A comprehensive medical dictionary : containing the pronunciation, etymology, and signification of the terms made use of in medicine and the kindred sciences.

Joseph Thomas

Date:: 1865

Credit: A comprehensive medical dictionary : containing the pronunciation, etymology, and signification of the terms made use of in medicine and the kindred sciences. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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$denly upwards, when the foetus will strike on the finger in its descent. Balin, bain. [From bal'sunuun, bal- sam.] A soothing or healing medicine. Sa>m of tiilead. See Balsam op Mecca. Balsn Tea. An infusion of the loaves of Melia'sa officinalis, or common balm. Bal-ne-og-'ra-pBiy. [Balueogra'- pliia; from bal'iieum, a bath, and yp-j^w, to write.] A description of bath.*. Bal-aso-ol'o-g'y. [Balneolo'gia; from bal'iieum, a bath, and Aiiyoj, a discourse.] A treatise on baths ; the science of baths. Bfil'ase-o-tlser-a-pi'a.'- [From bal'- iieum, a 'bath, and Ospancia, attend- ance.] The proper employment of baths. Bal'ne-uni.* [Gr. (3a\avuov.~\ The Latin term for Bath, which see. Bal'iieum Au-i-ma'le.* Any part of a newly-killed animal, wrapped round the body or a limb. Bal'iieum Ar-e'nse.* (Bath of sand.) See Bath. Bal'iieum Ma-ri'se,* Bal'iieum Ma'ris.* A water-bath, a vessel being put into another containing water, which is placed on the fire; heat is thus gra- dually communicated. Bal'iieum Med-I-ca'tum.* A medi- cated bath; a bath impregnated with medicinal substances. Bal'iieum Sic'cum.* (Dry bath.) Immersion in any dry substance, as ashes, salt, sand, etc. Bal'iieum Sul-pBau're-uBU.* A bath containing sulphur. Bals. Abbreviation for Balsamum.* '•'Balsam. Balsaisi. See Balsa mum. Bal'sam (baul'sam) of the Au'gia Sinen'sis, or Chinese' Var'nish: it dries into a smooth, shining lac, used for lacquering and varnishing. Balsam of Copaiba. Sec Copaiba. Bal'sam of Liquidam'bar. Balsam which Hows from incisions made into the trunk of the Liquidambar styraeijlua: it dries up readily, and thus occurs in the solid form. Bal'sam of Mec'ca (Mecca Bal- sam), or O'pobalsam. Balsam obtained by incisions of, and by boiling, the branches and leaves of the Amyris Gilca- densie (otherwise called Bafoamomendron 0ih'<ideii8c),;\i\(\ the A. Opobahamum. It becomes eventually solid. Bal'sam of Peru', (Bal'samum Pe- ruvia'num.*) A balsam procured from 74 the Myrospermum Peruiferum. There are two kinds: the broicn balsam, ex- tracted by incision, very rare, imported in the husk of the cocoanut, and hence called balsam en eoquej and the black balsam, obtained by evaporating the decoction of the bark and branches of the tree. These are semi-fluid balsams. Bal'sam of Sto'rax. Balsam said to be procured from the Liquidambar attina and Orientate. The substance sold as strained storax is prepared from an impure variety of liquid storax. Bal'sam of To'lu. (Bal'samum To- luia'num.*) A balsam which flows spon- taneously from the trunk of the JJyro- spermum tolui/erum and dries into a red- dish resinous mass. The following artificial balsams may be named:— Bal'sam of Hore'hound. An aqueous infusion of horehound and liquorice-root, with double the proportion of proof spirit, or brandy, to which are then added opium, camphor, benzoin, squills, oil of aniseed, and honey. Bal'sam of Liq'uorice. This con- sists principally of paregoric elixir, very strongly impregnated with the oil of aniseed. Bal'sam of Sul'phur. A solution of sulphur in volatile oils. Balsaaitaeea?,* bal-sa-ma'she-e, or Bal-sa-niif lu-av* A natural order of balsamifcrous trees, consisting of one genus, the Liquidambar. This order is termed by Lindley Altingiaccse. Balsainatio (bal-sa-ma'she-o), o'nis* [From bal'sammn.'] The process of embalming dead bodies. See Em- balming. Bal-sa'me-us.* Of the nature of a balsam. Also the specific name of a tree which produces balsam. Bal-sam'ic. [Balsam 'lens.] Per- taining to balsam; of the nature of bal- sam. Bfil-sam'ie-a.* Balsamics. A term generally applied to substances of a smooth and oily consistence, possessing emollient and generally aromatic pro- perties. Ba!-sa-mif'e-ra Bra-zil-I-eu'sis.* Another name for the Copaifcra effici- 114x1(8. Bal-sa-mif 'ev-ous. [Balsamif- ea*us; from bal'eamum, a balsam, and fe'ro, to bear.] Bearing or yielding balsam. Balsauiinacese,*bal-sam-in-a'she-e. [From Baleami'na, ono of the g'mora.]$