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perfume and flavor of good wine. 3. The odor charac- 

 teristic of a disease. B. of Riolan, the cluster of 

 ligaments and muscles attached to the styloid process. 



Bourdin's Paste. A mixture of nitric acid with flow- 

 ers of sulphur ; used as an escharotic. 



Bourdonnement (boor-don-mon(g) f ) [Fr., bourdon- 

 ner, to buzz]. Any buzzing sound. The murmur 

 that is heard when the stethoscope is applied to any 

 part of the body. It is thought to result from con- 

 traction of the muscular fibrillae. See, also, Bombus. 



Boutha (boo'-thah), A non-alcoholic, stimulating, aer- 

 ated beverage, containing thein; proprietary. 



Bouton (boo-idn\g)') [Fr.]. 1. A bud or bulb. 2. A 

 pimple. B. d'Alep, the Aleppo button or boil. See 

 Furunculus orientalis. B. de Biskra. See Furun- 

 culus orientalis. 



Boutons Terminals. Small terminal enlargements or 

 tactile-cells of sensory nerves, as in the nose of the 

 guinea pig and mole. 



Boutonniere Operations. See Operations, Table of. 



Bovet, Bacillus of. See Bacteria, Synonymatic Table 

 of. 



Bovey Coal (bo'-ve kot). See Lignite. 



Bovina Fames (bo-vi'-nah fa'-mez) [L.]. Bovine 

 hunger ; bulimia. 



Bovine (bo'-vin) \bozinus, of an ox]. Ox-like. B. 

 Heart, the immensely hypertrophied heart of aortic 

 valvular disease. B. Hunger. See Bovina Fames. 



Bovinine (bo / -vin-in) [bos, bovis, &n ox~\. A propriet- 

 ary preparation of beef used as a food for invalids and 

 convalescents. 



Bovista (bo-vis' -tah) [L.]. I. A genus of fungi closely 

 allied to Lycoperdon ; some of the species are edible. 

 2. The Lycoperdon bovista, a fungus or puff-ball. 

 When dry it is a good styptic, and its tincture is used 

 for nervous diseases. It is chiefly employed by homeo- 

 pathists. 



Bow (bo) [ME.,to], A bending. B. -drill, a kind 

 of drill worked by a bow and string, formerly em- 

 ployed in lithotripsy. B.-leg,a bending outward of 

 the lower limbs. See Genu varum. 



Bowditch Island Ringworm. See Tinea imbricata. 



Bowels (bov/-elz) [ME., bowele : botellus, a sausage]. 

 The intestines. 



Bowman's Capsule. The hyaline membrane that 

 forms the wall of the enlargement at the origin of a 

 uriniferous tubule. 

 Same as Malpig- 

 hian Capsule. B. 

 Discs, the pro- 

 ducts of a break- 

 ing up of muscle- 

 fibers in the direc- 

 tion of the trans- 

 verse striations. 

 These correspond 

 to the discs of 

 "principal sub- 

 stance" of Dobie. 

 B. Glands. See 

 Gland. B. La- 

 mellae of the Cor- 

 nea. See Mem- 

 brane of Descemet. 

 B. Membrane, a 

 thin homogeneous 

 membrane repre- 

 senting the upper- 

 most layer of the 

 stroma of the cor- 

 nea, with which it 

 is intimately connected 



Bowman's Capsule and 

 Glomerulus. 

 Vas afferens. e. Vas efferens. 

 c. Capillary network of the cor- 

 tex, k. Endothelium of the cap- 

 sule, h. Origin of a convoluted 

 tubule. (After Landois.) 



B. Muscle. See Muscles, 



Table of. B. Operations. See Operations, Table 

 of. B. Physic. See Gillenia. B. Probe. See 

 Lachrymal. B. Root. See Gillenia. B. Tubes, 

 artificial passages made by forcing air or fluids be- 

 tween the corneal lamellae. 



Box, Boxwood (boks, boks' -wood) . See Buxus. B.- 

 berry, a popular name for Gaultheria procumbens. 

 B. Plate, a metallic plate with an air-tight chamber, 

 used as an obturator, or in connection with artificial 

 teeth, for the replacement of the loss of natural struc- 

 ture. See Raised Base. B. Pulse-measurer, an 

 instrument for measuring the pulse by its action upon 

 a column of liquid when the exposed artery is placed 

 within an oblong box communicating with the column . 



Boyer's Apparatus. An apparatus for reducing frac- 

 tures of the humerus ; it is composed of four splints 

 and two spiral bandages, one within and one around 

 the splints. B. Bandage. See Bandage. B. Cyst. 

 See Diseases, Table of. B. Splint. See B.' 's Apparatus. 



Boyle's Law. See Law. B. Ventilator. See Ven- 

 tilation. 



Boynton's Method. See Operations, Table of B. 

 Treatment. See Treatment, Methods of. 



Bozeman's Apparatus. A wooden framework intended 

 to hold a patient in the knee-elbow posture in the 

 operation for vesico-vaginal fistula. B. Catheter, a 

 double-current catheter. B. Operation. See Opera- 

 tions, Table of. 



Braccate (brak'-at) [braces, breeches]. In biology, 

 having the feet completely feathered. 



Brachelytrous (bra-kel' -it-rus) [3pa^tc, short ; e/.vrpov, 

 a sheath]. In biology, with short elytra or wing- 

 covers. 



Brachia (bra'-ke-ah). Plural of Brachium. 



Brachial (bra'-ke-al) [brachium, the arm]. Pertaining 

 to the arm, especially the upper arm. B. Artery, 

 the continuation of the axillary artery, extending along 

 the inner side of the arm. See Arteries, Table of. 

 B. Diplegia. See Paralysis. B. Glands, the lym- 

 phatic glands of the arm. See Gland. B. Plexus, 

 the plexus of the fifth, sixth, seventh, and eighth cer- 

 vical and the first dorsal pair of nerves. See Plexuses, 

 Table of. B. Veins, the veins of the arm that accom- 

 pany the brachial artery. See Vein. 



Brachialgia (bra-ke-al' '-je-ah) [/3po^('wv,thearm; aAyoc, 

 pain]. Pain or neuralgia in the arm or in the brachial 

 plexus. 



Brachialis anticus (bra-ke-a'-lis an'-tik-us). See 

 Muscles, Table of. 



Brachiate (bra'-ke-at) [brachium, an arm]. In biology, 

 possessing arms or branches. 



Brachinin (brak'-in-in) [[ipaxic, short]. A substance 

 obtained from the Bombardier Beetle, Brachinus crep- 

 itans, of Europe. It is said to be efficacious against 

 rheumatism. Unof. 



Brachiocephalic (bra-ke-o-sef-al'-ik) [fipax'iuv, the arm ; 

 KEQa/.i], head]. Pertaining to the arm and the head. B. 

 Artery and Vein, the innominate artery and vein. 



Brachiocubital (bra-ke-o-ku' '-bit-al) [flpax'iuv, the arm ; 

 cubitus the forearm] . Relating to the arm and forearm ; 

 as the brachio-cubital ligament. 



Brachiocyllosis (bra-ke-o-sil-o' -sis) [ppaxiuv, the arm ; 

 Ki'/luaiQ, a bending]. A crookedness of the arm; 

 also the paralysis that may accompany it. 



Brachiodermian (bra-ke-o-der 1 '-me-an) [3pax'iuv, the 

 arm; depfia, the skin]. Relating to the skin of the 

 arm. 



Brachioncus (bra-ke-ong' -kus) [$pax'iw, the arm ; 

 dy/cof, a swelling]. Any hard and chronic swelling 

 of the arm. 



Brachionigraph (bra-ke-on' '-ig-raf) \jSpax'iurv, the arm ; 

 ypafyeiv, to write]. A device or apparatus by which a 



