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patient is in the recumbent position, with relaxed 

 abdominal walls, by palpating near the left border of 

 the ribs. The same sound can be produced by shak- 

 ing the patient (bruit de glou-glou). B. de braque- 

 ment, a crackling sound. B. de cuir neuf, the new- 

 leather murmur of the French ; the creaking quality 

 occasionally heard in pericardial friction-sounds. B. 

 de diable, a venous murmur, of a whistling or rush- 

 ing character, arising in the bulb of the common jugu- 

 lar vein, and due to such diseases as anemia, lead- 

 poisoning, etc. ; it is more common in the young, and 

 is caused immediately by the vibration of the blood flow- 

 ing from the narrow part of the common jugular vein 

 into the wide, bulbous portion of the vessel. See also 

 Murmur. B. de galop, a cantering rhythm of the 

 heart frequently heard in mitral stenosis, in which 

 three distinct heart-sounds are audible. It is due to 

 a reduplication of the second sound. See also Gallop 

 Rhythm. B. de glou-glou. See B. de clapote- 

 ment. B. de lime. See B. de scie. B. de mou- 

 lin, water wheel sound ; a peculiar friction-sound 

 mixed with splashing and gurgling, heard in pneumo- 

 hydropericardium. B. d'oboe, a musical heart-mur- 

 mur. B. de pot fele, the cracked-pot sound. B. 

 de parchemin, a rattling, as of parchment. B. de 

 rape. See Bruit de scie. B. de rappel, a sound 

 resembling the double beat upon a drum. This 

 doubling of the heart-sounds may be noted in different 

 stages of chronic interstitial nephritis, when it is the 

 first sound that is duplicated ; and in mitral stenosis, 

 when the second sound is doubled. B. de scie, a 

 murmur sounding like that made by a saw or file. Also 

 called B. de rape and B. de lime. B. skodique, an 

 amphoric note heard in the pleural cavity, especially 

 near the apex anteriorly, when there is a fluid accumula- 

 tion not filling the whole of the plural sac. Also 

 called Shoda's tympany. B. de soufnet, a bellows- 

 murmur. B. de soupape, a flapping sound. B. de 

 de va et vient, a to-and-fro fnction-sound. 



Briin's Operations. See Operations, Table of. 



Brunet, or Brunette (bru-nef) [Fr.]. I. Of a dark 

 complexion. 2. One with a dark complexion. 



Bnining's Red. Same as Rosanilin. 



Brunissure (bntn-is-ur') [Fr. , brunisseur, that which 

 browns] . A disease of the grape, attacking the leaves 

 only, caused by Plasmodio pora vitis. (Viala and Sau- 

 vageauj. Also called Braune. 



Brunner's Glands. See Glands. 



Brunonian Movement. See Brownian Movement. 

 B. Theory, brownism; a doctrine taught by Dr. 

 J. Brown (1735-88) that both physiologic and 

 pathologic phenomena are due to variations in a natural 

 stimulus, its excess causing sthenic and its deficiency 

 producing asthenic diseases. 



Brunswick (brunz'-wik) [Ger.]. A town in Germany. 

 B. Black. Same as Japan Black. B.Green. See 

 Conspectus of Pigments, under Pigment. 



Brush (brush) [ME., brusshe\ An instrument con- 

 sisting of a collection of some flexible material fas- 

 tened to a handle. In surgery, various forms of 

 brush are employed ; as the acid brush, of glass 

 threads ; the electric brush, a form of electrode ; the 

 laryngeal brush ; the nasal, pharyngeal, and stomach 

 brush. See also Pencil. 2. A thicket of small trees. 

 B.-burn, the injury produced by violent friction, and 

 the resulting heat ; it often resembles a burn or scald. 

 B. -cells. See Cell. 



Bryant, Ampulla of. See Ampulla. 



Bryant's Line. See Lines, Table of. B.'s Method. 

 See Treatment, Methods of. B.'s Operations. See 

 Operations, Table of. B.'s Triangle. See Triangles, 

 Table of. 

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Bryce's Test. A test to determine if systemic infection 

 has taken place after vaccination. It consists in repeat- 

 ing the inoculation during the evolution of the vaccine 

 disease. If systemic infection has occurred, the sec- 

 ond inoculation will mature rapidly, so as to overtake 

 the first. 



Brygmus (brig / -mus) [3pvy/j.6g, biting]. Same as Odon- 

 toprisis. 



Bryology (bri-ol' -o-je) [Spvov, a moss ; 7iytiv, to speak]. 

 The science of mosses. 



Bryonia (bri-o / -ue-ah) \_3pvuvia, bryony]. Bryony. 

 The root of B. alba and B. dioica ; indigenous to 

 Europe, with properties due to an intensely bitter glu- 

 cosid, Bryonin, C^H^O^, a strong irritant when 

 applied to the skin or mucous membrane, often pro- 

 ducing vesication. It is a remedy of great value in 

 pleurisy, pleuro-pneumonia, and rheumatic fever, and 

 an excellent agent in colds. Dose of the powdered 

 root gr. x-xxx. B., Infusum (unof.), has a strength 

 of J j to the Oj of water. Dose t ^ss-ij. B., Tinct., 

 a 10 per cent, solution of the root in alcohol. Dose 

 n\,v-^ss. 



Bryonin (bri-o f -nin) [3pvuvia, bryony]. A precipitate 

 from the tincture of Bryonia alba ; useful as a hydra- 

 gogue, and in rheumatism and bronchial affections. 

 Dose gr. \)-}£. Unof. See Bryonia. Dose as a 

 drastic purgative, gr. l /i>—%- 



Bryony (bri'-o-ne). See Bryonia. B. Black. See 

 Tamus. 



Bryoplastic (bri-o-plas' -tik) \3p'vov, moss ; ir/.aooeiv, 

 to form]. A descriptive term loosely applied to such 

 abnormal growths of tissue as resemble vegetable forms. 



Bryoretin (bri-o-re / -tin) \fipvavia, bryony ; p/jrhnj, 

 resin]. A resin-like substance obtainable from the 

 glucosid bryonin. 



Bubaline (bu'-bal-in) \bubalinus, pertaining to the 

 bubalus, buffalo]. In biology, resembling or pertain- 

 ing to the buffalo. 



Bubby (bub'-e) [E. dial.]. I. A vulgar name for- 

 the mamma. 2. A local name for Calycanthus 

 floridus. 



Bubo (bu'-bd) [/3oi'3wv, the groin]. Inflammation and 

 swelling of a lymphatic gland, properly and generally 

 of the groin, and usually following chancroid, gon- 

 orrhea or syphilitic infection. B., Parotid. See 

 Parotitis. B., Primary, a slight adenitis of the 

 groin due to mechanical irritation, or other cause; 

 formerly supposed to be due to syphilis without a 

 chancre having preceded. B., Sympathetic, one 

 caused by irritation, friction, injury, etc., and not 

 arising from an infectious disease. 



Bubonadenitis (bu-bon-ad-en-i' -tis) [(iovfiwv, the groin; 

 a6i/v, a gland ; itic, inflammation]. Inflammation of 

 an inguinal gland. 



Bubonalgia (bu-bon-al' -je-aK) \J3ov3&>v, the groin ; 

 a/.yor, pain]. Pain in the inguinal region. 



Bubonic (bu-bon' -ih) \_ftov3uv, the groin]. Relating 

 to a bubo. B. Plague. Synonym of the Plague, q.v. 



Bubonocele (bu-bon' '-o-sel) \_3ovfav, the groin ; KnTiTj, 

 tumor]. Inguinal hernia when the gut does not ex- 

 tend beyond the inguinal canal. 



Bubononcus (bu-bon-ong / -kus) [Sovfiuv, the groin ; 

 by nog, a tumor]. A swelling in the groin. 



Bubonopanus (bu-bon-o-pa'-nus) [0ovj3on>, the groin ; 

 Travoc, torch]. An inguinal bubo. 



Bubonulus (bu-bon' -u-ltis) [L. , dim. of bubo~\. Lym- 

 phangitis of the dorsum of the penis, often with 

 abscesses ; due to chancroidal virus. 



Bucca (buk'-ah) [L.]. I. The mouth ; the hollow of 

 the cheek, or its inner surface. 2. The vulva. 



Buccal (buk'-al) [bucca, the cheek]. Pertaining to 

 the cheek. B. Coitus. See Irrumation and Name- 



