FLAT 





FLOATING 



Moulding. F. -press, 



i vulcanite flask after 

 P . Vulcanite, in deni 



in generally 



! 1 ■ v 

 loin, and is 



F.-ear. 



i the plantar 



is in thai 



1 -worm. rm. 



ith]. 

 \ - in the 



ma 

 i and intestines. 

 dent ' baracter- 



. flatulence. 

 in applied to gases in the 



anihn iw ; ani/in], 



by heat- 

 It forms col- 

 v on exposure to the 

 . 



us of. 

 escent omeyellow]. 



a m ] A yellow dye-stuff 



bark by the action of H. 2 SO.. 



ophenin i) j \vu , yellow \phenyl J, 



■ring matter. See Chry- 



Flavopurpurin ») \flavus, yellow ; 



ing-matter occur- 

 . acicular crystals. See Pig- 



Flavus [L.J. Ye!! 



Flaw [v. . flake], A disease in which the 



• 

 Flax i he best known and 



i . derived 



issimum. The linen 



white color, 



ngth. It is less 



. bul is a better conduc- 



<■ < otton, a pure cel- 



lul F., New Zealand, a fiber obtained from 



Inch acquires a 



The fiber, as prepared 



Mlky luster. 



I l< >r coarse tex- 



a this fiber i>, however, 



1 must therefore 

 F. -dresser's Phthisis, a form 

 F.-seed. See Linum. 

 Flay 

 Fie.. . an d /•,,. 



F -bane n, p.. 



Dlt ' F -powder Buhach. 



Fleam | \ ,,;. 



Flechsig, Method of. A rentiating 



ord . It 

 ' which the fibers of 

 iring thi <>( 



1 ract of. 

 Flee Tifcctant ilution containing 



. in 



Fleece of Stelli: 



bellum. 



Fleischl's Law. See / 



Fleischmann's Bursa. The sublingual bursa. 



Fleitmann's Test. See Tests, Table of . 



Flema salada \jla' -mah sal-a'-da) [Sp.]. Synonym 



i .1 ! > odj nia. 

 Fleming's Tincture. An alcoholic preparation of 

 mite, stronger than the official tincture. Dose, two 



minims. 



Flemming's Method. A method of preparing tissue 

 for histologic study. Small bits of tissue are fixed in 

 o.i to 0.5 per cent, solution of chromic acid, and the 

 hardening completed with alcohol. F.'s Mixture, 

 a mixture used in histologic investigations. Its com 

 position is as follows: < Ine per rent, solution of osmic 

 acid, IO part-; one per cent, solution of chromic acid, 

 25 parts; two per cent, solution of acetic acid, 5 parts, 

 watei 60 parts. 



Flesh [ME., flesh, flesh]. The soft tissues of the body, 

 ually the muscles. F. -brush, a brush for rubbing 

 the surface of the body. F., Goose. See Cutis a>i- 

 serina. F. -juice, the juice derived from meat by ex- 

 pression. F., Proud, a colloquial term for the soft 

 and inflamed granulations of the edges of a wound. 

 F. -wound, a slight or superficial wound. F.-worm. 

 See Thread-worms. 



Fleshy ( flesh'-e] [ME., flesh, flesh]. Mainly composed 

 of muscular tissue. 



Fleury's Method. See Treatment, Methods of. 



Flexed-toe (Jlekst'-to). See Hammer-toe. 



Flexibilitas {JUks-ib-W -it-as) [L.]. Flexibility. F. 

 cerea, a condition of the limbs in catalepsy in which they 

 resist passive movement and seem as if made ofwax. 



Flexible {licks' -ib-l) \Jlcxus, bent]. That which may 

 be bent. F. Catheter, a catheter made of flexible 

 substance. F. Collodion. See Pyroxylin. F. Pillar. 

 See Pillar. 



Flexile (Jh-x'-il) \Jlexilis, pliable]. Easily bent. 



Flexion {JUk'-shun} \_flcxits, bent]. The operation or 

 process of bending; the condition of being bent; the 

 opposite of extension. F., Forcible, in surgery, a 

 mode of treating aneurysm by a forcible bending, as, 

 for example, of the knee, so as to compress the popliteal 

 artery, thereby reducing the volume of blood ; also a 

 means of breaking up articular adhesions by mechanical 

 bending. F. and Extension, certain passive Swedish 

 movements used principally for regulating the circula- 

 tion in certain parts, and for relieving local con 

 tion. F. -stage of Labor, one of the stages of labor, 

 consisting in a bending of the fetal head forward toward 

 the chest. 



Flexor ( fleks'-or) \_flexus, bent]. Any muscle that 

 bend- a limb or part. See Muscles, Tabic of. 



Flexuous 1 fleks / -u-us) \_flectere,\.o bend]. In biology, 

 alternately curved in opposite directions. 



Flexura {jleks-u f -rah) [L. , a bending]. A bending 

 or curve in an organ. In veterinary anatomy, the 

 so-called knee (in fact the wrist) of the horse. 



Flexure { ticks' -ur) \Jlexura, a bending]. A bending. 

 F., Sigmoid. See Sigmoid Flexure. 



Flighty (lli'-tc) [Dan., vlugtig, volatile]. Slightly 

 delirious. 



Flint's Formula. See Alimentation, Rectal. F.'s 

 Murmur. Sea Signs and Symptoms, Table of. F.'s 

 Pill, a pill containing half a grain of iron combined 

 with all the inorganic salts found in the blood in the 

 normal proportion, except chlorid of sodium, which is 

 in exce 



Floating [Jldf-ing) [.\IE.,/rf,7/, to float]. Free to 

 move around. F. Kidney, one that i-. misplaced or 

 movable; wandering. F. Liver, a movable liver. F. 

 Ribs. See Ribs. F. Spleen, one that is separate 

 from its attachments, and displaced. 



