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).

  • Dunglison, Robley, 1798-1869.
Date:
1833
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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.

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    two ounces of oil of sweet almonds, as much syrup of violets, manna in tears, very fresh pulp of cassia, 16 grains of gum tragacanth, and two drachms of orange flower water. It is used as a laxative, demulcent, and pectoral. Marmo'reus Tar'tarus (Path.) The hardest species of human calcu- lus. Marocosti'num (Pharm.) An extract or peculiar mass, composed of marum and costus. It was applied as a ca- thartic. Maro'gus (Med.) A word, used by Paracelsus to designate a very power- ful narcotic. MARQUAIS, John Theodore (Biogr.) A Parisian surgeon ; born about 17G0; died in 1818. Works. Reponse au memoire de M. Magendie sur le vomissement. 1813. 8vo. Rap- port sur I'etat actuel de la medecine en France, &c. 1814. 8vo. Jldresses au Roi et aux Deux Chambres sur la neces- sity de reorganiser les Ecoles de Mede- cine et de Chirurgie en France. 18f8. 8vo. Mar'riott, Dry Vomit of (Pharm.) This once celebrated emetic, called dry, from its being exhibited without drink, consisted of equal portions of tartarized antimony and sulphate of copper. Mar'row (Anat.) Medul'la, uvtXog, Med'ullary Juice, Axungia de Mum'ia, Sax. mens1, Germ. Mark. The oily, inflammable, whitish or yellowish juice, which fills the medullary canal of the long bones, the cancellated structure at the extremities of those bones, the diploe of flat bones, and the interior of short bones. The marrow is furnished by the exhalation of the medullary membrane. It is fluid during life, and appears under the form of small points or of brilliant grains, after death. It is enveloped in the medullary mem- brane. (F) Motile, Sue m&dullaire. Marru'bium (Mat. Med.) from Heb. 71*10, ' to be bitter.' Marru'bium vul- ga're, M. album, Hore'hound, Pra'- sium, Phra'sum. The leaves have a moderately strong, aromatic smell; and a very bitter, penetrating, diffusive, and durable taste. It has often been given in coughs and asthmas, united with sugar. Dose, § ss to §j,in infusion; dose, of extract, gr. x to 5SS- (F) Marrube blanc. (G) Andorn, Mariennessel. FORD'S BAV(SAM OF HORE'HOUND is made as follows : — horehound, li- quorice root, aa. Jfeiij and § viij: water q. s. to strain, ft>vj. Infuse. To the strained liquor add : —proof spirit or brandy, ftjl2; camphor, § j and 3 ij; opium and benjamin, aa § j; dried squills, § ij; oil of aniseed, §j; honey, Jfoiij and § viij. Gray. It is pec- toral. Marsh (Hyg.) Pa'lus, Sax. meprc, lifivt), iXog. Marshy districts give off some emanation, which is the fruitful source of disease, and is the cause of great insalubrity in many countries. The chief disease, occa- sioned by the malaria or Miasm (q.v.), is intermittent fever. Hence it becomes important to drain such regions, if practicable. Marshy countries are, however, not so.liable to phthisis pul- monalis, and it has been found that, where intermittens have been got rid of by draining, consumption has be- come frequent. The most unhealthy periods for resi- dence in a marshy district are during the existence of the summer and au- tumnal heats : at which times the water becomes evaporated, and the marshy bottom is more or less exposed to the sun's rays. This postulatum seems necessary for the production of the miasmata: for whilst the marsh is well covered with water, no miasm is given off. (F) Marais. (G) Sump f, Moras t. Writers. J. B. Bonius (on restor- ing the salubrity of Rome), Floren. 1GG7 (L). Lancisi (noxious effluvia from), Genev. 1718 (L). Condition of the Roman soil, Genev. 1718 (L). Pellet (insalubrity of), Edinb. 177(J (L). Va- renne de Feuillebourg (on ponds), 1791 (F). M. P. B. Ramel (influence of marshes and ponds on health), Paris, 1802(F). MAR'SHALL, An'drew, M. D. (Biog.) A Scottish anatomist and phy- sician ; born in Fifeshire in 1742; died in 1813. Works. Treatise on the pre- servation of the health of soldiers. . The morbid anatomy of the brain in mania and hydrophobia. Lond. 1815. 8vo. Mar'sum, Mar'sium (Mat. Med.) Mar'sicum, fiaqaog. An ancient wine of Marsia, in Italy, which was used as an astringent in certain diseases of the mouth. Marsd'pion (Therap.) Marsyp'ion, Marsip'pon, ^laqainnov, ^aqovntov, Sac'culus. A sack or bag, with which any part is fomented. MAR'TEL, Fran'cis (Biogr.) A