AMPOULE

(Fr.),n. A%n?-pul. 1. An ampulla (q. v.). [B.] 2 A bulla (q. v.), more particularly one that forms on the foot or the hand from chafing. (F, 301; M,77.] 3. Any Ge bag or pouch. See A. hypoderm i que. 4. An apparatus devised by Bert for registering the respiratory movements, especially of fishes. It consists of a rubber bag, slightly inflated, connected by a tube with a registering tambour. When the bag is placed in the pharynx, or In any other cavity the size of which varies, the variation is indicated t by the tambour, The a. may be a single or a double rubber ee plate ou a. double); in the double a., one bag is placed within the other, and the outer one is connected with the tambour. Bert's a. is similar in princtale) to the heart sound of Marey and uveau. [J, 3, 5.J— A. bulbaire. The bulbous portion of the male urethra. [A, 385.]—A. cartilagineux. Milne-Edwards’s name for the pyloric portion of the stomach of the craw-fish, which is provided with a peculiar arrangement of ridges beset with hairs, adapted for the thorough comminution of the food. [B, 100.]—A. de Vater. See AMPULLA of Vater.—A. double. See A. (4th def.).—A. du canal déferent. See AMPULLA of the vas deferens.—A. du canal démi-cireulaire horizontal. See AMPULLA o ea anterior.—A. du canal vertical antérleur. See AMPULLA o ea superior.—A. du canal vertical postérieur. See AMPULLA o ea inferior.—A. d’un canal galactifère. See AMPULLA duct us lactiferi. —A. hypoderm i que. A gla bulb, holding a little more than 1 c. c., provided with a tubular stem, invented by Limous in for the pur- LIMOUS IN’S AMPOULE pose of pee ae intended for hy-