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MEDICI, Giuliano del, Florentine noble,

xv. 785. , Giuliano dei, duke of Nemours, ;

XV. 787. , Giulio dei (Pope Clement VII.), v.

822; xv. 787.

, Ippolito dei, cardinal, XV. 788.

, Lorenzino dei, Florentine noble,

xv. 788. , Lorenzo dei, ruler of Florence, XV.

785; xm. 480; his influence on Italian

literature, xm. 507; in relation to the

Renaissance, XX. 388; his relations

with Savonarola, xxi. 334; Roscoe s

Life of, xx. 849. , Mary dei, wife of Henry IV. of

France, ix. 566.

, Piero dei, ruler of Florence, xv.

785.

, Pietro dei, ruler of Florence, xv.

786; his relations with Savonarola, XXL 335.

, Salvestro dei, Florentine noble,

xv. 783.

MEDICINAL EARTH, of Lemnos, xiv. 436.

MEDICINE, xv. 794 (embracing syn optical view, 794, and history, 799); academies of, I. 77; faculty of, in uni versities, xxiil. 833; forensic, xv. 778; homoeopathic theory of, XII. 126; parasitism in, xvni. 269; Hindu works on, xxi. 294; Hippocrates s works on, XL 853; Paracelsus s teach ings, xvni. 235; medical societies, xxii. 226.

MEDICINE-MAN, of North-American Indians, xv. 200.

MEDICINES, of the pharmacopoeia, xvni.

730- MEDINA, town, Arabia, xv. 817; xvi.

552, 588; pilgrimages to, xix. 93.

, river, Isle of Wight, England,

xxiv. 562. , Pedro de, writer on navigation,

xvii. 252. CELI, Duke of, Spanish minister,

xxii. 333.

DEL CAMPO, town, Spain, xxiv. 43-

-DE RIOSECO, town, Spain, xxiv. 43-

SIDONIA, town, Spain, xv. 819.

SIDONIA, Duke of, commander of Spanish Armada, II. 543.

MEDINE, town, Senegal, Africa, xxi.

660. MEDINET-EL-FEIYOOM, town, Egypt,

vii. 774.

MEDINET-HABU, Egypt, Temples at, vn.

780. MEDIOLANUM (Saintes), ancient town,

France, xxi. 167. (Milan), ancient town, Italy, xvi.

290. MEDIOMATRICA (Metz), ancient town,

France, xvi. 204.

MEDITATIONS, of Marcus Aurelius, in.

C?Q OO.

ON PHILOSOPHY, Descartes s work,

vn. 119. MEDITERRANEAN SEA, xv. 819;

Ptolemy s geography of, XX. 94; birds

of, III. 755; fishes, XII. 679. MEDIUMS, Spiritualistic, vii. 63; xxii.

405.

MEDJIDIA, town, Roumaiiia, vn. 309. MEDLAR, tree and fruit, xv. 824; xn.

271. MEDOC, district, France, xv. 824; wine

of, xxiv. 604.

MEDO-PERSIAN EMPIRE, XVIIL 561. MEDRICEN, mausoleum in Algeria, n.

419. MEDULLA OBLONGATA, xix. 35;

anatomy of, I. 870.

MEDULLARY RAYS, in plants, iv. 102. MEDUM, or Meydoom, Egypt, Pyramids

Of, VII. 773; II. 386; XX. 122, 124.

MEDUSA, of Greek legend, x. 785; XVIIL

560. MEDUSAE, group of Hydrozoa, xii. 547,

550; cellular tissue of, xii. 9; organs

of touch in, xxi 1 1. 478; phosphor escence of, XVIIL 814. MEDVYEDITSA, river, Russia, xxi. 74. MEDWAY, river, England, xiv. 37. M EDWIN, Captain, friend of Shelley,

xxi. 792.

MEDYN, town, Russia, xv. 824. MEECHING (Newhaven), ancient town,

England, xvii. 393. MEER, Jan van der, Dutch painter, xv.

824.

MEERANE,.town, Saxony, xv. 825. MEERMAN, Gerardus, on type-making,

XXIIL 692. MEERSCHAUM, mineral, xv. 825, 217;

xvi. 414; pipes made of, xix. in. MEERUT, division and district, India,

xv. 825; xvii. 572; town, xv. 826. MEESTER CORNELIS, town, Java, xm.

606.

MEGABASITE, mineral, xvi. 403. MEGABYZUS, Persian general, xvni.

574-

MEGACEPHALON, genus of birds, xv. 828.

MEGACHIROPTERA, suborder of mam mals, xv. 409.

MEGACLES, Athenian ruler, xix. 130.

MEGADERMA, genus of bats, xv. 411.

MEGGER A, one of the Furies, vm. 524.

MEGALITHIC AGE, n. 338.

MEGALITHIC REMAINS, xxi. 50 ; in Morocco, xvi. 834.

MEGALOPOLIS, ancient town, Greece, xv. 826.

MEGALOPOLITANS, Demosthenes s ora tion against the, vii. 69.

MEGALOPTERA, group of insects, xm. 151.

MEGALOSAURUS, genus of reptiles, xx. 443-

MEGAMASTICTORA, division of sponges,

xxii. 421.

MEGAPODE, family of birds, xv. 827. MEGAPTERA, genus of cetacean mam mals, xv. 395; xxiv. 524. MEGARA, town, Greece, xv. 828; plain,

in. 59. MEGASCLERES, group of sponges, xxii.

416. MEGASCOLIDES, genus of worms, xxiv.

678. MEGASTHENES, Greek traveller in

India, XII. 786, 787. MEGATHERIID^:, family of fossil

edentate mammals, xv. 384. MEGATHERIUM, extinct edentate mam mal, xv. 829, 385. MEGE-MOURIES, his process of making

butter, IV. 592. MEGERLIN (Abraham a Sancta Clara),

German satirist, I. 55; x. 531. MEGHADUTA, Sanskrit poem, xm. 829. MEGHNA, river, India, xv. 830; xvii.

524.

MEGIDDO, plain, Palestine, xvni. 171. MEGILLATH ANTIOKHOS, Midrash, xvi.

286. MEGILLATH TAANITH, Midrash, xvi.

286.

MEGISTANES, order of birds, xvm. 44. M EH ADI A, town, Hungary, xv. 830. MEHEDIA, town, Tunis, XXIIL 620. MEHEMET ALI, ruler of Egypt, vn. 760;

ix. 621; XXIIL 649; his expedition

against the Arabs, n. 260. MEHLSACK TOWER, Ravensburg, Ger many, xx. 297. MEHUL, Etienne Henri, French musical

composer, xv. 831; as symphonist,

xvii. 97. MEIBOM, Heimich, German historian,

xv. 831. MEIKLE, Andrew, inventor of thrashing

machine, I. 325; xx. 402. MEINBERG, spa, Germany, xvi. 435. MEINHARD, prince of Tyrol, XXIIL

712. MEININGEN, town, Germany, xv. 831;

xxi. 348.

MEIONITE, mineral, xvi. 412. MEIRUN, town, Palestine, x. 28. MEISSEN, town, Saxony, xv. 831.

, Mark of, Saxony, XXL 352.

, Heinrich von, German poet, ix.

727.

PORCELAIN, xix. 639. MEISTERSANGER, German, x. 526;

guilds of, xvii. 83. MEISTERSINGER VON NURNBERG,

Wagner s opera, xxiv. 316. MEJERDA, river, Tunis, XXIIL 619. MEKHILTO, piece of Mishnic literature,

xvi. 507. ME-KLONG, or Maykaloung, town, Siam,

xxi. 853; river, xxi. 850. MEKNES, or Mequinez, town, Morocco,