BECUIBIN 



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BENZENE 



C 19 H 21 N0 3 HC1, reddish-brown scales soluble in alco- 

 hol and water, and used as an antipyretic and tonic. 

 Dose, j.i—l}4 g r - (o. 005-0.097 gm. ) 3 or 4 times daily. 

 B. Sulfate, (C 19 H 2] N0 3 ) 2 H 2 S0 4 , reddish-brown 

 scales soluble in water and alcohol ; uses and dose as 

 in B. hydrochlorate. 



Becuibin (bek-ice'-bin). A crystalline substance ob- 

 tained from the bark of Myristica bicuiba. It is odorless, 

 tasteless, soluble in hot alcohol, in boiling water, and 

 in chloroform. 



Bed. (See Ulus. Diet.) B., Arnott's (Neil), a rubber 

 mattress filled with water, designed to prevent bed- 

 sores. B., Bandeloux's, an air bed furnished with 

 a vessel for urine and surmounted with a gauze- covered 

 cradle. B.-day, the minimum stay of a patient in a 

 hospital is a full 24 hours and is used as a unit of 

 standard hospital ward work. B., Fracture-, an 

 especial device for the use of a patient confined with 

 a fracture, composed of sections forming a double or 

 triple inclined plane with an aperture to allow of the 

 ejection of urine and feces. B. -hoist, a device for 

 lifting a patient from bed. B., Hydrostatic. See 

 B., Water (Illus. Diet.). B., Protection-, abed 

 arranged for the confinement of maniacs in a recumbent 

 posture. B. -swing, an appliance like a hammock for 

 swinging a patient clear of the bed. B. -warmer, a 

 warming-pan. 



Beeley's Square and Plumb-line. An instrument 

 to measure degrees of deformity. 



Behen, Behmen, Behn, Ben. Arabian names for 

 roots of various plants. 



Behenic (bc-hi)i'-ik). Derived from behen. 



Bel. The Aegle marmelos. See under Bela (Illus. 

 Diet.). 



Bela. (See Illus. Diet. ) 2. See Jasminum sambac. 



Belgaum Walnut. See Aleurites triloba. 



Beli. See Bela (Illus. Diet.). 



Belladonna. (See Illus. Diet.) B., Japanese, Sco- 

 polia carniolica ; in its physiologic action it is hardly 

 to be distinguished from belladonna, though the domi- 

 nant alkaloids are not identical. 



Bell-crowned (bel'-kroiund). Applied to a tooth- 

 crown which is largest at the occlusal surface and 

 tapers to the gum. 



Bellite (bel'-it) \belluni, war]. An explosive employed 

 both in war and in blasting. A principal element in 

 its manufacture is nitrobenzole. The most prominent 

 symptoms induced by its inhalation arid absorption are 

 headache, mental confusion, dyspnea, pallor, blueness 

 of the lips, general lividity, coma, insensibility. 



Bellonia \bcl-o'-ne-ah) [Peter Belon (1499-1564), a 

 French naturalist]. A genus of plants of the order 

 Gesncraceic, B. aspera, L., a shrub of the West 

 Indies ; the bark is used in intermittent fever and in 

 dysentery. 



Bellows. (See Illus. Diet.) B., Richardson's, a 

 double balloon with a connecting tube employed for 

 the injection of vapors into the middle ear. 



Belly. (See Illus. Diet.) 2. Any belly-like enlarge- 

 ment of a part. B. of a Muscle, the fleshy part of a 

 muscle. B., Pendulous. See Abdomen, Pendu- 

 lous (Illus. Diet.). B. -sweetbread, the pancreas of 

 the calf. 



Belonospasis (bcl-on-os' '-pa-sis) [ ; ^>oiv/, a point ; nxdaig, 

 a drawing]. Irritation by means of needles or metallic 

 tractors. 



Belted (bel/'-ed) [AS., belt, a band]. Having a stripe 

 or band of color. 



Benario's Method (for the fixation of blood-films). 

 It consists in the use of a I % alcoholic solution of for- 

 malin for 1 minute. 



Bends (bendz) [ME., bend]. Term used by miners 



and caisson laborers for a condition produced by to 

 sudden a reduction of the high air-pressure ; it is inch 

 cated by swellings or small bubbles under the skin. 



Benic (ben'-ik). See Behenic. 



Benincasa {ben-in-ka'-zah) [Beni/icasa, an Italia 

 nobleman]. A genus of plants of the order Cucw 

 bitacea. B. cerifera, Savi, a perennial species of ii: 

 East Indies, with large greenish fruit often more tha 

 a foot long, the seeds of which are used in dysuria ai. 

 colic, the rind in tuberculosis, asthma, and chills, an 

 the plant in, fevers, vertigo, etc. 



Benomargarate (ben-o-tnar' '-gar-at). A salt of bene 

 margaric acid, a crystalline fatty acid from oil of ben. 



Bensolyptus (ben-so-lip' -tus). A proprietary alkalir, 

 fluid used as a wash in catarrhal affections of th 

 mucosa and as an intestinal antiseptic. Dose, I te: 

 spoonful in a wineglass of water. 



Benzacetin (ben-zas'-et-in). C 6 H 3 (OC 2 H 5 )(NH. 

 CH 3 CO)COOH. Colorless crystals soluble in alcolio 

 slightly soluble in water ; melt at 205 C. It is use 

 in neuralgia. Dose, 8-1 5 gr. (0.52-0.97 gin. 

 Acetamidotnethyl salicylic acid. 



Benzacetosulfophenamid (ben-zas-et-o-sul-ft 

 id). C 15 H ]3 NS0 4 . A derivative of benzainkl. 



Benzaconin (ben-zak '-on-in). An alkaloid fromacooil 

 with action similar to aconitin, except that it lacks ii 

 antipyretic power and has little effect on the sensot 

 nerves, while it depresses the motor group an 

 muscle-fibers. 



Benzalcohol (ben-zal ' -ko-hol). See Alcohol. Bcnz 

 (Illus. Diet). 



Benzaldid (ben-zal' -did). See Benzaldehyd (Illu 

 Diet.). 



Benzamile (ben'-zam-il). C 2s H ]0 NO 2 . A distillatioi 

 product of oil of bitter almonds. 



Benzanalgene (ben-zan'-al -gen). SeeAnal^ 

 Diet.). 



Benzaurin (ben-zaiv'-rin). C ]9 H 1(i 3 . Red crystn 

 melting at loo C. Syn., Plicnyldiphenol 

 B. Anhydrid, a colorless substance dissolving 

 alkaline solutions with a violet color. 



Benzene. (See Illus. Diet.) Syn.. Benzol; Ph, 

 Phenyl hydrid. B., Collas', common benzene inti| 

 duced in 1S48 by Collas as a cleansing agent. B 

 diazoanilid. See Diazoai/iidobenzene. B. Hex j 

 bromid, C 6 H 6 Br 6 , an addition compound ot 

 and bromin occurring as a solid. B. Hexachlorij 

 C 6 H 6 C1 6 . from benzene by action of chlorin with hes 

 transparent monoclinic crystals melting a 

 boiling at 288 C. B. Hexahydrate. See /' 

 (Illus. Diet.). B. Hexahydrid, C 6 H ]2 , an additi 

 compound of benzene and hydrogen occurring & 

 liquid boiling at 69 C. B.,' Iodated, (',.11 1. 1 

 benzene by action of iodin chlorid with alumii 

 chlorid. It occurs as a colorless transparent liqi 

 which becomes red on exposure to light ; sp 

 at 15 C. ; soluble in alcohol ; boils at 187 

 Syn., Mouoiodolbenzol. B., Monobromated. I ,1 

 Br, a clear, colorless liquid obtained from b 

 action of bromin with iodin ; boils at 154-4° 

 sp. gr. 1.5258 ato°C; soluble in alcohol; used 

 albuminuria. Syn., Monolnontobcnzol. B., Mor 

 chlorated, C fi H,Cl, a clear, colorless, fragi 

 obtained from benzene by the action of chlorin; 1 

 at 132 C; sp. gr. 1. 1 284 at 0° ('.; becoi 

 40 C. Syn., Monochlorobenzol. B.Sulfanv. 

 SO.,.\H.,, the amid of benzene sulfonic nci' 

 crystals soluble in alcohol. Svn., A-Sulfoit* 

 Sulfochlorid, C 6 II 3 S() 2 C1, an oily liquid oblarf 

 from an aqueous solution of benzene sulfin 

 action of chlorin ; it is soluble in alcohol and etb. 

 boils at 247 C. ; slowly solidifies at o° C. to IsjJ 



