Bregenin

{breg’ ’ -en-in) [Low Ger., bregen, brain], C40H87NO5. A name given by Thudichum to a viscous principle, soluble in and crystallizable from alcohol, by means of which it has been extracted from brain- 5 BRIGHT’S DISEASE EALTH AND DISEASE.— Continued. Condition Duration. in which sity. Where Heard. Heard. Inten- In health, In health; Variable. pneumonia, ant., over sterpulmonary nal portion of infraclavic. tuberculosis. About Greater. region; post., equal to inspiration. upper part of interscapular region. In disease, over solid at i on. slight con- Pulmonary Variable. Over a large tuberculosis. Longer municating Greater. cavity com with an open than inspibronchus. ration. Pulmonary Variable. Over a cavity tuberculosis. Longer Greater. communicating with an than inspichus. ration. open bron- Lobar Variable. Over consolidated pneumonia, areas. pulmonary tuberculosis. Greater. or longer Equal to than inspiration. ti ue. It is fusible like a fat, but is miscible with water. 157