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major), one lying between the head of the humerus 

 and the teres major. B., Fleischmann's, a bursa 

 lying in the sublingual space beneath the frenum lin- 

 guae; its existence is disputed. B., Gluteofascial, 

 B., Gluteotrochanteric, one lying between the tro- 

 chanter major and the gluteus maximus. B., 

 Gruber's, the synovial cavity of the tarsal sinus. B., 

 Humerobicipital, one lying within the bicipital groove 

 of the humerus. B., Iliac. I. One lying between 

 the tendon of the iliacus muscle and the trochantin. 

 2. One between the pelvic brim and the iliopsoas 

 muscle. B., Iliopuberal, one lying between the 

 capsular ligament of the hip-joint and the iliacus inter- 

 nus and psoas magnus muscles. B., Infragenual. 

 See B. patella. B., Internal (of the teres major), 

 one found within the teres major at the point of diverg- 

 ence of its fibers. B., Luschka's, a crypt, larger 

 and more defined than the neighboring crypts, fre- 

 quently located in the lower patt of the pharyngeal 

 tonsil, and regarded as a vestige of the communication 

 existing during early fetal life between the pharynx 

 and the hypophysis. B., Obturatory, one lying 

 between the capsular ligament of the hip-joint and the 

 obturator interims and gemelli muscles. B., Omen- 

 tal, B. omentalis, a large cavity formed by the peri- 

 toneum back of the stomach and in the great omentum. 

 It is divided into the bursa of the great omentum and 

 the bursa of the lesser omentum. B. omenti majoris, 

 the bursa of the greater omentum. B. omenti 

 minoris, the bursa of the lesser omentum. B. patellae, 

 B. patellaris, one lying between the patella and the 

 skin. B. patellaris lateralis externa, one lying 

 between the patella and the external lateral dilation of 

 the tendon of the quadriceps extensor cruris; it is 

 rarely found. B. patellaris lateralis interna, one 

 between the patella and the inner lateral dilation of 

 the quadriceps extensor cruris ; it maybe either deep 

 or superficial. B., Pectineal, one lying between the 

 femur and the pectineus muscle. B. of the Pecto- 

 ralis major, one lying between the head of the hu- 

 merus and the inner surface of the pectoralis major. 

 B. pectoralis minoris, one beneath the tendon of 

 the pectoralis minor. B., Pharyngeal. See under 

 Pharyngeal (Illus. Diet.). B., Rider's. See under 

 Rider (Illus. Diet.). B. sacralis, one found in the 

 aged over the sacrococcygeal articulation or over the 

 spine of the fourth or fifth sacral vertebra. B., Sterno- 

 hyoid, one lying between the hyoid bone and the in- 

 sertion of the sternohyoid muscle. B., Stylohyoid, 

 one beneath the insertion of the stylohyoid muscle. 



Bursalis (bursa' -lis). The obturator interims muscle. 



Bursattee. A disease occurring in India resembling 

 equine mycosis. 



Bursera. (See Illus. Diet.) B. depechiana, Pois., 

 furnishes oil of Mexican lignaloes. B. gummifera, 

 L., a native of South America; the resin, chibou or 

 cachibou, is used in plasters and salves and internally 

 in diseases of the lungs and kidney. The leaves are 

 vulnerary, the bark is anthelmintic and antigonorrheic, 

 and the root is used in diarrhea. 



Burserin (bur'-ser-in) [Bursera, a genus of plants]. A 

 resinous constituent of opobalsam. 



Bursin (bur'-sin). An alkaloid isolated from CapseUa 

 bursa-pastoris, Moench. It is a yellow deliquescent 

 powder, used as an astringent, tonic, and styptic, 

 instead of ergot, and hypodermically in aqueous solu- 

 tion. 



Bursitis. (See Illus. Diet.) B., Omental, inflamma- 

 tion of the omental bursa. B., Retrocalcaneal. See 

 Achillodynia (Illus. Diet.). 



Burst. In veterinary practice, a hernia. 



Bush-tea. The leaves and tops of Cyclopia genistoides, 



. 



Vent., and C. subtemata, Vog. , used at Cape Color 

 as a substitute for tea. They contain a glucosid, cycl 

 pin. 



Butane (bu'-tdn). C 4 . H 10 . An anesthetic substam 

 isolated from petroleum. Syn., Butyl hydrid. 



Butin (bu'-tin). C 4 H 6 . A liquid hydrocarbon four 

 in coal-gas; boils at 2O C. Syn., Vinyleth) 



Butter. (See Illus. Diet. ) B.,Bambarra, B., Ban 

 bouc, B., Bambuk. See Bambouc Butter. B. c 

 Canara, a solid body obtained from the fruit of Voter 

 indica, L. B., Chi, B., Galam. See Bambouc Butk 

 B.-cyst. See Cyst. B.-fly. (See Illus. Diet.) 

 Wing-shaped skin flaps. B., Kokum, oil of Gardai 

 B., Palm. See Oil, Palm. B., Shea. Sec Bat 

 bouc Butler. B.-tree. See Bittyrospermum park 

 B., Vegetable. See B. of Cacao (Illus. Diet. ). 



Buttermilk [butf-ur-milk). The liquid left after e 

 trading the butter from cream. B. -belly, a distend 

 abdomen; pot-belly. 



Button. (See Illus. Diet.) B., Chlumsky's, an i 

 testinal button made of pure magnesium after the p; 

 tern of the Murphy button. It remains undissolv 

 for 4 weeks, only the outer part becoming softer. 



Buttress (but'-res). The inflexion of the hoof wall 

 the heel in solipeds. 



Butyl. (See Illus. Diet.) B. Acetate, C 6 H !2 O s , ! 

 liquid isomer of caproic acid. B.-carbinol, an 

 alcohol. B. Hydrid. See Butane. B.-hypnal.l 

 combination of butyl chloral and antipyrin, formi j 

 transparent needles soluble in alcohol, ether, a 

 chloroform, and in 30 parts of water; melts at 70 j 

 It is hypnotic and antipyretic. B. Iodid, Secondai 

 C 4 H 9 I, a colorless liquid obtained from erythrite I 

 distillation with hydroiodic acid ; boils at 1 1 " 

 gr. I.632 at o° C. B., Iso- (compoum 

 under Iso. B. Nitrite, (CH 3 ) 3 C : N0 2 , a liquid; :| 

 gr. 0.8914; melts at 63 C. 



Butylic (bu-til'-ik). Containing butyl or related to ij 



Butylidene (bu-til'-id-en). C 4 H 8 . A bivalent radii 

 isomeric with butylene. B. Oxid, butyl aldehvd. 



Butyphus (bu-ti'-fus) \_(iovc, an ox; riooc, stupol 

 The cattle-plague. Syn., Rinderpest. 



Butyraceous (but-ir-a'-slius) \_butyruin, butter]. If 

 sembling or containing butter. 



Butyral (but'-ir-al). C 8 H.0 2 . A colorless, mol ' 

 liquid obtained from the distillation of barium butyrsj 



Butyrate (but'-ir-at) [bntyrum, butter]. A salt ; 

 butyric acid. 



Butyrchloral Hydrate. See Chloral butylicum (111 

 Diet.). 



Butyric (but-ir'-ih). Contained in butter ; derived fi 

 butter. B. Anhydrid, so-called "anhydrous l>ut> 

 acid," C 8 H u O„ obtained by the action of lmt\ 

 chlorid on a dry alkali butyrate. It has a spetl 

 gravity of 0.978 at 12.5 C. and boils at ioi°-l93 c { 



Butyroid (but'-ir-oid). Having the consistency of but 



Butyrolein (bul-ir-o'le-in). A substance found in t 

 ter which differs from olein in not yielding sebacic 1 1 

 when distilled. 



Butyromel (but-ir'-o-mel). The proprietary name f< 

 mixture of 2 parts of fresh butter and 1 part ol hoi 

 rubbed together until a clear yellow mixture is 

 It is used in preparing palatable preparatioi 

 liver oil and other nauseous oleaginous subst: 



Butyrometer (bul-ir-om'-et-ur) [Jovrvpoi; butter; ft 

 pov, measure]. An apparatus for determining I 

 proportion of fatty matter in milk. 



Butyroscope (but-ir'-o-shp) [(iovrvpov, buttei 

 to look]. An instrument for estimating the 

 of fat in milk. 



Butyrospermum (but-ir-ospur'-mum) [/?<»■ 



ter; anipfia, seed]. A genus of tree- of the r 



