Bipinella

And Bipemulla. See Plantago

Minor

And Pimpinella.

Bipula

A worm mentioned by Aristotle.

Bira

See Alla.

Birao

See Amomum.

Bird's Nest

The nest of the hirundo esculenta. See Aliment.

Birethus

(From a priest's hood, from its resemblance). See Cucupha.

Birsen

An Arabian or Persian word, signifying an inflammation or imposthume in the breast.

Birth

A term in midwifery. It is styled natural, when the head presents; premature, when at too early a period; preternatural, when any part but the head presents; and laborious, when from obstacles or weakness it is protracted. See Labours.

Birth wort. See Aristolochia.

Biscoctus

(From bis, twice, and coquo, to boil). Twice dressed. This word is chiefly applied to bread twice baked, or that is much baked; i. e. biscuit.

Biscuit Sea

This is doubly baked; but its excellence consists in its not being fermented, and consequently not easily becoming acid in the stomach. It is on this account more fit for children, and those troubled with acid in the stomach. These biscuits may be long kept; and the rusks, which are also twice baked, have the same advantage, but are not equally useful with the unleavened biscuit in diseases. See Bread.

Bisematum

See Plumbum.

Bislingua

(From bis, twice and lingua, a tongue,) so called from its appearance of being double tongued, or of having upon each leaf a less leaf. See Laurus Alexandhina.

Bismalva

Supposed to be a corruption of the word vismalva, quasi viscum malva, from its superior viscidity. V and B were convertible letters, and hence this line of Scaliger:

' Felices populi quibus vivere est bibere. See Althea.

Bistacium

See Pistacia.

Bisul

An abbreviation of bisulcis, (from bis, twice, and sulcus, a furrow,') cloven footed.

Bithinos

The name of a plaster described by Galen.

Bithnlmalca

A word coined by Dolaeus to signify a peculiar acting principle residing in the stomach, and presiding over the functions of digestion and chylification; called also gasteranax.

Bithynici Tonsoris Empla Strum

The Bithnian barber's plaster for splenetic people. See AEtius Tetrabib. iii. serm. ii. cap. xxii.

Biti

(Indian.) A tall evergreen tree in Malabar, and other parts of the East Indies. An oil is prepared from its root to cure the alopecia.

Bittern

The oily fluid left after the crystallization of salt, styled the mother water, eau mere, since k k 2

13 1 T 252 B L E no other salt will crystallize in consequence of the viscidity of the fluid, arising from the oily matter, occasioned by the decaying fish molluscae and alga. It consists chiefly of vitriolated magnesia, and from it the Epsom salt is now prepared.

Bitters

See Amara.

Bitter Almonds

See Amygdyla.

Bitter gourd, or apple. See Colocynthus.

Bitter purging salt. See Sal catharticum ama-rum.

Bitter sweet. See Solanum.

Biventer

Thus muscles are named that have two bellies, from bis and venter; also digastricus.

Biventer musculus. It arises from the processus mastoidaeus. Its tendon frequently joins the stylohyoi-dseos and the membranous ring fixed to the os hyoidaeus, and is then attached to the inner part of the chin. It depresses the jaw, and thus opens the mouth. It is fleshy at both its extremities, and tendinous in the middle. The middle tendon passing through the aponeurotic ligament as the lateral part, and the root of the cornua of the os hyoides, is what renders it capable of performing its office. The ancients called it graphoides.