BALLOONING

n. - Baîl-lun’itng. Fr., ballonne ment. Ger, Aufblähung. 1. Exce ive distension with gas, as of the abdomen in tymmites, [A, 885. . Decided enlargement of a cavity by. Sy aie pre ure, as of the vagina in the use of Sims’s speculum. 3. (Fr. ball anne ment rectal [Perrier]) the procedure of inserting a rubber bag into the rectum and distending the bag with water; employed to facilitate suprapubic lithotomy and certain other operations. [A, 385,} 4, A term applied by F. A. Ashford to a method of treating prolapse of the uinbilical cord by attaching it to an air-pe ary, the latter being then carried into the uterus and inflated to prevent its expulsion. [* Am, Jour. of Obstet.,” Oct., 1878, p. 745; A, 22.)