, from twelve 

 to eighteen inches long, about half an inch in diame- 

 ter at one end, and gradually tapering to a tine point 

 or nozzle, which may be straight 01 bent at a right 

 angle; it is used in directing the flame of a lamp in a 



" fine conical tongue. B., Automaton, in dentistry, a 

 blow-pipe especially designed for crown and bridge- 

 work, into which the air is admitted and conducted 

 through a small tube to the uj I of another 



which admits illuminating gas. The supply of both 

 air and gas is regulated by the presssure of the thumb 

 or fingers on the rubber tubes of the appliance. B., 

 Oxyhydrogen, an apparatus for producing inti □ 

 heat by burning hydrogen or illuminating gas at the 

 end of a mixing nozzle. 



Bloxam's Test. See Tests, Table of. 



Blue (bloo) [ME., blew]. One of the colors of the 

 spectrum. B., Alexandria. Same as Egyptian Blur. 

 B.-Baby, a child with blue disease. B. -bottle. Si e 

 Centaurea. B. Blindness, acyanopsia. B. Cohosh. 

 See Caulophyllum. B. Disease, cyanosis of the 

 new-born, due fri quently to congenital disease of 

 the heart. This usually consists in constriction of 

 the pulmonary artery with deficiency in the septum 

 of the ventricles, the aorta communicating with 

 the right ventricular cavity. See Cyanopathy. B. 

 Flag. Sec Iris. B. Gentian, the root of Gentiana 

 catesbai, tonic and stomachic. Dose of fid. ext. 

 m^ x-xl. Unof. B. Gum. See Gingival. B. Gum 

 Tree. See Eucalyptus. B. Cardinal Flower. 

 Synonym of Lobelia syphilitica. B. Edema, a pulled 

 and bluish appearance of the limb sometimes seen in 

 hysterical paralysis. B. Jaundice. See Acleitocar- 

 ilia. B. Line. See Lead Lin,-. B. Malachite. 

 Same as Azurite. B. Mass. See Hydrargyrum. 

 B.-milk Bacillus, Bacillus cyanogenus ; it imparts a 

 blue color to milk and renders it irritating to the 

 stomach and intestine. See Bacteria, Synonymatic 

 '/'able of. B. Ocher. See Conspectus of Pigments 

 under Pigment. B. Ointment. See Hydrargyrum. 

 B. Pill. See Hydrargyrum. B., Prussian. See 

 Pigment. B. Stick. Same ;i- /,'. Stone. B. Stone. 

 Copper and />'. Vitriol. B. Verditer. Same as 

 Bremen Blue. B. Vervain. See Verbena. B. 

 Vitriol. See Conspe Ht ' Pigments, under Pigment. 



Blues (blooz) [Ml ]• A popular name for short 



periods of mental depression; they are usually a 

 ciated with indigestion. 



Blumenbach, Clivus of. See Clivus. B., Plane of. 

 See Plane. 



