Fleam

(flem) [(fiXeftorofiov, a lancet; from (f>Xiip, a vein; zepLvecv, to cut]. A phlebotome; a lancet for venesection.

Flechsig's Column. The direct cerebellar tract of the spinal cord. F.'s Tract, F.'s Oval Field, the septomarginal tract of the spinal cord.

Fleischl's Reaction for Bile-pigments. Add, by means of a pipet, concentrated sulfuric acid to urine already treated with a concen- trated solution of sodium nitrate. The sul- furic acid sinks to the bottom of the test- tube and produces color-layers, as in Gmelin's test.

Fleischmann's Bursa. A bursa lying in the sublingual space beneath the lingual frenum.

Its existence is disputed.

Fleming's Tincture. An alcoholic prepara- tion of aconite stronger than the official tincture. Dose 2 min. (0.13 Cc).

Flemming's Germ-centers. The areas in the adenoid tissue of the spleen and lymph- atic glands in which leukocytes are formed.

F.'s Solutiom, a mixture used in histologic study as a fixing agent for tissues. It con- sists of 15 parts of 1% solution of chromi- um trioxid, 4 parts of a 2 % solution of osmic acid, 1 part of glacial acetic acid.

Flesh [AS., flaesc]. The soft tissues of the body, especially the muscles. F., Proud, the soft and exuberant granulations of a wound or ulcer. F. -quotient, Argutinsky's term for the relationship of the carbon to nitrogen in flesh; it is, on an average, 3.24 : 1.

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