The seven books of Paulus Ægineta, volume 3 (of 3)

by Aegineta Paulus

GENERAL INDEX.

• Abrong, an article in the Arabian Materia Medica, vol. iii, p. [471].
• Abrotanum, see [Southernwood].
• Abscess, on the nature and general treatment of, ii, [54-9];
• surgical treatment of, [305-8];
• of the womb, and treatment thereof, [385-6].
• Absinthium, varieties of, and their uses in medicine, iii, [63], [64].
• Acacia, its medicinal properties, iii, [26].
• Acallis, its properties in medicine, iii, [26].
• Acanthium, its medicinal properties, iii, [28].
• Acanthus, its medicinal properties, iii, [27].
• Acarus, its medicinal properties, iii, [29].
• Acetabulum, one of the ancient measures. See [Measures].
• Achates, or Agate, its medicinal powers, iii, [221], [223].
• Achores, an eruptive disease of the scalp, i, [346], [348].
• Acinus, account of, and its properties as a medicine, iii, [28].
• Aconite, symptoms and treatment of poisoning by, ii, [220];
• its uses in medicine, iii, [29].
• Acopa, or Restorative Ointments, on the composition of, iii, [581-9].
• Acorns, sometimes used as articles of food by the ancients, i, [137].
• Acrochordones, description and general treatment of, ii, [48];
• surgical treatment of, [276].
• Actual cautery, application of, to the head, ii, [248], [250].
• Adarce, probably a species of zoophyte, iii, [22];
• its uses in medicine, [ibid.]
• Adhesion of the eyelids, surgical treatment of, ii, [273], [274].
• Ægilops, symptoms and nature of the disease, with general treatment, i, [413], [427];
• surgical treatment of, ii, [285-8];
• an article in the Mat. Med., iii, [24].
• Ærugo, or Verdigris, nature of, and its uses in medicine, iii, [142].
• Æs, or Copper, see [Copper].
• Æthiopis, its properties as a medicine, iii, [25].
• Affusion of cold water, its use in tetanus, i, [404], [406], [407].
• Agallochum, its properties as a medicine, iii, [18].
• Agaric, its uses in medicine, iii, [19].
• Ageratum, its uses in medicine, iii, [20].
• Agglutinants, list of used in the treatment of ulcers, ii, [101] et seq.
• Agrostis, or Grass, its properties as a medicine, iii, [20].
• Airs, on the different kinds of, i, [161].
• Alauda, or Lark, its uses in medicine, iii, [190].
• Albaras, a term used by the Arabians for Lepra, ii, [21].
• Alchemy, the ancient writers on medicine make no allusions to, iii, [17];
• Firmicus the earliest writer on, [ibid.]
• Alcæa, or Vervain-mallow, its medicinal uses, iii, [33].
• Alcyonia, on the varieties of, and their medicinal properties, iii, [33], [34].
• Ale, see [Zythus].
• Alica, a preparation from spelt, nearly the same as chondrus, i, [123].
• Alkalies, their use in pneumonia, i, [481];
• general properties in medicine, iii, [185]. See further [Lixivial].
• Almonds, description of their dietetical properties, i, [136];
• their uses in medicine, iii, [41].
• Alabastrites, account of, and its uses in medicine, iii, [226].
• Aloe, varieties of, and their medicinal properties, iii, [34].
• Alopecia, see under [Hair].
• Alphos, description of, ii, [16], &c., [33-5];
• the Lepra alphoides of modern nosologists, [23].
• Alsine, or Chickweed, its medicinal properties, iii, [35].
• Alsander, see under [Smyrnium].
• Althæa, or Marshmallow, its medicinal properties, iii, [32].
• Alum, different kinds of, known to the ancients, and their uses, iii, [360], [361].
• Alvine discharges, their characters in fevers, i, [222].
• Alypon, its medicinal properties, iii, [35].
• Alysson, or Madwort, its medicinal properties, iii, [36].
• Amaracus, or Marjoram, its uses in medicine, iii, [36].
• Amaranth, its medicinal properties, iii, [37].
• Amaurosis, symptoms and treatment of, i, [421], [434].
• Amber, see under [Electrum], [Ambergris], and [Karabe].
• Ambergris, its medicinal properties as given by the Arabians, iii, [426];
• unknown to the Greeks and Romans, [ibid.]
• Ambrosia, account of its medicinal properties, iii, [27].
• Amenorrhœa, treatment of, i, [609-14].
• Amethyst, account of the gem, and its medicinal properties, iii, [224].
• Amiantus, its uses in medicine, iii, [228].
• Aminæan Wine, used in the treatment of lientery, i, [521].
• Ammi, or Bishop’s Weed, its medicinal properties, iii, [38].
• Ammoniac, description of the different kinds of, and their uses, iii, [38], [39].
• Amomum, discussion on the ancient, and its medicinal properties, iii, [42];
• amomum grana paradisi, known to Ebn Baithar, [436].
• Ampeloprasum, its uses in medicine, iii, [40].
• Amphisbæna, treatment of persons stung by, ii, [180], [181].
• Amphora, see under [Weights].
• Amputation of the extremities, ii, [409-414].
• Amulets, their use in quartans, i, [248];
• in epilepsy, [378], [381];
• in gout, [670].
• Amurca, or Lees of Oil, its medicinal properties, iii, [39].
• Amygdalæ, see [Almonds].
• Amylum, or Starch, its medicinal uses, iii, [41].
• Anabrochismus, description of the operation, ii, [270].
• Anacardium, treatment of poisoning by, ii, [242];
• its uses in medicine, iii, [450].
• Anagallis, or Pimpernel, its uses in medicine, iii, [43].
• Anagyrus, its medicinal uses, iii, [43].
• Anchusæ, or Alkanets, their varieties and medicinal properties, iii, [21].
• Anethum, or Dill, its medicinal properties, iii, [46].
• Aneurism, surgical treatment of, ii, [312-6].
• Angina, see [Quinsy].
• Angiology, description of the operation, ii, [254-6].
• Animals, parts of, used as articles of food, i, [149].
• Anisum, or Anise, its uses in medicine, iii, [46].
• Ankle, on dislocations at, ii, [506-8].
• Anonis, Ononis, or Rest-harrow, its uses in medicine, iii, [47].
• Antirrinon, or Snapdragon, its medicinal uses, iii, [47].
• Anthrax, or Carbuncle, treatment of the disease, ii, [78], [79];
• the gem, its uses in medicine, iii, [221], [224].
• Anthyllis, its medicinal powers, iii, [46].
• Antiades, or Indurated Tonsils, treatment of, ii, [299].
• Antimony, account of its medicinal uses, iii, [356].
• Anus, on Imperforate, and the treatment thereof, ii, [405];
• on fistulæ of, and their treatment, [399];
• general diseases of, i, [600], [605].
• Aphace, or Wild Vetch, its medicinal uses, iii, [62].
• Aphronitrum, account of it, and its powers in medicine, iii, [62].
• Apochyma, or Old Pitch, its medicinal uses, iii, [48].
• Apocynum, its deleterious effects, ii, [242]. See also [Brassica canina].
• Apolinose, application of it to fistulæ and hemorrhoids, ii, [401], [403].
• Apoplexy, symptoms and treatment of, i, [392].
• Appetite, loss of, in fevers, and treatment thereof, i, [311].
• Apples, their characters as articles of food, i, [134];
• their uses in medicine, iii, [250].
• Apricot, its characters as an article of food, i, [133].
• Arabs, eulogium on the ancient, by Beckmann, iii, [479].
• Arabian Stone, account of, and its powers in medicine, iii, [225].
• Arbute, its characters in medicine, iii, [184].
• Arcion, or Burdock, its medicinal powers, iii, [51].
• Arctium, its medicinal powers, iii, [51].
• Ardent Fevers, symptoms and treatment of, i, [260] et seq.
• Arena, or Sand, its uses in medicine, iii, [38].
• Argemone, or Prickly Poppy, its medicinal powers, iii, [49].
• Arisarum, or Friar’s Cowl, its uses in medicine, iii, [49].
• Aristolochia, or Birthwort, varieties of, and their medicinal powers, iii, [50].
• Armeniacum, or Armenium, account of, and its uses, iii, [52].
• Arm, on fractures of, and their treatment, ii, [456-64].
• Armpits, of fetid smells in the, i, [506].
• Arnabo, difficulty of determining what it was, iii, [52].
• Arsenic, treatment of poisoning by, ii, [235], [236];
• kinds known to the ancients, [236]; iii, [54];
• its uses in medicine, iii, [53], [54]. See also [Sandarach].
• Artamita, its virtues in medicine, iii, [457].
• Artemisia, or Mugwort, its medicinal powers, iii, [52].
• Arteriacs, on the nature and composition of, i, [473].
• Arteriotomy, description of the operation, ii, [253].
• Arthritis, symptoms and treatment of, i, [657] et seq.
• Artichoke, not described by any of the ancients but Columella, i, [114].
• Artologani, a species of bread, i, [122].
• Arum, a plant resembling the dragon-herb, i, [114].
• Arum, or Wakerobin, its medicinal powers, iii, [53].
• Asarabacca, its properties as a medicine, iii, [55].
• Asclepias, or Swallow-wort, its medicinal powers, iii, [56].
• Ascyrron, a species of hypericum, its medicinal uses, iii, [57].
• Ash, its virtues as a medicine, iii, [247].
• Ashes, nature of the ancient, and their medicinal powers, iii, [372].
• Asian Stone, its medicinal powers, iii, [221], [224].
• Asp, treatment of persons stung by, ii, [187], &c.;
• a variety of the common viper, [189].
• Aspalathus, its medicinal powers, iii, [57]. See [Rosewood].
• Asparagi, the young shoots of plants, i, [116];
• uses of asparagus in medicine, iii, [58].
• Asphaltos, or Bitumen, its medicinal powers, iii, [60].
• Asphodel, or Kingspear, its uses in medicine, iii, [61].
• Asplenium, or Spleenwort, its medicinal powers, iii, [58].
• Ass, flesh of the wild, sometimes used as an article of food, i, [149].
• Aster Atticus, account of, and its virtues in medicine, iii, [59].
• Asthma, symptoms and treatment of, i, [475], &c.
• Astragalus, or Wild Liquorice, its virtues in medicine, iii, [60].
• Astragalus, on dislocations of the bone, ii, [507], [508].
• Atheroma, description and general treatment of, ii, [94], [95];
• surgical treatment of, [311], [312].
• Atractylis, or Distaff-thistle, its uses in medicine, iii, [61].
• Atramentum sutorium, sometimes used as a poison, ii, [242];
• account of, and its uses in medicine, iii, [402].
• Atriplex, or Orache, its medicinal powers, iii, [61].
• Autopyrus, a coarse kind of bread, i, [122].
• Azederach, introduced into the practice of medicine by the Arabs, iii, [449].
• Baccharis, or Ploughman’s Spikenard, its uses in medicine, iii, [66].
• Baldness, treatment of, see under [Hair].
• Balaustium, or Flower of Pomegranate, its uses in medicine, iii, [66].
• Balote, or Base Horehouud, its medicinal uses, iii, [67].
• Balsamum, or Balsam-tree, its uses in medicine, iii, [67].
• Bamboo-cane, sugar procured from, i, [319]. See [Sugar].
• Barb, the fish, described by Ausonius, i, [161].
• Barley, its character as an article of food, i, [123];
• its medicinal uses, iii, [195].
• Basil, as an article of food, i, [115];
• its virtues in medicine, iii, [423].
• Basilisk, treatment of persons stung by, ii, [189] et seq.
• Bass, the fish, its characters as an article of food, i, [161].
• Bastard Saffron, see [Cnicus].
• Baths, description of the ancient, i, [67-73];
• public, of the Romans, [68];
• mode in which the ancients took them, [68];
• natural baths or spas, [71].
• Batos, or Bramble, its medicinal uses, iii, [68].
• Baum, its medicinal uses, iii, [248].
• Bay-tree, its uses in medicine, iii, [93], [94].
• Bdellium, account of, iii, [70], [439].
• Bean, characters of the different varieties of, i, [126];
• its uses in medicine, iii, [199].
• Bear’s Grease, its use in the cure of baldness, i, [342].
• Bear’s Breech, see [Acanthus].
• Beasts, general characters of their flesh as food, i, [145];
• formed the principal part of man’s food in the heroic age, [ibid.]
• Beccafigo, the ficedula of the Romans, i, [142].
• Bee-glue, see [Propolis].
• Beef, its characters as an article of food, i, [148].
• Beet, used as an article of food, i, [112];
• its uses in medicine, iii, [371].
• Behen, dissertation upon, iii, [478].
• Benet noctis, see [Epinyctis].
• Ben-nut, or Nut-ben, its medicinal powers, iii, [65].
• Berberis, or Berberry, its introduction into medicine, iii, [438].
• Berengemish, or Ozimum Gariofilatum, iii, [477].
• Bettonica, or Bettony, on its characters as a medicine, iii, [71].
• Bezoar, account of its introduction into medicine, iii, [426].
• Bindweed, its medicinal powers, iii, [283].
• Bird-lime, see [Viscum].
• Birthwort, see [Aristolochia].
• Bishop’s Weed, see [Ammi].
• Bitumen, see [Asphaltos].
• Blatta Pistrina, its uses in medicine, iii, [337].
• Blitum, or Blite, its properties as a pot-herb, i, [114];
• its uses in medicine, iii, [72].
• Blood, medicinal properties of the various kinds of, iii, [25].
• Bones, their medicinal uses, iii, [287].
• Borax, or Tincar, account of, iii, [476].
• Bothrion, see [Ulcers of the Eyes].
• Botrys, or Goose-foot, its medicinal uses, iii, [73].
• Brain, ancient physiology of the, i, [83];
• its uses in medicine, iii, [99].
• Bramble, see [Batos].
• Bran, see [Crimnon].
• Bread, description of the varieties of, known to the ancients, i, [122];
• prepared with leaven or yeast, [123];
• its uses in medicine, iii, [55].
• Breasts, on the diseases of, i, [504];
• male, morbidly resembling female, ii, [336].
• Brine, see [Muria].
• Britannica, account of, and its uses in medicine, iii, [77], [78].
• Brocoli, its dietetical characters according to Rhases, i, [113].
• Bronchocele, surgical treatment of, ii, [316].
• Bronchotomy, said to have been performed by Hippocrates in quinsy, i, [166]. For a description of the operation, see [Laryngotomy].
• Broom, its uses in medicine, iii, [351].
• Broth, account of its medicinal uses, iii, [126].
• Bruised nail, on the treatment of, ii, [415].
• Bryon, or Lichen, its medicinal uses, iii, [78].
• Bryony, its uses in medicine, iii, [79].
• Bubo, nature and treatment of, ii, [71-3].
• Bubonocele, general account of, and its treatment, i, [589];
• surgical treatment of, ii, [377-9].
• Bubonium, see [Aster Atticus].
• Buccellatum, the name of a sort of bread, i, [125].
• Buccellatus, a compound purgative medicine, iii, [494].
• Buccinæ, their uses in medicine, iii, [170].
• Buckthorn-plantain, see [Coronopus].
• Buckthorn, see [Rhamnus].
• Bugs, see [Cimices].
• Buglossum, used as an article of food, i, [115];
• its medicinal powers, iii, [77].
• Bulbi, the esculent, difficult to determine exactly, i, [118];
• medicinal powers of the esculent and emetic, iii, [73].
• Bulimia, or Bulimos, treatment of, in fevers, i, [313].
• Bullæ, see [Phlyctænæ].
• Bull’s-blood, treatment of poisoning by, ii, [230], [231].
• Bunium, or Earth-nut, its medicinal powers, iii, [74].
• Buphthalmum, or Ox-eye, its medicinal powers, iii, [76].
• Buprestis, treatment of poisoning by, ii, [203];
• its uses in medicine, iii, [74].
• Burncow, see [Buprestis].
• Burns, on the treatment of, ii, [42-5].
• Burning, or application of the Cautery to, the eyelids, ii, [265];
• the armpits, [330];
• for empyema, [332];
• over the liver, [335];
• over the spleen, [336];
• over the stomach, [336];
• over the hip-joints, [394].
• Bustard, or Otis, a delicious article of food, i, [142].
• Butcher’s-broom, its medicinal powers, iii, [94].
• Butter, its uses by the ancients in food and medicine, iii, [74-6].
• Buzeiden, probably the Orchis morio, iii, [459];
• its uses in medicine, [ibid.]
• Cabbage, its properties as a pot-herb, i, [113];
• taken to prevent intoxication, [176];
• its uses in medicine, iii, [193].
• Cacalia, see [Cacanus].
• Cacanus, account of, and its uses in medicine, iii, [148].
• Cachexia, nature and treatment of, i, [568].
• Cactos, nature of, and its effects as a poison, ii, [240], [241].
• Cadmia, or Calamine, its uses in medicine, iii, [149].
• Cæliac affection, symptoms and treatment of, i, [520].
• Calais, account of, as a medicine, iii, [228].
• Calamagrostis, or Bull-reed, its medicinal powers, iii, [151].
• Calaminth, its uses in medicine, iii, [151].
• Calamus aromaticus, or Sweet-cane, its medicinal powers, iii, [152].
• Calculus, see [Lithotomy];
• general treatment of, i, [541];
• of the uterus, [632].
• Callus, treatment of redundant, in fractures, ii, [476];
• of distortion from, [477];
• on bones which have not united for want of, [477].
• Camphora, its characters as given by the Arabians, iii, [427].
• Canals, nature of these surgical instruments, ii, [471].
• Cancers, symptoms and general treatment of, ii, [79-83];
• surgical treatment of, ii, [334-336].
• Canine appetite, in fevers, treatment of, i, [314].
• Canker-worms of Pines, their uses in medicine, iii, [302].
• Cannabis, or Hemp, its uses in medicine, iii, [155].
• Canopum, or Elder, see under [Elder].
• Cantharis, treatment of poisoning by, ii, [201] et seq;
• uses of in medicine, iii, [153].
• Caparis, or Caper-tree, its uses in medicine, iii, [155].
• Carbuncle of the eyelids, treatment of, i, [419], [432];
• general nature and treatment of, ii, [75], [79];
• the gem scarcely used as a medicine, iii, [224].
• Carcinoma, of the eyelids, i, [419], [432].
• Cardamom, its medicinal properties, iii, [157].
• Cardiac disease, account of from Celsus, C. Aurelianus, and Aretæus, i, [292] et seq.
• Carline Thistle, its characters as an article of food, i, [113].
• Carobs, or Siliquæ, an inferior article of food, i, [137].
• Carious Wood, its uses in medicine, iii, [326].
• Carpesia, treatment of poisoning by, ii, [218].
• Carpesium, falsely taken for cubebs, its uses in medicine, iii, [159].
• Carrot, or Staphylinus, its characters as an article of food, i, [118].
• Cartilaginous fishes, their characters as articles of food, i, [169] et seq.
• Carum, or Caraway, its virtues as a medicine, iii, [158].
• Carus, symptoms and treatment of the disease, i, [372].
• Caryophyllon, or Cloves, its properties as a medicine, iii, [160].
• Cassamum, the fruit of the Balsam-tree, iii, [161].
• Cassia, its virtues as a medicine, iii, [161].
• Cassia fistula, its medicinal characters as given by the Arabians, iii, [429-31];
• of the Greeks a very different substance, iii, [161].
• Cassia lignea, same as the Cassia bark of the moderns, iii, [161].
• Castor, supposed by the ancient authorities the testicles of the beaver, iii, [162];
• its characters as a medicine, [163].
• Castor-oil Plant, its characters as a medicine, iii, [170], [171]. See [Ricinus].
• Castration, description of the operation, iii, [379].
• Catalepsy, symptoms and treatment of, i, [369], &c.
• Cataphora, treatment of in fevers, i, [301].
• Cataract, surgical treatment of, ii, [280-5].
• Caterpillar, or Eruca, its properties as a medicine, iii, [153].
• Catarrh, symptoms and treatment of, i, [469].
• Caucalis, or Wild Carrot, its uses in medicine, iii, [163].
• Cauda pudendi, symptoms and treatment of the disease, ii, [381-382].
• Causus, see [Ardent Fevers].
• Catheterism, description of the operation, ii, [351].
• Cedrus, or Juniper, its medicinal uses, iii, [164].
• Celandine, or Chelidonium, its uses in medicine, iii, [412].
• Cenchrinus, treatment of persons stung by, ii, [186].
• Centaury, its uses in medicine, iii, [165].
• Cepæa, its uses in medicine, iii, [169].
• Cephalalgia, symptoms and treatment of, i, [350].
• Cephalæa, symptoms and treatment of, i, [355].
• Cera, or Wax, its uses in medicine, iii, [169].
• Cerastes, a variety of the Egyptian viper, ii, [189];
• treatment of persons stung by, [187-9].
• Cerasia, or Cherries, history of, as an article of food, i, [132], [133];
• their uses in medicine, iii, [167].
• Ceratonia, see [Carob-tree].
• Ceruse, treatment of poisoning by, ii, [234];
• nature of, [235];
• its characters as a medicine, iii, [420].
• Cetacea, or Large Fishes, account of, i, [170].
• Ceterach, see [Asplenium].
• Chalazia of the eyelid, surgical treatment of, ii, [275].
• Chalcanthos, disquisition on, iii, [402]. See [Atramentum sutorium].
• Chalcitis, disquisition on the nature of, iii, [399-401].
• Chamæleon, treatment of poisoning by, ii, [208];
• its characters as a medicine, iii, [407].
• Chamædrops, its characters as a medicine, iii, [410].
• Chamædrys, or Germander, its uses in medicine, iii, [406].
• Chamæleuce, or Ground Poplar, its uses in medicine, iii, [407].
• Chamæmelum, or Chamomile, its uses in medicine, iii, [408].
• Chamæpitys, or Ground Pine, its virtues in medicine, iii, [409].
• Chamæsyce, or Ground Fig, its virtues in medicine, iii, [410].
• Chamelæa, its characters in medicine, iii, [410], [412]. See [Mezereon].
• Characters for the different weights and measures, iii, [626-28].
• Chaste-tree, see [Vitex].
• Cheese, varieties of, and their characters in dietetics, i, [155], [156];
• its uses in medicine, iii, [382].
• Chemosis, symptoms and treatment of, i, [412], [425].
• Cherry, see [Cerasion].
• Chesnuts, their characters as articles of food, i, [138].
• Chickweed, see [Alsine].
• Chickpea, see [Cicer].
• Chilblains, treatment of, i, [676].
• Chironian Ulcers, symptoms and treatment of, ii, [114].
• Cholagogues, nature of, and list according to Mesue, iii, [489];
• to Margravius, [490].
• Cholera, symptoms and treatment of, i, [515] et seq.
• Chondrile, or Gum Succory, its characters as a medicine, iii, [414].
• Chondrus or Farro, is a sort of shelled grain prepared from spelt, i, [123];
• used as a medicine, iii, [415].
• Cicada or Tree-hopper, its uses in medicine, iii, [390].
• Cicatrices of the eyes, treatment of, i, [418];
• treatment of black, ii, [118].
• Cicer, or Chickpea, its uses as a medicine, iii, [112].
• Cichorium, or Succory, its medicinal powers, iii, [176].
• Cider, ancients well acquainted with the preparation of, i, [134].
• Cimices, or Bugs, their medicinal powers, iii, [188].
• Cinara, difficulty of determining what it was, i, [113].
• Cinnabaris or Sanguis Draconis, its uses in medicine, iii, [171].
• Cinnamon, its medicinal powers, iii, [172].
• Cinquefoil, see [Quinquefolium].
• Circæa, or Enchanter’s Nightshade, its medicinal powers, iii, [173].
• Circumcision, description of the operation, ii, [349], [350].
• Circocele, surgical treatment of, ii, [370], [372].
• Cistus or Rock-rose, its virtues as a medicine, iii, [174].
• Citron, its characters as an article of food, i, [137].
• Clavus, or Corns, on the treatment of, i, [678];
• of the feet, treatment of, ii, [416], [417].
• Clavicle, on fractures of, ii, [447], [450];
• on dislocations of, ii, [482], [484].
• Clematis, or Virgin’s Bower, its medicinal uses, iii, [177].
• Clinopodium or Field-basil, its medicinal uses, iii, [178].
• Clitoris, surgical treatment of enlarged, ii, [381], [382].
• Clysters, description of the ancient, i, [57].
• Cnicus, or Bastard Saffron, its powers as a medicine, iii, [178];
• used as an antidote to poisons, [ibid.];
• its general uses in medicine, iii, [175].
• Coagulated Milk, treatment of poisoning by, ii, [231].
• Cocoa-nut, its characters as a medicine, iii, [438].
• Cochleæ, or White Snails, esteemed as a delicacy by the Romans, i, [168];
• uses of, in medicine, iii, [192].
• Cockle, see [Ægilops].
• Coeloma, see [Ulcers].
• Cold, treatment of persons injured by, i, [49].
• Collyria, varieties of, and their composition, iii, [548], [558].
• Colic, symptoms and treatment of, i, [531], &c.
• Coltsfoot, its medicinal uses, iii, [72].
• Colocynth, description of, and its uses in medicine, iii, [183].
• Comfrey, see [Symphytum].
• Conchylia, their uses in medicine, iii, [178].
• Condisi, poisonous substance treated of by the Arabians, ii, [242].
• Condyloma of the Uterus, treatment of, iii, [382], [383];
• of the anus, treatment of, [405].
• Congius, see [Weights].
• Contagion, history of ancient opinions on, i, [284], [288].
• Continued or Synochous Fevers, symptoms and treatment of, i, [256].
• Contusion of the Ears, treatment of, i, [440], [445].
• Conyza, or Fleabane, its medicinal uses, iii, [185].
• Copper, the ancient varieties of, and their uses in medicine, iii, [404], [406].
• Copperas, see under [Chalcanthos].
• Corallium, or Coral, its medicinal uses, iii, [187].
• Cordial Medicines, Arabian doctrines regarding the nature of, iii, [473].
• Coriander, its medicinal properties, iii, [189].
• Coris, its uses in medicine, iii, [189].
• Cork, its uses in medicine, iii, [393].
• Cornus, or Cornel, its medicinal uses, iii, [193].
• Corns, see [Clavus].
• Coronopodium, probably the same as the Coronopus, i, [670];
• its purgative powers, iii, [495].
• Coronopus, or Buckthorn-plantain, its characters as a medicine, iii, [190].
• Cos, or Whetstone, account of, iii, [227].
• Cosmetics of the ancients, see under [Hair].
• Costus, account of, and its properties in medicine, iii, [190], [192].
• Cotton, the Horon, or Bombax of the Arabians, iii, [464], [465].
• Cotton-thistle, see [Acanthium].
• Cotyledon, or Navel-wort, its uses in medicine, iii, [192].
• Cough, treatment of, i, [309], [470], &c.
• Counter-fissure, ancient opinions regarding, ii, [440].
• Crab, its uses in medicine, iii, [158].
• Crab-tree, see [Epimelis].
• Crane, a nutritious but indigestible article of food, i, [143].
• Crane-bill, see [Geranium].
• Cratæogonon, its medicinal uses, iii, [194].
• Cress, used as a seasoner by the ancient Persians, i, [114].
• Crimnon, or Bran, its medicinal uses, iii, [196].
• Crises in Fevers, account of, i, [198], &c.
• Critical Days, ancient opinions regarding, i, [190], &c.
• Crithmon, or Samphire, its uses in medicine, iii, [195].
• Crocodiles, treatment of persons bitten by, ii, [193].
• Crocodilium, its medicinal uses, iii, [197].
• Crocomagma, composition of, iii, [531], [593].
• Crustacea, their characters as articles of food, i, [170].
• Crocus, or Saffron, its uses in medicine, iii, [198].
• Cubebs, introduced into medicine by the Arabians, iii, [463].
• Cucumber, its characters as an article of food, i, [128], [129];
• its uses in medicine, iii, [335].
• Cucurbita, see [Gourd].
• Cudweed, see [Gnaphalium].
• Culeus, see [Weights].
• Cumin, its uses in medicine, iii, [203].
• Cupping, ancient modes of performing, iii, [326], [330].
• Curds and Whey, the Schiston of the ancients, i, [155].
• Cuttle-fish, see under [Sepia].
• Cyanus, account of, and its medicinal uses, iii, [200].
• Cyathus, see under [Weights].
• Cynanche, see under [Quinsy].
• Cyperus, its uses in medicine, iii, [204].
• Cyphi, composition of, iii, [599], [600].
• Cypress, its uses in medicine, iii, [204].
• Cytisus, its medicinal uses, iii, [206].
• Daffodil, or Narcissus, its medicinal uses, iii, [266].
• Damascenes, their characters in dietetics, i, [136].
• Darnel, its medicinal virtues, iii, [26].
• Date, used in various ways as an article of food, i, [135];
• wine prepared from, [ibid.]
• Daucus, see [Carrot].
• Defluxion on the Eyes, treatment of, i, [411].
• Deliquium Animi, treatment of, in fevers, i, [327];
• distinction between it and syncope, [328].
• Delirium Tremens, case of, related by Hippocrates, i, [407].
• Demoniacs, what the persons so designated in Scripture probably were, i, [383].
• Dende of the Arabians, either the lignum colabrinum or croton tiglium, iii, [448].
• Dentifrices, list of, and their uses, i, [455].
• Depilatories, composition of, and their uses, i, [342], [588].
• Dessert, or Mensa secunda, articles served at the, i, [131].
• Diabetes, symptoms and treatment of, i, [547].
• Diarrhœa, general treatment of, i, [520];
• colliquative in fevers, i, [298], [299].
• Dictamnus, or Dittany, its uses in medicine, iii, [95].
• Dietetics, ancient authorities on, i, [107].
• Diets, or Meals, of the ancients, i, [108].
• Difficult Labour, treatment of, i, [646] et seq.
• Dill, see [Anethum].
• Diocles, epistle of, to Antigonus, i, [183];
• remarks on, [186].
• Diospolites, composition of, iii, [519].
• Diphryges, or Husk of Brass, its uses in medicine, iii, [95].
• Dipsacus, or Teasel, its medicinal powers, iii, [95].
• Disorder of the Eye, treatment of, i, [423].
• Distaff-thistle, see [Atractylis].
• Dislocations, see [Luxations].
• Dittany, see [Dictamnus].
• Diudar, an Indian pine described by the Arabians, iii, [450], [451].
• Diuretics, officinal, for persons in health, i, [54].
• Dock, or Rumex, noticed as an article of food, i, [115]. See [Lapathum].
• Dogsbane, or Brassica canina, its medicinal properties, iii, [48].
• Dog-rose, or Hip-tree, its uses in medicine, iii, [203].
• Dorcas, the Gazelle, its flesh reckoned wholesome and delicious, i, [148];
• pulse named from, i, [212], [216], [221].
• Dorycnium, modern opinions regarding, ii, [225];
• its medicinal uses, iii, [96].
• Dracunculus, or Dragon-herb, its characters as a pot-herb, i, [114];
• its medicinal virtues, iii, [97].
• Drachm, see [Weights].
• Dropaces, or Calefacient Plasters, composition of, iii, [581], [587].
• Dropsy, treatment of, i, [569] et seq.;
• surgical treatment of, see [Paracentesis].
• Dross of Silver, its uses in medicine, iii, [106].
• Dryinus, treatment of persons stung by, ii, [181], [182].
• Dryopteris, or Oak-fern, its medicinal virtues, iii, [97].
• Duck, its characters as an article of food, i, [143].
• Duella, see [Weights].
• Dung, its uses in medicine, iii, [186].
• Dyspepsia, symptoms and treatment of, i, [513], &c.
• Dysentery, symptoms and treatment of, i, [505], &c.
• Dysuria, treatment of, i, [517].
• Ear, on the diseases of, i, [437] et seq.
• Eagle-stone, or Ætites, its uses in medicine, iii, [227].
• Earths, the medicinal, of the ancients, iii, [83], [85].
• Earthworms, the uses of, in medicine, iii, [85].
• Ebeny, its medicinal powers, iii, [98], [99].
• Ecchymosis, treatment of, ii, [87].
• Echidna, treatment of persons stung by, ii, [177-180].
• Echinos, different kinds of, and their uses in medicine, iii, [121].
• Echium, or Viper’s Bugloss, its medicinal properties, iii, [122].
• Ecpiesmus, a disease of the eye, treatment of, i, [422], [436].
• Ectropion, symptoms and general treatment of, i, [413], [427];
• surgical treatment of, ii, [427].
• Eel, its characters as an article of food, i, [160].
• Eggs, their characters as given by the dietetical authorities, i, [144];
• how the ancients preserved them, [ibid.];
• their uses in medicine, iii, [422].
• Elaphoboscus, its medicinal powers, iii, [104].
• Elaterium, treatment of poisoning by, ii, [239], [240];
• its medicinal powers, iii, [102], [103].
• Elatine, or Toadflax, its medicinal powers, iii, [104].
• Elbow, on dislocations at the, ii, [489-492].
• Elder, two species of, and their uses in medicine, iii, [30].
• Elæomeli, nature of, and its uses in medicine, iii, [102].
• Electrum, or Amber, its medicinal uses, iii, [129].
• Elecampane, its uses in medicine, iii, [105].
• Elephant, use of its hoofs in medicine, iii, [106].
• Elephantiasis, symptoms and treatment of, ii, [1-14];
• probably the original of syphilis, [14];
• still prevalent in certain countries, [15].
• Elechrysum, or Shrubby Everlasting, its uses in medicine, iii, [109].
• Elm, its medicinal powers, iii, [312].
• Emaciation, on the treatment of, i, [82-84].
• Embryotomy, or Embryulcia, description of the operation, ii, [387-392].
• Emery, description of, and its uses in medicine, iii, [226].
• Emetics, on the administration of, iii, [503-510].
• Emmenagogues, account of, i, [612], &c. See [Menstrual Discharge].
• Emphysema, symptoms and treatment of, ii, [84], [86];
• of the eyes, i, [412], [426].
• Empetrum, or Black-berried Heath, its uses in medicine, iii, [100].
• Emplastic medicines, description of, iii, [7].
• Encanthis, symptoms and treatment of, i, [430], &c.;
• surgical treatment of, ii, [276].
• Endive, its characters as an article of food, ii, [113];
• its uses in medicine, iii, [319].
• Enterocele, description and general treatment of, i, [589];
• surgical treatment of, ii, [372], [377].
• Ephemeral Fevers, symptoms and treatment of, i, [225], [235].
• Ephemeron, treatment of poisoning by, ii, [222];
• same as the colchicum and hermodactylus;
• its medicinal powers, iii, [119].
• Epidemic diseases, account of, i, [273], &c.
• Epimedium, or Barrenwort, its uses in medicine, iii, [111].
• Epimelis, or Crab-tree, its medicinal uses, iii, [112].
• Epinyctis, symptoms and treatment of the disease, ii, [39], [40].
• Epistaxis, general treatment of, i, [457];
• in fevers, treatment of, i, [325].
• Epipactis, or Bastard Hellebore, its uses in medicine, iii, [112].
• Epithymum, or Dodder of Thyme, its uses in medicine, iii, [111].
• Epulis, surgical treatment of, ii, [294].
• Erica, see [Heath].
• Erinos, or Water-basil, its medicinal powers, iii, [114].
• Eruca, or Rocket, its virtues in medicine, iii, [118].
• Eryngo, its medicinal uses, iii, [132].
• Erysipelas, symptoms and treatment of, ii, [65-70];
• on the use of liquid applications for, [70];
• of the brain, i, [365];
• of the anus, i, [602].
• Erysipelatous Fevers, on the treatment of, i, [269] et seq.
• Erysimum, or Hedge-mustard, its medicinal uses, iii, [117].
• Erythrodanum, or Madder, its medicinal uses, iii, [116].
• Euphorbium, treatment of poisoning by, ii, [241];
• its uses in medicine, iii, [119].
• Eupatorium, doubts respecting, and its uses in medicine, iii, [118].
• Exanthemata of the head, and treatment of, i, [345];
• symptoms and treatment of, ii, [37-39].
• Excoriations, treatment of, ii, [47].
• Exercises, description of those used by the ancients, i, [20-27].
• Exomphalos, or Umbilical Hernia, treatment of, ii, [340-342].
• Eye, on the general diseases of, i, [409] et seq.
• Face, on the affections of, i, [452].
• Facies Hippocratica, description of, i, [190], [191].
• Fagara or Fagre, a medicinal substance described by the Arabians, iii, [456].
• Far, or Spelt, its dietetical characters, i, [123];
• its virtues in medicine, iii, [123].
• Farro, see [Chondrus].
• Fats, their uses in medicine, iii, [354], [355].
• Faufel, an Arabic medicine, probably areca catechu, iii, [454].
• Favi, nature and treatment of, ii, [97-99].
• Fel, an Arabic medicine not well understood, iii, [448].
• Female Flux, symptoms and treatment of, i, [617] et seq.
• Fennel, its uses in medicine, iii, [242].
• Fennel, Giant, its uses in medicine, iii, [265].
• Fenugreek, its medicinal powers, iii, [373].
• Fermentum, or Leaven, its uses in medicine, iii, [126].
• Fern, its uses in medicine, iii, [312].
• Fevers, symptoms and treatment of, i, [187-335];
• ancient authorities upon, [187].
• Fici, symptoms and treatment of, i, [347].
• Field-basil, see [Clinopodium].
• Fig, its characters as an article of food, i, [129], [132];
• green figs, their medicinal uses, iii, [272];
• ripe figs, [362], [363].
• Filix, or Female Fern, its uses in medicine, iii, [136].
• Fingers, surgical treatment of preternatural, ii, [331].
• Fir-tree, its medicinal powers, iii, [103], [104].
• Fistula, general treatment of, ii, [129], &c.;
• surgical treatment of, [396-399].
• Fistula Lachrymalis, see [Ægilops].
• Fishes, their characters as articles of food, i, [157] et seq.
• Fissures of the uterus, i, [645], &c.;
• of the feet, [176];
• of the anus, ii, [405].
• Flamingo, its tongue reckoned a great delicacy, i, [143].
• Fleawort, treatment of poisoning by, ii, [211].
• Foot, on the fractures at the, ii, [470].
• Forceps, in midwifery known to Avicenna, i, [650];
• one found in the house of an obstetrix at Pompei, [652].
• Fowls, account of as articles of food, i, [139], &c.
• Fox, see [Vulpes].
• Fractures, account of, and their differences, ii, [427-478];
• of the skull, [429];
• complicated with a wound, [472].
• Frankincense, its medicinal uses, iii, [217].
• Freckles on the face, remedies for, i, [452].
• Friar’s Cowl, see [Arisarum].
• Friction, the preparatory described, i, [19];
• different kinds of, [28].
• Frog, not used as an article of food by the ancients, i, [166] (misspelt rog);
• uses in medicine, see [Rana].
• Fructus horæi, or Summer Fruits, their characters, i, [128].
• Frumentacea, their characters as articles of food, i, [120], &c.
• Fucus marinus, or Sea-weed, its uses in medicine, iii, [397].
• Fuligo, or Soot, its medicinal powers, iii, [56].
• Fumaria, or Fumitory, its medicinal uses, iii, [159].
• Furunculus, symptoms and treatment of, ii, [73-75].
• Gagate, or Jet, used as a test of epilepsy, i, [380];
• its virtues in medicine, iii, [225].
• Galactites, account of, and its medicinal powers, iii, [222].
• Galangal, or Galanga, account of its introduction into medicine, iii, [433].
• Galbanum, its uses in medicine, iii, [398].
• Galiopsis, its medicinal uses, iii, [81].
• Galium, its medicinal uses, iii, [80].
• Gall, or Bile, its uses in medicine, iii, [413].
• Gallæ, or Galls, their medicinal uses, iii, [168].
• Gall-stones, noticed by Alexander Trallian, i, [566];
• by Haly Abbas, and others, [586].
• Ganglion, nature and treatment of, ii, [50], [51];
• surgical treatment of, [317], [318].
• Gangrene, or Sphacelus, symptoms and treatment of, ii, [59-61].
• Garlic, its uses in medicine, iii, [345].
• Gastroraphe, description of the operation, ii, [342-345].
• Gazelle, or Dorcas, used for food, i, [148].
• Genital organs, on the diseases of, i, [600];
• Celsus the best authority on, [604].
• Gentian, its uses in medicine, iii, [82].
• Geodes, account of, iii, [226].
• Geranium, or Cranebill, its medicinal uses, iii, [83].
• Germander, or Chamædrys, its uses in medicine, iii, [406].
• Gilbenee, or Cerbera manghas, its introduction into medicine, iii, [467].
• Gilt-head, its characters as an article of food, i, [165].
• Ginger, see [Zingiber].
• Gingidium, or Toothpick Fennel, used as a pot-herb, i, [113];
• its medicinal uses, iii, [86].
• Gith, or Nigella, its uses in medicine, iii, [245].
• Glass, account of the ancient, and its uses in medicine, iii, [383], [384].
• Glaucium, or Horned Poppy, its medicinal uses, iii, [87].
• Glaucoma, account of the disease, i, [421-434].
• Glaux, or Milkwort, its medicinal uses, iii, [87].
• Gluten, or Glue, its uses in medicine, iii, [181].
• Glycyrrhiza, or Liquorice, its medicinal uses, iii, [88].
• Gnaphalium, or Cudweed, its medicinal powers, iii, [89].
• Goat’s-flesh, its characters as an article of food, i, [148].
• Goat’s-horn, its uses in medicine, iii, [166].
• Godwit, probably the attagen of the ancients, i, [140];
• much sought after as an article of food, [ibid.]
• Gongylis, or Turnip, its medicinal uses, iii, [90]. See [Turnip].
• Gonorrhœa, symptoms and treatment of, i, [593].
• Goose, characters of as an article of food, i, [143].
• Goose-foot, see [Botrys].
• Gordylium, see [Tordylium].
• Gourd, use of as an article of food, i, [127], [128];
• its medicinal uses, iii, [182].
• Gout, varieties and treatment of, i, [657-676].
• Gramen, or Grass, see [Agrostis].
• Granum Gnidium, account of, and its uses in medicine, iii, [179].
• Granum tinctorum, iii, [180].
• Granum Kelkel, iii, [466].
• Grape, account of its qualities as an article of food, i, [132].
• Grape-stones, their uses in medicine, iii, [86].
• Gromwel, see [Lithospermum].
• Ground-ivy, or Chamæcissos, its uses in medicine, iii, [407].
• Ground-poplar, or Chamæleuce, its uses in medicine, iii, [407].
• Groundsel, see [Senecio].
• Gudgeon, used as an article of food, i, [163].
• Gum, its medicinal powers, iii, [184].
• Gypsum, or Mineral White, treatment of poisoning by, ii, [233];
• modern writers on toxicology have overlooked, [234];
• its characters as a medicine, iii, [91].
• Gyris, or Pollen, its medicinal powers, iii, [91].
• Hæmatite, or Bloodstone, its use in hæmoptysis, i, [489];
• its general uses in medicine, iii, [200], [222].
• Hæmatemesis, described by Actuarius, i, [515].
• Hæmorrhus, on the treatment of persons stung by, ii, [183-185];
• a variety of the viper, [185].
• Hager Albuzedi, an Arabian medicine, iii, [476].
• Hager Alcazaha, an Arabian medicine, iii, [477].
• Hager Salachil, or Lapis corneolus, account of, iii, [476].
• Haggis, see [Isicia].
• Hair, on the diseases of, i, [337], &c.;
• compositions for dyeing, [342];
• hair and nails said to grow after death, [345];
• its uses in medicine, iii, [380].
• Hake, the fish, noticed by several ancient writers, i, [165].
• Halimus, or Sea-purslane, used as an article of food, i, [113];
• its uses in medicine, iii, [32].
• Hand and Fingers, on fractures of the bones of, ii, [465], [466].
• Hare, characters of as an article of food, i, [149].
• Hartshorn, its uses in medicine, iii, [166].
• Heads, their medicinal uses, iii, [167].
• Headache, treatment of in fevers, ii, [301];
• general treatment of, [350].
• Heart, temperaments and physiology of, i, [94] et seq.;
• on the affections of, [501].
• Hearing, difficult, treatment of, i, [440].
• Heath, its medicinal powers, i, [113].
• Hectic Fevers, symptoms and treatment of, i, [266], &c.
• Hedera, or Ivy, its uses in medicine, iii, [175].
• Hedge-mustard, see [Erysimum].
• Hedychroum, on the composition of, iii, [510].
• Hellebore, the White and the Black, on poisoning by the White, ii, [239];
• their uses in medicine, iii, [107];
• modes of administering the White, [503] et seq.;
• Bastard, see [Epipactis].
• Heliotropium, or Sunflower, its medicinal uses, iii, [128].
• Hemlock, treatment of poisoning by, ii, [211], &c.;
• effects of in the case of Socrates, [212];
• its uses in medicine, iii, [206].
• Hemina, see [Weights].
• Hemerocallis, or Lily of the Valley, its uses in medicine, iii, [131].
• Hemicrania, symptoms and treatment of, i, [355], &c.
• Hemionitis, or Moonfern, its medicinal uses, iii, [131].
• Hemiplegia, see [Apoplexy].
• Hemorrhage, ancient modes of treating, i, [448], and ii, [127], &c.;
• from the nose in fevers, i, [326].
• Hemorrhoids of the Womb, general treatment of, i, [603];
• surgical treatment of, ii, [382], [383];
• of the anus, treatment of, [403].
• Henbane, varieties of, and their uses in medicine, iii, [386].
• Hepialus, a species of quotidian, i, [251], [252].
• Hermodactylus, its use in gout, i, [660], &c.;
• its uses in medicine, iii, [114];
• preparation of, [494].
• Hermaphrodites, account of, and their treatment, ii, [381].
• Hernia, different species of, i, [589], &c.
• Herpes, symptoms and treatment of, ii, [61].
• Hiccup, treatment of in fevers, i, [321].
• Hieræ, on the composition of, iii, [500-3].
• Hieracites, description of, and its uses in medicine, iii, [227].
• Hip-joint, symptoms and treatment of dislocations at, ii, [498-504];
• on fractures of its bones, ii, [454], [455].
• Hippocampus, its medicinal powers, iii, [143].
• Hippolapathum, its uses in medicine, iii, [143].
• Hippomarathrum, or Horse-fennel, its uses in medicine, iii, [143].
• Hippophaes, its medicinal uses, iii, [144].
• Hippopotamus, or Sea-horse, its medicinal uses, iii, [144].
• Hipposelinum, or Horse-parsley, its medicinal uses, iii, [144].
• Hippuris, or Horse’s-tail, its uses in medicine, iii, [144].
• Holostium, its medicinal powers, iii, [274].
• Honey, its uses as an article of food, i, [178];
• its uses in medicine, iii, [246].
• Honeysuckle, French, its medicinal powers, iii, [128].
• Hops, or humulus lupulus, its medicinal powers, as stated by Mesue, iii, [471].
• Hordeolum, or Stye, symptoms and treatment of, i, [414], [427].
• Horehound, see [Marrubium].
• Horon, or Bombax, disquisition on, iii, [471]. See also [Cotton].
• Horned Poppy, see [Glaucium].
• Husk of Brass, its medicinal uses, iii, [95]. See [Diphryges].
• Hyacinth, the herb, its uses in medicine, iii, [382], [383];
• the gem, its uses in medicine, [475].
• Hydatids, described by Aretæus, Galen, and Rhases, i, [574];
• by Hippocrates, [564];
• of the eyelids, operation for the removal of, ii, [271].
• Hydragogues, list of, and their action, iii, [492].
• Hydrargyrus, see [Mercury].
• Hydrocephalus, surgical treatment of, ii, [250-253].
• Hydromel, account of its uses and modes of preparing, i, [179].
• Hydrops uteri, described by Hippocrates, i, [573]. See [Dropsy].
• Hydrocele, description of the operation for, ii, [365-368].
• Hydrophobia, history of and modes of treatment, ii, [127] et seq.
• Hydropiper, its uses in medicine, iii, [385].
• Hydrus, treatment of persons stung by, ii, [185], [186].
• Hypecoum, its uses in medicine, iii, [388].
• Hypercatharsis, treatment of, iii, [499].
• Hypericum, account of, and its uses in medicine, iii, [388].
• Hypocistis, its uses in medicine, iii, [389].
• Hypoglossum, its uses in medicine, iii, [389].
• Hypopia, or Bruised Spots, treatment of, i, [452].
• Hypopyon of the eye, general treatment of, i, [417], &c.;
• surgical treatment of, ii, [279], [280].
• Hypospadiæum, or Imperforate Glans, treatment of, ii, [347].
• Hypospathismus, description of the operation, ii, [256-258].
• Hyposphagma of the eyes, treatment of, i, [412], &c.
• Ichthyocolla, its medicinal uses, iii, [148].
• Icterus, etymology of the term, i, [582]. See [Jaundice].
• Idæan root, inquiry what it was, and its uses in medicine, iii, [140].
• Ignis Persicus, inquiry what disease it was, ii, [70-78].
• Ignis sacer, inquiry what disease it was, ii, [68].
• Ileus, symptoms and treatment of, i, [539], &c.
• Imagination, influence of, in pregnant women, on the fœtus, i, [2], [3].
• Imperforate meatus auditorius, treatment of, ii, [288];
• pudendum, treatment of, [383], [384];
• anus, treatment of, [405].
• Impetigo, term used by Celsus, ii, [19];
• misapplied by the Arabians, [21], &c.
• Impotence, means for removing, i, [46], [599].
• Impostors in the profession, account of, ii, [245].
• Incubus, symptoms and treatment of, i, [388], &c.
• Indigestion, on the treatment of, i, [44].
• Infancy, diseases of, i, [10-12].
• Infants, on the management of, i, [8] et seq.
• Inflammation of the eyes, treatment of, i, [410] et seq.
• Inflation of the stomach, symptoms and treatment of, i, [514];
• of the womb, treatment of, [632].
• Ink, description of the ancient, iii, [243-4].
• Inspectiones cadaverum, practised by the ancients, i, [503], [567].
• Instruments for operations on the skull, ii, [434].
• Intemperaments, description and treatment of, i, [101].
• Intercurrent pulse, characters of, i, [220].
• Intermitting pulse, characters of, [ibid.]
• Intoxication, on the treatment of, i, [43].
• Inula, see [Elecampane].
• Iris, varieties of, and their uses in medicine, iii, [145-6].
• Iron, its uses in medicine, iii, [334].
• Isatis or Woad, its medicinal uses, iii, [146].
• Ischiatic disease, symptoms and treatment of, i, [682], &c.
• Isicia, an account of, and their composition, i, [171].
• Isinglass-fish, not used as an article of food, i, [162].
• Isopyrum or Bogbean, account of, and its virtues in medicine, iii, [146-7].
• Ixia, treatment of poisoning by, ii, [221];
• probably was the Carlina acaulis, [ibid.]
• Jasper, its uses in medicine, iii, [221], [223].
• Jaundice, symptoms and treatment of, i, [580].
• Jaw, on fractures of the lower, ii, [445], [447];
• on dislocations of, [479], &c.
• Jesemin, probably a species of jasminum, iii, [458].
• Judaic Stone, its medicinal powers, iii, [221], [223].
• Jujubes, their characters as articles of food, i, [137];
• are the serica of Galen, [ibid.]
• Juniper, varieties of used in medicine, iii, [50], [164].
• Jusculum, or Broth, its medicinal properties, iii, [126].
• Kadi, an Arabian medicine, account of, iii, [460].
• Karabe, disquisition on the, iii, [453-4];
• probably not amber as generally supposed, [ibid.]
• Kidneys, on the diseases of the, i, [541], &c.;
• hemorrhage of, [546], [555];
• hardness of, [546], [556].
• Kingspear, see [Asphodelus].
• Knapweed, see [Stœbe].
• Kustberkush, an Arabian medicine; the Tamarix orientalis, iii, [467].
• Lactuca, or Lettuce, used in insomnolency by Galen, i, [182], [183];
• its medicinal uses, iii, [137], [138].
• Ladanum, its uses in medicine, iii, [208].
• Lagophthalmos, or Hare-eye, treatment of, ii, [266].
• Lagopus, its uses in medicine, iii, [208].
• Lampsana, or Nipplewort, its medicinal powers, iii, [209].
• Lamprey, account of as an article of food, i, [165].
• Lana, or Wool, its medicinal uses, iii, [113].
• Lapathum, or Dock, its medicinal uses, iii, [210].
• Lapis Lazuli, its medicinal uses, iii, [477]. See [Cyanus].
• Lapis Lyncurius, account of, iii, [227].
• Lapis Specularis, account of, iii, [351].
• Lappa, or Cleavers, its characters as a medicine, iii, [47].
• Lark, sometimes used as an article of food, i, [141];
• its medicinal uses, iii, [193].
• Laryngotomy, description of the operation, ii, [303-5].
• Lassitude, varieties of, and their treatment, i, [30-6].
• Lathyris, a species of spurge, its uses, iii, [209].
• Laurus, see [Bay-tree].
• Laurus Herba, see [Butcher’s Broom].
• Laxatives to persons in health, i, [54].
• Lead, treatment of poisoning by, ii, [237];
• ancients well acquainted with its deleterious qualities, [237], [238];
• its uses in medicine, iii, [255].
• Leaf, the Malabathrum, or Cassia-leaf, iii, [397].
• Leaven, see [Fermentum].
• Leeches, treatment of persons who have swallowed, ii, [207], &c.;
• on bleeding by means of, [328], &c.
• Leek, see [Porrum].
• Lees of Wine, their uses in medicine, iii, [380].
• Leg, on fractures of the, ii, [469].
• Lehibach, probably the Mussaenda frondosa, iii, [467].
• Lemon, said to have been noticed by Avicenna, i, [137]—statement corrected;
• described by Ebn Baithar, iii, [472].
• Lentes, see [Weights].
• Lentils, used as articles of food, especially by the Egyptians, i, [126];
• their uses in medicine, iii, [392].
• Lentiscus, or Lentisk, its medicinal uses, iii, [365].
• Leontopetalon, or Lion’s Leaf, its uses in medicine, iii, [212].
• Lepidium, or Pepperwort, its uses in medicine, iii, [212].
• Lepra, or Leprosy, symptoms and treatment of, ii, [16], &c.;
• term lepra not used by Celsus, [19].
• Lethargy, symptoms and treatment of, i, [366], &c.
• Leucas, its medicinal powers, iii, [215].
• Leucacantha, or White-thorn, its uses in medicine, iii, [214].
• Leuce, description of the disease, ii, [31], [32];
• the snow-white leprosy of the Jews, [32];
• mixed with elephantiasis, [33].
• Leucoma, symptoms and treatment of, i, [418], [431].
• Lichen, description of the disease, ii, [24], &c.;
• tendency to pass into lepra and scabies, [25], [26];
• described by the Arabians under the term impetigo, [26];
• tropicus, by what ancient authors described, [ibid.]
• Lichen, the vegetable, its uses in medicine, iii, [211].
• Lientery, symptoms and treatment of, i, [520], &c.
• Ligature, use of in wounds of arteries, ii, [130].
• Lily, its uses in medicine, iii, [196]. See under [Nymphæa].
• Lime, treatment of poisoning by, ii, [235], [236];
• its uses in medicine, iii, [380].
• Limpets, see [Tellinæ].
• Limonium, or Sea Lavender, its uses in medicine, iii, [211].
• Liniments, composition of, iii, [581-7];
• to the anus and navel, [502], [503];
• to the mouth and throat, [541], [544].
• Linseed, sometimes used as an article of food, i, [127];
• its characters as a medicine, iii, [230].
• Lipyria, account of the fever, iii, [252].
• Liquorice, see [Glycyrrhiza].
• Litharge, treatment of poisoning by, ii, [236], [237];
• its uses in medicine, iii, [219].
• Lithontriptics, ancient views regarding, i, [549] et seq.
• Lithospermum, or Gromwel, its characters as a medicine, iii, [229].
• Lithotomy, history of ancient opinions on, ii, [354-63].
• Liver, physiology of, i, [98];
• affections of, [560] et seq.;
• of animals used as an article of food, [151];
• its properties and uses as a medicine, iii, [131].
• Lividity, on the treatment of, i, [39].
• Lixivia, or Lyes, account of the ancient, and their uses, iii, [184].
• Lizard, its uses in medicine, iii, [328].
• Locust, used as an article of food, i, [143];
• used in medicine, iii, [30].
• Lolium, see [Darnel].
• Lonchitis, or Rough Spleenwort, its uses in medicine, iii, [233].
• Looseness of the bowels, treatment of in fevers, i, [324].
• Lotus-tree, account of as an article of food, i, [138];
• the medicinal powers of the herb, iii, [236].
• Lovage, its characters as a medicine, iii, [219].
• Love, symptoms and treatment of, i, [391].
• Lungs, temperaments and physiology of, i, [83] et seq.;
• their uses in medicine, iii, [304].
• Lupine, an inferior article of food, i, [127];
• its characters as given by Galen, [ibid.];
• its uses in medicine, iii, [136].
• Luxations, account of, ii, [478] et seq.;
• of the lower jaw, [479-82];
• sometimes fatal, [481], [482];
• complicated with a wound, [509];
• a fracture, [510], [511].
• Lycanthropia, description of the disease, i, [389];
• Burton and Mead’s opinions respecting, [390].
• Lycium, account of, and its virtues in medicine, iii, [234].
• Lychnis, or Campion, its uses in medicine, iii, [235].
• Lycopsis, or Hound’s-tongue, its uses in medicine, iii, [234].
• Lydian Stone, its uses in medicine, iii, [327].
• Lyes, see [Lixivia].
• Lysimachium, its medicinal powers, iii, [235].
• Mace, improperly identified with Macer, iii, [436];
• its uses in medicine, [436-38].
• Macer, conjectures respecting, iii, [237].
• Mackerel, account of its qualities from Xenocrates, i, [162].
• Mad Dogs, see [Hydrophobia].
• Madarosis, or Milphosis, treatment of, i, [415], [429].
• Madder, see [Erythrodanum].
• Madwort, see [Alysson].
• Magnet, ancient opinions regarding the, and its uses in medicine, i, [225].
• Mahaleb, what it probably was, iii, [458].
• Maiden-hair, its properties as a medicine, iii, [22].
• Maimed parts, treatment of, iii, [294].
• Malabathrum, account of, and its uses in medicine, iii, [237].
• Malingerers, on the detection of, ii, [244].
• Mallows, characters as a potherb, i, [112];
• its uses in medicine, iii, [238].
• Mamira, account of, iii, [239].
• Mandragora, or Mandrake, treatment of poisoning by, ii, [218], [219];
• its uses in medicine, iii, [240].
• Mania, symptoms and treatment of, i, [383] et seq.
• Manna Thuris, description of, i, [451], and iii, [125];
• account of the different kinds of manna, iii, [443-45].
• Margaritæ, or Pearls, their uses in medicine, iii, [473].
• Marjoram, see [Amaracus].
• Marrow, its uses in medicine, iii, [257].
• Marrubium, or Horehound, its characters in medicine, iii, [309].
• Masticatories, on the composition of, i, [59], [60].
• Mastich, its uses in medicine, iii, [423].
• Masucha, composition of, iii, [601].
• Maudlin, see [Ageratum].
• Materia Medica, list of ancient authorities upon, iii, [3].
• Maza, how prepared, i, [124].
• Meadow Rue, see [Thalictrum].
• Meadow Saffron, see [Hermodactylus].
• Meals of the ancients, i, [108]. See [Diets].
• Measles, ancient history of, i, [330].
• Measures, full account of those used by the ancients, iii, [609-27].
• Meatus auditorius, imperforate, ii, [288];
• extraction of bodies from, [289-91].
• Meconium, account of, iii, [250].
• Medium, its characters as a medicine, iii, [249].
• Medlars, their characters as an article of food, i, [135].
• Meisce, or Mes, account of, iii, [464].
• Meizaragi, the Cocculus Indicus, its uses in medicine, iii, [460].
• Melas, symptoms and treatment of, ii, [16];
• the Lepra nigricans of Willan, [23], &c.
• Melancholy, symptoms and treatment of, i, [380], &c.
• Melæna, noticed by Actuarius, i, [515].
• Melca, a preparation from milk, i, [155].
• Melanogogues, list of, and their action, iii, [491].
• Melanteria, account of, and its uses in medicine, iii, [244].
• Melilot, its characters as a medicine, iii, [247].
• Melititis, or Honey Stone, its uses in medicine, iii, [220], [222].
• Meliceris, treatment of, ii, [94], [96].
• Melon and Melopepon, account of, i, [129].
• Memory, supposed to be connected with the posterior part of the brain, i, [90], [373];
• on the loss of, and of reason, [372].
• Memphites, account of, iii, [228].
• Men, on the bite of, ii, [193].
• Mentagra, account of the disease, ii, [27].
• Mentha, or Mint, its medicinal powers, iii, [127].
• Menstrual Discharge, ancient theories regarding, i, [608];
• retention of, [609] et seq.
• Mercury, treatment of poisoning by, ii, [238];
• knowledge of, possessed by the ancients, [239];
• its uses in medicine, iii, [385].
• Merle, the fish, used as an article of food, i, [164].
• Metasyncritica, or Alteratives, account of, i, [353].
• Mezereon, see [Chamelæa].
• Mial, or Storax humida, probably the Liquidambar orientale, iii, [460];
• its uses in ancient medicine, [ibid.]
• Milk, its characters as an article of food, i, [150] et seq.;
• methods of preparing and using it, [154] et seq.;
• characters of good milk in a nurse, and mode of correcting bad, [6], [7];
• its uses in medicine, iii, [79].
• Milkwort, see [Glaux].
• Millet, its characters as an article of food, i, [124];
• its uses in medicine, iii, [163].
• Millefoil, its medicinal powers, iii, [260].
• Millepedes, or Slaters, their medicinal uses, iii, [276].
• Misy, account of, and its uses in medicine, iii, [253].
• Mole, two species of, in the uterus described, i, [630].
• Mollusca, account of the articles belonging to this class, i, [169].
• Moly, or Wild Garlic, its uses in medicine, iii, [262].
• Moonfern, see [Hemionitis].
• Morphea, use of the term by the Arabians, ii, [23];
• by modern authorities, [35].
• Morochthus, its medicinal uses, iii, [221], [223].
• Mouth, on the diseases of the, i, [454].
• Mugwort, see [Artemisia].
• Mulberry, its characters when used for food, i, [132];
• its uses in medicine, iii, [256].
• Muluchia, or Jews’ Mallow, its virtues, iii, [468].
• Murena, much esteemed as an article of food, i, [162];
• treatment of persons stung by, ii, [191].
• Muria, or Brine, its medicinal powers, iii, [34].
• Mus Araneus, treatment of persons stung by, ii, [175], [176].
• Musa, the Musa paradisiaca, virtues of, iii, [473].
• Mushrooms, their properties, as given by the dietetical writers, i, [119];
• treatment of persons poisoned by, ii, [228] et seq.;
• kinds of, known to the ancients, ii, [229];
• their uses in medicine, iii, [250].
• Muscles, their uses in medicine, iii, [257].
• Musk, its virtues, as stated by the Arabian authorities, iii, [468-70].
• Must, account of, i, [177].
• Mustard, its characters when used as an article of food, i, [115];
• its uses in medicine, iii, [263].
• Mustela, or Weasel, its uses in medicine, iii, [8].
• Mutton, its characters as an article of food, i, [148].
• Myagrum, or Gold of Paradise, its uses in medicine, iii, [257].
• Mydriasis, or Dilatation of the Pupil, treatment of, i, [133].
• Myopia, treatment of, i, [422], [436].
• Myrmecia, description and treatment of, ii, [48], [49];
• surgical treatment of, [417].
• Myrobalans, description of, and their uses in medicine, iii, [440-3].
• Myrrh, or Myrrhis, its uses in medicine, iii, [260], [261].
• Myrrh, or Myrrha, the gum-resin, its uses in medicine, iii, [348].
• Myrtle, its uses in medicine, iii, [261].
• Nails, on the diseases of the, i, [680] et seq.
• Nard, different species of, and their uses, in medicine, iii, [264], &c.
• Nasturtium, its uses in medicine, iii, [156].
• Nausea, in fevers, on the treatment of, i, [319].
• Navel, protrusion of, and its treatment, i, [587].
• Nefrin, or Nerfin, probably the Narcissus orientalis, its virtues, iii, [467].
• Nerium, or Oleander, poisoning by, ii, [242];
• its virtues as a medicine, iii, [268].
• Nerves, of motion and sensation distinct, i, [398];
• on wounds of, ii, [133] et seq.
• Nettle, noticed as a potherb by Theophrastus, i, [113];
• its medicinal properties, iii, [27].
• Neuras, what it probably was, and its uses in medicine, iii, [267].
• Nightmare, see [Incubus].
• Nightingale, used as an article of food, i, [141].
• Nipplewort, see [Lampsana].
• Nitre, nature of the ancient, and its medicinal powers, iii, [231].
• Nitri spuma, description of, iii, [62], [63].
• Noises in the ears, treatment of, i, [433], [439].
• Nose, on diseases of the, i, [446];
• on fractures of the, ii, [443].
• Nutmeg, see [Mace].
• Nurse, on the choice of, i, [3], [4].
• Nux Henden, or Banden, account of, iii, [463].
• Nux Mechil, account of, iii, [463].
• Nux Methel, account of, iii, [462].
• Nux Vomica, disquisition on, iii, [461].
• Nux Juglans and Avellana, their uses in medicine, iii, [159].
• Nyctalopia, symptoms and treatment of, i, [420], [433].
• Nymphæa, or Water-lily, its uses in medicine, iii, [268], [269].
• Oak, medicinal powers of the different kinds of, iii, [98].
• Oak-fern, see [Dryopteris].
• Oats, their character as an article of food, i, [124].
• Obesity, on the treatment of, i, [80].
• Obolus, see [Weights].
• Ocimoides, its uses in medicine, iii, [424].
• Ocymum, or Basil, not esteemed as a potherb, i, [115].
• Œdema, symptoms and treatment of, ii, [83], [84].
• Œnanthe, its medicinal powers, iii, [271].
• Œnantharia, description of, iii, [598], [599].
• Œsypum, or Unscoured Wool, its uses in medicine, iii, [272].
• Oils, on the composition of, iii, [589-98];
• their medicinal powers, [100], &c.
• Ointments, composition of, iii, [589-98].
• Old age, regimen suitable for, i, [36], [37].
• Oleander, its effects as a poison, ii, [242];
• its uses in medicine, see [Nerium].
• Olive, greatly esteemed by the ancients, i, [135];
• its medicinal uses, iii, [99], [100].
• Olyra, see [Spelt].
• Omphacium, or Juice of the Unripe Grape, its uses in medicine, iii, [274].
• Onagra, or Tree Primrose, its medicinal uses, iii, [275].
• Oneirogmon, symptoms and treatment of, i, [594].
• Onion, its dietetical qualities as given by various authorities, i, [118];
• its medicinal virtues, iii, [199].
• Onobrychis, or Cockshead, its uses in medicine, iii, [276].
• Ononis, or Restharrow, its medicinal powers, iii, [278].
• Onosma, its uses in medicine, iii, [275].
• Onyx, what it was, and its uses in medicine, iii, [277].
• Operative surgery, ancient writers upon, ii, [247].
• Ophthalmy, symptoms and treatment of, i, [409], &c., [423].
• Ophites, description of, and its powers in medicine, iii, [226].
• Ophiasis, see [Hair].
• Opium, see [Poppy], disquisition on its action, ii, [215];
• particular account of its uses in medicine, iii, [279-83].
• Orache, its characters as a potherb, i, [114].
• Orange, not noticed by any ancient author, i, [134]—this statement corrected;
• described by the Arabians, iii, [472].
• Orchis, its medicinal properties, iii, [286].
• Orobanche, or Holly-rose, its medicinal virtues, iii, [285].
• Orpine, see [Telephium].
• Orthopnœa, see [Asthma].
• Os Sacrum, on ulceration over, in fevers, i, [329];
• on fractures of, ii, [455], [456].
• Osiris, or Toad-flax, its uses in medicine, iii, [287].
• Ostracites, its uses in medicine, iii, [226].
• Othonna, or African Marygold, its medicinal uses, iii, [271].
• Oxyacantha, its uses in medicine, iii, [279].
• Oxygal, a preparation from milk, i, [155].
• Oxylipus, a species of bread described by Galen, i, [123].
• Oxymel of Julian, composition of, iii, [493].
• Oysters, British, highly esteemed, i, [169];
• their uses in medicine, iii, [288].
• Ozæna, symptoms and treatment of, i, [447-50].
• Pain, the different kinds of, and their treatment in fevers, i, [296] et seq.
• Paleness, how to be remedied, i, [39].
• Paliurus, description of, and its uses in medicine, iii, [290].
• Palm-tree, characters of its fruit, i, [135].
• Palpitation of the heart, nature and treatment of, i, [502].
• Panaces, or All-heal, the medicinal uses of its different varieties, iii, [290-92].
• Pancratium, or Sea-daffodil, its uses in medicine, iii, [290].
• Panchrestos, a collyrium of Erasistratus, i, [413].
• Panic, a variety of [Millet], which see;
• its medicinal uses, iii, [110].
• Pap, description of, and its uses in medicine, iii, [23].
• Papyrus, its uses in medicine, iii, [292].
• Paracentesis abdominis, description of, ii, [337].
• Paralysis, treatment of, i, [392] et seq.;
• of the bladder, [548].
• Paraphimosis, description and treatment of, ii, [348].
• Parget, see [Gypsum].
• Paronychia, or see [Whitlow].
• Paronychia, or Whitlow Grass, its uses in medicine, iii, [292].
• Parotis, treatment of the disease, i, [441-45].
• Parsley, Marsh, its medicinal powers, iii, [106];
• mountain, [284];
• stone, [298].
• Partridge, its characters as an article of food, i, [140].
• Parulis, or Gum-boil, treatment of, i, [455];
• surgical treatment of, ii, [294].
• Pastinaca marina, its uses in medicine, iii, [380].
• Patella, on the fractures of, ii, [468].
• Pea, characters and varieties of, i, [127].
• Peacock, first used as an article of food by Q. Hortensius, i, [141].
• Peach, doubtful if the Persica of the ancients, i, [132].
• Pear, its character as an article of food, i, [134].
• Pear-quinces, or Struthia, uses in medicine, iii, [251].
• Pediculi of the head, treatment of, i, [349];
• of the eyebrows, treatment of, [414], [429].
• Pellis, or Skin, its medicinal uses, iii, [94].
• Pennyroyal, see [Pulegium].
• Peplus and Peplium, their medicinal uses, iii, [294].
• Pepper, ancient opinions regarding corrected;
• its uses, iii, [294], [295].
• Peppermint, see [Lepidium].
• Perch, its characters as an article of food, i, [163].
• Perfumes, account of, iii, [599], [600].
• Periclymenon, its uses in medicine, iii, [296].
• Periscyphismus, description of the operation, ii, [259];
• similar to “the long issue of the scalp,” [ibid.]
• Perry, well known to the ancients, i, [134].
• Persica, account of as an article of food, i, [133].
• Perspiration, how to render fragrant, i, [38].
• Pessaries, description of, iii, [601], [602].
• Petroselinon, see [Parsley].
• Peucedanum, or Hog’s Fennel, its uses in medicine, iii, [298].
• Phalangia, or Venomous Spiders, symptoms and treatment of persons stung by, ii, [169], [170].
• Phalangites or Spiderwort, its uses in medicine, iii, [393].
• Phalaris, its uses in medicine, iii, [393].
• Pharicum, treatment of poisoning by, ii, [226];
• opinions regarding this poison, [227].
• Pharynx, treatment of substances fixed in, ii, [302].
• Pheasants, characters of their flesh when used for food, i, [141].
• Phillyrea, or Mock Privet, its uses in medicine, iii, [394].
• Philo, antidote of, iii, [515].
• Phimosis, surgical treatment of, ii, [347].
• Phimus of the womb, treatment of, ii, [383], [384].
• Phlegm, collections of in the stomach, i, [51].
• Phlegmagogues, list of, and their action, iii, [49].
• Phlegmon of the brain, treatment of, i, [364].
• Phlyctænæ, ii, [41].
• Phœnix, the herb and tree, account of, iii, [393].
• Phormium, account of, iii, [396].
• Phrenitis, symptoms and treatment of, i, [359] et seq.
• Phrygian Stone, its medicinal powers, iii, [221], [223].
• Phthisis, symptoms and treatment of, i, [493];
• of the eyes, i, [420].
• Phthiriasis, description of the disease, i, [30].
• Phyllites, its uses in medicine, iii, [398].
• Pica, a disease of pregnancy, i, [2], [3].
• Pickled Fishes, account of, i, [171].
• Pickles, their uses in medicine, iii, [368].
• Picra of Galen, account of, iii, [520].
• Pigeon, its characters as an article of food, i, [140].
• Pike, the lucius of Ausonius, its characters, iii, [161].
• Piles, see [Hemorrhoids].
• Pimpernel, see [Anagallis].
• Pine, fruit of, used as an article of food, i, [132];
• medicinal qualities of the wild, iii, [207].
• Pintada, or Guinea-fowl, the Afra avis of Horace, and the meleagris of Ælian, i, [142].
• Pistachio-nut, its characters as an article of food, i, [136].
• Pitch-tree, its uses in medicine, iii, [299], [300].
• Pityusa, its medicinal powers, iii, [303].
• Pityocampa, or Pine Caterpillar, treatment of poisoning by, ii, [205].
• Pityriasis, symptoms and treatment of, i, [345] et seq.
• Placenta, treatment of retention of, ii, [392-94].
• Plague, symptoms of, from Ruffus, i, [277];
• ancient history of the, i, [280] et seq.
• Plane-tree, its uses in medicine, iii, [303].
• Plantain, or Plantago, its medicinal uses, iii, [52].
• Plasters, composition of, iii, [558-76];
• emollient, composition of, [576-81].
• Pleurisy, symptoms and treatment of, i, [496] et seq.
• Plumbago, its medicinal powers, iii, [254].
• Pneumatic sect, in medicine; Aretæus belonged to the, i, [467].
• Pneumatocele, surgical treatment of, ii, [370-2].
• Pneumonia, symptoms and treatment of, i, [480].
• Poisons, preservatives from, ii, [193];
• general treatment of, [196] et seq.;
• catalogue of, [200].
• Polenta, a sort of malt prepared from barley, i, [123].
• Poley, its uses in medicine, iii, [204].
• Polycnemon, its medicinal powers, iii, [307].
• Polygalon, or Milkwort, its medicinal powers, iii, [305].
• Polygonaton, or Solomon’s Seal, its medicinal powers, iii, [305].
• Polygonum, or Knot-grass, its medicinal powers, iii, [306].
• Polypody, its medicinal powers, iii, [307].
• Polypus, or Sarcoma of the Nose, treatment of, i, [447-9];
• surgical treatment of, [291-4].
• Pomegranate, its characters as given by the dietetical authorities, i, [134].
• Pompion, its characters as an article of food, i, [127];
• its uses in medicine, iii, [195].
• Pompholyx, description of, and its uses in medicine, iii, [308].
• Pondo, on the meaning of the term, iii, [614], [619].
• Poplar, the White, its medicinal uses, iii, [206].
• Poppy-juice, treatment of poisoning by, ii, [213] et seq.;
• poisoning by horned poppy, [226].
• Poppies, their uses in medicine, iii, [249].
• Pork, greatly esteemed by the ancients as an article of food, i, [147];
• Arabian authorities prejudiced against, [ibid.]
• Porrum, or Leek, its characters as an article of food, i, [118];
• as a medicine, iii, [310].
• Potamogiton, or Pondweed, its medicinal powers, iii, [309].
• Poterrhium, its medicinal powers, iii, [309].
• Potherbs, used by the ancients, i, [110-15].
• Potions, officinal, on the composition of, iii, [544-7].
• Powders, preparations of, iii, [536-41].
• Powder of Iollas (misspelt gollas), iii, [541].
• Prepuce, treatment of deficiency of the, ii, [346];
• adhesion to the glans, [349].
• Priapism, symptoms and treatment of, i, [597] et seq.
• Prickly Poppy, see [Argemone].
• Privet, its uses in medicine, ii, [205].
• Procidentia oculi, symptoms and treatment of, i, [417-30].
• Procidentia ani, symptoms and treatment of, [604].
• Prognostics, Hippocrates the great master of, i, [190];
• of fevers, [191] et seq.
• Prunus, or Plum, its characters as a medicine, iii, [186].
• Pruritus, or Prurigo, description and treatment of, ii, [27] et seq.
• Propolis, or Bee-glue, its uses in medicine, iii, [311].
• Propoma, account of, iii, [546].
• Pseudo-bunium, or Bastard Rape, its uses in medicine, iii, [419].
• Pseudo-dictamnus, or Bastard Dittany, its uses in medicine, [ibid.]
• Psora, symptoms and treatment of, ii, [16] et seq.
• Psoricum, account of, and its uses in medicine, iii, [421].
• Psorophthalmia, symptoms and treatment of, i, [413-26].
• Psydracia, description of, i, [345].
• Psyllium, on poisoning by, ii, [211];
• its uses in medicine, iii, [420], [421].
• Ptarmica, or Sneezewort, its uses in medicine, iii, [311].
• Pterygia of the eyes, symptoms and treatment of, i, [418] et seq.;
• of the nails, treatment of, [680-3];
• surgical treatment of, ii, [275].
• Ptillosis, symptoms and treatment of, i, [415].
• Ptisan, preparation and uses of, i, [123], [124].
• Pubes, on fractures of the bones of the, ii, [454].
• Pulegium, or Pennyroyal, its medicinal uses, iii, [87].
• Pulse, or Legumen, varieties of, and their characters as articles of food, i, [125] et seq.
• Pulse, arterial, abstract of Galen’s system of the, i, [202] et seq.
• Pumex, or Pumice-stone, its medicinal uses, iii, [173].
• Purgatives, simple, account of, iii, [480-93];
• compound, account of, [493] et seq.;
• modus operandi of, according to the ancient authorities, [485-88];
• modern opinions on, [488];
• management of those who have taken, [497].
• Purpuræ, their uses in medicine, iii, [308].
• Putrid Fevers, symptoms and treatment of, i, [235-7].
• Pycnocomon, its medicinal powers, iii, [313].
• Pyrethrum, or Pellitory, its medicinal powers, [ibid.]
• Pyrites, its uses in medicine, iii, [221], [223].
• Pyrum, or Pear, characters of the fruit as an article of food, i, [134];
• its uses in medicine, iii, [48].
• Pyrum sylvestre, its uses in medicine, iii, [63].
• Quails, characters of their flesh as an article of food, i, [141].
• Quartans, symptoms and treatment of, i, [249] et seq.
• Quartarius, see [Weights].
• Quercus, see [Oak].
• Quince, in great repute as an article of food, i, [134].
• Quinquefolium, or Cinquefoil, its uses in medicine, iii, [293].
• Quinsy, symptoms and treatment of, i, [464] et seq.
• Rabbit, little used by the ancients as an article of food, i, [149].
• Radish, its characters as an article of food, i, [118];
• its characters as a medicine, iii, [315].
• Rags, the uses of in medicine, [ibid.]
• Raisins, their uses in medicine, iii, [59].
• Râle, remarks on the ancient terms for, i, [482].
• Ranæ, see [Frogs].
• Ranula, symptoms and treatment of, i, [456-61].
• Ranunculus, or Crowfoot, its uses in medicine, iii, [69].
• Rapum, see [Turnip].
• Recrementum, or Dross, different kinds of, and their medicinal uses, iii, [347].
• Regimen, rules regarding, i, [73-84].
• Regius morbus, the same as jaundice, i, [584].
• Rell-mouse, the glis of the Romans, used for food, i, [149].
• Rennets, the uses of in medicine, iii, [314].
• Repletion, nature and treatment of, i, [41], [42].
• Resinæ, or Resins, their uses in medicine, iii, [317].
• Restharrow, see [Onions].
• Rhabarbarum, or Rhubarb, account of its introduction into medicine, iii, [478], [479].
• Rhacosis of the scrotum, surgical treatment of, ii, [479].
• Rhagadia, or Fissures of the Anus, i, [607].
• Rhamnus, or Buckthorn, its uses in medicine, iii, [315].
• Rhaphanus, see [Radish].
• Rheum, discussion on the ancient plant; and its uses in medicine, iii, [317].
• Rheumatism, see [Arthritis].
• Rhodomel, purgative medicine from, iii, [493].
• Rhus Coriaria, or Sumach, its uses in medicine, iii, [321].
• Rhyas, symptoms and treatment of, i, [416].
• Ribes, what plant it was, and its characters in medicine, iii, [472].
• Ribs, fractures of, and their treatment, ii, [452], [454].
• Rice reckoned an astringent article of food, i, [124].
• Ricinus, or Palma Christi, its medicinal uses, iii, [170].
• Rigors in fevers, treatment of, i, [305], [306].
• Rocket, see [Eruca].
• Rock-rose, see [Cistus].
• Roe, characters of its flesh as an article of food, i, [149].
• Roses, their uses in medicine, iii, [318].
• Rosea radix, or Rosewood, its uses in medicine, iii, [319].
• Rosemary, its uses in medicine, iii, [216].
• Roughness of the tongue in fevers, treatment of, i, [318].
• Rupture of the flesh, treatment of, ii, [86].
• Ruta, or Rue, its medicinal uses, iii, [300].
• Rush, varieties of, and their uses in medicine, iii, [366].
• Sabina, or Savin, its uses in medicine, iii, [77].
• Saffron, see [Crocus].
• Sagapen, its medicinal uses, iii, [322].
• Sage, or Salvia, its medicinal uses, iii, [104].
• Salamander, treatment of poisoning by, ii, [204];
• its characters in medicine, iii, [323].
• Sales, or Salts, their medicinal characters, iii, [31].
• Salix, or Willow, its medicinal uses, iii, [147].
• Salmon, not noticed by any Greek writer, i, [164];
• description of, from Ausonius, [ibid.]
• Salts, see [Sales].
• Salvia, see [Sage].
• Sambucus, see [Elder].
• Samphire, or Crethmum, its uses in medicine, iii, [195].
• Sampsuchum, its uses in medicine, iii, [324].
• Sandal-wood, its uses in medicine, iii, [488].
• Sand, see [Arena].
• Sandarach, or Realgar, treatment of poisoning by, ii, [235], [236];
• its medicinal uses, iii, [324].
• Sandarach, or Gum-vernix, account of, iii, [451].
• Sandyx, its uses in medicine, iii, [325].
• Sanguis Draconis, see [Cinnabaris].
• Sapphire of the ancients, what it probably was, iii, [228].
• Sarcocele, surgical treatment of, ii, [369].
• Sarcocol, its characters in medicine, iii, [327].
• Sardonian Herb, what it was, and treatment of poisoning by, ii, [225], [226].
• Satyriasis, symptoms and treatment of, i, [596] et seq.
• Satyrion, its medicinal uses, iii, [327].
• Saxifrage, its uses in medicine, iii, [327].
• Scabies, disease not unknown to the ancients, ii, [23].
• Scammony, its uses in medicine, iii, [341].
• Scapula, on fractures of, ii, [450], [451].
• Scandix, or Shepherd’s Needle, in little repute as a potherb, i, [114];
• its uses in medicine, iii, [342].
• Scarus and Sparus, their characters as articles of food, i, [165].
• Scirrhus, of the uterus, i, [629];
• symptoms and general treatment of, ii, [89], [90].
• Schœnanth, or Lemon-grass, account of, and its uses in medicine, iii, [366].
• Sclerophthalmia, symptoms and treatment of, i, [413], [426].
• Scolopendra, treatment of persons stung by, ii, [174];
• its uses in medicine, iii, [344].
• Scolopendrium, its uses in medicine, iii, [344].
• Scolymus, used as a potherb, the Scolymus Hispanicus, i, [114];
• its uses as a medicine, iii, [341].
• Scordium, or Water Germander, its uses in medicine, iii, [345].
• Scordoprason, or Garlick-leek, its uses in medicine, iii, [346].
• Scorpioides, its uses in medicine, iii, [346].
• Scorpion, on persons stung by, ii, [171], [172].
• Scourges, treatment of persons beaten with, ii, [45].
• Scrofula, symptoms and general treatment of, ii, [91-94];
• surgical treatment of, [309], [310].
• Scrupulum, see [Weights].
• Scurvy, supposed to be alluded to by Hippocrates, i, [579].
• Scytala, treatment of persons stung by, ii, [180], [181].
• Sea-dragon, treatment of persons stung by, ii, [191].
• Sea-hare, treatment of poisoning by, ii, [205].
• Sea-scorpion, treatment of persons stung by, ii, [192].
• Sea-tortoise, or Turtle, preparation from the blood of, ii, [192].
• Seasons, regimen befitting the different, i, [73].
• Sea-water, its medicinal uses, i, [133].
• Sebesten-plum, its uses in medicine, iii, [258].
• Secacul, a species of pastinaca, its virtues in medicine, iii, [459].
• Secundines, see [Placenta].
• Selenite, account of, and its uses in medicine, iii, [229].
• Semen, on redundance of, i, [48].
• Semi-tertians, symptoms and treatment of, ii, [271].
• Sempervivum, or Wall-pepper, its uses in medicine, iii, [23].
• Senecio, or Groundsel, its uses in medicine, iii, [132].
• Senna, account of its medicinal uses, from the Arabians, iii, [431].
• Sepia, or Cuttlefish, its uses in medicine, iii, [331].
• Seps, or Chalcidic Lizard, its uses in medicine, iii, [332].
• Service, its characters as an article of food, i, [135];
• its uses in medicine, iii, [270].
• Seriphon, what it was, and its virtues in medicine, iii, [329].
• Serpyllum, or Wild Thyme, its uses in medicine, iii, [116].
• Serran, a fish used as an article of food, i, [164].
• Sesame, a heavy article of food, i, [127];
• its characters in medicine, iii, [331].
• Sesamoides, its characters as a medicine, iii, [331].
• Seseli, or Hartwort, its medicinal uses, iii, [330].
• Sextarius, see [Weights].
• Sextula, see [Weights].
• Shad-fish, or Silurus, its uses in medicine, iii, [337].
• Shells, their medicinal uses, iii, [288].
• Shoulder, on dislocations at the, ii, [484-9].
• Sicilicus, see [Weights].
• Sideritis, or Ironwort, its virtues in medicine, iii, [333].
• Sight, on dimness of, i, [40].
• Siligo, a variety of the ancient flour, i, [120], [121].
• Siliqua, see [Weights].
• Silk, medicinal virtues attributed to by the Arabians, iii, [474].
• Silphium, or Laserwort, account of, and its uses in medicine, iii, [337].
• Similago, a variety of the ancient flour, i, [120], [121].
• Simples, number of, described by Ebn Baithar, iii, [4];
• by Avicenna, iii, [5];
• by Rhases, iii, [5];
• by Dioscorides, iii, [5];
• in the Edinburgh Dispensatory, iii, [5].
• Sinapisms, account of, and their uses, iii, [582], [588].
• Sinuous Ulcers, description of, ii, [119].
• Siriasis, a disease of infancy, i, [16].
• Sirsen frigidum, the Arabian name for lethargy, i, [369].
• Sisarum, or Garden Parsnip, its virtues in medicine, iii, [340].
• Sison, or Bastard Stone-parsley, its uses in medicine, iii, [339].
• Sisymbrium, its uses in medicine, iii, [340].
• Sium, or Water Parsnip, its uses in medicine, iii, [339].
• Skink, its uses in medicine, iii, [342].
• Skull, fractures of, and their treatment, ii, [429-42].
• Sleep, on the philosophy of, and its application to medicine, i, [181].
• Slough of a serpent, its medicinal uses, iii, [85].
• Smaragdus, or Emerald, little used in the practice of medicine, iii, [229].
• Smallpox and Measles, history of ancient opinions upon, i, [320] et seq.
• Smilax, see [Yew].
• Smegmata, nature and varieties of, iii, [540], [541].
• Smyrnium, its characters as a potherb, i, [114];
• its uses in medicine, iii, [349].
• Snail, its uses as an article of food, i, [168].
• Snap-dragon, see [Antirrhinum].
• Sneezing, treatment of in fevers, i, [300].
• Sneezewort, see [Ptarmica].
• Soap, account of the ancient, and its uses in medicine, iii, [326].
• Soda, an Arabico-barbaric term for cephalæa, i, [355].
• Somnolency, see [Cataphora].
• Sonchus, or Sow-thistle, its uses in medicine, iii, [350].
• Soot, see [Fuligo].
• Sordes balneorum, its uses in medicines, iii, [88];
• palestræ, its uses in medicine, [322];
• gymnasiorum, its uses in medicine, [ibid.]
• Sori, disquisition on the nature of, and its uses in medicine, iii, [367].
• Sotera, antidote of, iii, [517].
• Southernwood, its properties as a medicine, iii, [17].
• Sow-bread, its effects as a poison, ii, [242];
• its medicinal uses, iii, [201].
• Sparganium, its uses in medicine, iii, [350].
• Spasms, symptoms and treatment of, i, [401].
• Specillum, description of the instrument, ii, [273], [402].
• Spelt, its characters as an article of food, i, [123];
• its medicinal uses, iii, [123].
• Specularis, account of, and its uses in medicine, iii, [229].
• Sphacelus of the Brain, treatment of, i, [315].
• Sphondylium, or Sow-parsnip, its medicinal uses, iii, [365].
• Spider, treatment of persons stung by the, ii, [171];
• and Spider’s-web, their uses in medicine, iii, [49].
• Spignel, or Meum, its properties as a medicine, iii, [252].
• Spikenard, its uses in medicine, iii, [264].
• Spina alba, see [Thorn].
• Spina ventosa, description of the disease, ii, [497].
• Spine, see [Vertebræ].
• Spinach, a wholesome and laxative pot-herb, according to Rhases and Haly Abbas, i, [113];
• the Greeks and Romans unacquainted with, [ibid.];
• its uses in medicine, iii, [478].
• Spitting of blood, symptoms and treatment of, i, [483] et seq.
• Spleen, on the diseases of, i, [577].
• Spleenwort, see [Asplenium].
• Spodium, account of, and its uses in medicine, iii, [352].
• Sponge, the medicinal uses of, iii, [351].
• Spontaneous generation, ancient opinions upon, ii, [145], [149].
• Sprains, on the treatment of, ii, [86].
• Spurges, variety of, and their uses in medicine, iii, [374].
• Sputa, characters of in fevers, i, [228].
• Spurge Olive, see [Chamelæa].
• Squama æris and Squama ferri, their uses in medicine, iii, [213], [214];
• squama æris resembles æs ustum (misspelt astum), [ibid.]
• Squash, whether or not the melopepon of the ancients, i, [129].
• Squill, or Scilla, its medicinal uses, iii, [157];
• vinegar of squills, [514];
• oxymel of squills, [515];
• Galen’s medicine from, [ibid.]
• Stachys, or Base Horehound, its uses in medicine, iii, [354].
• Stag, see [Roe].
• Starch, its characters as an article of food, i, [123];
• its uses in medicine, see [Amylum].
• Staphylinus, probably included both the carrot and parsnip, i, [118];
• its uses in medicine, iii, [353].
• Starling, its flesh used as an article of food, i, [140].
• Staphyloma, surgical treatment of, ii, [278], [279].
• Steatoma, general treatment of, ii, [94-96];
• surgical treatment of, [311], [312].
• Stellio, symptoms and treatment of poisoning by, ii, [175];
• its properties as a medicine, iii, [56].
• Stercus, see [Dung].
• Sterility, causes and treatment of, i, [641].
• Sternutatories, list of, and modes of using, i, [447-51].
• Sternum, on fractures of, ii, [451], [452].
• Stock Gillyflower, its uses in medicine, iii, [215].
• Stœbe, or Knapweed, its uses in medicine, iii, [356].
• Stœchas, or Cassidony, its uses in medicine, iii, [357].
• Stomach affections, physiology of, i, [90];
• treatment of, [303], [507] et seq.
• Stones, account of those used in medicine by the ancients, iii, [220] et seq.
• Stones in sponges, account of, iii, [226].
• Storax, its uses in medicine, iii, [362].
• Stork, sometimes used as an article of food, i, [143].
• Strabismus, or Squinting, treatment of, i, [422-35].
• Strawberries, noticed by Virgil and Ovid, i, [138].
• Strychnos, or Nightshade, its uses in medicine, iii, [358];
• varieties of, [359].
• Struthium, account of, in medicine and otherwise, iii, [357].
• Stucco, see [Gypsum].
• Sturgeon, its characters as an article of food, i, [165].
• Succedanea, list of in medicine, iii, [604] et seq.
• Succus Cyrenaicus, Medicus, and Syriacus, nature and uses of, iii, [283].
• Succory, its characters as an article of food, i, [112];
• its uses in medicine, iii, [176], [177].
• Sudor, or Sweat, its medicinal uses, iii, [140].
• Sudorifics, on the nature of, i, [61].
• Suffusion, symptoms and treatment of, i, [420].
• Sugar, anciently procured from the bamboo-cane, i, [179];
• its virtues in medicine, iii, [246], [247].
• Sun, treatment of persons injured by the, i, [52].
• Sunflower, see [Heliotropium].
• Sulphur, varieties of, and their uses in medicine, iii, [135], [136].
• Suppositories, composition of, i, [58].
• Surmullet, its characters as an article of food, i, [162]. See [Trigla].
• Swallows, their uses in medicine, iii, [413].
• Swallow-wort, see [Asclepias].
• Swan sometimes used at the table, i, [143].
• Sweat, see [Sudor].
• Swine’s flesh, see [Pork].
• Sycamores used as an article of food, i, [137];
• its uses in medicine, iii, [363].
• Symphytum, or Comfrey, its uses in medicine, iii, [364].
• Synchysis of the eyes, treatment of, i, [422], [436].
• Syncope, treatment of in fevers, i, [288].
• Synochous fevers, treatment of, i, [256].
• Syphilis probably a modification of elephantiasis, ii, [14].
• Tamarinds, their characters in medicine, iii, [439], [440].
• Tamarisk, its medicinal uses, iii, [259].
• Tar-water, its uses in medicine, iii, [301].
• Tastes, definitions of the different kinds of, iii, [6-16].
• Taurocolla, its uses in medicine, iii, [369].
• Teasel, see [Dipsacus].
• Tedæ, or Dead Pines, their uses in medicine, iii, [91], [92].
• Teeth, preservatives of, i, [39];
• treatment of diseases of the, i, [454] et seq.;
• extraction of, ii, [296], [297].
• Telephium, or Orpine, its uses in medicine, iii, [373].
• Telephian ulcers, description of, ii, [114] et seq.
• Tellinæ, or Limpets, uses of in medicine, iii, [369].
• Tembul, the piper betel, its uses in medicine, iii, [454], [455].
• Temperaments, account of the, i, [84] et seq.
• Tench, described by Ausonius, and probably by the Greeks, i, [165].
• Tenesmus, symptoms and treatment of, iii, [523] et seq.
• Tertian fevers, symptoms and treatment of, ii, [238].
• Terminthus, nature and treatment of, ii, [75];
• a species of ecthyma, [ibid.]
• Testacea, or Shell-fish, i, [166], &c.
• Testicle, on the physiology of the, i, [100];
• of the diseases of the, [591].
• Tetanus, account of the symptoms and treatment of, i, [403].
• Teucrium, or Tree-germander, its uses in medicine, iii, [371].
• Thalictrum, or Meadow-rue, its medicinal uses, iii, [134].
• Thapsia, or Deadly Carrot, treatment of poisoning by, ii, [239], [240];
• its uses in medicine, iii, [134].
• Theodoretus, antidote of, iii, [520].
• Therapeutics, the Galenic system of, as given by Aëtius, iii, [6-16].
• Theriac trochisks, composition of, iii, [511];
• salts, composition of, [512];
• general history of the theriac of Andromachus, [525-28].
• Thigh, on the fractures of the, ii, [466], [467].
• Thirst, treatment of in fevers, i, [316].
• Thorn, White, its uses in medicine, iii, [28].
• Thrush, much esteemed by the ancients as an article of food, i, [140].
• Thyites, account of, and its uses in medicine, iii, [228].
• Thymbra, or Savoury, its uses in medicine, iii, [139].
• Thymelæa, or Spurge-flax, its medicinal uses, iii, [139].
• Thymi, on the penis, treatment of, ii, [350];
• womb, treatment of, [382], [383].
• Thymus, or Thyme, its uses in medicine, iii, [138].
• Tinea, a term used in the Arabian translations, i, [349].
• Toad, treatment of poisoning by the, ii, [206].
• Tongue-tied, surgical treatment of infants so affected, ii, [297], [298].
• Tonsils, on inflammation of the, i, [457], [462];
• indurated, surgical treatment of, ii, [299].
• Toothpick Fennel, see [Gingidium].
• Tophi, or Chalk-stones, account of, i, [664].
• Tordylium, probably a species of seseli, iii, [90], [91].
• Torpedo, its application in medicine, i, [359], and iii, [266].
• Toxicology, ancient authorities upon, ii, [156].
• Toxicum, symptoms and treatment of poisoning by, ii, [227], [228];
• uncertainty regarding the nature of, [ibid.]
• Trachoma, symptoms and treatment of, i, [414-28].
• Tragum, or Stinking St. John’s Wort, its medicinal characters, iii, [377].
• Tragoriganum, its uses in medicine, iii, [377].
• Tragus, account of, and its uses in medicine, iii, [378].
• Travellers, proper regimen for, i, [76].
• Tremblings, symptoms and treatment of, i, [407] et seq.
• Tribulus, or Caltrops, its medicinal characters, iii, [378].
• Trichiasis, description and general treatment of, i, [415], [430];
• surgical operation for, ii, [259-65].
• Trigla, or Surmullet, its uses in medicine, iii, [379].
• Tripolium, its uses in medicine, iii, [379].
• Trochisks, the composition of, iii, [528-536].
• Truffle, its characters as an article of food, i, [119];
• Romans passionately fond of, [120];
• its uses in medicine, iii, [385].
• Turbot, what species of the rhombus it was, and its dietetical characters, i, [161].
• Turnip, varieties of, cultivated by the Romans, i, [117];
• its dietetical characters, [ibid.];
• its medicinal characters, iii, [90].
• Turpentine, its uses in medicine, iii, [369].
• Turpeth, one of the medicines introduced by the Arabians, iii, [369].
• Turtle, the Land, its dietetical characters, i, [141].
• Turtle, or Sea-tortoise, sometimes used as food by the ancients, i, [168].
• Tussilago, see [Coltsfoot].
• Tutia, see under [Pompholyx].
• Typhus, original meaning of the term, i, [253].
• Ulceration, over the os sacrum in fevers, i, [329].
• Ulcers, of the eyes, treatment of, i, [416-430];
• of the ears, [439-43];
• of the nose, [447-50];
• of the uterus, [628];
• list of ancient authorities upon, ii, [99];
• treatment of, in general, [99] et seq.
• Ulna and Radius, on the fractures of the, ii, [464].
• Umber, much esteemed as a pickle, i, [164].
• Urchin, the Sea, its characters as an article of food, i, [168].
• Urine, characters of, i, [224];
• ancient authorities upon, [225];
• unpublished MSS upon, [228];
• incontinence of, [548];
• its properties in medicine, iii, [289].
• Urna, see [Weights].
• Urtica, see [Nettle].
• Usnen, probably the Salsola fruticosa, its medicinal uses, iii, [456].
• Uterine hemorrhage, treatment of, i, [615] et seq.
• Uterine inflammation, treatment of, [620] et seq.
• Uterus, ancient descriptions of, i, [623];
• abscess of the, [623] et seq.;
• ulcers of the, [625] et seq.;
• cancers of the, [627] et seq.;
• scirrhus and scleroma of the, [629] et seq.;
• mole of the, see [Mole];
• inflation of the, [632];
• suffocation of the, [633];
• prolapsus of the, [638] et seq.
• Uva of the tonsils, treatment of, ii, [300], [302].
• Uvula, on the diseases of the, i, [457].
• Valerian, Greek, its uses in medicine, iii, [304];
• common, its uses in medicine, [396].
• Varices, excision of, ii, [406-10].
• Vari, on the treatment of, on the face, i, [452], [453].
• Venery, on the effects of, i, [44].
• Venesection, description of the operation, ii, [318-26].
• Venomous animals, preservatives from, ii, [155];
• treatment of persons stung by, [157].
• Venter, or Stomach, uses of the different kinds of, i, [179].
• Verbascum, or Petty Mullein, its uses in medicine, iii, [394].
• Verdigris, see [Ærugo].
• Vermes in the ears, treatment of, i, [439-444].
• Vermilion, see [Granum Tinctorum].
• Vertebræ, on fractures of the, and their treatment, ii, [455];
• on luxations of the, [493].
• Vertigo, symptoms and treatment of, i, [374] et seq.
• Vertz, disquisition on the nature of, iii, [457].
• Vervain, or Verbenum, its uses in medicine, iii, [296].
• Vervain Mallow, see [Alcæa].
• Vetch, varieties of, and characters as an article of food, i, [127].
• Vinegar, its uses in medicine, iii, [278].
• Vinous tinctures of the ancients, iii, [546], [547].
• Violet, its medicinal characters, iii, [142].
• Viper, treatment of persons stung by the, ii, [177-80];
• its uses in medicine, iii, [120].
• Viper’s Bugloss, see [Echium].
• Virgin’s Bower, see [Clematis].
• Viscum, or Birdlime, its medicinal uses, iii, [141].
• Vitex, its properties as a medicine, iii, [20].
• Vitis sylvestris, or Wild Vine, its medicinal characters, iii, [40].
• Vociferation, description of the ancient mode of performing, i, [29].
• Volubilis, account of the different articles described under this name, iii, [470].
• Vulpes, or Fox, its uses in medicine, iii, [36].
• Wakerobin, see [Arum].
• Walnuts and Filberts, their dietetical characters, i, [136].
• Wall-pepper, its properties as a medicine, iii, [23].
• Wasps and Bees, treatment of persons stung by, ii, [168], [169].
• Watchfulness, causes and cure of, i, [152];
• treatment of in fevers, i, [299], [300].
• Water, its uses in medicine, iii, [386].
• Waters, on the different kinds of, and their qualities, i, [64-7].
• Water-basil, see [Erinos].
• Water-pepper, its uses in medicine, iii, [385].
• Water, or Wine, dangerous effects of a large draught of, ii, [243].
• Wax, see [Cera].
• Weapons of war, treatment of wounds inflicted by, ii, [418-27].
• Weasel, see [Mustela].
• Weights, full account of those used by the ancients, iii, [609-27].
• Wheat, full account of its dietetical characters, i, [121];
• its uses in medicine, iii, [314].
• Whites, see [Female Flux].
• Whitlow, on the treatment of, i, [678].
• Wild Thyme, see [Serpyllum].
• Willow, see [Salix].
• Wine, dietetical characters of, i, [172] et seq.;
• ancient mode of forcing by heat, [174];
• of cooling with ice, [ibid.];
• its medicinal uses, iii, [272].
• Woad, see [Isatis].
• Wolfsbane, see [Aconite].
• Womb of a sow reckoned a delicate article of food, i, [151].
• Wool, see [Lana];
• scourings of, used in medicine, iii, [272].
• Worms, intestinal, description of, and their treatment, ii, [139] et seq.;
• list of ancient writers on, [145];
• earth, in ulcers, treatment of, ii, [107];
• their uses in medicine, iii, [85].
• Wren, recommended in calculus, i, [542].
• Wrinkles, how to be treated, i, [37].
• Wrist, on dislocations at the, ii, [492], [493].
• Xanthium, or Clutburr, its uses in medicine, iii, [269].
• Xerophthalmia, symptoms and treatment of, i, [413], [426].
• Xiphium, or Bulbous Iris, its uses in medicine, iii, [270].
• Xyris, or Wild Cornflag, its uses in medicine, iii, [269].
• Yarrow, or Achillea, uses of in medicine, iii, [358].
• Yew, treatment of poisoning by, ii, [223], [224].
• Zambach, a species of jasminum, first described by the Arabians, iii, [458].
• Zeduary, account of, and its uses in medicine, iii, [434], [436].
• Zerumbet, see under [Zeduary].
• Zingiber, or Ginger, uses of in medicine, iii, [123].
• Zythus, or Ale, medicinal uses of, iii, [124].

THE END.

C. AND J. ADLARD, PRINTERS,
BARTHOLOMEW CLOSE.