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Bile. F. bovis, or F. bovinum, ox-gall. The biliary liquid of the domestic ox, Bos taurus. It is a dark-green, ropy substance, consisting mainly of sodium glycocholate and sodium taurocholate, together with cholesterin. It is a tonic, antiseptic, and purgative, useful in emulsifying the fatty portions of food. F. b. inspi atum, 100 parts fresh ox-gall, strained and evaporated to 15 parts. Dose gr. v-xv. F. b. purificatum, ox-gall 3, alcohol I part. This should stand 24 hours before straining; then evaporate to the consistence of a pilular ma . Dose gr. v-xv. Fell's Method. A method of forced respiration in cases of narcotic poisoning or drowning, by means of an apparatus consisting of a tracheotomy-tube attached to a bellows. F.'s Paste, Caustic, or Cancer-salve, a famous salve formerly used in epithelioma. Its formula was: chlorid of zinc and powdered sanguinaria root, of each one ounce; starch, enough to make a paste; apply on pieces of kid leather or wash-leather.