Bolus, Guaiacum (Horne). Guaiacum resin 1⁄2 drachm, elder rob, enough to make into a bolus. Formerly given in quinsy.
Bolus for Ague. (The bolus ad quartanum of the French Hospital). Peruvian bark 1 ounce; carbonate of potash 1 drachm; tartarised antimony 15 grains; syrup, a sufficient quantity, one to be taken every four hours during the intermission.
Bolus, Vermifuge (Dr Campbell). Basilie powder one scruple, conserve of wormwood, a sufficient quantity to make into one bolus for an adult. (Foy.) Powdered pomegranate root 1 drachm, assafœtida half a drachm, croton oil 3 or 4 drops, syrup sufficient. Divide into 15 boluses; 5 daily for tapeworm. (French Hospital.) Wormseed 1 scruple, calomel 5 grains, camphor 15 grains, syrup sufficient. Make into 3 doses; one, two, or three in the day.
BON′-BON (bōng′-bōng). [Fr.] A sugarplum. See Confectionery and Sugarplums.
BONBONS VERMIFUGES OF GAROZ. A bonbon containing 15 centigrammes of scammony, and 2 centigrammes of santonin. (Reveil.)
BONE. Syn. Os, L., Fr.; Bein, Knochen, Ger.; Bán, Sax. The hard substance forming the interior skeleton of animals, or any single part of it.
Comp. According to Berzelius:—
| Human bones. | Ox bones. | |
| Animal matter soluble in boiling water | 32·17 | 33·30 |
| Vascular substance | 1·13 | |
| Phosphate of calcium, with a little fluoride of calcium | 53·04 | 57·35 |
| Carbonate of calcium | 11·30 | 3·85 |
| Phosphate of magnesium | 1·16 | 2·05 |
| Chloride of sodium and other salts | 1·20 | 3·45 |
| 100· | 100· |
The soluble animal matter is chiefly fat and gelatin.
Uses, &c. The bones of animals are employed for various purposes in the arts, manufactures, and domestic economy. Those of good meat form most excellent materials for making soups and gravies, as is well known to every cook. In France, soup is extensively made by subjecting bruised bones to a steam heat of 2 or 3 days’ continuance. In England the same is commonly effected in an iron Papin’s digester. When the earthy matter of a bone is dissolved out by digesting it in a large quantity of very dilute hydrochloric acid, a lump of gelatine is obtained, which, after being well washed with water, is equal to isinglass for all the purposes of making soups and jellies. The following is the process recommended by Proust for making the best of bones, in hospitals, gaols, and similar establishments:—