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

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

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

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

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

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