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is semi-liquid, of a reddish-brown colour, fragrant aromatic odour,

and a hot bitterish taste.Medicinally it is stimulant, tonic, and expectorant, in chronic disorders

of the lungs ; in doses of gr. v to 5j, either diffused in water, or

made into pills with any vegetable powder.Enters into Pilulae Guiaci cum Aloe. D.Balsamum Rakasibi. A substance of a reddish-brown colour, and

aromatic smell, of the consistence of honey. It is stimulant and

tonic, but is seldom if ever imported. What is sold under the name

of balsam of Rakasiri is usually spurious.Balsamum Tolutanum. L. E. D. P. Balsam of Tolu. Procured by

incision from the Toluifera balsamum, a tree which grows in

America. It is thick, and of a reddish-yellow colour, fragrant odour,

and warm sweetish taste.Adulterated, as is the balsam of Peru, with the cheaper resins, and

flavoured with essential oil of lemons.Medicinally it is a mild stimulant, and expectorant, in doses of gr. xv

to 3ij three or four times a day, in chronic cough, and blenorrhoea.Enters into Tinct. Toluifera Balsami. E. D. Syr. Tolutani. L.

Tinct. Benzoini Comp. L. E. D.Barilla. The impure carbonate of soda, procured by burning several

species of sea-weed, such as salicornia, fucus, &c.Babclay's Antibilious Pills. Take 5ij of extract of colycynth, *,j

of extract of jalap, Jjss of almond soap, 5iij of guaiac, gr. viij of

tartarized antimony, four drops each of the essential oils of juniper,

caraway, and rosemarv, make into a mass with syrup of buckthorn,

and divide into five dozen pills.Babium, the metallic base of baryta.Babk. The Peruvian or Jesuit's bark, is called Babk par excellence.

See Cinchona.Baeley Wateb. See Decoctum Hokdei and Decoct. Hoed. Comp.Babyta or Babytes. An earth, of which the basis is the semi-metal

barium. Mubiate of Babyta, which see, is used in medicine.

Baryte is carbonate of baryta.Base, or Basis, a term applied to the constituent of a compound body.

In salts, for example, the base is usually an alkali, an earth, or a

metal; in oxides, the base is a metal; in acids, an elementary sub-stance with oxygen.Basilicon. A species of ointment of two kinds, black and yellow, the

same as the Unguentum resina nigra, L. and the Unguentum resi-

nosum, E. which see.Basilicum. P. Common sweet Basil. An aromatic expectorant, and

nervin, in emesis, and catarrh.Bassokin is extracted from gum resins, and constitutes nearly the whole