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dice arising from obstruction of the gall-ducts. The 

 color of the skin is greenish-black. B. Lead, a form 

 of carbon properly known as the mineral graphite. 

 B.-Leg, I. A febrile, generally fatal disease, chiefly 

 affecting cattle and sheep, which is characterized by the 

 rapid appearance of irregular nodules in the skin and 

 muscular tissues, that are at first tense and very pain- 

 ful, but rapidly become painless and crepitating. There 

 is no enlargement of the spleen. It is caused by anae- 

 robic bacilli. It is also called Symptomatic Anthrax. 

 2. A synonym of the severe form of Purpura. B. 

 Leprosy. See Leprosy. B. Measles, i. The local 

 Californian name for a disease of the grape, due to 

 Plasrnodiophora californica (Viala and Sanragean). 

 Cf. Brunissure. 2. Rubeola nigra ; a grave or malig- 

 nant form of measles. B. Pepper. See Piper nigrum. 

 B. Phthisis. A synonym of Miners' Asthma. B. 

 Quarter. Synonym of Anthrax. See also Black 

 Leg. B. Sampon. See Echinacea Angustifolia. B. 

 Snake-root. See Cimicifuga. B. Spauld. See 

 Black-Leg. B. Spit. See Miner's Phthisis. B. 

 Sweat. See Chromidrosis. B. Tongue, I. See 

 Glossophytia. 2. A name given to a condition char- 

 acterized by the formation upon the dorsum of the 

 tongue of a hair-like deposit that passes through 

 various stages of coloration from yellow to brown 

 and finally black, ultimately disappearing by desqua- 

 mation as gradually as it came. Repeated recurrence 

 is the rule. It is probably an undue proliferation of 

 the epithelium, the result of irritation. 3. See Nigri- 

 ties. 4. A term applied to erysipelatous glossitis. B. 

 Vomit, the coffee-ground vomit of yellow fever, etc. 

 B. Walnut, the leaves of Juglans nigra, a tonic, 

 alterative and deobstruent. Dose of fld. ext. TT\, xx- 

 xxx. Unof. B. Wash. See Hydrargyrum. B. 

 Willow, the buds of Salix nigra, a bitter tonic with 

 aphrodisiac properties. Dose of fld. ext. tr^ xv-zj. 

 Unof. 



Blackberry (blak'-ber-e) [AS>.,buec; berie, berry]. See 

 Rubus. B. Cordial, the cordiale rubi fructus (N.F.). 

 Its formula is : blackberry juice, 3 pints ; cinnamon 

 in coarse powder, 2 Tr. oz. ; cloves and nutmeg, in 

 coarse powder, each l /t Tr. oz. ; dilute alcohol, 2 

 pints ; syrup, 3 pints. 



Blackboy Gum. See Acaroid Resin. 



Blackley Blue. Same as Soluble Blue. 



Black water Fever (blak'-wat-er fe'-ver). See Fever. 



Bladder (blad'-er) [AS., blcedre, a blister]. The mem- 

 branous, sac-like reservoir or receptacle for the urine. 

 B., Atony of, inability to expel the urine, from de- 

 ficient muscular power. B., Catarrh of. See Cystitis. 

 B., Extrophy, or Extroversion of, absence of the 

 anterior wall of the bladder, and more or less de- 

 ficiency of the corresponding part of the abdomen. B., 

 Fasciculated, the walls thrown into ridges by chronic 

 cystitis. B. -green. See Pigment, Conspectus of. B., 

 Hernia of. See Cystocele. B., Inflammation of. 

 See Cystitis. B., Inversion of, a protrusion or an 

 invagination of the bladder through the urethra. B., 

 Irritable, a condition characterized by constant desire 

 to urinate. B., Neck of, the constricted portion con- 

 tinuous with the urethra in front. B., Nervous, a 

 condition in nervous patients in which there is a fre- 

 quent desire to pass water, with inability at the same 

 time to perform the act perfectly, and consequent 

 slight dribbling at its close. B., Paralysis of, the same 

 symptoms as in atony, but more marked and due to 

 nervous or central disease. Tf affecting the neck 

 alone, there is incontinence ; if the body of the organ, 

 retention of urine. B., Sacculated, pouches formed 

 between the hypertrophied muscular fibers. B. 

 Senna, the plant Colutea arborescens of Europe ; its 



leaves are used as a substitute for senna. Unof. 

 B. Tetter. See Pemphigus. B., Trigone of, the 

 triangular, smooth surface upon the inner surface of 

 the base of the bladder, immediately behind the 

 urethral orifice. B. Worm. See Worm. B.- 

 wort. See Utricularia. B. -wrack. See Fucus 

 vesiculosus. 



Bladdery Fever (blad' -er-e fever). See Fever. 



Blade (blad) [ME., blad, a leaf of grass]. In biology, 

 the broad part of a leaf. B.-bone. The scapula or 

 shoulder-blade. 



Blsesitas (ble' '-sit-as). See Blesitas. 



Blain (plan) [ME., blane, a blister]. 1. A blister; an 

 elevation of the cuticle containing serum. Synonym 

 of Anthrax. 2. A disease peculiar to the ox, marked 

 by sudden swelling of the head, neck, and throat, 

 and by the development of several large vesicles on 

 the tongue that tend to cause suffocation. 



Blainville's Ear. See Diseases, Table of, and Ear, 

 Deformities of. 



Blair's Wheat Food. A variety of farinaceous food 

 for infants. 



Blake's Disc. A device used in treating purulent otitis 

 media. It is a paper disc pasted over the perforation 

 of the tympanic membrane after the discharge has 

 ceased. 



Blanc (bloh{ng)) [Fr.]. White. B. d'argent. See 

 Pigment. B. fixe. Same as Permanent White. 

 B. -mange, a jelly-like food-preparation, having as 

 a basis gelatin, carragheen, isinglass, starch, or arrow- 

 root, boiled with milk and variously flavored. 



Blancard's Pills. Pills containing the iodid of iron. 



Bland [bland) \blandus, mild]. A term applied to 

 mild and soothing medicines and applications. 



Blandin (plan' -din). See Glairin. 



Blandin's Glands. See Gland. B.'s Operations. 

 See Operations, Table of. 



Blanket (blan'-ket) [Fr. , blanc, white]. A woolen 

 covering, so called because originally of white color. 

 B. Bath. See Bath, Sheet or Pack. 



Blasius's Operations. See Operations, Table of. 



Blastelasma (blas-tel-az f -mah) [(Ho.cst6q, a germ; 

 ehaofia, plate : pi. , Blastelasmata\ In embryology, 

 any secondary germ-layer appearing from, or later 

 than, the endoderm and ectoderm. 



Blastema (blas-te' -mah) \fi\aaTrina from fikaaravzLv , to 

 germinate]. The formative lymph or pabulum of 

 capillary exudation. A synonym of protoplasm. 



Blastemal (blas-te f -mal) [(iTiaoraveiv , to germinate]. 

 Of the nature of a blastema ; pertaining to a blastema. 



Blastematic (blas-tem-at'-ik), or Blastematous (bias- 

 tern' -at-us) \_{5\aoTavziv, to germinate]. Blastemal. 



Blastemic (blas-tem'-ik) [(ITuioTaveiv , to germinate]. 

 Relating to blastema ; rudimentary ; bioplasmic. 



Blastide (blas f -tid) [ffiacrdc, a germ]. In embryolo- 

 gy, a very small clear spot on the fecundated ovum 

 marking the place of the nucleus or cytoblast. 



Blasting Gelatin (bias' -ting jel'-at-in). Gelatin 

 Dynamite. A mixture of about 80 parts of nitro- 

 glycerin with 20 of nitro-cellulose. Any non-nitrated 

 cotton or trinitro-cellulose interferes with the solution 

 of the nitro-glycerin. The addition of 4 per cent, of 

 camphor renders the mixture incapable of exploding 

 when struck by a rifle-bullet, but it can be detonated 

 by a strong dynamite cap. 



Blastocardia (blas-to-kar'-de-ah) [jHaar6c, a germ; 

 napdia, the heart]. The germinal spot. 



Blastocarpous (blas-to-kar f -pus) [fiXanToc, a germ; 

 Kapnbc, a fruit]. In biology, developing in the fruit. 



Blastocele (blas'-to-sel) [/?/ia<rr<5f, a germ; ko'iXoc, hol- 

 low] . The central cavity of the blastula or vesicular 

 morula. 



