Take pipe-clay and alum in equal parts; powder them, and reduce them in
water to the consistency of cream; should the composition become dry,
dilute it with water; stronger applications, as red precipitate and
burnt alum, are occasionally necessary.
When the wound heals use any ointment coloured with lamp-black.
BRONCHIAL, _a._ Belonging to the throat.
BRONCHOTOMY, _s._ The operation which opens the windpipe by
incision, to prevent suffocation.
BRONZE, _s._ Brass; a medal.
BROOD, _v._ To sit on eggs to hatch them; to cover chickens under
the wing.
BROOD, _s._ Offspring, progeny; a hatch, the number hatched at once;
the act of covering the eggs.