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MAM ME A 



vfalt. Maltum (mawlt, mawl'-tuni) [L.: gen., Malti\. 

 The seed of common barley, Hordeum distichum, ger- 

 minated until the maximum amount of diastase, the 

 ferment that converts starch into grape-sugar, is de- 

 veloped. It is nutritive, and valuable, also, for the 

 diastase, which aids in the digestion of farinaceous 

 foods. It is employed in wasting diseases, preferably 

 mixed with milk. Mellin's Infant Food, Horlick s 

 Food, popular preparations, consist mainly of granu- 

 lated extract of malt. Hoff' ' s Malt Extract contains 

 a small percentage of alcohol. M. Ext., the solu- 

 ble principles of malt, mainly diastase and glucose, 

 in a concentrated form, unfermented. Dose 3J-iv. 

 M.,Infus. Dose ^ij-iv. M. Liquors, fermented 

 and clarified solutions of malt that have been sub- 

 jected to vinous fermentation, hops being added to 

 prevent acetous fermentation subsequently. Beer is 

 made by a comparatively slow fermentation, and con- 

 tains about 2.5 per cent, of alcohol. Ale and Porter 

 are fermented more rapidly, and contain about 4.7 per 

 cent, of alcohol. The malt used in making porter is 

 browned, giving the liquor a darker color. Malt 

 liquors contain about 5 per cent, of albuminous matter, 

 2 of phosphates, and 1 of carbon dioxid. M. Vine- 

 gar. See Vinegar. 



lalta Fever. See Mediterranean Fever. 

 Maltese Cross. A form of surgical dressing made by 

 taking a square piece of muslin or linen and folding it 

 upon itself twice, the first fold making it oblong, and 

 the second square. Thus prepared, one angle will be 

 found to consist of four layers separable from one 

 another. Let this angle be slit down within two or 

 three inches of the center, and then the piece opened 

 out, when it will be seen to have the form of a Maltese 

 cross. It is used to dress stumps, 

 altha (mal'-thah) [ua/Sa, pitch]. Mineral tar, or 

 pitch; a semifluid form of bitumen. In biology, a 

 pudding-tissue containing cells (Haeckel). 

 althaxis mal-thaks'-is). Synonym of Malaxation. 

 althobiose (mal-tho* -be-os). Same as Maltose. 

 althoblast 1 mal' -tho-blast) [ua'/fianoc, soft ; 3?.aor6r t 

 a\. Any cell of the kind that gives rise to elastic, 

 idipose, connective, or other soft tissue, 

 althusianism (mal-tliu'-se-an-izm) [Malthus, an 

 Knglish economist]. The doctrine that the increase 

 >pulation is proportionately greater than the in- 

 - • of subsistence, 

 altine (mawl' -tin) [maltum, malt]. A name given to 

 • arious proprietary preparations of malted wheat, or 

 parley, useful as food for invalids. 



ilting mawl' -ting) [maltum, malt]. The process 

 n the manufacture of beer during which the grain — 

 tsually barley — is germinated, by means of steeping 

 n water, until it swells and becomes soft. In order 

 o remove the carbon dioxid, which interferes with 

 germination, and to prevent an excessive rise of tem- 

 perature, so-called pneu matic malting has been devised. 

 st, heated air is passed through the germinated 

 ^ rr.iin for this purpose. 



Ultodextrin (mawl-to-deks' -trin) [maltum, malt; 

 texter, right], C 6 H I0 O 5 . A carbohydrate, q. v. , inter- 

 nediate between starch and maltose. 

 Ultose (mawl'-tos) [maltum, malt], C, 2 H M O u + H 2 0. 

 V variety of sugar, formed, together with dextrin, by 

 he action of malt diastase upon starch (in the mash of 

 whiskey and beer). It is capable of direct fermenta- 

 ion. It is obtained in the form of crystalline crusts 

 omposed of hard white needles, which lose their water 

 1 crystallization at 100° C. Its properties closely 

 ■•semble those of grape-sugar. See Ca/bohvdrate's, 

 Table of. 



Mtum [mawl'-tum) [L. : gen., Malti\ See Malt. 



Malulella imal-u-lel'-ah) [double dim. of mala, jaw : 

 pi., Malulella^. In biology, an appendix to the 

 second pair of jaws of a Myriapod. 



Malum (mal'-um) [malum, evil]. Disease. M. aegyp- 

 tiacum, diphtheria. M. articulorum. Synonym of 

 Rheumatism and of Gout. M. articulorum senilis. 

 Synonym of Arthritis deformans. M. caducum, the 

 falling sickness, or epilepsy. M. Cotunnii, sciatica. 

 M. coxae. Synonym of Hip-disease. M. perforans 

 pedis, perforating ulcer of the foot. M. pilare, 

 trichiosis. M. primarium, a primary or idiopathic 

 disease. M. rustii, a form of cervical Pott's dis- 

 ease described by Rust. M. arteriarum senilis, 

 senile endarteritis deformans. M. venereum. Syno- 

 nym of Syphilis. 



Malusic Acid (mal-u f -sik). Synonym of Malic Acid. 



Malva (mal' -vah) [L., mallow]. A genus of malva- 

 ceous plants, the true mallows ; many of the species 

 are demulcent. M. alcea. M. rotundifolia, and M. 

 silvestris, are valued in domestic practice, and are 

 safe and useful remedies in coughs, ulcerations, and 

 diarrhea. Unof. 



Malvaceous (mal-va'-she-us) [malva, mallow]. Be- 

 longing to the mallows. 



Malwa Sweating-sickness. A disease of Central India 

 resembling cholera, but characterized by profuse sweat- 

 ing and periodic remissions. Death is likely to follow. 



Mamelon (mam'-el-on). See Nifple. 



Mamelouc (mam'-el-ftk). See Mulatto. 



Mamma (mam' -ah) [uapua, the child's word for 

 mother ; uduur;, breast : gen. and pi., Mamma']. The 

 milk-secreting gland of the mother. The breast. 



Mammal (mam'-al) [mamma/is, from mamma, breast]. 

 Having breasts ; a member of the Mammalia. 



Mammalgia (mam- 

 al f -je-ah) [uduur;, 

 breast; d),yoc,pain] . 

 Pain in the breast 

 or mammary organ; 

 mastodynia. 



Mammalia! mam-a'- 

 le - ah) [mamma, 

 breast]. A divi- 

 sion of the class of 

 vertebrates includ- 

 ing all animals that 

 suckle their young. 



Mammalogy \mam- 

 al'-o-je) [mamma, 

 breast ; toyo^, sci- 

 ence]. The sci- 

 ence of the Mam- 

 malia. 



Mammary (mam'- 

 a- re) [ mamma, 

 breast]. Pertaining 

 to the mammas. 

 M. Artery. See 



™ teri ri T f le i f - Mammary Gland. 



77 7 xJ' ^^ !• Lactiferous ducts. 2 Lobuli of 

 Gland. M. Tn- the mammary - gland, 



angle. See Triangle. 



Mammate (mam' -at) [mamma, breast]. Having 

 mamma? or breasts. 



Mammatomy (mam-at'-o-me) [uduuq, breast ; touij, 

 a cutting]. Any surgical cutting operation performed 

 upon the mamma. 



Mammea [mnm-e / -ah) [Haytian, mamey~\. A genus 

 of guttiferous tropical trees. M. americana, the 

 mammee-apple. has large, edible fruits, anthelmintic 

 seeds, antipyretic bark, a diuretic sap, and an anti- 

 parasitic gum-resin. Unof. 



