BALBUL 



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BAND 



American tree, Mimitsops kaitki ; it is used as a varnish 

 and vehicle in skin-diseases. 



Balbul. East Indian name for Babul. 



Balbutiate {bal-bu-she'-at ) [_balbus, stammering]. To 

 stammer ; to stutter. 



Balenic, Balaenic [bal-en' '-i/c) \Jnihena, the whale]. 

 Obtained from a whale ; made of whalebone. 



Ball. (See Illus. Diet.) 2. In anatomy, any globular 

 part. B., Bichat's Fat-, the buccal fat-pad; a mass 

 of fat lying in the space between the buccinator and 

 the anterior border of the masseter ; is especially well 

 developed in infants. B., Gascoigne's, pulverized 

 Oriental bezoar formed into balls. B., Martial, balls 

 made of 2 parts of cream of tartar and 1 part of iron 

 filings ; they were used in the preparation of ferru- 

 ginous baths. Syn., Bolt martis ; Globuli mart is. 



Ballista (bal-isf-tah) £L.]. A military engine. Ball- 

 istae, Os, the astragalus, from having been used as a 

 missile in the ballista. 



Balloon. (See Illus. Diet.) 2. To distend a body- 

 cavity by means of air-bags or water-bags. 



Ballottement. (See Illus. Diet.) B., Abdominal, 

 that perceived through the abdominal wall. B., 

 Cephalic, the rebound of the fetal head against the 

 hand when depressed through the abdominal wall. 

 B., Direct. See Ballottement (Illus. Diet.). B., 

 Indirect. See B., Abdominal. B., Ocular, the 

 falling of opaque particles in a fluid vitreous humor 

 after movements of the eyeball. B., Vaginal. See 

 Ballottement (Illus. Diet.). 



Balm. (See Illus. Diet. ) B., Horse. See Collinsonia 

 canadensis (Illus. Diet.). 



Balmies [bal'-mez). Half-witted criminals. 



Balneal (<W '-ne-al) \_balneum, a bath]. Relating to 

 baths. ' 



Balneation (bal-ne-af -shun) [balneum, abath]. 1. The 

 act of bathing. 2. Balneotherapy. 



Balneologic {bal-ne-o-loj'-ik) [balneum, a bath ; /idyoc, 

 science]. Pertaining to the science of baths and 

 bathing. 



Balneophysiology {bal-ne-o-fiz-e-ol 1 '-o-Je) [balneum, a 

 bath; fy'voiq, nature ; /ci; of, science]. The physiology 

 of bathing ; the science of the effects of baths upon 

 the system. 



Balneotechnics (bal-ne-o-tek' -niks) [balneum, a bath ; 

 texvi], an art]. The art of properly preparing baths 

 as to constituents and temperature and the administra- 

 tion of them. 



Balsam. (See Illus. Diet.) B., Acouchi, a resin- 

 ous substance obtained from the inspissated juice of 

 Protium aracouehini, a tree of Guiana. It is used 

 externally as a vulnerary. B., Amber, the residue 

 left after rectification of oil of amber. B., Becuiba, 

 B., Bicuhiba, B., Bicuhyba. See Becuiba (Illus. 

 Diet.). B. of Berne, compound tincture of bezoin. 

 B., Bengue's Anodyne, a compound consisting of 

 menthol, 2)/ 2 drams ; methyl salicylate, 2^ drams ; 

 wool-fat, 3 drams. B., Calaba. See Tacamahac, 

 Bourbon. B., Carpathian. See B., Biga. B., 

 Gurjun. See Gurjun (Illus. Diet.). B., Houmiri, 

 B., Humiri, the fragrant exudate from the trees 

 Humiria balsamifera and //. Jloribunda, natives of 

 South America. It is used as an expectorant and ver- 

 mifuge. Syn., Umirc. B., Jagulaway. See B. , 

 Tagulavay. B., Mecca, an exudate from Commi- 

 phora opobahamum. B. of Quinquino. See B., 

 White. B., Riga, a turpentine from P'uuts cembra or 

 from Finns palustrit. B., Samaritan, a mixture of 

 equal parts of oil and wine, heated together, ajid a 

 tenth part of rosemary leaves. B., Stimulant, a 

 mixture of 8 parts of turpentine and 1 part of mustard 

 flour. B., Storax. See Sty rax (Illus. Diet.). B., 



Sulfur, a mixture of 8 parts of olive oil and 1 part of 

 sublimed sulfur heated together. B., Syriac. See 

 B. , Mecca. B., Tagulavay, B., Tagulaway, a 

 yellow oil prepared in the Philippines by boiling •.he 

 bark and twigs of the cebu, Parameria vulneraria 

 Radkl., in cocoanut oil ; it is used as a vulnerary and 

 in skin-diseases. Syn., Ccbur ; Jagularvav balsam. 

 B., Tamacoari, a dark brown substance obtained 

 from Caraipa fasciculata, a tree of Guiana. Iti- 

 in the treatment of itch. B., Traumatic, B., Tur- 

 lington's. See Friar 's Balsam (Illus. Diet.). B., 

 Umiri. See B., Humiri. B., White, 1. A semifluid, 

 somewhat granular substance obtained from fruit of 

 Myroxylon pereirce. 2. A desiccant prepared of equal 

 parts of inspissated vinegar of lead and oil of roses. 



Balsamiferous (bawl-sam-if -ur-us) [balsa mum, bal- 

 sam; ferre, to bear]. Yielding balsam. 



Bambouc (bam'-buli). See Bambuc. 



Bambuc, Bambuk. The tree yielding bambuk butter. 

 B. Butter, a substance resembling butter, obtained 

 by boiling the kernel of the fatty seeds of the African 

 tree Butyrospermum parkii, Kotschy. It was 6rst 

 brought into notice by Mungo Park. Syn., Shea but- 

 ter ; Galam butter. 



Bananina (ban-an-in 1 '-ah). Banana flour, plantain 

 flour ; the fruit of JMusa sapientium, L. , dried and 

 pulverized. 



Banausea [ban-a7o / -ze-ah) [{iavavcia, handicraft]. 

 Mechanical work as opposed to mental achievement; 

 Hippocrates' term for the practice of medicine regarded 

 from a commercial standpoint rather than as an art ; 

 quackery. 



Bancoul. The candlenut-tree. See Aleurites triloba. 

 B. Nut, the fruit of the candlenut-tree. 



Band. (See Illus. Diet.) B., Absorption. See 

 Spectrum, Absorption (Illus. Diet.). B.s, Acci- 

 dental. See B.s, Amniotic. B.s, Acoustic. See 

 Stria, Acoustic (Illus. Diet.). B.s, Adventitious. 

 See B.s, Amniotic. B.s, Amniotic, bands foi 

 by drawn-out adhesions between the fetus and the 

 amnion where the cavity has become distended tin 

 the accumulation of fluid. Syn., Simonarfs bands. B., 

 Anogenital, the rudiment of the perineum ; a 

 verse band of integument completing the divi>i< 

 the cloaca in the embryo. B., Articulation. 

 Syndesmosis (Illus. Diet.). B., Axis. See .< 

 Primitive (Illus. Diet.). B.s of the Brain, tin- 

 commissures of the brain. B., Baillarger's. 

 Layer, Baillarger's. B., Broca's Diagonal, a band 

 of cinerea forming the posterior part of the anterior 

 perforated space and extending from the sulx 

 gyrus to the anterior end of the hippocampal gyrus. 

 B. of the Colon, Anterior. See Ligament, Ante- 

 rior (of the colon). B. of the Colon, Inner, a 

 band-like thickening of the muscular coat running 

 along the inner surface of the ascending and d< - 

 ing colon and the inferior aspect of the trans 

 colon. B. of the Colon, Posterior. See £fl 

 ment, Posterior (of the colon). B.s, Constricting, 

 the intercellular substance at the nodes of Kauvier. 

 B., Dentate. See Fascia dentata (Illus. l>ict.) 

 B.s, Eyelid. See Ligament, Palpebral, Extetwt 

 and Internal (Illus. Diet.). B., Fallopian. 

 Ligament, Pouparf s (Illus. Diet.). B.s, Fetal 

 B.s, Feioamniotic. B.s, Fetoamniotic, B.s, Fccto- 

 amniotic, amniotic bands producing deformitii 

 intrauterine amputation. B.s, Fontana's, the wavy 

 arrangement presented by nerve-fibers, which 1 

 alongside each other in loose spirals, in places 

 considerable mobility is possible. B., Frontal. 

 /.'., Head (Illus. Diet. 1. B., Furrowed, a 

 band of cinerea uniting the uvula cerebelli with tli 



