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† magdaleon Pharmacy. Obs.
[ad. med.L. magdaleōn-em, magdaleo (whence F. magdaléon, 16th c.), also magdalium, f. Gr. µαγδαλιά, dough or bread-crumb (Galen), later form of ἀποµαγδαλιά soft bread to wipe one's hands upon at table, f. ἀποµάσσειν to wipe.]
A cylindrical roll of plaster, salve, or any medicinal substance.
c1450ME. Med. Bk. (Heinrich) 182 When þou hast medled al þy poudre, þen forme þer of þy magdaleones in newe wyt leþer or in good pauper. 1646Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. ii. iii. 74 Applying the magdaleon or roale unto the Needle it would both stir and attract it. 1670W. Simpson Hydrol. Ess. 108 We..melted it, and in small lead pipes cast it into magdaleons..resembling common sulphur. 1673E. Brown Trav. Germ. etc. (1677) 168 We saw also the manner of casting the Brimstone into Rolls, or Magdaleons. 1725Bradley Fam. Dict. s.v. Sulphur, They..liquify it [sulphur] by Fire, then pour it into Moulds, and form it into Sticks or Pieces, call'd abroad Magdaleons. 1731Bailey vol. II, Magdaleon, a roll of salve or plaister. |