INDEX

Ablathanabla, [166]
Abracadabra mystery, [164]
Abraxas, mystic word, [165]
Absorbent ethiops, [351]
Abtinas, incense makers, [57]
Acetabulum, ii, [278]
Acetanilide, discovery, ii, [273]
Acetic acid, synthetic, ii, [271]. See also [Pyroligneous acid]
Acetum Philosophicum, ii, [279]
Achillea milfoil, virtues discovered, [16]
Achilles, medical discoveries, [16]
Acids, how first made, [323]
Acidum causticum, [325]
Acidum Pingue, [325]
(For other acids see specific names.)
Aconite, discovery, ii, [221];
as poison, ii, [223]
Acopa, [91]; ii, [279]; ii, [290]
Adders. See [Vipers]
Adept, ii, [279]
Adrenaline, synthetic, ii, [269]
Adrian’s antidote, [288];
dropsy cure, [299]
Adulteration, early methods of detecting, [210]
Adust, ii, [279]
Advertisement, early, [141]
Ægyptiacum [16]; ii, [52]
Aërated cod-liver oil, ii, [167]
Æsculapius, Greek physician, [7];
portraits, [8];
death, [8];
descendants, [10];
temples, [11], [79]
Æthiops. See [Ethiops]
Aetius, medical writer, [215]
Aggregatives, ii, [279]
Ague, cures, [50]; ii, [133]
Agyrtoi, [93]
Alabaster, ii, [279]
Albucasis of Cordova, [110], [329]
Album Græcum, ii, [10]
Album Rhasis, ii, [279]
Alchemy, invention, [4].
See also [Chemistry]
Alcohol, constitution, [330];
formula, ii, [270];
etymology, [103], [326];
early references, [328], [329];
synthesis, [330]; ii, [271]
Alcohol of Mars, [327]
Alcohol of sulphur, [327]
Aldehyde, preparation, ii, [271]
Alembic, etymology, ii, [279]
Alembroth salt, [243], [417];
etymology, ii, [279]
Alexander of Tralles, [216];
Hiera, ii, [141]
Alexandria library, [88], [98]
Alexandrinus, Nicolas, [219]
Alexipharmic, ii, [279]
Alexiteria, ii, [279]
Alfred the Great, letter to, [114], [131]
Alga nostoch, [375]
Algaroth’s powder, [381]
Algarotti, note on, [381]
Alhandal, ii, [279]
Alkahest, Glauber’s [264]; ii, [279]
Alkali, etymology, ii, [280]
Alkalies, early knowledge of, [324];
Black on, [324]
Alkalised ethiops, [351]
Alkaloids, discovery of, [274]; ii, [243];
synthesis, ii, [265]
Alkekengi, ii, [280]
Alkermes, Arabic derivation, [103]
Al-Koh’l, [326]
Alkool, ii, [280]
Allicola, [360]
All-flower-water, ii, [8]
Almond tree, Biblical reference, [75]
Alœdarium, ii, [280]
Aloes, as pigment, [95];
tincture, ii, [37];
elixir, ii, [57];
notes on, ii, [86];
picture of, ii, [87]; ii, [88];
books on, ii, [88];
decoction, ii, [176]
Aloes wood, Biblical references, [63]
Alquimesci oil, [110]
Aludels, ii, [280]
Aluka, [70]
Alum, early uses, [331];
first factories, [332];
discovered in Yorkshire, [333];
composition investigated, [333];
symbol, ii, [309]
Aluminium, first made, [333]
Amalgam, ii, [280]
Amalgama Jovis, [425]
Amaranth, meaning of, [22]
Ambix, [328]
Ambrosia, identity of, [22]
Ambrosial elixir, [26]
Amen, [6]
Ammon, [6]
Ammonia, made from bones, [263];
history, [334];
etymology, [334];
composition, [337]
Ammoniacum, etymology, [334]
Ammoniated Tincture of Quinine, origin of, ii, [153]
Ammonium acetate solution, [132]
Amphide salts, [326]
Amphora, ii, [280]
Amulets for preventing disease, [162].
See also [Charms]
Anæsthetic, mysterious, ii, [254]
Anæsthetics, discovery, ii, [248]
Analeptica, ii, [280]
Anderson, Dr. P., portrait, ii, [168];
publication, ii, [168];
invents pills, ii, [169]
Anderson’s Scots Pills, origin of, ii, [168];
formulæ, ii, [169]
Andreas, author, [182]
Andromachus’s theriakon, [90]; ii, [20]; ii, [42]
Anethon in Bible, [71]
Anglicanus’s “Compendium of Medicine,” [132]
Aniline, discovery of, ii, [263]
Animal magnetism, [199]
medicines, [89], [127]; ii, [1]; ii, [2]
oil, ii, [25]
Animals, mythical, [26]
Aniseed, magical plant, [18]
oil, use of, [247]
Anne, Queen, cures by touch, [301]
Anodyne necklaces, ii, [170]
Anointing oil, [38], [50], [55];
formula, [59]
Anointment, ii, [280]
Antidotary, meaning, ii, [280]
of Nicolas Prepositus, [116]
of Nicolas Myrepsus, [219]
Antidote, meaning, ii, [281]
Antidotos ex duobus, [215], [310]
Antidotum Acharistos, [220]
Antidotum Adrianum, [288]
Andromachus, [292]
Mithridatum, [289];
absurdities of, [290];
Galen on, [292]
Podagrica, [310]
Pythagoras, [18]
Anthony, Francis, panacea of, [391];
epitaph, [393]
Anthropomorphon, [20]
Antifebrin, discovery, ii, [273]
Anti-hecticum poterii, [425]
Antimony, introduction, [224], [226], [227];
used by Paracelsus, [243];
early use in medicine, [376];
etymology, [377];
alchemists, researches on, [379];
compounds of, [227], [378], [380];
controversy, [383];
symbol, ii, [309]
Antimony cups, [385]
sulphide, [326], [378], [382]
Antipyrin, discovery, ii, [274]
Antiseptic vinegar, ii, [56]
Apollo, god of medicine, [6];
portrait, [7];
banished from Olympia, [8];
Apollo and Daphne myth, [9], [33]
Apotheca, meaning, [117]
Apothecary, Biblical mention, [50]
Apothecary’s duty defined, [155]
Apothecary, picture of, ii, [81]
in “Romeo and Juliet,” ii, [77]
versions, ii, [78]; ii, [79]; ii, [80]
Apothecaries’ Jewish Guild, [51]
become physicians, [152]
charges, [149], [150]
curriculum, [122]
during the Plague, [149]
early references, [142]
oath, [122]
Shakespearian references, ii, [70]; ii, [71]; ii, [77]
Society, arms, [9], [31];
motto, [10];
incorporation, [144], [256];
drug-inspection, ii, [17];
weights as metaphor, ii, [71].
See also [Chemists] and [Pharmacists]
Apothek, derivation, [95]
Apoplexy, remedy, [133]
Apozem of Epsom Salts, [345]
Apozems, meaning, ii, [281]; ii, [299]
Aqua aluminosa, [346]
ardens, [223], [328]
arthritica, ii, [8]
kali Puri, [325]
Luccana, [339]
Lulliana, [348]
mirabilis, ii, [281]
Omnium Florum, ii, [8]
Phagadænica, [414]
Aqua Sancti Luciæ, [339]
Temperata, [348]
Tufania, ii, [235]
Vitæ, early use, [223], [329];
Rhazes on, [107];
Shakespearian reference, ii, [75];
symbol, ii, [309];
Hibernorum, ii, [65].
See also [Alcohol]
vini, [329]
Aquetta di Napoli, ii, [235]
Aquila Alba, [419]; ii, [281]
Arab pharmacy, [97]
Arabic names in pharmacy, [103]
Arcanum Corallinum, [249]
duplicatum, [355], [371]; ii, [281]
meaning of, [249]; ii, [281]
Tartari, ii, [281]
Vitrioli, [398]
Arcœus invents elemi ointment, ii, [133]
Areometer, invention, [281]
Arfwedson discovers lithium, [353]
Argentum vivum, [408]
Argile, [333]
Archidoxa Medicinæ of Paracelsus, [390]
Archigenes’s Hiera, ii, [139]
Aristes, medical discoveries, [16]
Arithmetic, invention, [4]
Armoniac, [334]
Arnold of Villa Nova, [329]
Arquebusade water, ii, [56]
Arrow-poisoning, antiquity of, ii, [222]
Arsenic, early use, [108];
eaten in Styria, ii, [238];
Marsh’s test, ii, [241];
symbol, ii, [309]
Assassin, origin of word, ii, [226]
Asclepiades, [79]
Asparagin, isolation of, [275]
Asphalt used in embalming, [359]
Astronomy. See [Starcraft]
Athanasia, identity of, [22]
Athanor, ii, [281]
Atropa, sister of the Fates, [24]
Atropine, discovery, ii, [248];
synthetic, ii, [266]
Attalus cultivates medicinal plants, [288]
Aurum fulminans, [396]
musivum, [424]
Potabile, Anthony’s formula, [392];
Glauber’s formula, [389], [390], [393];
other recipes, [394], [395], [396];
Shakespearian reference, ii, [74]
vitæ, [414]
Avenzoar of Seville, [110]
Averrhoes of Cordova, [110]
Avicenna’s doctrines, [102];
formulas, [103];
biography, [108];
writings, [109];
portrait, [108];
influence of, [117];
introduces silvering pills, [423]

Baaras, identity of, [21]
Bacchus, ancient god, [5]
Bacon, Roger, writings, [132];
on aurum potabile, [390]
Bagdad, foundation of, [100]
Bain-Marie, ii, [282]
Baktischwah, Persian physician, [104]
Balanites Egyptiaca gum, [53]
Balanoi, ii, [299]
Balard, discovers bromine, [273], [339]
Balm, etymology, ii, [281]
Balm of Gilead, [49], [53];
Galen on, [213];
in mithridatum, [293]; ii, [281]
Balneum Mariæ, ii, [282]
Balsam Arcœi, ii, [133]
Balsam of bats, [257]
etymology, ii, [281]
of sulphur, [360]; ii, [58]
Barbadoes tar, [360]
Barbarossa’s mercurial pills, [411]
Barley water, Hippocrates recommends, [87]
Barytes, discovery, [269]
Basilic powder, [420]
Basilicon ointment, origin, ii, [282]
Basilides, note on, [165]
Bateman’s pectoral drops, ii, [163]
Baths, varieties, ii, [282]
Baume du Chevalier de Saint Victor, ii, [136]
du Commandeur de Permes, ii, [136]
de Fioraventi, ii, [173]
Tranquille, ii, [175]
de Vie, ii, [176]
Baumé, French chemist, [281]
Bayen, French pharmacist, [276]
Bdellium, identity of, [62]
Bears’ grease, use of, ii, [12]
Beer, medicinal, ii, [283]
Bell’s “Historical Sketch of the Progress of Pharmacy,” [150], [156]
Belladonna, etymology, [24];
old names, [25];
uses, [25]
Belloste’s mercurial pills, [412]
Benjamin, etymology, ii, [269]
Benzoic acid, synthetic, ii, [268]
Benzoyl, discovery, ii, [257]
Berkeley, Bishop, portrait, [315];
devises tar water, [316];
publications, [316]
Bernard, Claude, [285]
of Gordon, [135]
Berthelot’s “History of Alchemy,” [114]
Berthollet, French Chemist, [281]
Besen, meaning of, ii, [281]
Bestucheff’s Tincture, [321];
secret purchased, [322];
formula, [404]
Betton’s British Oils, [359]; ii, [164]
Bezoar Germanosum, ii, [15]
stones, first mention, [111];
use in medicine, ii, [15];
source, ii, [15];
price, ii, [16]; ii, [18];
as charms, ii, [16];
fallacy of, ii, [18];
as antidote, ii, [221]
Bezoardic powder, ii, [19]
Bezoards, ii, [282]
Bible, pharmacy in, [46]
drugs mentioned in, [53]
poisons in, ii, [222]
Biblical references, [27], [29], [33], [46], [53]; ii, [222]
Biliousness remedies, [161], [167]
Bindo, A., Earl of Rochester’s pseudonym, ii, [204]
Birthwort as remedy, [184]
Bismuth, first mention, [386];
regarded as poisonous, [387];
liquor, [388];
lozenges, [388];
oxychloride, [387]
Bitter flavours, Jewish objection to, [48], [64]
Bitter Purging Salts, [345]
Bitumen of Judæa, in embalming, [359]
Black, Joseph, on alkalies, [324];
portrait, [357];
on alkaline earths, [356]
Black draught, origin of, ii, [121]
drop, invention of, ii, [145]
precipitate, [418]
wash, introduction, [146], [257]
Bladder wort as remedy, [184]
Blanc de fard, [386]
Blatta Byzantina, [57]
Blaud, Dr., French physician, ii, [122]
Blaud’s pills, original formula, ii, [122]
Bleeding, old cure for, [172]
Blindness, cures, [81], [82], [298]
Blisters, introduced, ii, [282]
Blood root as remedy, [184]
Blue vitriol, [373]
Bodega, derivation, [95]
Boils, Biblical remedy, [46], [73];
cure for, [170]
Bole armeniæ, medical uses, [216]
Bologna sun-stone, [361]
Bolus, meaning of, ii, [282]
Bombast See [Paracelsus]
Borax, early use, [108]
Borith, [324]
Botanologoi, [95]
Boulduc, French apothecary, [281]
Boules de Mars, [402]
de Nancy, [402]
Boutique, derivation, [95]
Bovins’s remedy, [374]
Boyle investigates phosphorus, [365]
Boyle’s “Hell,” [417]
Boyveau-Laffecteur’s rob, [415]
Brandt discovers phosphorus, [363]
Brass, [426]
Brass-alum, [427]
“Breviarium Bartholomei,” [135]
Brinvilliers, poisoner, ii, [232]
British oils, [359]; ii, [164]
British Pharmacopœia, animal substances in, ii, [4];
editions, ii, [69]
Brockenden’s compressed drugs, ii, [167]
Bromine, discoverer, [273];
isolation, [339]
Brongniart, French pharmacist, [276]
Broom, Biblical plant, [65]
Brugnatelli’s Poudre Vermifuge, [426]
Bucklersbury, drug trade centre, [140]
Burchell’s necklaces, ii, [171]
Burghley’s gout preventive, [172]
Bulleyn’s electuarium de Gemmis, ii, [35]
Burnt sponge for scrofula, [353]
Burt’s “Heartburn Tablets,” [388]
Butter of antimony, [380]
Byfield’s sal oleosum volatile, ii, [162]

Caffeine, discovery, ii, [247];
synthesis, ii, [268]
Caius, Dr., ii, [71]
Calamus draconis fruit, [31]
Calatippe, ii, [17]
Calomel, introduction, [146], [257], [418];
etymology, [419]
Calx Jovis, [425]; ii, [283]
Lunæ, ii, [283]
meaning of, ii, [283]
Mercurii, ii, [283]
Saturnii, ii, [283]
Camphor, use in medicine, [109];
synthetic, ii, [269]
Canterbury bells as remedy, [184]
Cantharides as gout remedy, [216]
Capers, use in East, [74]
Caput mortuum, ii, [283]
Carbonic acid gas, discovered, [259]
Cardinal’s powder, ii, [97]
Carduus Benedictus, Shakespearian reference, ii, [73]
Carminative, etymology, ii, [283]
Spirit of Sylvius, [337]
Cassia, introduction of, [105]
Castor oil, used by Dioscorides, [210];
notes on, ii, [89];
picture of plant, ii, [90];
early uses, ii, [90];
treatise on, ii, [92];
etymology, ii, [93].
See also [Ricinus].
Castorum, early use, [217]
Cat, medicinal use, ii, [13]
Cataplasm, etymology, ii, [283]
Catholica, meaning of, ii, [283]
Caustic potash formulæ, [325]
Caventou discovers quinine, [274].
See also [Pelletier]
Celsus, on Egyptian medicine, [35];
writings, [90]
Centaurs, fable, [15]
Centaury, etymology, [14];
figure of, [25]
Ceratum, ii, [127]
de Lapide calaminari, ii, [158]
lithargyri, [400]
Cerates, meaning of, ii, [283]
Cereirsiæ, ii, [283]
Ceruse, ii, [284]. See also [White lead].
of antimony, ii, [284]
Chamberlain’s restorative pills, [421]
Chamberlen’s necklaces, ii, [170]
Chamomile, use in medicine, [125]
Chambre ardente enquiry, ii, [236]
Chaptal, French chemist, [281]
Charas, French chemist, [279]
Charms, dragon’s blood as, [32];
use of, [157], [171].
See also [Talismans]
Charles II, prescription for, ii, [6]; ii, [182]
Chaucer on physicians, [133]
Chelbanah, [56]
Chelsea Pensioner, origin, ii, [123];
formula, ii, [124]
Chemistry, Patin on, [243];
Boerhaave’s definition, [323];
debt of pharmacy to, [323]
Chemists and Druggists origin, [154].
See also [Apothecaries] and [Pharmacists]
Chenopodium Botrys, old name, [22]
Chloral hydrate, preparation, ii, [272]
Chloric ether, ii, [252]
Chlorine, discovery, [269]
Chloroform anæsthesia, discovery of, ii, [251]; ii, [272]
Cholera, Heraclides’s remedy, [89]
Chinchon, Countess of, ii, [94]; ii, [102]
Ching’s Worm Lozenges, ii, [166]
Chin-Nong herbal, [287]
Chiron, knowledge of simples, [14]
Christ, meaning of, [60]
Chromium, discovery, [271]
Churchill, Dr., introduces hypophosphites, [307]
Cibus Celestus, ii, [31]
Cinchona, discovery of, ii, [93];
how its virtues were discovered, ii, [94];
first used in Europe, ii, [95];
opposition to using, ii, [95];
Talbor employs, ii, [97];
tincture of, ii, [100];
derivation of word, ii, [102];
introduction, ii, [104]
Cinchonidine, discovery, ii, [247]
Cinchonine, discovery, ii, [247]
Cinnabar as panacea, [421];
confused with minium, [408]
Circe, invention of poisons, ii, [221]
Circulatores, [93]
Circumforanei, [93]
Citrine ointment, origin, ii, [125]
Clement of Alexandria, writings, [37]
“Closed ring” theory, ii, [261]
Clyster, ii, [290]
Cobwebs, for bleeding, ii, [73]
Cocaine, synthetic, ii, [266]
Cochineal insects, patent, ii, [162]
Cochleare, meaning of, ii, [284]
Codeine, discovery, [276]; ii, [248]
Coffee, introduction, [284]
Cohal, [327]
Cohobation, meaning of, ii, [284]
Colcothar, ii, [284]
Colchicum, virtues discovered, [17];
introduction, ii, [182]; ii, [221]
wine, ii, [67]
Cold cream, ii, [65]; ii, [127]
Collier de Morand, ii, [171]
Collodion, discovery, [340]
Collutories, ii, [284]
Collyrium, ii, [284]
Colical antidote of Nicostratus, [215]
Colocynth, Biblical reference, [69]
Comfrey, used by Saxons, [126]
Commander’s Balsam, ii, [135]
Compound liquorice powder, origin, ii, [148]
soap pills, origin of, ii, [153]
Confectio Anti-Epileptica, [248]
piperis, origin of, ii, [210]; ii, [214]
Raleighana, [312], [313], [314]
Confection of Alkermes, ii, [51]
of Mithridates, [290]
of opium, origin of, ii, [40]
Confectionarii, [117]
Coniine, synthetic, ii, [266]
Conserves, ii, [285]
Copper, Valentine’s method of preparing, [228];
symbol, ii, [307]; ii, [310]
Copper sulphate, early use, [108]
Coral, use in medicine, [247]; ii, [32]
Cordova, [98];
view of, [99]
Cornachino’s powder, [420]
Corrosive sublimate, introduction, [105];
for itch, [108];
concession, [148];
as syphilis remedy, [414];
medical use, [421]
Cos, temple of, [11]
Cosmas, patron saint of pharmacy, [19]
“Cotta contra Antonium,” [391]
Cough, old remedies, [90], [128]
“Council of Ten” as poisoners, ii, [228]
Coursus de Gangeland, [142]
Courtois discovers iodine, [351]
Cow-dung as a medicine, ii, [8]
Crabs’-claws’ powder, ii, [19]
Crabs’ eyes, [356]
Cramp rings, [172], [294];
antiquity of, [305];
origin, [306];
consecration, [306]
Cream of tartar, investigated, [268], [371]
Cress, use in medicine, [125]
Crocomagma, ii, [285]
Crocus Martis, [350], [398], ii, [284], ii, [285]
meaning of, ii, [285]
metallorum, ii, [285]
veneris, ii, [285]
Crollius, medical writer, [183], [185]
Crucible, meaning, ii, [285]
Cubebs, history, ii, [108];
medicinal uses, ii, [108];
ingredient in Mithridate, ii, [108];
re-introduced, ii, [108]
Cucupha, ii, [285]
Cucurbit, ii, [285]
Culpepper, Nicholas, [251];
criticises P.L., [251];
portrait, [252];
house, [253];
career, [253]
Cusinier’s syrup, ii, [155]
Cyathus, meaning, ii, [285]

Daffy, Rev. T., invents elixir, ii, [172]
Damien, patron saint of pharmacy, [19]
Damocrates, [91];
Mithridatum, ii, [38]; ii, [39]
Dante, connection with pharmacy, [279]
Daphnine, discovery of, ii, [245]
Darsini, [219]
David, King, electuary, [220]
Davy, Sir Humphry, portrait, [284]
Decocta, invention, ii, [285]
Decoctum Aloes Co., origin, ii, [176]
“Degrees” in diagnosis, [179]
Deliquium, ii, [286]
Demons as cause of disease, [158]
Danaus’s Collyrium, [215]
Dephlogisticated air, [269]
Derosne’s salt, ii, [244]
Despumation, ii, [286]
Devil’s claw, [57]
D’Husson’s Eau Medicinale, ii, [182];
price, ii, [184];
composition, ii, [184]
Dia, meaning, ii, [286]
Diabetes, papyrus remedy, [43]
Diachylon plaster, invention, [91]; ii, [127];
first formula, ii, [128];
etymology, ii, [128]; ii, [286], [406]
Diacodium, inventor, [90];
etymology, ii, [287]
Dia-kodion, origin, ii, [116]
Diapente, etymology, ii, [287]
Diaphoretic vitriol, [374]
Diarrhœa, old remedies, [43], [294]
Diascordium, [223];
formula, ii, [41]; ii, [287]
Diatesseron, [310]
Diet, Hippocrates on, [87];
Aetius on, [215];
Alexander of Trailles on, [217]
Digby, Sir Kenelm, toothache cure, [168];
biography, [193];
portrait, [194];
tincture of gold, [395]
Digitalis, origin of name, ii, [109];
medical history, ii, [109];
book on, ii, [110]
Dill, Biblical reference, [71];
used by Saxons, [126]
Dioscorides, [90];
biography, [206];
writings, [208], [209]
Dippel’s oil, ii, [25];
uses, ii, [26]
Diseases, transferring, [170]
Distillation, antiquity of, [327]
Distilled waters, [328]
Distillers’ Company, [148]
Dittany, uses, [26]
Dover, T., biography, ii, [129];
“Ancient Physician’s Legacy,” ii, [131]
Dover’s powder, first official, ii, [67]; ii, [115];
origin, ii, [129];
original formula, ii, [132]
Drachm sign, origin, ii, [300]
Draco Mitigatus, [419], [420]
Dragon’s blood, origin, [31]
Dragon tree, figure of, [32]
Dragons, Biblical references, [33]
Drink cures, old, [130]; ii, [12]
Dropaxes, ii, [282]; ii, [287]
Dropsy cured by touch, [299]
Drug, etymology, ii, [287]
Drug-inspection, [138]; ii, [17]
Drug-trade, development, [138]
Drugs as charms, ii, [75];
in Ebers’s papyrus, [40];
in Bible, [53];
mentioned by Hippocrates, [77]
Dschondisabour, medical college at, [101], [103]
Dublin Pharmacopœias, ii, [69]
Dudaim, identity of, [20], [49]
Duke of Portland’s powder, [215], [309]; ii, [125]
Dumas, French chemist, [286];
theory of substitution, ii, [259]
Dumeril, French physician, [276]
Duncan and Flockhart’s chloroform, ii, [253]
Dutch Drops, origin of, ii, [176]
Dysentery, ipecacuanha as remedy, ii, [114]

Ear-ache, early remedies, [45], [130]
Earl of Warwick’s powder, [308], [383], [420]
Earthworms as remedy, ii, [11], ii, [12]
Eaton’s styptick, ii, [163]
Eau des Carmes, origin, ii, [178];
formula, ii, [179]
Divine de Fernel, [414]
de Luce, [338];
inventor, [339]
de Lusse, [339]
Medicinale d’Husson, ii, [67], ii, [182]
de la Reine d’Hongrie, [297]
Ebers’ papyrus, [36];
described, [37];
photograph, [41];
date, [48]
Ebn-Izak, translator of Greek works, [105]
Ecclesiasticus, author, [47];
medical aphorisms, [47]
Eclegma, ii, [288]
Ecussons, ii, [288]
Edinburgh Pharmacopœias, ii, [69]
Edulcorate, ii, [288]
Edward the Confessor treats scrofula, [299], [300]
Elements, old theories, [174]
Elemi ointment, origin, ii, [133]
Egrea, daughter of Æsculapius, [11]
Egypt, medicine in, [34], [46];
conquest, [98]
Egyptiacum. See [Ægyptiacum]
Egyptian papyri, medical, [36]
Electron, as poison test, ii, [231]
Electrum, [40]
Electuarium de Gemmis, ii, [35]
Electuary, etymology, ii, [288]
of Alexander of Tralles, [216]
Elemi ointment, invention, ii, [133]
Elixir of Alves, origin, ii, [57]
etymology, ii, [288]
of Garus, ii, [57]
of Long Life, [390]
Proprietatis, ii, [57]
of vitriol, [375]
Elizabeth, Queen, medical knowledge, [295]
Emeralds, used in medicine, ii, [34]
Emetic cups, [385]
Emetic tartar, preparation, [380];
invention, [382];
uses, [383]
Emetine, discovery of, ii, [248]
Empedocles, theory of elements, [174]
Empirics, old sect, [89];
leader of, [217]
Emplastra, ii, [289]
Emplastrum Commune, ii, [129]
vigonium, [410]
Empyreal gas, [269]
Emulsion, etymology, ii, [289]
Enchrista, ii, [289]
Enema, ii, [290]
Enoch, book of, [4]
Ens, ii, [290]
Epidaurus, temple of, [11]
Epilepsy, remedies, [134], [166], [200], [214]
charm, [247], [294], [307]
Epithema, ii, [290]
Epithemation, ii, [290]
Epsom, medicinal springs, [340]
salts, introduction, [340]
Erfurt discovers aniline, ii, [263]
Errhines, ii, [290]
Erythræa Centaurium, [25]
Erzalaum, [427]
Essenes practise medicine, [50]
Essential oils, prepared by Paracelsus, [246]
Ether, early references, [347];
first made, [347];
investigated, [347];
old names, [348];
chemical nature, [348];
as anæsthetic, ii, [249];
preparation, ii, [271]
Ethiops Antimoniale, [351]
gommeux, [350]
magnesium, [350]
Martial, [350], [398]; ii, [311]
Mineral, [350]
origin of, [350]
saccharine, [350]
Ethiopic pills, [351]
Everlasting pills, [381]
Excreta, used in medicine, [40]; ii, [5], ii, [7], ii, [8], ii, [9]
Exili, poisoner, ii, [230], ii, [233]
Extract of Saturn, [265]; ii, [311]
Eyes, remedies for, [185]

Face wrinkles, papyrus prescription, [44]
Fæx vini, [371]
“Fakhiliteh,” Arab treatise, [112]
Fat, human, medical uses, ii, [7]
Ferdinand of Austria, plague powder, ii, [35];
invents antidote, ii, [229]
Fennel, used by Saxons, [126]
Fernel, Paris physician, [415]
Ferruginous waters, effect of, [403]
Fever, Rhazes’s treatment, [106];
charm for, [107];
cinchona for, ii, [95]
Fig poultice, [46], [73]
Fig tree in Bible, [73]
Flies in ointment, quotation, [51]
Fioraventi’s Balsam, ii, [173]
“Fire-air,” [269]
Fire-stone, [360]
Fistula paste, Ward’s, ii, [214]
“Fixed air,” [357]
Flake’s anti-hæmorrhoidal ointment, [425]
Flores martis, [398]
zinci, [427]
Flos cœlorum, [375]
Flückiger and Hanbury’s “Pharmacographia,” ii, [86]
Fluoric acid, discovery, [268]
Folk-lore, superstitious, [168]
Ford’s Balsam of Horehound, ii, [167]
Forget-me-not, old name, [185]
Formic acid, synthetic, ii, [257]
Fourcroy, French chemist, [285]
Four officinal capitals, ii, [37]
Four Thieves’ Vinegar, ii, [56]
Fowler’s Solution of Arsenic, ii, [133];
original recipe, ii, [134]
Fowler, T., biography, ii, [133];
publication, ii, [134]
Fox, medical uses, [127]
Foxes’ lungs, as remedy, ii, [1]; ii, [11]
Fox-glove. See [Digitalis]
France, pharmacy ordinances, [121]
Frankincense, source, [56]
Frankland’s theory of valency, ii, [260]
Frascator, Jerome, biography, [223]
Frederick II, pharmacy edict, [117]
French disease, [413].
See also [Syphilis]
Friar’s Balsam, origin of, ii, [135]
Frier’s Drops, ii, [136]; ii, [165]
Fritzsche’s aniline, ii, [263]
Furies, propitiating, [167]

Galbanum, Biblical reference, [56]
Gallitzenstein, [427]
Galvani’s experiments, ii, [167]
Gale’s Spa Elixir, ii, [165]
Galen, theory of humours, [178];
biography, [210];
infallibility, [210];
bust, [211];
portrait, [211];
influenced by dreams, [212];
medical fame, [214];
works, [214];
criticised, [216]
Galen’s ceratum lithargyri, [406]
cold cream, ii, [65]; ii, [127]
confection, ii, [42]
Hiera, ii, [139]
pil. cochia, ii, [152]
Garth’s “Dispensary,” [151]
Garus’s elixir, ii, [57]
Gas, invention of word, [260]; ii, [290]
“Gas sylvestre,” [260], [357]
Gascoyne’s powder, ii, [19]
Gay-Lussac, French chemist, [284]
Geber, chemical discoveries, [102], [105]
Gentian, discovery of, [288]
Gentius, King of Illyria, [288]
Geoffrey, French physician, [278]
Gerard’s Herbal quoted, [67]
Gerhardt, French chemist, [283]
Germany, pharmacy ordinances, [120]
Gilead, Balm of. See [Balm of Gilead]
Gilead, where situated, [54]
Gilla vitrioli, [374]; ii, [290]
Girandeau, syphilis remedy, [415];
prosecuted, [416]
Glaser’s sal Polychrest, [371];
makes silver nitrate sticks, [424]
Glauber, biography, [260];
chemical discoveries, [261];
bust, [262];
invents Kermes mineral, [381];
Kermes, secret purchased, [319];
discovers spirit of salt, [369]
Glauber’s salts, discovery, [261]
Glaucus, restored to life, [13]
Glucinium, discovery, [271]
Glycerin, discovery, [270]
Glyster, ii, [290]
Godbold’s Vegetable Balsam, ii, [166]
Goddard, Dr. J., note on, ii, [180]
Goddard’s Drops, secret purchased, [319], [337];
origin, ii, [179];
uses, ii, [179]
Godfrey’s Cordial, ii, [177]
Gold, medicinal uses, [388];
for covering pills, [389];
cure for syphilis, [395];
symbol, ii, [306]; ii, [307]; ii, [310].
See also [Aurum]
Gold leaf, use of, [388]
Golden Drops, [321]
“Golden Water,” [329]
Goose grease as remedy, ii, [12]
Gout, remedies for, [129], [136], [167], [172], [215], [216], [217], [353]; ii, [183]
powder, Mayerne’s, [257];
Duke of Portland’s, [215], [309]
Gourd, Biblical plant, [66], [69]
Goulard, biography, [264];
discoveries, [265]
Goulard’s extract, [265]
Greeks, drugs used by, [77]
Green precipitate, [417]
Green vitriol, [372], [427]
Gregory, Dr. Jas., portrait, ii, [137];
publication, ii, [138]
Gregory’s Powder, origin of, ii, [137];
prescription for, ii, [138]
Grew, Nehemiah, on Epsom salts, [342];
portrait, [343]
Griffith’s mixture, [403]
Grocers’ Guild, [139], [147]
Grubourt, French pharmacist, [282]
Guaiacum, syphilis cure, [414];
history, ii, [111];
medical uses, ii, [112];
preparation, ii, [113]
Gutteta, ii, [290]
Gwynne’s “Aurum non aurum,” [391]

Haarlem oil, origin, ii, [176]
Hair oil, papyrus formula, [42]
Hall, Dr., Shakespeare’s son-in-law, ii, [76]
Haloid salts, [326]
Ham, originator of medicine, [6]
Hamech, a purgative, [203]
Hammon, [6]
Hammoniacus salt, [334]
Hanckwitz advertisement, [141];
makes phosphorus, [365]
Hartman’s “Book of Chymicall Secrets,” [196]
Headache Essence, Ward’s, ii, [214]
Headache, early remedies, [41], [42], [44], [129]
Heartburn tablets, [388]
Hebenon, Shakespearian reference, ii, [83]
Heberden, Dr. W., portrait, [291]
Helbanah, [56]
Helias’s letter to Alfred the Great, [114], [131]
“Hell-stone,” [424]
Hellebore as medicine, [12];
used by Paracelsus, [246]
Helvetius’s pills, [32];
ipecacuanha secret, [319]
Helvetius employs alum, [331];
French physician, ii, [114]
Hemlock, Biblical reference, [64]
Henbane, etymology, ii, [276];
toothache remedy, [168], [185].
See also [Hyoscyamus].
Henry VIII, medical knowledge, [294];
plaster for ulcers, [295];
Halford on, [295]
Henry’s patent, [345]
Heracleus honey as poison, ii, [226]
Heraclides, [89]
Herbalists earliest doctors, [1]
Herbs, symbolical names, [35];
used by Saxons, [124]
Hermes, Greek god, [4];
works of, [5], [162];
Egyptian, [157]; ii, [305]
Hermodactyls, gout remedy, [217]; ii, [183]
Hezekiah’s boil, treatment, [46], [73]
Hezob, [64]
Hhawi, Rhazes’s book, [106]
Hiera Diacolocynthidis, ii, [141]
Hiera Picra, origin, ii, [138];
antiquity, ii, [139];
first formula, ii, [139];
other recipes, ii, [140], [141]
Hin, ancient measure, [59]
Hippocrates, drugs mentioned by, [77];
biography, [84];
portrait, [85];
as pharmacist, [91];
doctrines, [100], [101], [178];
theory of cures, [183];
theories attacked, [217]
Hippocrates’s sleeve, ii, [294]
Hoffmann’s anodyne, [348]; ii, [67]
Hofmann, A. W. von, researches, ii, [263];
portrait, ii, [264]
“Holland oil,” ii, [255]
Homberg’s weather figures, [364];
narcotic salt, [374]
Homologues, discovery, ii, [259]
Honey, medical uses, [245]; ii, [30];
preparations, ii, [31]
Hooper’s Female Pills, ii, [163]
Horehound, early use, [210]
Horse leech, Biblical mention, [70]
Horus, discoverer of medicine, [3]
Houel, founder of Paris School of Pharmacy, [285]
Hoy’s salt, [345]
Humours, doctrine of, [178]
Hungary Powder, ii, [35]
Hungary, Queen of, invents rosemary water, [296];
origin of formula, [298]
Huxham, J., biography, ii, [100];
portrait, ii, [101];
“Essay on Fevers,” ii, [101]
Huxham’s tincture, ii, [67]; ii, [100], [102]
Hyacinth confection, ii, [34]
Hydrargyrum, derivation, [408]
Hydrochloric acid. See [Spirit of salt]
Hydrocyanic acid. See Prussic acid
Hydrophobia, poem on, [224]
Hygeia, daughter of Æsculapius, [11]
Hyoscyamus, etymology, ii, [276].
See also [Henbane]
Hypnotic Powder of Jacobi, [350]
Hypophosphites, medical use, [367]
Hyssop, Biblical reference, [64];
Dioscorides on, [209]

Icy Noctiluca, [365]
Incense, [38], [50];
etymology, [55];
Biblical formula, [55], [57];
Catholic formula, [58]
Infant’s skin as a charm, [173]
Infusions, introduction of, ii, [290]
Infusum Gentianæ Co., origin, ii, [291]
Insane root, [21];
Shakespearian reference, ii, [72]
Iodine discovery, [351]
Iodoform, first prepared, [353]
Ipecacuanha, history, ii, [114];
medical use, ii, [114];
dose, ii, [115]
Iron citrate, introduction, [405]
iodide, [405]
perchloride as secret remedy, [322]
phosphate, [405]
reduced by hydrogen, [404]
Iron, as remedy, [12], [187], [217], [397];
varieties, [398];
in the blood, [398];
Sydenham and Willis on, [399];
pharmaceutical preparations, [402], [403], [404], [405];
symbol, ii, [307]; ii, [310]
sulphate, medical use, [108]
syrups, various, [405]
tincture, [404]
Isis founder of medicine, [2], [34];
invocation to, [38]
tears, name for Vervain, [35]
Isotheos, ancient nostrum, [215]
Israelite medicine, [46]
Itch, treatment, [130], [201]
history, [202]
theories, [203]
cause, [204]
van Helmont contracts, [258], [420]
Ivy, called Osiris, [35]

Jacobi’s powder, [350]
Jamblicus, writings of, [5]
James Dr., portrait, ii, [187]
James’s analeptic pills, ii, [165]; ii, [189]
James’s powder, first official, ii, [67];
patent, ii, [164];
origin, ii, [187]; ii, [191];
patent, ii, [188];
imitations, ii, [190]
Jaso, daughter of Æsculapius, [11]
Jesuits’ bark, ii, [97].
See also Cinchona drops, ii, [135]
Jews, belief in charms, [160];
medicines of, [48];
object to bitter flavours, [48], [64]
John of Gaddesden, [134];
small-pox cure, [169], [186]
John xxi, medical author, [294]
Johnson, Dr., touched for scrofula, [301]
Johnson’s Golden Ointment, ii, [199]
Jonah’s gourd, [66]
Julep, etymology, [103]; ii, [291]
Juniper, Biblical reference, [65]
Jussieu, French botanist, [284]

Kadolikoi, [95]
Kakhal, [327]
Katapotia, [86]; ii, [283], ii, [291]
Kekulé’s structural formulas, ii, [261];
portrait, ii, [262]
Kermes, etymology, ii, [50];
what it is, ii, [50];
uses, ii, [51]
Mineral, invention, [381];
medicinal uses, [381]
Kesebt, identity of, [42]
Ketorah, meaning of, [55]
Kik, Gerard’s reference, [67]
Kiki, ii, [90]
King’s Evil, cured by touch, [298];
Shakespearian reference, ii, [72].
See also [Scrofula]
Kohol, [378]
Kopopoloi, [95]
Koran as Arab literature, [98]
Kousso, introduction, ii, [115];
tapeworm, remedy, ii, [115]
Krabadin, earliest pharmacopœia, [103]
Kunckel’s, portrait, [362];
Bologna stone, [363];
luminous pills, [365]
Kurella, Dr., note on, ii, [148]
Kyanol, ii, [263]
Kyphi, sacred perfume, [45]

La Mère Thecle’s ointment, [407]
La Mothe’s Golden Drops, [321], [404]
La Voisin, poisoner, ii, [236]
Lac Virginis, ii, [136]; ii, [292]
Ladanum, Biblical reference, [64]
Lana philosophica, [427]
Lancaster Black Drop, ii, [145]
Lang, Andrew on mythology, [33]
Lapis Bezoar Occidentale, ii, [15];
Infernalis, [424]; ii, [292];
Medicamentosus, ii, [292];
Mirabilis, ii, [292]
Laser. See [Silphion]
Laudanum, Paracelsus’s, [243];
Shakespearian reference, ii, [75];
invention, ii, [142];
recipes, ii, [142];
etymology, ii, [143];
various kinds, ii, [144]
Laugier, French chemist, [282]
Laune, Gideon de, [144];
biography, [146];
pills, [147]
Lavoisier, French chemist, [281]
Lavoisier defines salts, [326]
Le Febre’s “great cordial,” [312];
Baume de Vie, ii, [176]
Lead, medical use, [406];
preparations, [406];
Goulard uses, [407];
symbol, ii, [307], ii, [310]
Lead plaster. See [Diachylon]
Lead solution, discovery, [265]
Lebonah, meaning of, [55]
Ledger, C., obtains cinchona seeds, ii, [105];
annuity, ii, [107];
portrait, ii, [107]
Leechdoms, Saxon, [124]
Leeches, Biblical mention, [70];
first use of, ii, [139]
Lemery, French pharmacist, [280];
works, [281];
Crocus Martis, [350];
tincture of gold, [395]
Lemnian earth, ii, [53];
source, ii, [53];
uses, ii, [54]
Lenitive electuary, origin, ii, [146]
Lepidus marinus, poison, ii, [226], ii, [227]
Leucomaines, discovery, ii, [242]
Levingstern, Epsom apothecary, [341]
Libanos, meaning, [55]
Liebig, portrait, [283];
mistake of, [339]
Lign aloes, Biblical reference, [63]
Lilium, Paracelsus’s, [244]
Limbeck, [328];
etymology, ii, [279]
Lime water, efficacy, [356]
Linamentum, ii, [290]
Linimentum camphoræ compositæ, origin, ii, [210], ii, [214]
Lion, medical, use, ii, [12]
Liquor Bismuthi, introduction, [387]
Cranii Humani, ii, [5]
Lisbon Diet Drink, ii, [155]
Lisle’s Powder for Fevers, ii, [191]
Litharge, [406]
Lithargyrum Argenti, [406]
Auri, [406]
Lithium discovery, [353];
uses, [353]
Liver complaint, ancient diagnosis, [39];
old remedy, [288]
Lixivium, [324]
Saponarium, [325]
Tartari, [372]
Lizards’ blood, [39]
Locatelli’s balsam, [32]; ii, [159]
Locusta, poisoner, ii, [224]
Lohn’s writing board, [163]
London Pharmacopœia, the first, [103], [133];
compiler, [146], [218], [256];
criticised, [290], [418];
formulæ, ii, [38], ii, [39], ii, [40], ii, [41];
how prepared, ii, [60];
contents, ii, [61];
title-page, ii, [63];
translation, ii, [67];
formulæ, ii, [146]
Long, Dr., ether anæsthetist, ii, [249]
Long, St. John, biography, ii, [192];
portrait, ii, [193];
income, ii, [194];
death, ii, [195]
Long’s Liniment, ii, [192], ii, [196]
Looch, origin of word, ii, [292]
Lozenges, ii, [299]
Luban, meaning of, [56]
Luce, Lille, pharmacist, [339]
Lully, Raymond, biography, [221];
portrait, [222];
on aqua vitæ, [329]
Luminous pills, [365]
Lunar caustic, ii, [311]
Luna fixata, [428]
Lupus Metallorum, [379]
Lydgate, note on, ii, [286]

Maceration, ii, [292]
Machaon, son of Æsculapius, [11]
Macquer, French chemist, [277];
arsenical salt, [277]
Madder, used by Saxons, [126]
Magdaleo, meaning of, ii, [292]
Magic and medicine, [2], [157]
Magistery of Bismuth, ii, [293]
of Human skull, ii, [6]
meaning of, ii, [293]
of Saturn, [407]
Magma, ii, [293]
Magnes Arsenicalis, ii, [293]
Magnesia, medical use, [354];
preparation, [354];
etymology, [354];
confused with manganese, [355];
in mineral springs, [355];
Black, on, [356]
of Gold, [355]
Magnesian stone, [354]
Magnesium, preparation, [357]
Magnets as cures, [199]
Magnus, Albertus, describes caustic potash, [325]
Magog identified with Prometheus, [12]
Maimonides, Jewish scholar, [111];
remedies for poison, ii, [34]
Malagmata, [91]; ii, [294]
Malascation, meaning of, ii, [294]
Male fern, tapeworm remedy, [320], [321]
Mallows, Biblical plant, [65]
Man, parts of, used in medicine, ii, [4]
Mandrake, legends, [19];
as sterility remedy, [20], [48];
ancient uses of, [21]
Mandragora, legends of, [19];
Shakespearian reference, ii, [75];
on battle-field, ii, [225]
Manhu, derivation of manna, [60]
Manica Hypocratis, ii, [294]
Manipulus, ii, [294]
Manna, Biblical, [60];
sources, [61];
Avicenna, uses, [109]
Manna metallorum, [419]
Manus Christi, meaning of, ii, [294]
Manus Dei, meaning of, ii, [294]
Marcquis’s “Aloe Morbifuga,” ii, [89]
Markham, Sir C., introduces cinchona into India, ii, [102];
on derivation of cinchona, ii, [103];
“Peruvian Bark,” ii, [105]
Marmalades, origin of, ii, [294]
Marsh’s arsenic test, ii, [241]
Martial Regulus of Antimony, [379]
Masticatories, meaning of, ii, [294]
Matrass, ii, [294]
Matthews’s Pills, origin of, ii, [154]
Mauve, discovery, ii, [263]
May dew for the complexion, [173]
Mayerne, Sir Theodore de, [144];
portrait, [145];
biography, [146], [255];
impeached, [384];
introduces calomel, [418];
anti-epileptic powder, ii, [6];
writes preface to P. L., ii, [61];
burlesqued, ii, [71]
Maythe, use in medicine, [125]
Measures, signs for, ii, [300]
Meat, putrid, in medicine, [39]
Meconic acid, discovery, ii, [245]
Medea, medical discoveries, [17];
inventor of poisons, ii, [221]
Medea oil, [359]
Medical aphorisms in Talmud, [50]
treatises in verse, [137]
Medicamentarii, [92]
Medicamentum ad annum, [310]; ii, [177]
Medicina, [95]
Medicine, origin of, [2];
associated with magic, [2];
traditional founder, [2];
god of, [6];
as a science, [88];
separation from pharmacy, [91];
and magic, [157]
Medicines, charges for, [149], [150]
from metals, [376]
Megillat-Sammanin, treatise on pharmacology, [49]
Megrims diagnosis, [128];
early remedy, [129]
Mel Egyptiacum, ii, [52]
Helleboratum, Culpepper, on, [251]
Melampus, medicinal discoveries, [12], [13];
uses iron as remedy, [397]
Mellites, ii, [294]
Menecrates, [91];
originator of diachylon, ii, [127]; ii, [129]
Mensis Philosophicus, ii, [294]
Menstruum, meaning of, ii, [294]
Mentha, legend of, [26]
Mercury, ancient god, [4];
medical use, [243];
origin of name, [408];
used by Arabs, [409];
medical uses, [409];
as syphilis cure, [409], [410];
“killing,” [421];
symbol for, ii, [305], ii, [306], ii, [310].
See also [Corrosive Sublimate], [Red Precipitate], [Calomel], and [Quicksilver]
Mercurial ointment, [132], [410], [421]
pills, early formulæ, [411], [412], [421]
Mesué, the elder, [101], [105], [217], [218]
Mesué, the younger, [110], [217], [218]
Mesué’s unguentum tripharmacum, [406]
Mesmer, note on, [201];
animal magnetism, ii, [167]
Messiah, meaning of, [60]
Metalepsy, ii, [259]
Metallic Tractors, [201]; ii, [166]
Metals in Ebers’s papyrus, [40];
as remedies, [186];
symbols, ii, [304]
Metasyncretics, ii, [282]
Methel nut, ii, [119]
Midas, punishment of, [7]
Midwifery, anæsthetics in, ii, [251]
Migmatopoloi, [95]
Mindererus’s spirit, invention, [338];
first official, ii, [67]
Mindererus, old physician, [338];
biography, ii, [88];
“Aloedarium,” ii, [88]
Mineral bezoar, [380]
“Mineral Solution,” ii, [135]
Mint, origin of, [26]
Mirfield’s “Breviarium Bartholomei,” [135]
Mistura Ferri Composita, [403]
Mithridates the Great, biography, [289];
medical discoveries, [289];
death, [290]
Mithridatum, [91];
inventor, [289];
absurdities, [290];
Galen on, [292];
number of ingredients, [293];
formulæ, ii, [20], [38], [39]
Mohammed, influence of, [97];
death, [104]
Monoceros, mythical animal, [28]
Monopolies abolished, ii, [161]
Moore’s “History of the Study of Medicine,” [135]
Morbus Gallicus, [413].
See also [Syphilis]
Morella furiosum lethale, [25]
Morgan, Hugo, Queen Elizabeth’s apothecary, [298];
makes theriaca, ii, [44]
Morpheus, how represented, [17]
Morphine, discovery, ii, [244]
Morphium, etymology, [18]
Morton, W. T. G., uses ether in dentistry, ii, [250]
Mosaic gold, [396], [424]
Moses identified with Hermes, [4]
Moss from skull, as remedy, [191]
Mother’s ointment, [407]
Moult, London chemist, [345]
Moxa, meaning of, ii, [295]
Mullein, used by Saxons, [126]
Mummies, medical use, ii, [23];
opinions on, ii, [24]
Murray’s aërated cod-liver oil, ii, [167]
Mustard for scorpion bites, [18]
seeds, Biblical reference, [71]
Mynsicht’s publications, [375];
elixir of vitriol, [375];
invents emetic tartar, [382];
powder of Saturn, [407]
Myrepsus, Nicolas, [219];
ointment, [427]
Myrepsus, [95]; ii, [296]
Myrophecia, [95]
Myropolia, [95]
Myrrh, origin, [23];
Biblical references, [63]
Myrrha, legend of, [22]
Mythology, science of, [33]

Naphtha, legend, [359]
Narceine, discovery, ii, [248]
Narcotine, discovery, ii, [244]
Nardos pitike, meaning, [73]
Nardostachys, [74]
Narwhal horn, [28]
Nasalia, ii, [290]
Nataph, meaning of, [56]
Necklaces, medical uses, [214]
Nectarion, identity of, [24]
“Negro Cæsar’s Cure for Poison,” ii, [237]
Nepenthe, etymology, [23];
identity, [24]
Nettleton, Dr. T., originates citrine ointment, ii, [126]
Newbery, maker of James’s Powder, ii, [188]
Newton, Sir Isaac, connection with pharmacy, [279]
Nicandor’s treatise on poisons, ii, [226]
Nicotine, discovery, ii, [245];
synthetic, ii, [266]
Nihil album, [427]
Nitre, Biblical reference, [70];
medical use, [108];
manufacture in France, [352], [353], [359];
early references, [358];
symbol, ii, [309]
Nitric acid, first use in medicine, [105]
Nitrous oxide gas, discovery, ii, [249]
Nitrum fixum, [371]
Noctiluca, ii, [296]
Nostrums, ancient, [215]
Nouffer’s Tapeworm Cure, secret purchased, [319];
origin, [320]
Nuremberg ordinance, [120];
old pharmacy, [120]
Nychthemeron, ii, [296]

Obolos, ii, [296]
Oenelaion, ii, [296]
Oenogala, ii, [296]
Oenomeli, ii, [296]
Oesypus, ii, [296]
Oil of Ants, ii, [14]
Bricks, how prepared, ii, [55];
medical uses, ii, [55]
Eggs, prepared by Paracelsus, [247]
Harts’ horns, ii, [25]
Peter, [360]
Puppies, ii, [11]
Tartar, preparing, [132];
uses of, [247], [372]; ii, [286]
Vitriol, [373]
Wax, ii, [31]
Wine, discovery, [263]
Ointments, ii, [296].
See also [Unguentum]
Old age, Ecclesiastes symbolism, [76]
Oleum Benedictum, ii, [55]
Divinum, ii, [55]
Dulce Paracelsi, [348]
Philosophorum, ii, [55]
Sanctum, ii, [55]
Vitrioli Dulce, [347]; ii, [271].
See also [Oil of Wine]
Olibanum, source, [56]
Olive oil, uses, [58]
Onguent de la Mère, [407]
Onions as remedy, [49], [50]
Onycha in Bible, [57]
Opiates, ii, [296]
Opium used by Paracelsus, [243];
history, ii, [116];
medical uses, ii, [117];
active principle, ii, [243]
Opobalsamum, [53]
Opodeldoc, origin, ii, [148];
derivation, ii, [148];
originally a plaster, ii, [149]
Oribasius, medical author, [214]
Origanum Dictamnus, [26]
Orthrine, ii, [258]
Osiris, illustration, [3];
name for ivy, [35]
Ounce sign, origin, ii, [300]
Oxalic acid, synthetic, ii, [257]
Oxycroceum, ii, [297]
Oxygen, discovery, [269];
why so called, [324]
Oxymels, ii, [31]

Pachius’s Hiera, ii, [140]
Palma Christi, [68]; ii, [89], ii, [92]
Palsy Drops, ii, [146]
Panacea, daughter of Æsculapius, [11]
Holsatica, [371]
Mercurialis, [419]
Panchrest, ii, [297]
Panchymagogon, [419]; ii, [297]
Pandects of Physic, [104]
Pantopoloi, [95]
Papyri, medical and pharmaceutical, [36]
Papyrus Ebers, [36];
described, [37];
photograph, [40];
prescriptions in, [41], [42];
date, [48]
Paracelsus, theory of elements, [174];
“sympathetic ointment,” [188], [190];
biography, [230];
education, [232];
boastfulness, [233];
epitaph, [236];
character, [237];
Browning’s poem on, [239];
Butler on, [240];
mysticism, [240];
chemical observations, [241];
drugs used by, [243];
portraits, [247], [248], [249], [250];
“Archidoxa Medicinæ,” [390];
“Catholicon,” [414];
“Zebethum Occidentale,” ii, [9]
Paré’s experiment, ii, [229]
Paregoric Elixir, origin, ii, [151];
formula for, ii, [151];
etymology, ii, [151]
Paris, apothecary edicts, [122]
Paris School of Pharmacy, [270], [285]
Parmentier, biography, [272]
Pastilli, ii, [299]
Patent Medicines, origin of, ii, [161]
Patents, why granted, ii, [161]
Pearls, use of, in medicine, ii, [33]
Pectoral Powder, ii, [148]
Pedilavium, ii, [297]
Pelican, ii, [297]
Pelletier, discovers quinine, [274]; ii, [247];
portrait, [275];
discovers other alkaloids, ii, [248]
Pelouze, French pharmacist, [283]
Peon, identified with Apollo, [7]
Peony, use by Saxons, [126];
promotes dentition, ii, [171]
Pepperers’ Guild, [139]
Perfume, sacred, [45]
Perfumer, Biblical reference, [50]
Percapt, ii, [297]
Periodeutes, [93], [94]
Perkins’s Metallic Tractors, [201]; ii, [166]
Perkin, W. H. discovers mauve, ii, [263]
Peroxide of hydrogen, inventor, [282]
Peruvian bark. See [Cinchona]
Pessary, ii, [297]
Peter of Spain, medical author, [294]
Petra Philosophale, ii, [174]
Petroleum, medical uses, [131];
early use, [359];
synonyms, [360];
medical use, [360];
Barbadense, [360]
Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain, foundation, [156]
Pharmacies, State controlled, [103], [104]
Pharmacist, the first, [12]
Pharmacists, royal and noble, [287].
See also [Apothecaries] and [Chemists]
Pharmacopeus, [93]
Pharmacopœia, the earliest, [103];
history of, ii, [59]
Pharmacopolis, [92]
Pharmacopoloi, [93]
Pharmacotribæ, [95]
Pharmacy Acts, various, [156]
Pharmacy, myths, [1];
origin, [1];
patron saints, [19];
in Pharaoh’s time, [34];
in the Bible, [46];
old use of word, [52];
identity with sorcery, [52];
Hippocrates on, [86];
separation from medicine, [91];
Arabian, [97];
in East, [100];
in Northern Europe, [115];
edict to regulate, [117];
Beckmann on, [118];
concessions, origin, [119];
in Saxon England, [124];
animal substances in, ii, [1];
Shakespearian reference, ii, [70];
progress in 19th century, ii, [243]
Pharmaka, use by Homer, [52]
Pharmakeia, [52], [92]
Pharmakeuein, [93]
Pharmakoi, use of, [52]
Pharmakon, [93]
Phenacetin, discovery, ii, [273]
Phillips, P. L., critic, ii, [68]
Philon, [91]
Philonium, inventor, [91];
formulæ, ii, [39], ii, [40], ii, [41]
Philosopher’s stone, [106], [363]
Philosophic egg, [379]
Phlogiston theory, [176]
Phœnix, as alchemists sign, [26];
legends of, [27];
Biblical references, [27];
longevity, [27]
Phosphor paste, [368]
Phosphorus, Hanckwitz’s advertisement, [142];
etymology, [360];
discovery, [363];
made in London, [365];
medical use, [365];
prepared from bones, [365];
dose, [367];
solubility, [368];
symbol, ii, [309]
Phthisis, Rhazes’s treatment, [106]
Phylacteries, protect from evil, [161]
Physicians, as priests, [35];
Biblical references, [46];
Pope on, [148];
fees, [151];
Valentine on, [227]
Pigmentarii, [94]
Pike’s itch ointment, ii, [165]
Pil cocciæ, origin, ii, [292]
Pil cochiæ, origin, ii, [152], ii, [292]
Pil Rufi, origin, ii, [140]
Pills, gilding introduced, [109];
origin, ii, [292], ii, [297];
silvering introduced, [109], [423]
Pilula saponis composita, origin, ii, [153]
Pilulæ Communes, ii, [140]
Ethiopicæ, ii, [153]
Lunares, [423]
Pacificæ, ii, [154]
Perpetuæ, [381]
Pestilentiales, ii, [140]
Piperine, synthetic, ii, [266]
Pissaeleum, [328]
Pitt’s “Crafts and Frauds of Physic Exposed,” [149]
Plague remedy, [224]
Planets, as aids to prescribing, [187]
Plantain, Shakespearian reference, ii, [74]
Plasters, Aetius on, [215]
Pleurisy, old remedy, [81]
Pliny, death, [90]
Plough, inventor, [288]
Plummer, Dr. A., note on, ii, [153]
Æthiops Medicinalis, [382]
pills, [351];
origin, ii, [153]
powder, [382]
Pocula Emetica, [385]
Podalirus, son of Æsculapius, [11]
Poisoners, famous, ii, [230]
Poison, antidotes, ii, [34], ii, [49], ii, [221], ii, [237], ii, [289]
origin of word, ii, [297]
register introduced, [123]
Poisoning, delayed, ii, [223]
detecting. See [Toxicology]
punishment, ii, [230]
Poisons, in Bible, ii, [222];
history of, ii, [220];
used in Rome, ii, [223];
in ancient times, ii, [225];
in Middle Ages, ii, [227]
Polychrest, [369], [371]; ii, [198], ii, [297]
Polyidus, magician, [13]
Pomatum, ii, [298]
Pomegranates, Biblical reference, [72]
Pompholyx, [209], [407], [427]
Poppy, in Saxon times, [126];
as remedy, [184];
Shakespearian reference, ii, [75]
Poppies, syrup, origin, ii, [116]
Populeum, ii, [298]
Porta, medical author, [183]
Portland powder, [215], [309]; ii, [125]
Posca, [71]
Potassium nitrate. See [Nitre sulphate], synonyms, [371]
Potato, popularising, [273]
Potio Laxativa Viennensis, ii, [121]
Potion Noire Anglaise, ii, [122]
Poudre des Chartres, secret purchased, [319], [381]
Poultice, papyrus formula, [40];
etymology, ii, [298]
Powder de Gutteta, ii, [6]
of Projection, [379]
Saturn, [407]
Precious stones, medical use, ii, [32]
Precipitatus per se, [416]
Prepositus’s Antidotary, [116]
Prescribing by chemists, limitation, [155]
Prescriptions on papyri, [36], [41];
from “Don Juan,” ii, [59];
origin, ii, [304]
Priestley discovers oxygen, [270]
Primum Ens Sanguinis, ii, [7]
Proine, ii, [258]
Prometheus, the first pharmacist, [12]
Propomata, ii, [298]
Prosdita, ii, [299]
Prussian blue, discovery, ii, [27], ii, [28]
Prussic acid, discovery, [270]
Psilothrum, ii, [298]
Ptisans, ii, [299]
Ptomaines, discovery, ii, [242]
Pulvis Cornacchini, [309]
Principis Mirandolæ, [310]
Scammoniæ co., origin, [308]
Pyroligneous acid, made by Glauber, [263]
Pyroxylin, discovery, [340]
Pythagoras antidote, [18]

Quack doctor’s harangue, ii, [204]
Quackery in ninth century, [107]
Quakers’ Black Drop, ii, [145]
Quassia, introduction, ii, [117];
etymology, ii, [118]
Quevenne’s iron, [404]
Quicksilver, first mention, [408];
bottles for, [408];
girdles, [420].
See also [Mercury]
Quinodine, discovery, ii, [247]
Quinine, discovery, [274]; ii, [246];
synthetic, ii, [264], ii, [265]
Quinsy, Hippocrates’s treatment, [86]
Quintessences, prepared by Paracelsus, [246]; ii, [243]

Ra’s ointment, [43]
Rakach, meaning of, [52]
Raleigh’s Great Cordial, [310], [312]
Raleigh, Sir Walter, portrait, [311];
medical knowledge, [311];
confection, [312]
“Rational” formulæ, ii, [261]
Read, Queen Anne’s oculist, ii, [14]
“Receptarium Antidotarii,” [218]
Recipe sign, origin, ii, [302]
Red bottle, ii, [217]
cloth as small-pox cure, [169], [186]
precipitate, introduction, [105];
used by Paracelsus, [243], [249];
early references, [416];
preparation, [416]
Reduced iron, [404]
Re’em, identity of, [29]
Regenerated tartar, [371]
Regulus of Antimony, [379]
Renandot’s mercurial pills, [412]
Rhazes, chemical writer, [105], [106];
ointment, [407];
pil cochiæ, ii, [152]
Rheumatism, early treatment, [136]
Rhizotomoi, [95]
Rhubarb, first mention, [216]
Ricinus, Biblical plant, [67];
origin, ii, [92];
in papyrus, [41].
See also [Castor oil]
Ridge’s Food, patent, ii, [167]
Rocha alum, [331]
Roche’s Embrocation, patent, ii, [166]
Rochelle salt, [372];
first official, ii, [67]; ii, [197]
Rochester, Earl, as quack, ii, [203]
Rock oil, [360].
See also [Petroleum]
“Romeo and Juliet,” origin, ii, [77]
“Rosa Anglicana,” [134]
Rose water, Arabic origin, [103];
early mention, [328]
Rosemary, derivation, [296];
properties, [296];
Queen of Hungary uses, [297]
Rosencreutz, [181]
Rosetta stone, [35]
Rosh, meaning, ii, [222]
Rosicrucians, [181]
Rouelle, French chemist, [277]
Rousseau’s laudanum, ii, [144]
Royal College of Physicians, incorporation, [143];
dispensaries, [151], [156];
prosecute an apothecary, [154];
origin, ii, [60]
Royal touch cures disease, [298];
ceremony described, [304]
Rufus pill, invention, ii, [140]
Runge’s researches, ii, [263]
Runstall’s Black Drop, ii, [145]

Sabor-Ebn-Sahel’s Pharmacopœia, [103]
Saffron, called blood of Throth, [35];
derivation, [72];
Biblical reference, [72]
St. John’s Wort, charm, [172]
“Sal Admirabile,” [261]
Sal Alembroth, [243], [417];
etymology, ii, [279];
ammoniac, discovery, [6];
Glauber makes, [263];
early reference, [334]
Sal ammoniacum factitium, [336]
de Duobus, [371]; ii, [198]; ii, [281]
Enixon, [261]
fixum, [335]; ii, [298]
Fossile, [369]
Gemmæ, [369]
Jovis, [425]; ii, [311]
Polychrestum, [369];
Glaser’s, [371]; ii, [198];
Seignette’s, ii, [197]; ii, [297]
Prunella, how prepared, [368];
why so-called, [369]
Purgatorius, [220]
sacerdotale, [220]
sapientiæ, [417]; ii, [279]
viperum, [208]
volatile oleosum, [336].
See also [Salt] and [Sel]
Salamanders’ Blood, ii, [298]
Salerno Medical School, [115];
dissolved, [117]
Salia, ii, [298]
Salicylic acid, synthetic, ii, [269]
Salmon, W., note on, ii, [179]; ii, [180]
Salol, discovery, ii, [274]
Salsa, ii, [119]
Salt, etymology of, [325]
of the Holy Apostles, [220]
of many virtues, [369]
of Mars, [398]
of St. Luke, [220]
of tartar, [326], [371], [372]
of wisdom, [417]; ii, [279]
of wormwood, [326].
See also [Sal] and [Sel]
Saltpetre, See nitre
Salpêtrière Asylum, why so-called, [359]
“Sardonic grin,” origin of expression, ii, [226]
Sarsaparilla, introduction, ii, [118];
medical use, ii, [118];
etymology, ii, [119];
decoctions, ii, [154]
Savory’s Seidlitz Powders, ii, [156]; ii, [167]
Saxifrage as remedy, [184]
Saxon pharmacy, [124]
Scammony powder, [308]
Schacht’s liquor bismuthi, [387]
Scheele, biography, [266];
statue, [267];
investigations, [268];
pharmacy, [269];
medallion, [276]
Schönbein discovers pyroxylin, [340]
Schwalbach mineral springs, [403]
Schwanberg’s fever powder, ii, [191]
Scorpion grass, [184]
Scrofula, etymology, [299];
cramprings for, [303];
burnt sponge for, [353].
See also [King’s Evil]
Scruple sign, origin, ii, [300]
Scutum, ii, [298]
Sea-sickness, early remedy, [126]
Seba, naturalist, [278]
Seed of gold, [389]
Seguin discovers morphine, ii, [244]
Seidlitz powders, origin, ii, [156];
patent, ii, [167]
Seignette’s salt, [372]; ii, [197]
Sel de Duobus, [371]; ii, [198]
Essentiel de quinquina, ii, [246]
Narcotique de Derosne, ii, [244]
de Seignette, [372]; ii, [197]
Seneca oil, [359]
Senna, introduction, [105], [218]
Seplasia, [94]
Seplasiarii, [94]
Serapion of Alexandria (or The Elder), [109];
epilepsy remedy, [166], [217]
The Younger, [110]
Serenus, Roman physician, [164]
Sertürner discovers morphine, ii, [244]
Serullas, French chemist, [282]
“Seven metals,” ii, [304]
Sévigné, Marquise de, portrait, [192]
Shakespearian references, [20], [30]; ii, [70]
Sheba, Queen of, [54]
Sheben, identity, [42]
Shekel, ancient weight, [59]
Signatures, doctrine of, [183]
“Signet star of philosophy,” [225]
Silphion, introduction, [16]
Silver, medical uses, [422];
symbol, ii, [306], [307], [310]
nitrate, first use, [105], [423];
made into sticks, [424]
Simpson, J. G., uses anæsthetics, ii, [251];
portrait, ii, [253]
Sinapisms, ii, [298]
Singleton’s eye ointment, ii, [126], [199]
Skin, as a charm, [173]
Skull oil, [247]
Skulls, medical uses, [248]; ii, [5], [6]
Sleep promoting, [128], [138]
Sloane, Sir Hans, edits P.L. 1721, ii, [65]
Small-pox, first mention, [104];
early treatment, [130], [169], [186]; ii, [130]
Smegma, ii, [298]
Snails as remedy, ii, [11]
Snake-venom antidotes, [112];
immunity, ii, [239]
Soap, Biblical reference, [70], [324]
Soap liniment, origin of, ii, [150]
Society of apothecaries. See [Apothecaries’ Society]
Soda tartarata, ii, [197]
Sodium carbonate, Biblical reference, [70]
Solar elixir, ii, [311]
Solecism, derivation, [207]
Solomon’s treatise on medicine, [49];
magical secrets, [159]
The Hebrew, [157]
Soluble mercury, [418]
“Solvent mineral,” ii, [135]
Somnus, god of sleep, [17]
“Sons of God” legend, [3]
Sorbito, ii, [299]
Sorcery, identified with pharmacy, [52];
held in esteem, [160]
Sparadrap, ii, [299]
de Vigo, [411]
Specificum purgans, [244], [371]
Spermaceti, medical use, ii, [28];
derivation, ii, [29];
Shakespearian reference, ii, [74]
Spicerers’ Guild, [139]
Spiders, medical use, ii, [14]
Spielman’s Vermifuge Electuary, [426]
Spikenard, value, [73];
Biblical reference, [73];
ointment, [73], [74]
Spirit of nitrous ether, origin, [349];
early formulæ, [349]
of salt, Valentine describes, [228];
discovery, [263], [369];
medical uses, [369];
properties, [370]
of tartar, [372]
of vitriol, [373], [374]
of wine. See [Alcohol].
Spiritus Ætheris Co., origin, [348]
Ætheris Nitrosi. See [Spirit of Nitrous Ether]
Ammoniæ Succinatus, [338]
Ammoniæ Aromaticus, [335], [337]
Mundi, [361]
Nitri Dulcis. See [Spirit of Nitrous Ether]
Salis Marini Glauberi. See Spirit of Salt
Volatilis Oleosus, [335], [337]
Vini Ethereus. See [Ether]
Vitrioli Antepilepticus Paracelsi, [347]
Spilsbury’s Anti-scorbutic Drops, ii, [166]
“Spot Ward,” ii, [213]
Spruce Dr., obtains cinchona seeds, ii, [105]
Squill called Eye of Typhon, [35];
vinegar, [18]
Stacte, identity, [56], [63]
Stahl’s theory of the elements, [175];
portrait, [176]
Starcraft, Saxon, [124]
Starkey’s Pills, origin, ii, [154]
Stationarii, [118]
Steer’s opodeldoc, ii, [150]
Stephens’s Cure for stone, [319]; ii, [199];
recipe, ii, [200]
Sterling, derivation, [138]
Stibium, See [Antimony]
Stimmi, [378]
Stoughton’s Cordial Elixir, ii, [162]
Stramonium, history, ii, [119];
introduction, ii, [120]
Structural formulæ, ii, [261]
Strychnine, discovery, ii, [248]
Strychnos manikon, [25]
Sublimation dulce, [419]
Suffumenta, ii, [299]
Suffumigia, ii, [299]
Substitution theory, ii, [259]
Sugar, arabic derivation, [103];
a rarity, ii, [30]
Sulphonal, preparation, ii, [272]
Sulphur, symbol, ii, [309]
Sulphuric acid, [373]
Sun-stone, [361]
Supplantalia, ii, [299]
Suppositories, ii, [299]
Swammerdam, Dutch anatomist, [285]
Swediaur’s pilula ferri, [351]
Sweet spirit of nitre, See [Spirit of Nitrous Ether]
Sydenham, on iron, [399];
portrait, [400];
laudanum, ii, [143]
Sylvius’s Carminative Spirit, [337]
salt, [336]
Sympathetic egg, [190]
ointment, [188], [189], [190]; ii, [6]
powder, [191]
remedies, [187]
Symbols, alchemical, ii, [304], ii, [308], ii, [309]
Synthetic Remedies, ii, [256]
Syphilis, book on, [224];
Valentine’s reference, [229];
treatment, [243];
mercury as cure, [409];
origin, [413];
early treatment, [413];
guaiacum as cure, [414], ii, [112]
Syrup, derivation, [103]; ii, [299]

Takkum gum, [53]
Talbor’s Tincture of Bark, [319]
Talbor R., employs cinchona, [319]; ii, [97]
process, ii, [99]
Talismans worn by Arabs, [163];
universality, [171].
See also [Charms]
Talmud, medicine in, [49]
Tamarinds, introduction, [105], [218]
Tansy, origin, [22]
Tapeworm remedy, Nouffer’s, [320];
Kousso, ii, [115]
Tar water, invention, [316];
opinions, [318]
Tartar etymology, [370]
preparations, [371], [372]
Tartaric acid, discovery, [268]
Tartarised iron, [402]
Tartarum tartarisatus, [373]
Tartarus, mythical hell, [370]
Tartre Stibié, [384]
Tartre Stygié, [384]
“Tasteless Ague Drops,” ii, [133]
Temperature, doctrine of, [180]
Terra Germanica, ii, [54]
Livonica, ii, [55]
Mellitea, ii, [54]
Portugallica, ii, [54]
Samia, ii, [54]
Sicula, ii, [54]
Sigillata, Galen on, [213]; ii, [53];
how prepared, ii, [54];
uses, ii, [54]
Strigensis, ii, [54]
Terres damnées, ii, [283]
Tetragonon, [87], [376]
Tetrapharmacum, [310]
Theine, discovery, ii, [248]
Themison, Roman physician, [90];
uses leeches, ii, [139];
Hiera, ii, [139]
Thénard, French chemist, [282]
Theriaca, medical uses, [131];
absurdities, [290];
origin, [292];
formulæ, ii, [38], [39];
invention, ii, [42];
virtues, ii, [43];
history, ii, [48];
ceremony, ii, [44], ii, [45], ii, [46], ii, [46];
esteemed, ii, [47];
as poison antidote, ii, [221]
Theriakon, Andromachus’s, [90]
Thistles as remedy, [184]
Thoth, inventor of medicine, [4], [38]; ii, [305]
blood, [35]
Thurneyssen’s “Magistery of the Sun,” [390]
Thus, derivation, [56]
Thuti, See [Thoth]
Thymiana, meaning, [55]
Tilly’s Dutch Drops, ii, [176]
Tin as vermifuge, [424];
medical compounds, [424];
symbol, ii, [307], ii, [310]
oxide as nail polish, [426]
salts, used by Paracelsus, [245]
Tinctura Aloes Co., origin, ii, [57]
Benzoin Co., origin, ii, [135]
Lavandulæ Co., origin, ii, [146]
Lunæ, [423]
Tinctura Metallorum, [244]
solis, etc., [390]
Tonica Nervina Bestucheffi, [321], [322], [404]
Tisanes, ii, [299]
Tofano, poisoner, ii, [235]
Tooth-ache, early remedy, [130]
cause, [168]
charms, [161], [168]
Tooth-extraction, anæsthetics in, ii, [249]
Toxicology, rise of, ii, [240]
Tranquille, note on, ii, [175]
Traumatic Balsam, ii, [135]
Trefoil as remedy, [184]
Trismegistus, Hermes’s surname, [5]
“Triumphal Chariot of Antimony,” [224]
Troches, etymology, ii, [299]
Trochiscus trigonus, [87]
Tsora, meaning, [53]
Turbith mineral, Paracelsus uses, [243];
why so called, [417]
Turlington’s Drops, ii, [135]
Turner’s Cerate, origin, ii, [157];
formula, ii, [158]
Turner, Dr., note on, ii, [157];
publications, ii, [158]
Turpentine as remedy, [50]
Tutty, ii, [159]
Typhon’s eye, [35]

Uisage-beatha, old Irish drink, [329]
Unguentum Ægyptiacum, ii, [52]
Arcœi, ii, [133]
Desiccativum Rubrum, ii, [160]
Diapomphologos, [407], [427]; ii, [160]
Nutritum, [407]; ii, [160]; ii, [296]
Refrigerans, ii, [65]; ii, [127]
Rosatum, ii, [160]
Saturninum, [407]
Sympatheticum, [188], [189], [190]
Tetrapharmacum, ii, [282]
Tripharmacum, [406]
Ungius odorata, [57]
Unicorn, Biblical references, [29];
in Royal Arms, [30];
Shakespearian references, [30];
Scottish pound, [30];
Apothecary’s sign, [31]
Unicorn’s horn, [29], [30]
“Universal medicine,” Geber’s claim, [106]
“Universal panacea,” [414]
“Universal remedy,” [132], [374]
“Universal solvent,” Glauber’s, [264]
Urus, identity, [29]
Usquebagh, ii, [65]

Valenciennes, naturalist, [282]
Valency, theory, ii, [260]
Valentine, Basil, [181], [224];
portrait, [225];
identity, [228];
works, [228]
Valangin’s solution, ii, [135]
Van Helmont on weapon salve, [191];
biography, [257];
portrait, [258];
contracts itch, [258];
discovers carbonic acid, [259];
physiology, [260];
employs alum, [331]
Van Swieten’s solution, [421];
anæsthetic story, ii, [254]
Vauquelin, biography, [271];
portrait, [272];
discovers narcotine, ii, [244];
discovers daphnine and nicotine, ii, [245]
Vegetable ethiops, [351]
vitriol, [375]
“Vegeto-Mineral Water,” Goulard’s [265]
Venice treacle. See [Theriaca]
Venom antidotes, Arabian, [112]; ii, [239]
Venus uses dittany, [26]
Veratrine, discovery, ii, [248]
Vervain, [35];
used by Saxons, [126]
Verdigris ointment, [16]; ii, [52]
Vigo, John de, biography, [410];
plaster, [411]
Vinegar, Biblical references, [64], [65], [71]
Vinum Millepedarum, ii, [11]
Vipers, medicinal uses, [90]; ii, [19];
Charas on, [280]; ii, [20];
de Sévigné on, ii, [21];
Quincy on, ii, [22];
preparations, ii, [22]
Vis Coriaria, ii, [246]
Vitriol, early use, [372];
kinds, [373];
etymology, [373];
medical uses, [373], [398];
preparations, [374];
symbols, ii, [309].
See also [Oil of Vitriol] and [Spirit of Vitriol]
Vitriol of Mars, [373]
Venus, [373]; ii, [311]
Vitriolated tartar, [371]
Vitriolum Camphoratum, [374]
Vocabulary, pharmaceutical, ii, [278]
“Volatile gold,” [396]
Vulnerarii, [92]

Walnuts as remedy, [185]
Want’s Tincture of Colchicum, ii, [186]
Warburg, Dr. Carl, biography, ii, [206];
poverty, ii, [207]
Warburg’s Tincture, history, ii, [206];
formula, ii, [207]
Ward, Joshua, biography, ii, [208];
portrait, ii, [209];
recipes, ii, [211], [213]
Ward’s paste, ii, [67]
Warts, remedies, [169]
transferring, [170], [172].
See also [Wort-cunning]
Watercress, medical use, [125]
Weapon salve. See [Sympathetic Ointment]
Weights, ancient, [44], [59]
signs for, ii, [300]
Wellcome Research Laboratory (Khartoum), [162]
Wells, H., uses nitrous oxide gas, ii, [249];
portrait, ii, [250]
Whisky, early use, [329]
White lead ointment, [288], [406]
White vitriol, [373], [426]
Whitworth doctors, ii, [215];
cures, ii, [216]
Whooping-cough, transferring, [170]
Wiener, Frank, ii, [121]
Willis, Dr., portrait, [401]
Willis’s Preparation of Steel, [400], [401]
Witches’ powers, [171]
Withering, Dr. W., biography, ii, [110];
on digitalis, ii, [110]
Wohler’s discovery, ii, [257];
portrait, ii, [258]
“Wolf of Metals,” [379]
Wondreton, poisoner, ii, [227]
Woodcock’s Wind Pills, ii, [167]
Wool fat used by Dioscorides, [210]
Words, origin of, [33]
Worms, early remedy, [42], [43], [245]
Wormwood, Biblical reference, [64]
Wort-cunning, Saxon, [124]
Wound Balsam, ii, [135]
Writing, invention, [4]

Zebethum Occidentale, ii, [9]
Zinc, early references, [426];
alloys, [426];
composition, [427];
preparations, [427];
symbol, ii, [309]
oxide, synonyms, [427]
sulphate. See [White Vitriol]
Zoroaster, inventor of medicine, [6], [157]

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