A new dictionary of medical science and literature: containing a concise account of the various subjects and terms : with the synonymes in different languages : and formulae for various officinal and empirical preparations, &c. &c (Volume 2).
- Robley Dunglison
- Date:
- 1833
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: A new dictionary of medical science and literature: containing a concise account of the various subjects and terms : with the synonymes in different languages : and formulae for various officinal and empirical preparations, &c. &c (Volume 2). Source: Wellcome Collection.
Provider: This material has been provided by the National Library of Medicine (U.S.), through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the National Library of Medicine (U.S.)
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![MALOUN Processus gracilis. It affords attach- ment to the anterior mallei muscle. 2. A handle, which forms an obtuse angle with the neck, and corresponds to the membrane of the tympanum, which it seems to draw inwards. It is furnished, at its upper extremity, with a process — the Proces'sus bre'vis, to which the internus inallei is attached. This bone is developed by a single point of ossification. (F) Marteau. (G) Hammer. MALOUN, Paul James (Biog.) A French chymist and physician; born in 1701; died in 1777. Works. Chimie medicate. 1755. 2 vols. 12mo. MALPI'GHI, Marcel'lus (Biog.) A renowned Italian physician and anat- omist ; born near Bologna in 1628; died in 1694. Works. Observationes anatomical de pulmonibus. 1661. fol. De pulmonibus, observationes anatomi- cal. Hafn. 1663. 12mo. De viscerum structurd, exercitatio anatomica, dissei-- tatio de polypo cordis. Lond. 1669. 8vo. Epistola anatomica:; — exercitati- ones anatomical; dissertationes de ule- ro; anatome plantarum, cum appen- dice observationum de ovo incubato. Lond. 1675. fol. De structurd glan- dularum conglobatarum consimilium- que partium. Lond. 1689. 4to. Opera physica et medica. Lond. 1675. fol. : figuris illustrata. Lond. 1686. fol. Opera omnia botanico-medico-anatom- ica. Lugd. Bat. 1687. 4to. Opera posthwna, figuris ameis illustrata, cum ejusdem vita per seipsum. Lond. 1697. fol. Malpig'hia Mourel'la (Mat. Med.) The bark of this shrub — a native of Cayenne — is reputed to be febrifuge, and useful in diarrhoea. (F) Moureiller, Simarouba faux. Malt (Mat. Med.) Sax. mealt, Dutch mout, Teut. malt; from huXccttw, 11 soften,' (?) Mal'lum, Brasium. Bar- ley, made to germinate, for the purpose of forming beer. It has been recom- mended in medicine as antiscorbutic, antiscrophulous, &c. (G) Malz. (F) Dreche. MALT SPIR'IT. A spirit, distilled from malt. It is the basis of most of the spirituous cordials. Mal'tha (Pharm.) Mai'the, fiaX&tj, from uaXavrw, ' I soften.' Wax, par- ticularly a soft wax. Ma']in Mor'tuum (Path.) A spe- cies of lepra, in which the affected portions of skin seem to be struck with death. MAMMILLARY Ma'lus In'dica (Mat. Med.) Bihunbi biting-bing of Boktius. The juice or this East Indian tree is cooling, ami drunk as a cure for fevers. The leaves, boiled and made into a cataplasm witn rice, are famed in all sorts of tumors. The iuice, mixed with arrack is drunk for tlie cure of diarrhoea. The ripe fruit is eaten as a delicacy ; and tlie unripe is made into a pickle for the use of the table. Mal'va (Mat. Med.) Mal'va sylves1- tris, M. vulga'ris, Com'twin Mai'low. The leaves and flowers are chiefly used in fomentations, cataplasms, and emol- lient enemas. Its properties are de- mulcent. The Mal'va rotundifo'lia has like virtues; as well as the other varieties. (F) Mauve sauvage. (G) Malve, Pap pel. Mal'vern, Waters of (Mat. Med.) The village of Great Malvern, in Worcestershire, England, has for many years been celebrated for a spring of remarkable purity, which has acquired the name of the Holy-well. It is a simple carbonated water ; and is chiefly used externally, in cutaneous affec- tions. Writers. A. Ph. Wilson, Worces- ter, 1805. Martin Wall, 1806, 8vo. Mama-pi an (Path.) An ulcer of a bad aspect, which is the commence- ment of the pian; and which, after having destroyed the flesh, extends to the bones. It is also called the Mother of plans — La mere des plans. Mamei (Mat. Med.) The Mammoe, Mom'in, or Tod'dy Tree. From in- cisions, made in the branches of this West Indian tree, a copious discharge of pellucid liquor occurs, which is call- ed momin or toddy wine. It is very diuretic, and is esteemed to be a good antilithic and lithontriptic. Mamillary (Anat.) Mamilla'ris, from mamil'la, ' a small breast, a nip- ple.' MAMILLARY EMINENCE is a name given, 1. To more or less marked prominences on the inner surface of the bones of the cranium, which cor- respond to the anfractuosities of the cranium. 2. To white, round, medul- lary tubercles, of the size of a pea situated at the base of the brain, be- hind the gray substance from which the Tige pituitaire, of the French anatomists, arises. These Mam'illary Tu'bercles, Bulbes de la voute a trots piliers, Cor'pora albican'tia, C. Candi- can'tia, Willis's Glands, Tubercules](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21116313_0016.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
