Excerpt from The Cyclopedia, or Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Literature, Vol. 23 of 39 Matura, a chain of villages of Egypt, on the right bank of the Nile; 12 miles N. Of Enfeneh. Maturantia, in Medicine, 8m. Riparian; or fuch things as promote maturation; are fuppofed to favour the production and complete formation of pus in inflammatory humours. There are, certainly, fays Dr. Cullen, means which may be employed for favouring' thefe operations of nature but as it cannot be admitted that any medicines are endowed with any fpecific powers to this purpofe, the term, as applied to medicine, feems to be quite improper. See suppuration. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.