BATHMODOXT 



md. See B., Marine-mud. B., Seaweed. See 

 '■'., Fucus-. B., Snow, immersion of the body or 



it in snow. B., Soap-, one containing soap 



1 in it. B., Solid-, one consisting of solid or 



id material covering or surrounding the body. 

 :., Spout-. See Douche (Illus. Diet. ). B., Steam-, 

 Mexican, a form of vapor-bath used in Mexico, in 



•lie bather reclines on a bencli in a small 

 amber beneath the floor of which the steam is gene- 

 aed and passes into the chamber. B., Steel-. See 



n (Illus. Diet.). B., Still-water, a bath in 

 aiet water, as opposed to surf-bathing. B., Stimu- 

 iting, one containing tonic, astringent, or balsamic 



:es and believed to have a stimulating effect on 

 e body or part. B., Sulfuret of Potassium. See 



tassium Sulfid. B., Sulfureted. See B., 



i otassium Sulfid. B., Sulfureted Hydrogen, a 



.s-bath consisting of hydrogen sulfid obtained from 



.•composition of the sulfids in sulfur springs. B., 



ulfuric-acid, a chemic bath for immersion of sub- 



inces to be heated to temperatures below 1S0 C. 



., Sulfurous, B., Sulfur- vapor. See B., Sul- 



, mrous-acid ; Illus. Diet.). B., Surf-, a bath taken 



the surf of the sea ; the exercise and motion of the 



aves constitute the chief benefit. B., Sweat-, B., 



wearing, a bath to induce a free flow of perspiration ; 



Turkish bath. B., Tan-, an astringent bath 

 •ntaining tan. B., Tank-, a large tank or recep- 



■ cle in which a number of persons bathe at once. B., 

 emperate, one in which the temperature of the 



jiedium is from 25 to 30 C. (77°-8o° F.). B., 

 herapeutic. See B., Medicated 1 Illus. Diet.). B., 

 'onic, a cold bath or one which stimulates. B., Tub, 

 jne taken in a tub large enough to immerse the entire 

 jerson. B.. Tumble-, a shower bath. B., Tur- 

 entine-, B., Turpentine-vapor. See B., Anti- 

 rheumatic. B., Vacuum, the treatment of parts by 

 jeering them to a partial vacuum. B., Vapor-, 

 dedicated, a vapor-bath charged with some medica- 

 lent. B., Vichy, Artificial, a bath containing 500 

 >n. of sodium bicarbonate dissolved in the water. B., 

 '/hey-, one consisting of whey, used as an emollient. 

 '., Wine-, one consisting of wine and used in fevers 

 a stimulant and to reduce temperature. B., Zinc- 

 llorid, a chemic bath of molten zinc chlorid for im- 

 I ersion of substances not to be heated beyond 700 C. 

 Ehmodont 1 bath' -mo -d< nt) [ Inihmr, threshold ; bdovc, 



Having the molars obliquely ridged. 

 E:hmotropic (baih-mo-tro'pik) [3a0fj6r, threshold; 

 \>hrav, to turn]. Applied by T. \V. Engelmann to a 

 pposed set of fibers in the cardiac nerves, which 

 ie excitability of the cardiac muscle. Cf. Ino- 

 motropic. 

 thycolpian (bath-e-kol'-pe-an) [ 3aBic , deep ; k<>/-c>c, 

 '.e bosom]. Deep-bosomed. 

 E:hyesthesia. Bathyaesthesia (bath-e-es-the'-ze-ah) 



J deep ; aiotii/oic, sensation], Oppenheim's 



rm for the muscle sensations, 

 'hymetry (bath-im'-et-re) [.iaftic, deep; uirpov, a 

 ]. The measurement of the deeps of the sea 

 any body-cavity, natural or abnormal, 

 irachocephalus (bat-rak-o-se/'-al-us) [3ar(mx<K, a 

 ; og ; Kton'/ i, , the head]. Having a frog-like head, 

 racin 1 baf-ra sin ) [3<irpa \nc, a frog]. A poisonous 

 : cretion obtained from the cutaneous pustules of toads. 

 :ording to Calmeil. the poison of toads contains 



■ ethyl carbylamin and isocvanacetic acid. 



% racosi ,h-tra- '- ) [It ]. See Ranula (Illus. 



B. sottolinguale, B. sublingual, a form of 



theria supposed to be contracted from fowls and 



ei by swelling of the submaxillary and sub- 

 is. 



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BEBEERIX 



Batracosioplasty. See Batrachoplasty (Illus. Diet.). 



Battery. (See Illus. Diet.) B., Cautery, a galvanic 

 battery with high electromotive force, for hearing a wire 

 used as a cautery. B., Galvanic Cautery, B., Gal- 

 vanocautery. See B., Cautery. B., Hare's, a 

 battery of cells marked by low resistance. Two large 

 plates of zinc and copper, separated from each other by 

 cloth or some indifferent substance, are rolled on a 

 wooden cylinder and immersed in acidulated water. 

 See Deflagrator. 



Bauchan, Bauchee. Names given in India to the seeds 

 of Psoralea corylifolia, used as a tonic and in skin-dis- 

 eases. Syn., Baxcchee ; Bawckwan ; Bawchan. 



Bauhinia {bo-hin'-e-ah) [Jean Bauhin (1541-1613) 

 and Kaspar Bauhin (1560— 1624), physicians of 

 Basel]. A genus of plants of the order I.eguminosee. 

 B. variegata, I.., a tree of India ; the bark is astrin- 

 gent and used as a tonic in fevers ; the buds are used 

 in diarrhea and as a vermifuge. 



Baumann's Coefficient. See Coefficient. 



Bavarol (bax-'-ar-ol). A proprietary brown aromatic 

 liquid used in 5 r r solution as a disinfectant. 



Bay {ba f \ [ME., bare]. A recess of land or water. 

 B., Lacrimal, the depression at the inner candius of 

 the eye holding the lacrimal canaliculi. 



Baycurin {bi-koo / -rin). An alkaloid from baycuru, the 

 root of Statice brazi/iensis. 



Bayonet-leg (b,i'-on-et-/eg). A backward displace- 

 ment of the leg bones. 



Bdallopadous (a'a!-dp , -ad-us\ [3fia'/.'/eiv, to sock ; ~nix, 

 the foot]. Having feet furnished with suckers. 



Bdella. | See Illus. Diet.) 2. A varicose vein. 



Bdellepithecium (det-ep-e-the' 'se-utn) [,idf//.a, a 

 leech; e-irifievai, to put on]. A tube for applying 

 leeches. 



Bdellium, (See Illus. Diet.) B., Sicilian, B. sicili- 

 anura, B. siculum, that obtained from Daucus gin- 

 gidium, L. 



Bead (be/) [ME., bedc. a prayer], A small bubble, 

 ball, drop, or globule. B.s, Lovi's. See B.s, Specific- 

 gravity. B. -proof, I. A method of testing the alco- 

 holic strength of liquors by shaking in a bottle and 

 observing the size, number, and persistence of the 

 bubbles formed. 2. Applied to liquors of such a 

 quality or standard of strength that the mass of bubbles 

 formed on the surface by shaking will remain for a 

 time. 3. Of a certain standard as indicated by beads. 

 B.s, Specific -gravity, hollow glass globules for 

 ascertaining the strength of alcoholic spirits. The 

 globules are numbered according to their specific 

 gravities, and the number marked on the heaviest one 

 that remains suspended in the liquor, neither rising to 

 the surface nor sinking to the bottom, indicates its 

 specific gravity. B.-tree, Mciia azedarach. 



Beading (bed'-ing). The adulterating of spirits with 

 some substance which under the bead-proof will give 

 it the appearance of greater alcoholicity. 



Beak. (See Illus. Diet.) B., Coracoid, the beak of 

 the coracoid process of the scapula. B. of the En- 

 cephalon. See Beak (3) (Illus. Diet. 1. B. of the 

 Sphenoid Bone. See Rostrum sphenoidale. 



Beaked (bekd) [OE., becke, a beak]. Ending in a pro- 

 longed tip. 



Beaker. ( See Illus. Diet.) B.s, Taste-. See Taste- 

 buds (Illus. Diet.). 



Beat. (See Illus. Diet.) B., Apex-, the stroke of 

 the heart-apex against the chest-wall. B., Heart-, 

 a pulsation of the heart. B., Pulse-, an arterial pul- 

 sation which can be felt. 



Bebeerin. (See Illus. Diet.) Syn., Bebearin ; Be- 

 beeria : Bebeerina : Bebeerinum : Beheria : Beberin ; 

 Beberina ; Bebirin ; Buxin. B. Hydrochlorate, 



