BEZOAR

n. Be’zo-atr, From Ar., bezard, an antidote. [A, 8%.] Lat., bezoar, lapis bezoardic us. Fr., bézoard. Ger., Bezoar, Bezarstein. It., bezoar do, belzuar. 1. A concretion found in the hollow viscera of various animals, formerly highly valued as a remedy against poisons, the plague, ete. Three principal varieties are recognized: a. Solid, stony, laminated concrements (lapis b. [seu bezoar i tic us]) found in the intestines of various animals. ik Round sem lonierations of hair and vegetable fibre occurring in the stomach and intestines of various ruminants. c. Gall-stones from the gall-bladder of several animals. Chemically, nine varieties are distinguished, consisting respectively of calcium phosphate, magnesium phosphate, ammonium and magnesiuin phosphate, calcium oxalate, ellagic acid, lithofellic acid, ambergris, vegetable fibre, and (A, 821.] Be?-tza$-ub-e*r-ung. Fascination, hair, 2. By extension, any powerful antidote or prophylactic. [B, 2, 180.J—A bend lind is cher B. (Ger.), Pamerice sE sen i ale dentulis,—Affenb’ (Ger.). See B. simiæ—Animal b. See B. animale.—Argentine b. See BEZOARDICUM lunare.—I3. animale. Fr., bézoard animal. 1. See BEZOARDICUM animale. 2. A preparation made by calcining and levigating hartshorn and adding to it, drop by drop, pacuen) sulphuric acid to make a paste; used as an plexipharmac, diaphoretic, and anthelminthle. [B, 200.]|—B’bock (Ger.). See B. goat.—B. bovinum, B. bovinus. bœuf Ab. found in the Intestines of the ox. [B, 199. num. A b. found in the intestine of the goat. [B, 199.|—B. coromandel i an us. Ger., coromandel’scher B., B. von Coromandel, Syn.: lapis bezoardic us de Coromandel. A rounded, friable, inflammable concretion, of a liar aromatic odor, found in the intestine of the Bos atau or, according to the older writers, in the sea-horse (Trichecus manatus [Linnæus]). [B, 97, 180.]—BB. de Goa. An artificial product made from musk and ambergris mixed with earth and made into balls with tragacanth. B, 180.|—B. equinum, B. equinus. Fr., bézoard de cheval. A. found in the intestine of the horse. [B, 88.]—B’e ig (Ger.). See ACETUM bezoardicum.—BB. fo ile. See B. minerale.—1’ gazelle Ger.). The Antilopus oryx. [L, 43.]—B. german i cum, B. germanic us. Fr., bézoard d'Allemagne. Ger., deutscher B., Gemskugeln. Concretions of hair and vegetable fibre found in the stomach and intestines of the chamois and various domestic animals. {B, 2, 180.] See also Ecacrorinus.—B. goat. Ger., B'bock, The goat or deer furnishing a b. |B, 200.|—B. hominis. See B. microcosm i.—B. hystricinum, B, hystricis, B. hystricum. Fr., pierre de pore, bézoard de porc-épic. Ger., Schweind’, Schweinstein. Syn.: lapis porcinus (seu porcarius, seu porci, seu hystricis, seu hystricinus, sea mala cens is). A gall-stone found in the poreupine (Hystrix cristata); a brownish-black, bitter, non-aromatic ‘substance, of about the size of a small hen’s egg. [B, 180, 200.]—B. lunare. See Bezoarvicum lunare.—B. microcosm i, 13, mierocosmicum, Fr., bézoard huma in. A urinary calculus from the human subject. [B, 200..—B. minerale. A mineral substance Taser ing & b.; à term applied especially to Sici.ian earth (terra sicula). [B, PO an occident ale, B. oceidentalis. Fr., bézoard occidental. Ger., abendländischer B. A stony concretion, ing in size, found in the intestines of the llama (Auchenia lama and Auchenia vicuña), blackish, grayish, or reddish externally, and com} of rather thick lam inæ; devoid of taste and odor and consisting chiefly of calcium phosphate. [B, 2, 180.]—13. of lead. See Bezoardicum SATURN I.—B. of the chamois, B. of the deer. See B. german i cum.—13. of the horse. See B. eq num.—B. of the Indian poreupine. ‘See B. hystricinun of the monkey. See B. simiæ.—B. of the porcupine. B. hystricinum.—B. orientale, B. oriental is. Fr., bézoard de azelle, Ger., oriental is cher (oder morgenldudischer) B. Syn.: pis bezoardic us oriental is, A spherical or oval stony concretion obtained from the intestines of the gazelle (Antilopus dorcas), the Capra ægragus, and other ruminants; varying in size from that of à pea to that of a large apple; consisting of concentric layers of resinous matter; dark-brown to black externally; tastele and odorle , but burning with an eable odor, It consists chiefly of either lithofellic or ellagic acid, and is still much valued in the East for its sup) d medicinal properties. [B, 2, 180.]. vianum. See B. occident ale.—IB. pore i. See B. hystricinum.—B. porci malaccense. Ger., Jgelb’ aus Malacca. A gall-stone supposed to be obtained from the Malacca hedgehog (Hrimaceus mac cens is); reddish or dark-brown, varying in size from that of a cherry to that of a small apple, and having a horn-like lustre and a bitter, aromatic taste. [B, 180.)—B. poreinum, B. pore i zeylonleum. See B. hystricinum.—B. Saturn i. See Bezoardicum SATURN I.—B. simiæ. Fr., bézoard de singe. Ger., Affend’. 1. A variety found in the stomach of certain apes; rare and considered very valuable. 2. The lapis simiæ; a round, hard, bone-like substance obtained from the common apes; according to some a cerebral, according to others a biliary, concretion, [B, 180,]—B. stone. Ger.,. See B. (1st def. [a]).—B’wurzel (Ger.). “See ConTRA- YERVA.—Coromandel b. See B. coromandel i an us.—Deutscher ). See B. germanic us.—Eastern b. See B. orientale.— Fact i tions b. Fr., bézoar factice. B. made artificially (e. g., the [B.]—Fo il b. See B. minerale (1st def.).—German b. See B. %ermanicw«.—}lumun b. 1, Ab. said (erroneously) to be derived from the intestine of man. [B, 199.] 2. See B. microcosm i.—_Lapis b. See B. (1st def. jed—Eaplg b. occidental is, See B. occident ale.—Lapis b. oriental is. See B. orientale — Lapis b. pernvianus occidental is. See B. occidental is—Lunar b. See BEZOARDICUM lunare.—Martial b. See BEZOARDICUM martiale—Microcosmie b. See B. microcosm i.—Mineral b. See BEZOARDICUM minerale and B. minerale —Monkey b. See B. simie.—Morgen land is cher B, (Ger.). See B. orientale—Oceidental b. See B. occident ale—Oriental b., Oriental b. stone, See B. orient a Ox b. See B. bovinum.—Poreupine b. See B. hystricinum.—Saturnine b. See Bezoardicum SATURN I—S0- arb. See BEZOARDICUX solare.—Vegetable b. A stony concretion found in the cocoa-nut. [L, 43.]—Western b. See B. occident ale.