Community parade supporting the military in Browns Mills. Following the end of the Vietnam War and the early 1980s, Downtown Browns Mills started to decline. Like so many. other downtown areas throughout the region, âMain Streetâ. 2 US Census, Pemberton Township, Burlington County, NJ, 1970 Census.
bruit. [broÌoÌâ²Ä]. Etymology: Fr, noise. an abnormal blowing or swishing sound or murmur heard while auscultating a carotid artery, the aorta, an organ, or a gland, such as the liver or thyroid, and resulting from blood flowing through a narrow or partially occluded artery.
Medical management: A bruit is noise transmitted from turbulent flow. A common cause of a bruit is atherosclerosis but a fair number of healthy people can have a benign bruit due to turbulent flow. A few tests - ultrasound, ankle brachial index can establish if there is atherosclerosis.