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M31 Andromeda nebula, used to exemplify. I.43; II.1, II.2
M'Naghten Rules The M'Naghten Rules (pronounced, and sometimes spelled, McNaughton), stemmed from legal responses to the acquittal of Daniel McNaughton, charged in 1843 for the attempted assassination of the British Prime Minister, Robert Peel. They relate to the question of liability for criminal acts in terms of sanity and the capacity to distinguish between right and wrong. Bion discussed this issue with a group in New York, April 1977, Talk 2. [Ed.] III.12.
macroscopic used to contrast ‘the general’ from ‘the specific’. I.41
vertex [see microscopic]. I.29
mad loosely used to express a state of mind that is feared. II.18
mademoiselle part of a soldiers' song of World War I. II.4
Maginot a line of fortification on which France depended for its safety. I.14
Maid of the Mountain stage musical. I.17
♂ contained, and symbol for ‘male’. In what way does this symbol differ from the word ‘male’? This is typical of the problem confronting the analyst where he has to consider that what he hears said by the analysand should be interpreted in a psychoanalytically correct manner. Usually it is safe to assume that the patient is aware of the conscious meaning of what he says, his problem being to know what is the ‘over-interpretation’ that requires to be discussed. But in practice it matters whether it is ‘over’, ‘under’, ‘ironic’, ‘punning’ etc. [See also symbol for ‘female’, ♀]. I.41
Mammon and God. I.8