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Jablabs, Bablah (bab'-labz, -lah). The pods of Acacia 

 arabica and several other species ; they are used in 

 coughs : the seeds contain 20^ f of tannin. 



Jabool, or Babul Bark (ba-booi'). The astringent, 

 tonic bark of the babul tree, Acacia arabica, of India. 



iaccelli's Method. See under Treatment. 



Saccharin [batf-ar-in). A poisonous alkaloid obtained 

 from Baccharis coridifolia, D. C. 



iiaccharis. (See lllus. Diet.) B. coridifolia, D. C, 

 miomio, a South American species very poisonous to 

 cattle and sheep. B. pilularis, D. C, kidney plant, 

 a native of the Pacific coast of the United States, is 

 used in cystitis. 



lacciform [bat/ -si-form) \_bacca, a berry ; forma, form]. 

 Berry shaped. 



Sacillemia, Bacillaemia (bas-il-e 1 '-me-ah) [Bacillus; 

 aifia, blood]. The presence of bacilli in the blood. 



Jacilliparous (bas-il-ip'-ar-us) [Bacillus; parare, to 

 produce]. Producing bacilli. 



Jacillogenous [bas-il-of-en-us) [Bacillus : generare, 

 to beget]. Due to bacilli ; producing bacilli. 



5acillol [bas'-il-ol). A coal-tar distillation-product re- 

 sembling lysol, its active property being due to cresols, 

 of which it contains 52'^. It is an oily fluid of 

 faint alkaline reaction, dark brown color, and odor of 

 pitch, readily soluble in water, with sp. gr. of i.ico, 



j and bactericidal in dilute solution. In veterinary prac- 

 tice it is used in 2 V solution in the treatment of in- 

 flammation of the scabbard. 



3acillophobia (bas-il-o-fo'-be-ah) [Bacillus ; «.. 

 fear]. Morbid fear of microbes. 



3acillosis (bas-il-o'-sis) [Bacillus']. The condition 

 caused by infection with bacilli. 



3acillotuberculosis {bas-il-o-tu-bur-ku-lo'-sis). Tuber- 

 culosis. 



3ack. (See lllus. Diet.) B. -airing, a term used in 

 hygiene to designate the admission of fresh air to traps 

 by means of a separate ventilating pipe of small 

 diameter. B., Bicycle, the rounded shoulders due to 

 riding a bicycle. B.-knee. See Knee. B.-rest, a 

 cloth-covered frame adjusted to any height by means 

 of braces and ratchets, designed to relieve bedridden 



; patients. B.set, a relapse of a disease. 



;3acteriaceous (bak-te-re-a'-shus) [Bacterium]. Re- 

 lating to bacteria. 



:3acterian, Bacteric {bak-te'-re-an, bak-ter^-ik). See 

 Bacterial (lllus. Diet.). 



3acteridial (bak-ter-id'-e-al). Relating to the genus 

 Bacteridi ti in. 



I3acteridium (bak-ter-id'-e-um) [Ja/v7///><75<or, a little 

 staff]. A genus of Bacteria. See Bacteria, Table of 

 Thus. Diet.). 



Bacteriform ybak-tci J -e-form\ [Bacterium; forma, 

 form]. Shaped like a bacterium. 



Bacteriogenic [bak-te-re-o-jen' -ik) [Bacterium ; gene- 

 rare, to produce] . Caused by bacteria. 



Bacteriohemagglutinin (bak-te-re-o-hem-ag-lu' '-tin- 

 in). A hemagglutinin produced in the body by the 

 action of bacteria ; it is verv unstable, being destroved 

 at 5 S°C. 



3acteriohemolysin {bak-tere-o-hem-o-li'-sin\. Avery 

 unstable hemolysin formed in the body by the action 

 of bacteria ; it is destroyed at 58 C. 



3acteriolysin {bakte-re-oF -is-in). A complex sub- 

 stance containing a peptic ferment combined with a 

 bacterial derivative. 



3acteriolysis (bakte-re-oT-is-is) [Bacterium: 7 vote, a 

 *>sing] . A fermentative process, discovered by Pfeiffer 





(1894), in which specific ferments act only on certain 

 cells, just as certain yeasts act only on sugars of certain 

 definite constitution. [Vaughan and Novy.] Syn., 

 Pfeiffer s phenomenon. 



Bacteriolytic (bak-te-re-o-lit'-ik). Possessing a disin- 

 tegrating action upon living bacteria. 



Bacteriopathology ( bak-tc-re-o-path-cl'-o-je) [Bac- 

 terium ; pathology'] . The science of diseases due to 

 bacteria. 



Bacteriophytoma [l>ak-tc-re-o-fi-to'-mah) [Bacterium : 

 ovroi; a growth]. A new-growth caused by bacteria. 



Bacterioplasmin {bak-te-re-o-pLrJ '-mi 11) [Bacterium ; 

 -'/.aaua, anything formed or molded]. One of several 

 toxic principles or toxalbumins extracted from patho- 

 genic organisms, as of cholera or typhoid fever, by 

 pressure. 



Bacterioscopist (bak-te-re-os'-ko-pist) [Bacterium : 

 GKo-tiv. to look]. A person devoted to the investi- 

 gation of bacteria. 



Bacteriosis [bak-te'-re-o-sis) [Bacterium]. The action 

 of bacteria in the system ; infection by bacteria. 



Bacteriospectrogram [bak-te-re-o-spek'-t re-gram ) [Bac- 

 terium ; spectrum: ypdfetv, to write]. Engelmann's 

 name for a preparation of chromophorous bacteria to 

 demonstrate that the attractive force of a given color 

 of the spectrum is greater in proportion as the latter is 

 retained by the coloring-matter. 



Bacteritic [bak-ter-it'-ik). Relating to or due to bac- 

 teria. 



Bacteruria {bak-ter-u' -re-ah). See Bacteriuria (lllus. 

 Diet.). 



Bactridium (bah-trid'-e-um) [lianrrjpioiov, a little rod]. 

 A genus of fungi. 



Baculiform (bak / -u-le-form) [baculum, a stick; forma, 

 form]. Rod- shaped. 



Bael, Baele (ba'-ei). See Bela (lllus. Diet.). 



Baffine (baf'-en). A hair-dye consisting of a 2f c solu- 

 tion of potassium permanganate. 



Bag. (See lllus. Diet.) B., Air-, a soft rubber bag 

 which can be inflated with air. B., Honeycomb-, a 

 name for the reticulum of a ruminant. B., Intragastric, 

 an elastic rubber bag which, when folded over a tube 

 which runs through it, occupies less space than an 

 ordinary stomach-tube, and which has the exact shape 

 of the stomach when it is inflated within that organ. 

 It is employed to obtain the contents of the duodenum. 



Bakers' Stigmata. Corns on the fingers from kneading 

 dough. 



Balance. (See lllus. Diet ) B., Electromagnetic, 

 an apparatus for estimating the intensity of electric cur- 

 rents. B., Induction, an apparatus for finding vari- 

 ations in the composition of metals by means of the 

 currents generated by them. B., Thermic. See 

 Bolometer. B., Torsion, an instrument for estimating 

 magnetic attraction and repulsion. 



Balaneomphalus {bal-an-e-om' -fal-us) [3a/.aiaov, a 

 bath ; ouoa/.oc, the navel]. 1. Furnished with a boss or 

 a round bottom like that on an ancient bath. 2. See 

 Mcsomphalion (lllus. Diet.). 



Balaneum ( bal-an'-e-um) [3a/nviiov, a bath]. A bath. 



Balanocele ibal-an'-o-sel) [.la'/.avoc, the glans penis; 

 k/,/1/, a hernia]. The protrusion of the glans through 

 an opening in the prepuce, as occurs in gangrenous 

 phimosis. 



Balanopreputial (bal-an-c- -.il) [la/aioc, the 



glans penis; pneputiutn, prepuce]. Relating to the 

 glans penis and the prepuce. 



Balatin 'bal'-at-in). The creamy sap from a South 



