=Bezoar, Ger'man.= _Syn._ BE'ZOÄR GERMAN'ICUM, B. CAPRI'NUM, L. From the
Alpine goat.
=Bezoar, Hu'man.= _Syn._ B. HOM'INIS, L. Falsely stated to be found
occasionally in man.
=Bezoar, Microcos'mic.= _Syn._ B. MICROCOS'MICUM, L. Human urinary
calculi.
=Bezoar, Mon'key.= _Syn._ B. SIM'Æ, LA'PIS S., L. From certain species of
ape or monkey, obtained by giving an emetic.
=Bezoar Occiden'tal.= _Syn._ WEST'ERN B.; B. OCCIDENTA'LE, L. Found in the
fourth stomach of the chamois or wild goat of Peru, &c.; or, according to
others, of a species of antelope.
=Bezoar, Orien'tal.= _Syn._ EAST'ERN B.; B. ORIENTA'LE, LAPIS B.
ORIENTA'LIS, L. From the fourth stomach of _ca'pra æga'grus_, a species of
goat inhabiting the mountains of Persia, &c.
=Bezoar, Ox.= _Syn._ B. BOVI'NUM, L. From the ox, and other bovine
animals.
=Bezoar, Por'cupine.= _Syn._ B. HYS'TRICIS, B. HYS'TRICUS, LA'PIS H., L.
PORCI'NUS, &c., L. Said to be found in the gall-bladder of the Indian
porcupine. Chiefly from Malacca. Has an intensely bitter taste, which it
imparts to water.
=Bezoar, West'ern.= See OCCIDENTAL BEZOAR (_antè_).
Of the preceding, those from the stomach of ruminants vary in size from
that of a bean to that of a hen's egg, and have a composition and
appearance closely imitated by the following formula, the product of which
is commonly sold for them:--
=Bezoar, Facti''tious.= _Prep._ From pipe-clay, or clay and chalk, equal
parts, made into a stiff paste with ox-gall; a little hair or wool being
added, and the resulting mixture pressed by the hands into small masses of
a flattened spheroidal or egg-like form. These give a yellow tint to paper
rubbed with chalk, and a green one to quick-lime, which tests are used for
genuine bezoars. Like the latter, they are antacid or absorbent, which is
probably the only virtue they possess.