Maculose

Macular. Maculous (niak' '-u-los, mak'-u-lus). See Mad. I. Disordered in intellect; insane. 2. Furious from disease; rabid. M.doctor, an alienist. M. -house, an asylum for the insane. M.-man, an insane person. M. Staggers, the enzootic cerebritis of horses. See Staggers . M.stone, according to popular superstition, a small stone believed to po e the property of absorbing the poison (especially snake-poison) or disease from wounds, made, e. g., by poisoned arrows, or morbid parts. It is called also Snakestone. Galen believed that certain medicines attract poisons as the magnet does iron. Most mad stones are an aluminous shale, or other absorptive substance.