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LEFT MEDELLIN 173 MEDICAL DEPT., IT. S. ABMY culties which ^etes had placed in his way than Medea embarked with the con- querors for Greece. To stop the pursuit of her father, she tore to pieces her brother Absyrtus, and left his mangled limbs in the pass through which .^etes was to travel. Her conduct to the daugh- ter of Pelias, and her refusal to bring Pelias to life after they boiled his flesh in a caldron, greatly irritated the people of lolchos, and Medea, with her husband, fled to Corinth. Here they lived for 10 years; but the love of Jason for Glauce, the king's daughter, soon interrupted their mutual harmony, and Medea was divorced. Medea revenged the infidelity of Jason by causing the death of Glauce and the destruction of her family. This act was followed by another more atro- cious. Medea killed two of her children in their father's presence, and when he attempted to punish the barbarity, she fled through the air upon a chariot drawn by winged dragons. From Corinth Medea went to Athens, where she mar- ried King iEgeus. MEDELLIN (ma-del-yen'), (1) a town of Spain, on the Guadiana, 66 miles E. of Badajoz; the birthplace of Cortes. (2) The second city of Colombia, capi- tal of the department of Antioquia, in a lovely mountain valley, 4,850 feet above the sea, and 150 miles N. W. of Bogota; is a handsome town, having a cathedral, college, seminary, technical school, and manufactures of pottery, porcelain ware, cigarettes, and jewelry; has a consider- able trade, exporting gold and silver; pop. about 71,000. MEDFORD, a city in Middlesex cc, Mass.; on the Mystic river, and on the Boston and Maine railroad; 5 miles N. W. of Boston. There are Tuft's Col- lege, a high school, public library, elec- tric light and street railroad plants, waterworks, and the Craddock House, said to be the oldest building in the United States. The city has brick yards, machine shops, dye works, large fruit works, and boot and shoe, and carriage factories. Pop. (1910) 23,150; (1920) 39,038. MEDFORD, a town in Jackson cc. Ore., 5 miles E. of Jacksonville, on the Southern Pacific and other railroads. Has U. S. Weather Bureau Station and five public buildings. Center of a rich agri- cultural district, and is adjacent to the National park. Has large refining indus- tries and city-owned waterworks. Pop. (1910) 8,840; (1920) 5,756. Sea, from Armenia and Assyria on the N. and W., to Farsistan or Persia proper on the S.; and included the districts now called Shirvan, Azerbeijan, Ghilan, Ma- zanderan, and Irak Adjemi. It had two grand divisions, of which the N. W. was called Atropatene, or Lesser Media, and the S., Greater Media. The former cor- responds to the modern Azerbeijan, now, as formerly, a province of the Persian empire, on the W. of the Caspian, sur- rounded by high mountains of the Tau- ritic range, except toward the E., where the river Kur, or Cyrus, discharges its waters into the Caspian. The Greater Media corresponds principally to the modern Irak Adjemi, or Persian Irak. Ecbatana was the ancient capital. Media is one of the most ancient independent kingdoms of which history makes men- tion. The Medians were in language, religion, and manners very nearly allied to the Persians. After they had shaken off the yoke of the Assyrians, their tribes united about 708 B. c, according to the common account, and chose Dejoces (Kai- Kobad) for their chief. His son Phra- ortes, or Arphaxad, subdued the Persians. Cyaxares (Kai-Kaous), the son of Phra- ortes, in alliance with Nabopolassar, King of Babylon, overthrew the Assyrian em- pire about 604 B. c, and spread the ter- ror of his arms as far as Egypt. He was succeeded by his son Astyages (As- dehak), who was deposed (560 B. c.) by his own grandson Cyrus (Kai-Khus- ru). King of Persia; and from this time the two nations are spoken of as one people. Ecbatana, the capital of Media, became the summer residence of the Per- sian kings. After the death of Alexander the Great (324 B. c), the N. W. portion (Atropatene) became a separate king- dom, and existed till the time of Augus- tus; the other portion, under the name of Great Media, forming a part of the Syrian monarchy. MEDICAL ASSOCIATION, AMERI- CAN, a society formed in 1847, having for its purposes the promotion of the science and art of medicine and the safe- guarding of the profession. The officials of the association meet at regularly ap- pointed dates in various cities and the members are invited to the annual ses- sions. The members now number about 80,000 and more than half of them are fellows. The central offices are in Chicago, where a weekly journal of the associ- ation is issued, and where the business conduct, working through delegates from every State, originates. MEDIA (me'dia), in ancient geog- MEDICAL DEPARTMENT, UNITED raphy, a country of Asia, which ex- STATES ARMY. See MILITARY Organ- tended on the W. and S. of the Caspian ization, United States. Vol. VI — Cyc— L