BANTINGISM 



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BARKING 



Bantingism {ban' -ting-izm) [From Banting, the name 

 of the inventor]. A method proposed for the reduc- 

 tion of corpulence, by abstinence from saccharine and 

 farinaceous foods. See Treatment, Methods of. • 



Banyan (ban' -yari). See Banian. 



Baobab Tree. See Adansonia digitata. 



Baptin (bap' -tin) [/3&7rTiaig , a dipping]. A moderately 

 purgative glucosid, obtainable from Baptisia tinc- 

 toria. 



Baptisia (bap-tiz'-e-ah) [flan-rung, a dipping]. Wild 



■» Indigo. The root bark of B. tinctoria with proper- 

 ties due to an impure glucosid, the so-called Baptisin. 

 It is laxative and stimulant in moderate doses ; emetic 

 and cathartic in large doses, and is valuable in amenor- 

 rhea, typhus and typhoid fevers. It is excellent for 

 local application to indolent ulcers and gangrenous 

 sores. B., Extract. Dose gr. j-x. B. , Ext. Fid. 

 Dose nyj-xx. B. , Tinct. Dose Tt^v-xxx. Dose of 

 the resin gr. j-v. All unof. 



Baptisin (bap'-tiz-in) [(iairTiotg, a dipping]. I. A pre- 

 cipitate from the tincture of Baptisia tinctoria ; anti- 

 septic, evacuant, ecbolic, resolvent. Dose one to three 

 grains. Unof. 2. A bitter glucosid obtainable from 

 the plant, Baptisia tinctoria ; it has little medicinal 

 activity. 



Baptitoxin (bap-tit-oks'-in) [f3aTCTio~ig, a dipping ; to!-ik6v, 

 a poison] . A poisonous alkaloid obtained from Baptisia 

 tinctoria. It hastens respiration and exaggerates vaso- 

 motor activity. 



Baptorrhea (bap-tor-e'-ah) [(iaivTog, infected ; peeiv, to 

 flow]. Any infectious discharge from a mucous sur- 

 face, as gonorrhea. 



Baptothecorrhea (bap-to-the-kor-e' -ah) [(iaizrog, in- 

 fected ; OrjKii, vagina; pieiv, to flow]. Gonorrhea in 

 women. 



Bapturethrorrhea (bap-tu-reth-ro-re'-ah) [pdirrog, in- 

 fected; ovpTjQpa, urethra ; pteiv, to flow]. Urethral 

 gonorrhea ; gonorrhea of men. 



Baranilin (bar-an' -il-in) [ftapvg, heavy; anilin"]. 

 Heavy anilin oil. See Heavy Oil and Creasote Oil. 



Bar aquet (bar-ah-kivef) [Fr.]. Synonym of Influenza. 



Barb (barb) [barba, a beard]. I. In biology, the 

 retrorse tooth of an awn or prickle. 2. One of the 

 narrow acute plates diverging from the rachis and 

 going to form the vane of a feather. 



Barba (bar'-bah) [L.]. The beard. 



Barbadoes Leg (bar-ba'-doz leg). See Elephantiasis 

 Arabutn. B. Nut. See Purging Nut. B. Tar, a 

 form of bitumen (q. v.) formerly employed in medicine. 



Barbaloin (bar-bal' -o-in) [Barbadoes ; aMr], aloe] , 

 C 17 H 20 O 7 . The aloin derived from Barbadoes aloes. 



Barbarossa's Pills. A mercurial preparation con- 

 taining in addition rhubarb, scammony, musk, etc. 



Barbasco (bar-bas'-ko) [verbascum, mullein]. A com- 

 posite-flowered plant of tropical America, the Cliba- 

 dium biocarpum. The stalks are used in preparing 

 hair-washes, and are said to restore gray hair to its 

 natural color. The plant is also used in eye-troubles. 

 It is said to be very poisonous. Unof. 



Barbellate (bar-bel'-at) [barbella, dim. of barba, a 

 beard]. In biology, applied to the bristles of the 

 pappus of some compositse when beset with short, stiff 

 hairs, longer than when denticulate, but shorter than 

 when plumose. 



Barben Cholera {bar-ben kol'-er-ah). A form of poi- 

 soning resulting, in Central Europe, from the eating 

 of the barb. 



Barber's Itch (bar'-berz ich). The disease called 

 Tinea barba, Sycosis parasituria, or Tinea sycosis, 

 q. v. 



Barberry (bar'-ber-e). See Berberis. B. Gum, a 

 commercial name of certain varieties of gum-arabic. 



Barber-Surgeon (bar'-ber ser'-Jun) [barba, a beard; 

 ME. , sourgeon\ Formerly, a barber who also prac- 

 tised surgery. 



Barbicel (bar' -bis-el) [barbicella, dim. of barba, a 

 beard]. In biology, one of the fringes of a barbule 

 of a feather. 



Barbiers (bar'-berz) [E. Ind.]. A paralytic affection 

 common in India, and probably a myelitis. It is 

 often confounded with beriberi. 



Barbigerous (bar-bij'-er-us) [barba, a beard ; gerere, 

 to carry]. In biology, bearded; hirsute; coarsely 

 pubescent ; applied to petals. 



Barbotine (bar-bo-teen') [Fr. , wormwood]. Levant 

 worm-seed. 



Barbule (bar' -bill) [barbula, dim. of barba, beard]. 

 In biology, one of the fringes of the barb in a feather, 

 going to make up the vane of the barb, as the barbs 

 make the vane of the feather. 



Barclay's Angles. See Angle. B.'s Plane. See 

 Plane. 



Barcoo (bar'-koo) [Australian]. A peculiar disease, 

 marked by nausea and vomiting, common in Australia. 

 Its cause is unknown. It is also called " Fly-sick- 

 ness. ' ' 



Bardana (bar-da'-nah) [L.]. The burdock. See 

 Lappa. 



Bardeleben's Operation. See Operations, Table of. 



Bardenheuer's Operations. See Operations, Table of. 



Barden's Operation. See Operations, Table of. 



Baregin (bar-a'-zhin). See Glaisin. 



Baresthesiometer (bar-es-the-ze-om' -et-er) [flapoc, 

 weight ; alodqaig, perception ; perpov, a measure] . An 

 instrument for estimating the weight-sense in disturb- 

 ances of sensibility. 



Baresthesiometric (bar-es-the-ze-o-mef -rik) [[iapoe, 

 weight; aladr/aig, perception; perpov, a measure]. 

 Relating to the baresthesiometer. 



Bareswill's Solution. A solution for the detection of 

 sugar in the urine. It consists of sulphate of copper, 

 acid potassium tartrate and sodic hydrate. See Tests, 

 Table of. 



Barford's Test. See Tests, Table of. 



Baric (ba'-rik) [fidpog, heavy]. Pertaining to or con- 

 taining barium. 



Barilla (bar-il' -ah) [Fr., barille, impure soda]. Impure 

 sodium carbonate ; being the ashes obtained by burn- 

 ing various chenopodiaceous plants of the genera 

 Salicornia and Salsola. 



Barium (ba'-re-um) [fidpog, heavy]. Ba = 136.8; 

 quantivalence 11. A metal of the alkaline group, of 

 pale yellow color, characterized by a strong affinity for 

 oxygen. Neither the metal nor its salts are much 

 employed in medicine; all are poisonous. B. Car- 

 bonate, BaCO s , used in the preparation of the chlorid. 

 B. Chlorid, BaCl 2 .2H 2 0, soluble, used as a reagent, 

 and also as a cardiac and vasomotor stimulant in the 

 treatment of aneurysm. Dose gr. ss-v. B. Chlorid 

 Test. See Tests, Table of. B. dioxid. BaO,, used 

 for making aqua hydrogenii dioxid. B. iodid, formerly 

 used as an alterative. Dose gr. \. Mainly employed 

 in ointments. Unof. B. monohydrate, caustic 

 baryta; reagent. B. oxid, BaO, baryta. B. sul- 

 phate, BaS0 4 , used as a pigment ; formerly used in 

 the treatment of skin-diseases, and in lotions. 



Bark (bark) [ME., barhel. The cortex or covering 

 surrounding the wood of exogens. It is sometimes 

 used as a synonym of cinchona or calisaya bark. B. 

 Peruvian. See Cinchona. (For other barks, see the 

 names of the plants or trees that produce them. ) 



Barker's Operations. See Operations, Table of. 



Barking (bar'-king). [ME., barken, to bark.] The 

 uttering of a peculiar sharp, short cry, as a dog. See 





