GLOSSARY. 653 



Bii,-iA-RY. Relating or belonging to bile. Biliary calculus, a gall-stone 

 or a concretion formed in the gall bladder or gall ducts. 



Bi,iS-TER. A thin bladder on the skin, containing watery matter or 

 serum. It may be occasioned by a burn or other injury or by a 

 vesicatory. Also applied to the plaster of Spanish fly or other mat- 

 ter used to raise the blister. 



Bou-gie;. a long, flexible instrument, that is introduced into the 

 urethra, esophagus, etc., to remove obstructions or keep the duct 

 open or to enlarge it. 



BrighT's Dis-EASE. An affection of the kidneys usually inflammatory 

 in character, and distinguished by the occurrence of albumen and 

 renal casts in the urine. Named after Dr. Bright of I^ondon who 

 first described it. 



Bron-chi. The plural of bronchus. The bronchi consist of two pri- 

 mary subdivisions of the trachea or windpipe. 



Bron-chi-al. Pertaining to the bronchi. Bronchial arteries, branches 

 of the descending aorta that accompany the bronchi in all their di- 

 visions. Bronchial cells, the air cells terminating the bronchi. 

 Bronchial tubes, usually applied to the secondary and other sub- 

 divisions of the bronchi. 



Cai,-cu-li. Any solid concretion found in any part of the body, but 

 most frequently found in some hollow organ that acts as a reservoir. 

 Calculi in the stomach, often found in miller's horses, and biliary 

 calculi, found, in gall bladders and bile ducts, and urinary calculi, 

 found in the kidneys and bladder. 



Can-nu-la. a small tube of metal, wood, or India rubber used for var- 

 ious purposes, especially for withdrawing liquids and allowing gases 

 to escape. It is usually accompanied with a trocar, a sharp pointed 

 instrument which jxist fills the opening of the tube. After insertion 

 the trocar is withdrawn, which allows the liquid or gas to pass 

 through the hollow tube. 



Cap-iIv-IvA-ry. a minute thin walled vessel, which holds both arteries 

 and veins. In these minute vessels the blood gives off its oxygen 

 which unites with the carbon of the surrounding tissues forming 

 carbon-dioxide, thus producing heat. The blood thus being changed 

 from arterial to veinous (red to blue). Here is also deposited the 

 nourishment that unites with the various tissues causing them to be 

 renewed, and from these organs the blood receives the waste ma- 

 terial of tissues. 



