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perfume and Savor of good wine, i The odor charac- 

 teristic of a disease. B. of Kiolan, the cluster of 

 ligaments and muscles attached t<> the styloid proi i 



Bourdin's Paste. A mixture of nitric acid with Mow- 

 ers of sulphur; used as an es< harotii , 



Bourdonnement (boor-don-mon(g)') [Fr., boura n 

 >ii-r, to buzz]. Any buzzing sound. ["he murmur 

 thai is heard when the stethoscope is applied to any 

 part of the body. It is thought to result from con- 

 traction of the muscular fibrillae. See, also, Bom 



Boutha (boo'-thah). A nun alcoholic, stimulating, aer- 

 ated beverage, containing thein; proprietary. 



Bouton (boo-ton^g)') [Fr.]. I. A bud or bulb, j \ 

 pimple. B. d'Alep, the Aleppo button or boil. 

 Furunculus orient alis. B. de Biskra. See Furun- 

 culus orien talis. 



Boutons Terminals. Small terminal enlargements or 

 tactile-cells of sensory nerves, as in the nose of the 

 guinea pig and mole. 



Boutonniere Operations. See Operations, Table of. 



Bovet, Bacillus of. See Ba teria, Synonymatic Table 



of- 



Bovey Coal (bo' '-ve kul). See Lignite. 



Bovina Fames (bo-vi'-nah fa'-mBs) [I ..]. Bovine 

 hunger ; bulimia. 



Bovine (bo'-vin) [bovinus, of an ox]. < Ix-like. B. 

 Heart, the immensely hypertrophied heart of aortic 

 valvular disease. B. Hunger. See Bovina Fames. 



Bovinine (bo'-vin-in) [bos, bovis, an ox]. A propriet- 

 ary preparation of beef used as a food for invalids and 

 convalescents. 



Bovista [bo-vis' -tali) [L. ]. I. A genus of fungi closely 

 allied to Lycoperdon ; some of the species are edible. 

 2. The Lycoperdon bovista, a fungus or puff-ball. 

 When dry it is a good styptic, and its tincture is used 

 for nervous diseases. It is chiefly employed by homeo- 

 pathists. 



Bow (bo) [ME.,bowe'\. A bending. B. -drill, a kind 

 of drill worked by a bow and string, formerly em- 

 ployed in lithotripsy. B.-leg,a bending outward of 

 the lower limbs. See (J,iiu varum. 



Bowditch Island Ringworm. See Tinea imbricata. 



Bowels (bow'-elz) [ME., bowele : botellus, a sausage]. 

 The intestines. 



Bowman's Capsule. The hyaline membrane that 

 forms the wall of the enlargement at the origin of a 

 uriniferous tubule. 

 Same as Malpig- 

 hian Capsule. B. 

 Discs, the pro- 

 ducts of a break- 

 ing up of muscle- 

 fibers in the direc- 

 tion of the trans- 

 verse striations. 

 These correspond 

 to the discs of 

 '■'■principal sub- 

 stance" of Dobie. 

 B. Glands. See 

 {Hand. B. La- 

 mellae of the Cor- 

 nea. See Mem- 

 brane of Descemet. 

 B. Membrane, a 

 thin homogeneous 



membrane repre- 

 senting the upper- 

 most layer of the 

 stroma of the cor- 

 nea, with which it 

 is intimately connected 



Bowman's CAPSULE and 

 Gli imerulus. 

 a. Vas afferens. e. Vas efferens. 

 c. Capillary network of the cor- 

 tex, k. Endothelium of the cap- 

 sule, h. Origin of a convoluted 

 tubule. [After Landois.) 



B. Muscle. See Muscles, 



Table of. B. Operations. See Operations, Table 



B. Physic. See Gillenia. B. Probe. 

 Lachrymal. B. Root. See Gillenia. B. Tubes, 

 artifii ial passages made by forcing air or tluid- 

 tween the < omeal lamellae. 



Box, Boxwood . B.- 



berry, a popular name for Gaultheria procumbens. 

 B. Plate, a metallii plate with an air-ti^ht chamber, 

 used as an obturator, 01 in ion with artificial 



ti eth, for the replacement ol the loss of natur: 

 ture. See Raised Base, B. Pulse-measurer, an 

 instrument for measuring the pulse by its action upon 

 a column of liquid when tie is placed 



within an oblong box communicating with the column. 



Boyer's Apparatus. An apparatus for reducing frac- 

 tures of the humerus; it is composed ol four splints 

 and two spiral bandages, one within and one around 

 the splints. B. Bandage. See/)'.//// B. Cyst. 



Se< /' xbleof. B. Splint. Seei?.' Appat 



Boyle's Law. See Law. B. Ventilator. See Ven- 

 tila ' 



Boynton's Method. See Of, rations. Table of. B. 

 Treatment. See Treatment, Methods of. 



Bozeman's Apparatus. A wooden framework intended 

 to hold a patient in the ki \ posture in the 



operation lor \< mal fistula. B. Catheter, a 



double-current catheter. B. Operation. .V t - Opera- 

 tions, Table of. 



Braccate (brak'-at) [braces, breeches]. In biology, 

 having the feet completely feathered. 



Brachelytrous (bra-kel' -it-rus) [ Ipaxvc, short : £Ai r 

 a >heath]. In biology, with short elytra or wing- 

 covers. 



Brachia (bra' '-ke-ah). Plural of Brachium. 



Brachial (bra'-ke-al) [brachium, the arm]. Pertaining 

 to the arm. B. Artery, the com , of the axil - 



lary artery, extending along the inner side of the arm. 

 See Arteries, 'Table of. B. Diplegia. See Paralj 

 B. Glands, the lymphatic glands of the arm. 

 Gland. B. Plexus, the plexus of the fifth, sixth, 

 seventh and eighth cervical and the first dorsal pair 

 of nerves. See Plexuses, Table of. B. Veins, the 

 veins of the ami that accompany the brachial artery. 

 See / ein . 



Brachialgia (bra-ke-aV -je-ah) [/3pa^/ov, the arm ; aAyoc, 

 pain]. Pain or neuralgia in the armor in the brachial 

 plexus. 



Brachialis amicus (bra-ke-a'-lis an'-tik-us). See 

 Muscles, Table of. 



Brachiate i bra'-ki at) [brachium, an arm]. In biology, 

 possessing arms or branches. 



Brachinin (brak'-in-in) [(ipaxyc, short]. A substance 

 obtained from the Bombardier Beetle, Brachinus crep- 

 itans, of Europe. It is said to be efficacious against 

 rheumatism. LJnof. 



Brachiocephalic (bra-ke-o-sef-al' -ik) [ . the arm ; 



»■■>/,, head]. Pertaining to the arm and the head. B. 

 Artery and Vein, the innominate artery and vein. 



Brachiocubital (bra-ke-o-ku' -bit-al) [ . the ami ; 



cubitus the f< irearm] . Relating to the arm and forearm ; 

 as the brachio-cubital ligament. 



Brachiocyllosis (bra-ke-o-sil-o / -sis) [fipaxiov, the arm ; 

 KvTiluaiq, a bending]. A crookedm the arm; 



also the paralysis that may accompany it. 



Brachiodermian (bra-ke-o-der 1 '-me-an) | . the 



arm . the skin]. Relating to the skin of the 



arm. 



Brachioncus (bra-ke-on [Ppax'iuv, the arm ; 



a swelling]. Any hard and chronic swelling 

 of the arm. 



Brachionigraph (bra-ke-on' -ig-raf) [ ipax'uw, the arm; 

 ypa<peiv, to write]. A device or apparatus by which a 



