Medical lexicon : a new dictionary of medical science : containing a concise account of the various subjects and terms : with the French and other synonymes, and formulae for various officinal and empirical preparations, &c. / by Robley Dunglison.

  • Robley Dunglison
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1842
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    strument invented by Jacobson for crushing the stone in the bladder. BRISTOL HOT WELL, Bristolierisis Aqua. Bristol is about thirteen miles from Bath, in England. The water is a pure ther- mal ; slightly acidulated. Temperature, 74° Fahrenheit. The Hot Well has been long cele- brated. Its action is like that of the thermal waters in general. The climate of Bristol is mild; and hence the water has been cele- brated for the cure of incipient pulmonary consumption. BROAD. Sax. bpao, Latus, (F.) Large. Any body is so termed whose transverse extent is considerable compared witli its length. The Broad Bones, such as the frontal, parietal, occi- pital, iliac, aid in forming the parietes of splanchnic cavities. Broad Muscles generally occupy the parietes of cavities, and especially those of the chest and abdomen. The epithet has also been applied to other parts—as to the broad ligaments of the womb, &c. BROCCOLI, Brassica sabellica. BROCHOS, fiQoxog. Laqueus, (q. v.), a ban- dage. BROCH'THUS, pqoX$og, Gula. The throat. Also, a small kind of drinking-vessel.—Hip- pocr. BROCHUS, fiQo/og. This name has been given to one who has a very prominent upper lip.—Castelli. According to others, it means one, whose teeth project in front of the mouth. BRO'DIUM. A synonyme of Jus or Jus'- culum. Broth, or the liquor in which any thing is boiled. Bro'dium Salts—a decoction of salt. BROIEMEKT. See Cataract. BROKEN-WINDEDNESS, Asthma. BROMA, Aliment. BROMATOG'RAPHY, from PQwfia, 'food,' and yQacft], ' a description.' Bromography A description of aliments. BROM ATOL'OGY, (iQuua, < food,' and Xoyog, 1 a discourse.' A treatise on food. Sitiol'- °gy- BROME, Bromine. BROME'LIA ANA'NAS, Car'duus Brazil- ia'nus, Ana'nas acostai ova'ta seu aculeatus, Anas'sa, Ca'pa-lsiak'ka, Ana'nas or Bine Apple. A West Indian tree, which produces the most delicious of fruits. Brome'lia Pinguin, Ana'nas America'na, Pinguin, Broad-leaved wild Ana'nas, &c. The West India plant, which affords the Pinguin fruit. The fruit is refrigerant, and the juice, when ripe, very austere. It is used to acidu- late punch. A wine is made from the Pinguin, which is very intoxicating, and has a good fla- vour. BROMIDE OF IRON, see Bromine—b. of Mercury, see Bromine—b. of Potassium, see Bromine. BROMINE, Brominum, Brome, a simple body, of a very volatile nature, and highly of- fensive and suffocating odour, whence its name, from jSocmio;,' a stench.' It is met with chiefly in sea-water, and in many animal and vegeta- ble bodies that live therein. It has likewise been found in many mineral waters of this and other countries. In its chemical relations, it may be placed between chlorine and iodine. With oxygen it forms an acid, the Bromic, and with hydrogen another—the Hydrobromic. The pure Bromine, the Bromide of Iran, (dose gr. i or ij) and the Bromide of Potassium or Hydrobrornate of Potassa, (dose gr. iv to viij in the day,) have been used medicinally, and chiefly in scrofulosis, internally as well as applied externally. Bromine maybe dissolved in forty parts of distilled water, and six drops be commenced with, as a dose. The Bromide of Mercury (Hydrar'gyri Bromidum) has been given in syphilis. BROMOS, powfio;. One of the cere- alia, supposed, by some, to be oats, see Avena. BRONCHES, Bronchia—b. Ganglions lym- phatiques des, Bronchial glands. BRON'CHIA, Brorichia, Bronchi, from PQoYX0S) ' the throat.' The Latins used the term Bronchus, for the whole of the trachea ; whilst they called its ramifications Bronchia. Bronchia, Bronchia;,and Bronchi, (F.) Bronchcs, now mean the two tubes, with their ramifica- tions, which arise from the bifurcation of the trachea, and carry air into the lungs. Bronchia, Dilatation of the. Diluted Bronchia. The physical signs of this conditipn are the following : Percussion usually clear, but not unfrequently less so than natural, although very seldom quite dull. Auscultation detects coarse mucous or gur- gling ronchi, increased by the cough, combined with, or replaced by, bronchial or cavernous respiration, which is often effected as if by a sudden puff or whiff. The resonance of the voice is increased, but it seldom amounts to perfect pectoriloquy. The most common situations for dilated bronchia, are the scapular, mammary, or lateral regions. They are almost always confined to one side. Bronchia, Obliteration or Compression of the. The inspiratory murmur on auscul- tation is weaker or wholly suppressed over a limited portion of the chest; the expiration is generally more distinct and prolonged : all the other conditions are natural. BRON'CHIAL or BRONCHIC. That which relates to the bronchia. Bron'chial Arteries, (F.) Artcrcs Bron- chiques. These are generally two in num- ber, one going to each lung. They arise from the thoracic aorta, and accompany the bronchia in all their ramifications. Bron'chial Cells, (F.) Cellules bronchiqncs, the Air-cells; the terminations of the bron- chia. Bron'chial Cough, (F.) Toux bronchique, T. tubairo. This generally accompanies bron- chial respiration. They both indicate obstruc- tion to the entrance of air into the air-cells. Bron'chial Glands, (F.) Glandcs bron- chiqucs ou Ganglions lymphatiques des bronchcs, are numerous glands of an ovoid shape; of a reddish hue in the infant, and subsequently brown and black, seated in the course of the bronchia. Their functions are unknown. The Bronchial glands may be presumed to be af- fected by scrofulosis, when, in addition to the
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