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been called by authors Bigelow's liga- 

 ment. Dr. Bigelow performed the first 

 excision of the hip in this country in 

 1852, and in 1878 invented the method 

 of crushing and removing stone from 

 the bladder at a single operation, known 

 as litholapaxy. 



Bizzozero, Giulio. — An Italian physician, 

 born 1846. Lymphoid cells found in 

 the medulla of bones, and in the spleen, 

 and believed by him to become red 

 blood corpuscles, are Hamed for him 

 corpuscles of Bizzozero. 



Blandin, Philippe Frederic — A French 

 surgeon of Aubigny, born 1798; died 

 1849. He was the successor of Riche- 

 rand as professor of operative surgery. 

 The small acinous glands near the apex 

 of the tongue are named for him. They 

 are also called Nuck's, Bauhin's and 

 Blondin's. 



Blumenbach, Johann Friedrich. — A German 

 naturalist and physiologist, born at 

 Gotha in 1752; died 1840. He has been 

 called the founder of anthropology, and 

 researches regarding the formation of 

 the skull in different races, and his ac- 

 tivity in the study of comparative anat- 

 omy, physiology, and the history of de- 

 velopment, have rendered him justly 

 famous. He proposed a method of es- 

 timating the size and form of a skull 

 by placing it with the malar bones in 

 such a position at it would occupy if 

 the lower jaw were attached, the ob- 

 server looking at it from above. By 

 this plan a general idea can be obtained 

 of its length, breadth, general form, and 



