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Branch [Ml . .-]. A name Liiwn to 



. lymphatics, 

 the trunk .>r in. tin Stem. 

 Branchi.t- , gills]. Thi 



Branchial gills]. Pertaining 



B. Archc B. Open- 



ing 

 Branchiostc. 



.n.i- 

 ills and branchial 



Branchireme nus, 



i-immer]. In biology, a 



Branchu- ss]. Hoarse- 



Brand Bath. B. Method. nt, 



Brandt's Method. - B.'s 



Operation 

 Bra: B. Nose. See 



Bran-. I , a kind of pillorj ]. 



Branny [ME., .■/.-]. Like bran. B. 



.' 'kite Kidney, </. v. B. 

 Tetter 5 

 Brasdor's Operation. S rations, Tab I 



Brash [D v, to vomit]. A '-(1111111011 



tting almost any disorder of the digestive 

 eruption; a short lit of illn 

 B.. Water. S is. 



Brasilin n [ Ml. .■-/.']. C] 6 H u 5 . Brazilin, 



alter round in Brazil-wood and nil- wood ; 

 it 1 : . shining m ind dissolves 



trmin-red □ exposure to the 



Bras-- '•'. I An alloy of copperwith 25- 



: zinc. B. -Founder's Ague. See 



Brassica 1 | [AS., brassica, cabbage]. A 



. Nat. < (rder, Cruciferee, including the 



B. acidulata, sour crout (or Sauer 



Kraut). B. asperifolia esculenta, the common 



turnip. B. cauliflora (or florida), the cauliflower. 



B. cumana or rubra, thi ge. B. napus, 



B. nigra, the black mustard. B. 



satr. .. in ( abb 



Brassidic Acid - e Xcid. 



Braun's Canal mal. B. Operation. See 



B. Test. See Te ts, Table 



Braune 



Braune's Canal. 



Brawn iun, a piece of flesh]. The 



muscles. 

 Brawny M | re of flesh]. 



B. Induration, pathologic harden- 



Braxy I.] .\ i,. rm applied to cer- 



u sheep. I hi 

 . turnip; 

 B., Red, a form ol mia in sheep 



in which th 



1 B., 

 Turnip, 1 form utrition ilood occur- 



unlimited supply of 

 is sudden in 

 ■ ination. 



. under 



of. 



Brayera (bra-ye'-rah) [Fr., brayer\. Koosoo, koosso, 

 ... kousso, cusso. The female inflorescenci 

 //. a, a Dtaining tannic acid, a volatile 



oil and a crystalline principle, Kou n, I , 1 1 ..• >„,. 

 In large doses it produces nausea and emesis. It is 

 valuable mainly as an anthelmintic against tapeworm. 

 Dos ,~ 1 1 5ss, in infusion "I boiling water. B., 

 Ext., Fid., d isi 3 lj— 3 j . Infusum Cusso | B. P. |. 



1 lose 



w ■. 1 1 ; . 



Bread {/•>-. d) [Sax., bredan to nourish; l.at., pants; (Ir., 



A mixture of flour and water made porous by 



carbon dioxid and then baked. The flour ma) be of 



wheat, corn. oat. or rye. I be carbon dioxid may be 



introduced by decomposing an alkaline ail ate 



dium or potassium), l>\ an a< id ("cream of tartar"), 

 or bj fermenting the starch with yeast. B., Brown, 

 a kind of bread made from a mixture of Corn, rye and 

 wheat Hour. B., Graham, made from unbolted wheat 

 flour; it contains more gluten, diastase and mineral 

 phosphates than ordinary bread. B., White, In 

 made from bolted wheaten flour, and therefore defi 

 1 u nt in diastase, gluten and mineral phosphates. 

 ( xlier kinds, such as rye (or black |, com, bran, barley, 

 etc. , indicate their composition by their name. B.- 

 jelly, a food of service as an occasional change from 

 mushes, but with a tendency to constipate if given 

 freely. It is prepared by pouring boiling watei upon 

 stale bread and allowing it to soak for an hour. The 

 water is then removed, fresh water added, and the 

 whole boiled until a thick mas- f< .1 ms. < hi pouring off 

 the excess of water and bug, a jelly-like material re- 

 mains which may be eaten with milk or sugar. 

 B. -mould. See Ascophora. B. -paste, a culture- 

 medium for bacteria. Stale, coarse bread is dried. 

 ground to powder and made into a paste with water. 

 It is well suited for the growth of moulds. 



Break {brdk) [ME., breken, to break]. In electricity, 

 an opening in the circuit of a battery. SeeJIfahe. In 

 surgery, a fracture. B.-bone Fever. See Dengue. 

 B. Shock, a term sometimes employed in electro 

 therapeutics for the physiologic shock produced on 

 the opening or breaking of an electric circuit. 



Breast (//rest) [ME., bn f, the breast]. The upper 

 anterior part of the body between the neck and abdo- 

 men. Also, the mamma. B.-bone. See Sternum. 

 B., Broken, abscess of the mammary gland. B., 

 Chicken, Pectus carinatum; a deformity marked by 

 prominence of the sternal portion of the chest. B. 

 Glass, a glass receptacle for the overflow of milk 

 from the breast. B. Pang, angina pectoris. Se< 

 nocardia. B. Pump. See Antlia. B., Pigeon. Same 

 as B. , Chicken. B. Tea, German, a mixture of 

 althea, or marshmallow, eight parts; coltsfoot have-., 

 four parts ; liquorice, three parts; anise and mullein 

 leaves, each two parts; orris, one part : this is called 

 also specie pectoralis. 



Breastweed. Si e Saururus cernuus. 



Breath [breth) [AS., bratfi\. The air exhaled from the 

 lungs, h has lost a part of its oxygen and gained a 

 tain but varying amount of ammonia, aqueous vapoi 

 and carbon dioxid from the oxidation of the waste 

 matter of the blood. Also applied to the air inspired. 

 B. Sounds, the respiratory sounds heard upon 

 auscultation. In the healthy chesl three varieties of 

 respiratory sounds may bi razed: 1. Those pro- 



duced in the glottis, and audible over the lower end 

 of the trachea — tracheal or bronchial breathing. 2. 

 Those produced in the alveoli and audible over the 

 lung — vesicular breathing. ;. Those audible about 

 the root- of the lungs, combining the character of the 

 two preceding — broncho-vesicular breathing. A 'Table 

 ith-Sound, i- given on the next page. 



