Chronicles of Pharmacy, Vol. 2 (of 2) - A. C. Wootton

INDEX

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

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

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

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