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patient is in the recumbenl position, with relaxed 

 abdominal walls, b) palpating near the left border of 

 the ribs. The same sound can l>< pi by shak- 



ing the patient [bruit de «). B. de braque 



ment, a crackling sound. B. de cuir neuf, the new 

 leather murmur ol the French; the creaking quality 

 occasionally heard in pericardial Friction sounds. B. 

 de diable, a venous murmur, ol a whistling 01 rush 

 ing character, arising in the bulb of the common jugu 

 l.u vein, and due to such diseases as anemia, 1 

 poisoning, etc ; il is more common in the young, and 

 i i aused immediately by the vibration of the blood flow- 

 ing from the narrow part oi the common jugular vein 

 into the wide, bulbous portion of the vessel. See also 

 Murmur. B. de galop, a cantering rhythm of the 

 heart frequently heard in mitral stenosis, in which 

 three distinct heart-sounds are audible. It is due to 

 a reduplication of the second sound. See also Gallop 

 Rhythm. B. de glou-glou. See />'. de ./'</ 

 ment. B. de lime. See />'. de scie. B. de mou- 

 lin, water wheel sound ; a peculiar friction-sound 

 mixed with splashing and gurgling, heard in pneumo- 

 hydropericardium. B. d'oboe, a musical heart-mur- 

 mur. B. de pot fele, the cracked-pot sound. B. 

 de parchemin, a rattling, as of parchment. B. de 

 rape. See Bruit de scie. B. de rappel, a sound 

 resembling the double beat upon a drum. This 

 doubling of the heart-sound- may be noted in different 

 stages of chronic interstitial nephritis, when it is the 

 first sound that is duplicated ; and in mitral stenosis, 

 when the second sound is doubled. B. de scie, a 

 murmur sounding like that made by a saw or file. Also 

 called B. de r&pe and />'. de lime. B. skodique, an 

 amphoric note heard in the pleural cavity, especially 

 mar the apex anteriorly, when there is a rluid accumula- 

 tion not filling the whole of the plural sac. -Also 

 called Skoda s tympany. B. de soufflet, a bellow- 

 murmur. B. de soupape, a flapping sound. B. de 

 de va et vient, a to-and-fro fnction-sound. 



Brian's Operations. See Operations, Table of. 



Brunet, or Brunette [bru-net') [Fr.j. I. Of a dark 

 complexion. 2. One with a dark complexion. 



Bruning's Red. Same as Rosanilin. 



Brunissure (brun-is-ur / ') [Fr. , brunisseur, that which 

 browns]. A disease of the grape, attacking the leaves 

 only, caused by Plasmodio pora vitis. t Viala and Sau- 

 vageau). Also called Braune. 



Brunner's Glands. See Glands. 



Brunonian Movement. See Brownian Movement. 

 B. Theory, brownism; a doctrine taught by Dr. 

 J. Brown (1735-SS) that both physiologic and 

 pathologic phenomena are due to variations in a natural 

 stimulus, its excess causing sthenic and its deficiency 

 producing asthenic disease-. 



Brunswick (brunz'-wih) [tier.]. A town in Germany. 

 B. Black. Same as Japan Black. B.Green. - 

 Conspectus of Pigments, under Pigment. 



Brush (brush) [ME., brusshe"]. An instrument con- 

 si-ting of a collection of some flexible material fas- 

 tened to a handle. In surgery, various forms of 

 brush are employed; as the acid brush, of glass 

 threads; the electric brush, a form of electrode; the 

 laryngeal brush ; the nasal, pharyngeal, and stomach 

 brush. See also Pencil. 2. A thicket of -mall trees. 

 B.-burn, the injury produced by violent friction, and 

 the resulting heat ; it often resembles a burn qr scald. 

 B. -cells. See Cell. 



Bryant, Ampulla of. See Ampulla. 



Bryant's Line. See Line.-, Table of. B.'s Method. 

 See Treatment . Methods of. B.'s Operations. 

 Operations, Table of. B.'s Triangle. See Triangles, 

 7 'able of. 

 r6 



Bryce's Test. A test to determine if systemic infection 

 has taken place alter vaccination. It 1 onsists in rei 

 ing the inoculation during tin: evolution of the vaccine 

 disease, [f systemic infection i rred, the sec- 



ond inoculation will mature rapidly, 

 the first. 



Brygmus {bi , biting]. Same as Odon- 



toprisis. 



Bryology [bri-oP-o ;'e) [ 3pbov, a moss ; teyetv, to -peak]. 

 The science of mos 



Bryonia [bri-</ -ne-ah) [ . bryony]. Bryony. 



The root of B. alba and />'. dioica ; indigenous to 

 I mope, with properties due to an intensely bitter l;1u- 



'•'ii. ' i-IL.' 1 ,,.- a strong irritant v. 

 a]. plied to the -kin or mUCOUS inembrai. 

 during ve-ication. It is a remedy <ff great value in 

 pleurisy, pleuro-pneumonia, and rheumatic fever, and 

 an excellent agent in cold-. Dose of the powdered 

 t gr. x— xxx. B., Infusumiunol strength 



of 3J to the l 'i ol water. Dose ^ss-ij. B., Tinct., 

 a 10 per cent, solution of the root in alcohol. 1 I 



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Bryonin [bri-o'-nin) [ ipvun a, bryony]. A precipitate 

 from the tincture oi B yonia alba ; useful as a hydra 



ii< , and in rheumatism and bronchial affecti 

 I '"se gr. ij- 1 ^. Unof. See Bryonia. Dose as a 

 drastic purgative, gr. ' i,- 1 /^- 



Bryony (bri'-o-ne). See Bryonia. B. Black. 

 Tamus. 



Bryoplastic [bri-o-plas'-tik) \Bpvov, moss; n'kaoo 

 to form]. A descriptive term loosely applied to such 

 abnormal growths of tissue as resemble vegetable forms. 



Bryoretin (bri-o-re' '-tin) [Ppvavia, bryony; /»■ - 

 resin]. A resin-like sub-tance obtainable from the 

 glucosid bryonin. 



Bubaline (bid-bal-in) \bubalinus, pertaining to the 

 bubalus. buffalo]. In biology, resembling or pertain 

 ing to the buffalo. 



Bubby (bub'-e) [E. dial.]. I. A vulgar nam. 

 the mamma. 2. A local name for Calycanthtts 

 /i rid us. 



Bubo (bu'-bo) [ lot 1 Mtv, the groin]. Inflammation and 

 swelling of a lymphatic gland, properly and generally 

 of the groin, and usually following chancroid, gon- 

 orrhea or syphilitic infection. B., Parotid. 

 Parotitis. B., Primary, a slight adenitis of the 

 groin due to mechanical irritation, or other cause; 

 formerly supposed to be due to syphilis without a 

 chancre having preceded. B., Sympathetic, one 

 caused by irritation, friction, injury, etc., and not 

 arising from an infection- di-ease. 



Bubonadenitis (bu-bon-ad-en-i* '-tis) \_3nv3ijv, the groin ; 

 aHijv, a gland ; trie, inflammation]. Inflammation of 

 an inguinal gland. 



Bubonalgia [bu-bon-al' -je-ah) \fivo$iw, the groin ; 

 dAyoc, pain]. Pain in the inguinal region. 



Bubonic [bu-bon'-ik) [/?ov/Jwv, the groin]. Relating 

 to a bubo. B. Plague. Synonym of the Plague, ,;.- . 



Bubonocele (bu-bon'-o-sel) [(ioviiav, the groin; k'/>>, 

 tumor]. Inguinal hernia when the gut does not ex- 

 tend beyond the inguinal canal. 



Bubononcus [bu-bon-ong* '-kus) \fiov$fov, the groin; 

 , a tumor]. A swelling in the groin. 



Bubonopanus (bu-bon-o-pa'-nus) [/801 Mn>, the groin; 

 Trdi'oc, torch]. An inguinal bubo. 



Bubonulus (bu-bon'.-u-lus) [L. , dim. of bubo']. Lym- 

 phangitis of the dorsum of the penis, often with 

 abscesses : due to chancroidal virus. 



Bucca (buk'-ah) [L.]. 1. The mouth ; the hollow of 

 the cheek, or its inner surface. 2. The -vulva. 



Buccal {bi(lc'-al) [bucca, the cheek]. Pertaining to 

 the cheek'. B. Coitus. See Irrumation and Name- 



