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Definition of Balsams

1. balsam [v] - See also: balsam

Medical Definition of Balsams

1. Semifluid, resinous, and fragrant liquids of vegetable origin, usually trees, which are often composed chiefly of resins, volatile oils, cinnamic acid, and benzoic acid. The balsams mostly commonly seen in medicine, largely historically, are the balm of gilead, balsam of peru, and tolu balsam. (12 Dec 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Balsams

Literary usage of Balsams

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A System of Chemistry for the Use of Students of Medicine by Franklin Bache, Thomas Thomson (1819)
"OF balsams. CHAP. I. 1. THE term balsam was originally applied to all thick ... The liquid balsams at present known are the balsams Liquid bal- of Gilead ..."

2. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1890)
"EXCRETION OF balsams IN THE URINE. The use which is now being made of ... RALPH STOCKMAN has made a number of observations on it and other balsams with the ..."

3. A Manual of Elementary Chemistry, Theoretical and Practical by George Fownes (1869)
"balsams may be conveniently divided into two classes — viz., those which, like common and Venice turpentine, Canada balsam. Copaiba balsam, &c., arc nearly ..."

4. A Manual of Pharmacology and Its Applications to Therapeutics and Toxicology by Torald Hermann Sollmann (1922)
"Its internal administration is of doubtful utility, as is also the internal use of other balsams in bronchitis. Even large doses of the balsams do not ..."

5. Timber: A Comprehensive Study of Wood in All Its Aspects, Commercial and by Paul Charpentier, Joseph Kennell, tr (1902)
"balsams. We will resume, with regard to the interesting part of the subject now engaging our attention, the remarkable work published by M. Fremy in ..."

6. Elements of Chemistry: Including the Recent Discoveries and Doctrines of the by Edward Turner (1835)
"balsams.—The balsams are native compounds of resin and benzole acid, and issue from incisions made in the trees which contain them, in the same manner as ..."

7. International Library of Technology: A Series of Textbooks for Persons by International Textbook Company (1902)
"balsams.—The vegetable exudations known as balsams are mixtures of essential oils with resins and acids, probably produced by the oxidation of the oils. ..."

8. Outlines of Industrial Chemistry: A Text-book for Students by Frank Hall Thorp (1916)
"The most important are Benzoin, Peru, Tolu, and Storax balsams. ... The balsams are chiefly used in medicine and pharmacy, and for incense and perfumes. ..."

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