408 INDEX AND GLOSSARY. 



Bioplasm living matter, 118, 122, 183. 

 " as germs of disease, 339. 



Bismuth test, 306. 



Blastema, 124 (Gr. blastos, a bud). A term given by the 

 early histologists to the fluid from which it was supposed cells 

 sprouted spontaneously. 



Blastoderm, 201. The membrane of the ovum from which 

 all the tissues sprout or originate. 



Blight, 136. A term loosely applied to a variety of diseases 

 in plants, as well as to the causes of such diseases, as insects 

 (animal blights) and parasitic fungi. 



Bladder, 212. 



Blood, 186. 



Bloodvessels, 208. 



Blood in disease, 295. 



Blood-tests, 102, 105, 299. 



Bone, 97, 195. 



Boracic acid, 68, 



Borax and carmine fluid, 69. 



Botrytis, 18, 136. 



Bowman's glands, 219. 



Brain softening, 235. 



Branchia (Gr. bragchia, the gill of a fish). A respiratory 

 organ adapted to breathe air dissolved in water. 



Brunswick black, 76. 



Bread, 323. Adulteration of flour is readily determined, 

 but the baking of bread affects the form of the starch-grains. 

 Various parasitic fungi and their spores may sometimes be 

 found on bread, 



Brunonian movement, 53, 120. Molecular motion of parti- 

 cles suspended in fluid. 



Bryozoa, 168 (Gr. bruon, moss j zoon, animal). 



Buds, sections of, 157. 



Bullseye condenser, 36. 



Bunt, 136. 



Cabinet, 81. 



Calcium, chloride of, 75. 



Calyptra, 154. The hood of an urn-moss. 



