MANNA 



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MASK 



a shrub of India, Persia, and north Africa ; it con- 

 tains 50$, of chirkistite, (C 6 H 14 6 ). M., Cistus, M. 

 cistina, a sweet substance found rarely on the leaves 

 and branches of various species of Cistus. M., Com- 

 mon, M. communis, a grade of true manna inferior 

 to flake manna. M. crassa, true manna collected 

 in the late autumn, when the juice is less disposed 

 to concrete, occurring as a soft, viscous, yellow mass 

 with few crystalline fragments and containing many 

 impurities. Syn., Fat ?nanna; M. pinguis ; AI. 

 sordida; M. spissa. M., Diarbekir, a saccharine 

 substance found on the leaves of dwarf oaks in Tur- 

 key. M. electa, the whiter fragments selected from 

 common manna. M., Eucalyptus, M. eucalyptina. 

 1. Australian manna. 2. Lerp manna. M.s, 

 False, exudates resembling manna but containing no 

 mannite ; a name also applied to certain substances 

 which have no connection with exudates. Cf. J/., 

 Lichen; A/., Poland. M., False African. See 

 Fi-ehala (Illus. Diet.). M., False American, a 

 sweet manna-like substance, with terebinthinate taste 

 and actively purgative properties, exuding from in- 

 cisions in Finns lambertiana, Dougl. It contains 

 pinite. M., False European. See M., Briancon. 

 M., Fat. See M. crassa. M., Flake, the purest 

 variety of true manna ; it is collected during the 

 hot summer weather. M. foliata. See AI. , Leaf. 

 M. forsata, M. forsatella, true manna exuding 

 from an incision in the tree. M., Gerace, M., 

 Geracy, M. geracina, M. Gieraci, a superior 

 variety of true manna collected near Gerace. M. 

 granulosa, M. in Grains, common manna. M. his- 

 panica, M., Spanish, cistus manna. M. incrassata, 

 M. inferior, fat manna. M. ladanifera, cistus 

 manna. M. laricea, M. laricina, M., Larch. See 

 M. % Briancon. M., Leaf, thin sheets of true manna 

 exuding from the leaf punctured by cicadas as dis- 

 tinguished from that flowing from incisions in the stem. 

 M., Lerp. See Lerp (Illus. Diet.). M.s, Lichen, 

 the edible crustaceous lichen, Lecanora esculenta, 

 which is often carried by the wind to a great distance 

 and deposited over vast tracts like a shower of rain in 

 small grayish lumps. M., Liquid, alhagi manna. 

 M. longa, flake manna. M., Magafir. See At., 

 Schukr-al-askar. M. metallororum, calomel. M., 

 Schukr-al-askar, M., Sukkar-al-uscher, a manna- 

 like substance exuding from Calotropis procera, R. 

 Br., and used in asthma. M. of Mt. Sinai, M. of 

 Sinai. I. See At, Famarisk, 2. The edible 

 rhizomes of the sedge, Cyperus esculentus, L. M., 

 Oak, a sweet exudate due to an insect, occurring on 

 Quercus lusitanica, Lam., Q. cerris, L., Q. agilops, L., 

 Q. cocci/era, L., and Q. robur, L. M. optima, flake 

 manna. M., Persian, alhagi manna. M., Picked. 

 See AI. electa. M. pinguis. See At. crassa. M., 

 Poland, M., Prussian, the hulled fruit of the grass, 

 Glycerin fluitans, R. Br. ; used as food. M. purissima, 

 flake manna. M. quercea, M. quercina. See A/., 

 Oak. M., Shirkhist, M., Shir-koit. See AI., 

 Chirkhest. M. siciliana, M., Sicilian, impure 

 manna of a dirty brown color mixed with fragments 

 of flake manna. M. sordida, M. spissa. See AI. 

 crassa. M., Spanish, cistus manna. M. -sugar, 

 mannit. M., Tamarisk, M., Tamarix, M. tamaris- 

 cina, a white honey-like substance used as food and 

 produced by the puncture of the insect Coccus nnuitii- 

 purtts, Elirbg. , OB Tamarix gallica, L. It contains 

 cane-sugar, dextrin, levulose, glucose, and allied sub- 

 stances. It is also called Gaz-shakar ; Gaz-anjabar • 

 M., Taranjabin. See At, Alhagi. M., Tigala, 

 M., Trehala, M., Turkish. See Trchala (Illus. 

 Diet.). M. thuris, transparent grains of olibanum. 



Mannan (inan'-an). A brown amorphous hemicellulose 

 body obtained from ergot, identical with scleromucin 

 (Dragendorff's). 



Mannit. (See Illus. Diet.) A mild laxative. Dose, 

 6-8 dr. (20-30 gm. ); children, 1-3 dr. (4-12 gm. ) 

 in water. 



Mannitan. (See Illus. Diet. ) M. Diacetate, a com- 

 pound of mannitan and acetic acid. Syn., Acetite. 



Mannitol. (See Illus. Diet.) M. Hexanitrate, a 

 vasodilator. M. Pentanitrate, a body resulting from 

 action of pyndin on mannitol hexanitrate. It reduces 

 blood-pressure. 



Mannosocellulose (man-o-so-sel'-u-loz). E. Schulze's 

 name for a substance occurring in the coffee-bean, in 

 the cocoanut, and in sesame cake which yields mannose 

 when heated with strong sulfuric acid and boiled for 

 some time after diluting. 



Manol (i/um'-ol). A remedy for whooping-cough said 

 to consist of cane-sugar, carbolic acid, oil of anise, 

 alcohol, and water. Syn., Sttccus anisi ozonatits. 



Manolymph {man'-o-limf} [//a?'0f, rare, single or 

 separate ; lympha, lymph]. Warthin's term for cer- 

 tain hemolymph glands. See Gland, Hemolymph. 



Mansa (matd-sah). See Houttuynia califoruita. 



Mansi (wan'-se). See Kardostachys Jalamansi. 



Manubriate {rnan-u' '-bri-at ' ) [manubritau, a handle]. 

 Furnished with a handle or handle-shaped process. 



Manus. (See Illus. Diet.) M. curta, M. vara, 

 talipomanus. M. hepatis, M. jecoris, the transverse 

 fissure of the liver. 



Marcasite (mar'-kas-it). I. An old name for bismuth. 

 2. Crystallized iron pyrites. 3. Iron disulfid. 



Marennin {niar-en'-in). See Pigments {Vegetable), 

 Conspectus of (Illus. Diet.). 



Margarate (inar'-gar-at). A salt of margaric acid. 



Margarin. (See Illus. Diet.) M. -needles, fatty 

 crystals found in putrid bronchitis and pulmonary gan- 

 grene. 



Markasol (mar'-ha-sol). Bismuth borophenate. 



Marking [ME. mark, a mark]. A mark. M.s, 

 Arrow, M.s, Oblique. See Incisures of Schmidt 

 (Illus. Diet.). M.s, Fontana's, minute transverse 

 lines seen on divided nerves. 



Marmagnatto. See Alalviigna/te. 



Marmaryga, Marmaryge, Marmarygae [mar-mar'- 

 ijah, -<?). See Fhotopsia (Illus. Diet.). 



Marmorekin {mar-mor'-e-kin). I. Antistreptococcic 

 2. Marmorek's serum. 



Marrol {mar'-oF). A dietetic said to contain ox- 

 marrow and extracts of hops and of malt. 



Marsitriol (mar-sit'-re-ol). A proprietary preparation 

 of iron (ferrum glyceroarsenate) forming an amorphous 

 yellow mass, insoluble in water. Dose, \ gr. (0.01 

 gm.). 



Marsupialization {mar-su-pe-al-iza' -shun) [//npffixoc, 

 a pouch]. The operation recommended in certain 

 cases of ovarian tumor, by Clay, Spencer Wills, and 

 Pean, of raising the borders of the evacuated tumor 

 sac to the edges of the abdominal wound and stitching 

 them there so as to form a pouch. 



Marsyle {uitir'-sil-e). A commercial name for iron 

 cacodylate. 



Martol {mar'-tol). A semifluid extract obtained from 

 the shells of cacao bean, consisting of carbohydrates, 

 phosphates, iron tannate, etc. 



Mascagnin (nias-kan'-y.in). A native ammonium sul- 

 fate found by MftSCagni in Tuscany. 



Maschi (mash-d). An arrow-poison of the SerekongS 

 of British ( ruiana said to be obtained from the rhizomes 

 of Arum -.outiatum. 



Mask. (See Illus. Diet.) M., Uterine, chloasma 

 uterinum. 



