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_ Isutan, a yellow insoluble powder said to be a mixture of resorcin and bismuth tannate, employed in diarrhea in doses of gr. 1-5 (0.06-0.3) SMUTH 127 muth A (biz'muth). reddish, crystalline, brittle, riad metal, chemical symbol Bi, atomic weight 108 several of its salts are employed in medicine; or the official salts see under bismuikum-. b. >etanaph'tholate, bismuth i beta naphthol as, b, )xy-iodogall'ate, airol. liq'uid b., liquor bisnuthi (N.P.)- mag'istery of b., b. sub nitrate. mu'thi betanaph'tholas (U.S.). Bismuth betalaphtholate, orphol, an odorle , tastele , graysh powder; employed especially in enteritis and IS an intestinal antacid when a laxative effect is lot desirable, in doses of gr. 5—20 (0.3—1.2). b. sarbo'nas, b. sub carbon as (U.S.), b. oxy carbon as Bt.). b. cit'ras, bismuth citrate, a white amorphous powder; employed to make the following. 3. et ammo'nii cit'ras (U.S.), bismuth and amnonium citrate, ammoniocitrate of bismuth, jccurs in white shining scales, soluble in water; ntestinal astringent in doses of gr. 2—5 (0.12- ).3). b. ox'idum (Br.), a dull yellowish crystaline powder, employed for the same purposes as;he sub nitrate in doses of gr. 5—10 (0.3—0.6). b. )x'idum hydra'tum, hydrated oxide of bismuth yellowish white powder obtained by precipitati ng an aqueous solution of bismuth trinitrate;:xternal application, b. oxycarbo'nas (Br.), b.;ubcarbonas (U.S.). b. salicyl'as, bismuth sal i;ylate, a whitish or yellowish powder, used in Jiarrhea and typhoid fever in doses of gr. 5-20 [0.3-1.3). b. subcarbo'nas (U.S.), bismuth sublarbonate, b. oxy carbonate (Br.), a yellowish or. ivhitish powder, used for the same purposes as;he sub nitrate in doses ®f gr. 10—60 (0.6—4.0). subgallas (U.S.), bismuth sub gallate, dermaD.;ol, a yellowish powder, employed internally in iiarrhea in doses of gr. 5-10 (0.3—0.6), and ex;ernally as an antiseptic dusting powder, b. subni'tras (U.S. and Br.), bismuth sub nitrate, magisterium bismuth i, a white powder employed nternally as an intestinal astringent and in gastric ulcer in doses of gr. 5-30 (0.3-2.0), and externally as a dusting powder, b. subsalicyl'as [U.S.), bismuth sub salicylate, a white or whitish jrystalline or amorphous powder; employed as m intestinal antiseptic in doses of gr. 5-10 [p. 3-0. 6). 'muthol. Bismutal. muthosis (biz-muth-o'sTs). Chronic bismuth poiioning. mu'thum. Bismuth. 'muthyl [bismuth + G. hyle, stuff.] The group, BiO, which behaves chemically as an atom of a inivalent metal its salts are the oxysalts or sub; ialts of bismuth. mu'tose. Trade name of a compound of bismuth md albumin, a white powder insoluble in water smployed in intestinal disorders in doses of 5^2 (2.0—8.0). Trade name for soluble bismuth phosphate, iol. white powder, containing about 20 per cent, I jismuth trioxide intestinal antiseptic and astrin; gent in doses of gr. 4-8 (o. 25-0. 5). tephan'ic. Relating to both step han ions, noting jarticularly the b. width of the cranium, or!• liameter, the shortest distance from one itephanion to the other. tor'ta [L. his, twice, -ttortus, twisted.] Bistort, he rhizome of Polygonum bistort a, English serlentary, sweet dock, snake wort; astringent, em)loyed for the same purposes as eranium. A long narrowtoury (bis'too-re) [Fr. bisiouH.'] daded knife, straight or curved on the edge, sharp blunt pointed (probe-pointed); employed for ir