NA'CULE is the term given by Willan and Bateman, and some other dermatologists, to one of the orders of skin-diseases. The affections included in the term maculx can. however, hardly be regarded as diseases; they are merely discolorations of the skin, resulting from some change in the production of the coloring matter. The following varieties are recognized.
1. Lentigo. —This term is applied to those small yellowish or brownish-yellow irregu larly rounded spots which are denominated freckles, and which are most abundant on the parts chiefly exposed to the light, as the face, hands, etc. In some cases, these spots are congenital, while in other cases they seem to be produced by exposure to the sun's rays; and in both cases they chiefly occur to persons of fair complexion with light sandy hair. When patches of a larger size than that of ordinary freckles arc produced by exposure to the sun, the affection receives the name of ephelis. Congenital spots cannot be removed by any applications; but those which depend on exposure may be treated with soothing lotions or liniments, as an emulsion of sweet almonds, or a mixture of lime-water with almond oil.
2. Pigmentary .Navus.—This is a congenital dark discoloration of the skin, with little or no elevation of the surface, and often covered with hair. It usually occurs in small spots, but sometimes appears in large patches. It is perfectly harmless, and should not be interfered with.
3. .Alhinism or Leucopathy.—This affection has been already noticed in the article At.mNos. When congenital it may be considered irremediable, but cages of partial albinism, occurring after birth, may sometimes be relieved by local stimulants.
MAcVEAGII, WAvicr., b. Penn., 1833; educated at Yale college, where he gradu ated with a high rank in the class of 1853. He stndied law in the office of James J. Lewis, at Westchester, Penn., and began practice in that town. As a boy he had already exhibited much force as a debater, and by his oratorical powers and keen argu ment he soon gained a high place among the members of the state bar, and was intrusted with several cases before the U. S. supreme court. At the outbreak of the civil war he volunteered, and was commissioned ma). of a cavalry regiment, but was soon
forced to resign by ill-health. Ile resumed his practice and took a prorninent part in politics, being chairman of the republican state eommittee in 1868. Shortly after he waS appointed minister to Turkey by president Grant. Mr. MacVeagh soon became noted for the hillependence of his political views, and was art influential member of the young men's refonn club of Philadelphia. On Mar. .5, 1881, president James A. Gar field sent in his name to the senate as attorney-general of the new cabinet, and the nomi nation was confinned upon the same day.
McVICKAR, D.D., 1787-1868; b. N. Y.; educated at Columbia college, and )rdained to the ininistry of the Protestant Episcopal church. He was rector of St. James's church in Hyde Park from 1811 to 1817, when he was elected professor of moral philosophy, rhetoric, and belles-lettres in Columbia college, where he remained till 1864, when he was made professor emeritus. He published, among other works, Outlines of Political Economy, 1831; Early Years of Bishop Hobart, 1834; Professional Years of Bishop Hobart, 1836.
31cWHORTER, ALEXANDER, D.D., 1734-1807; b. New Castle co., Del.; graduated at the college of New Jersey in 1757; studied theology under William Tennent; was installed pastor of the Presbyterian church at Newark, N. J.; went on a mission to North Carolina in 1764; became Chaplain in Knox's artillery brigade in 1778; in 1779 became pastor at Charlotte, N. C., and president of Queen's museum college, then called Liberty hall; returned to Newark in 1781; aided in preparing the constitution of the American Presbyterian church in 1788; was 35 years a trustee of the college of New Jersey; labored to collect funds in New England to rebuild his church that had been burnt in 1802; published a centennial sermon in Newark in 1800, and 2 volumes of ser mons in 1803.
McWHORTER, ALEXANDER, b. New York, 1822; graduated at Yale college in 1842 and at the divinity school in 1845; was professor of English literature aud meta physics at the university of Troy from 1856 to 1860; author of Yahveh Christ, or the Memorial Name. Toward the last of his life his mind was disordered.