balneotherapy

(bal’’ne-o-ther’ap-e) [L. bal’ncum bath + Gr. θεραπεία treatment]. The treatment of disease by bathing. balneum (hal’ne-um). pl. bal’nea (L. for " bath’). A bath. Ὅ. anima’le, animal bath. See under bath. Ὅ. are’ns. See sand-bath; also ammo therapy and psammotherupy. b. cos no’sum, b. lu’teum, a mud-bath. b. lac’teum, a milk bath. b. pneumat’icum, an air-bath. bal optic on (bal-op’tik-on) [Gr. βάλλειν to throw + ὀπτικὸς pertaining to sight]. An apparatus for throwing the enlarged image of an opaque object on a screen. balsam (bawl’sam) [L. dal/samum; Gr. βάλσαμον]. A. semifluid, resinous, and fragrant vegetable juice of many varietics. The balsams are resins combined with oils. b.-apple, the cucurbitaceous plant, Momordica balsam’ina, with purgative and vulnerary fruit. b.-apple, wild, a North American cucurbitaceous plant, Echinocys’tis lob a’ta: a popular vulnerary. Canada b., the oleoresin of fir, terebin’thin a canaden’sis, procured from A’bies balsam’ea, the balsam-fir of North America: much used in microscopy and useful in catarrhal affections. Dose, 5 gr. (0.333 gm.). Caperrapi b., a fragrant balsam from Laur’us gig an’leus: useful in chronic catarrhs. Ὦ. of copai’ba. See copaiba. friars’ b., the comund tincture of benzoin. See bensoin. gur’- jum b., an oleoresin from Dipterocar’ pus le’vis, a tree of Indo-China: used for coughs, gonorrhea, and leprosy. Dose, 10-50 min. (0.606-3 c.c.). Ὅ. of Mecca, an oleoresin or resin from Balsamoden'dron opobal’samum: highly estcemed in Oriental regions. b. of Peru [L. bal’samum peruci’- anum), an oleoresin from Myrox’ylon pere’ira, a tree of Salvador, in Central America: it is expectorant, stomachic, and soothing. Dose of the emulsion. 10-15 min. (0.666-1 ¢.c.). It is used locally in chronic skin inflammations. Ὦ. of sulphur, τ part of sulphur with 8 of olive or linseed oil: formerly used in pectoral disorders and as an application to ulcers. Dose, 5-30 min. (0.3-2 c.c.). Tamaco’ari b., the product of a Brazilian species of Curuipa. b. of Tolu [L. bal’samum foluta’num|, a resinous exudate from Myroxr’vlon tolu if’era, a tree of tropical America. It is stimulant, expectorant, and stomachic. Dose of the tincture, 10-30 min. (0,.006-2 c.c.); of the syrup, 1-2 dr. (4-8 c.c.). Turlington's b., friars’ balsam. umi’ri b., the product of Humir’icum balsam if'crum, a tree of South America. Wade's b., compound tincture of benzoin.