Pharmacologia / Fourth American, from the Seventh London Edition

by John Ayrton Paris

Sulphate of Zinc, olim, White Vitriol.

Qualities. Form, crystals, which are four-sided prisms, terminated by four-sided pyramids; they are slightly efflorescent; Taste, styptic, metallic, and slightly acidulous. Chemical Composition. One proportional of oxide, and one proportional of acid; its crystals contain seven proportionals of water. Solubility. It is soluble in 2.5 times its weight of water at 60°, and in less than its own weight of boiling water, but is quite insoluble in alcohol. Incompatible Substances. Alkalies; earths; hydro-sulphurets; astringent vegetable infusions; Milk. Med. Uses. Tonic, astringent, and, in large doses emetic, (Form. 66.) As an emetic it operates directly, and offers therefore a prompt resource in cases of poison, or where an immediate discharge from the stomach is required; it appears to differ from most remedies of this nature, in not proving diaphoretic in smaller doses: in spasmodic[^[720]] coughs it is administered with the best effects, especially when combined with camphor or myrrh, (Form. 59:) in affections of the chest attended with inordinate secretion, I have witnessed much benefit from its exhibition, particularly when presented in the form of lozenge; and, when dissolved in water, in the proportion of grs. ij to f℥j, it forms a useful injection in fluor albus, &c.; in small doses its internal exhibition is also useful in Leucorrhæa. When combined with opium it is well calculated to obviate that atony, and those frequent discharges of fæces, without pain, that take place in the protracted stages of dysentery. As an external application it is very generally employed in the proportion of grs. x to eight fluid-ounces of water. The supposed ill effects consequent on the application of preparations of lead to a great surface, have determined some practitioners to substitute in their place, solutions of sulphate of zinc, but not with the same effect; for to that very property, which may occasionally render saturnine lotions dangerous, is their virtue to be attributed; see Liquor Plumbi Sub-acetatis. Dose, as an emetic from grs. x. to ʒss—as a tonic, and astringent, from grs. j. to ij. Officinal Prep. Liquor: Alum: comp: L. (B) Solutio Sulphatis Zinci. Solutio Acetatis Zinci. E. (I). Tinct: Acetatis Zinci. D. (I). Adulterations. The white vitriol of commerce ought never to be used in medicine without previous purification, since it generally contains the sulphates of copper and iron.

ZINGIBERIS RADIX. L.E.D. (Zingiber Officinale.) Ginger.

Chemical Composition. Volatile oil, fecula, and resino-extractive matter; on the first of these principles its well known flavour and odour depend; but its pungency resides in the last. Solubility. Water, alcohol, and æther, extract its virtues. Med. Uses. It is highly stimulant and is therefore frequently beneficial in flatulant cholic, dyspepsia, and gout; it is however more generally employed as an adjunct to other remedies, to promote their efficacy or to correct their operation, (see Form. 92, 94, 112, 153,) and it is found, that it does not produce the ill effects of those spices, whose virtues reside in an acrid oil. Dose, of the powders grs. x. to ℈j. Officinal Prep. Syrup: Zingib: L.E.D. Syrup: Rhamni: L. (E) Tinct: Zingib: L.D.[^[721]] Tinct: Cinnamom: comp: L. (B.) Acid. Sulphuric: aromat: E. Confectio Opii. L. Confectio Scammon: L.D. (E) Infus. Sennæ. co. L. (E) Pulvis Cinnamom: comp: L.E.D. (B) Pulv: Scammon: comp: L.D. (E) Pulv. Sennæ. comp: L. (E) Pil: Aloes: D. Pill: Scillæ comp: L.D. Vinum Aloes. L.E.D. Adulterations. The powder is rarely met with in any tolerable degree of purity: there are two varieties of ginger in the market, viz. Black, produced by scalding the root, and afterwards hastily drying it in the sun; and the White, being that which has been carefully washed, scraped, and gradually dried.

FINIS.

INDEX.

• A
• Abortion, prevented by suppositories of Opium, page 197.
• Absolute and Relative remedies, meaning attached to the terms, [68].
• Absorbent medicines, why they check diarrhœa, [82].
• Absorbent system, specifically stimulated by Mercury, [96].
• Acetate of Potass, decomposed in transitu, and its alkaline base developed, [94].
• Acetification of Milk by a thunder storm bears some analogy to the operation of depraved digestion, [56] (note.)
• Acids, ingenious explanation of their modus operandi, as Refrigerants, [113].
• ——, vegetable, undergo decomposition in the digestive organs, and are elaborated into chyle, [94].
• ——, their effects in cases of Narcotic poisoning, [136].
• Acrid, or Rubefacient poisons, the classification of, [128].
• Acridness, Galen’s notion respecting the origin of, [21].
• Adjuvans, the, in a medicinal formula, [178].
• Advice to the ultra chemist, which it is hoped may not be lost, [55].
• Adulteration of medicines, how extensively it is practised, [62].
• —— —— —— constitutes a regular branch of trade, [62].
• Aërial poisons, nature of, [127].
• Ætius collected a multitude of nostrums, [19].
• Affinities usual of bodies, suspended, modified, or subverted, by the powers of digestion, [55].
• Afzelius, Dr. describes a shrub of the natural family of Contortæ which affords a curious exception to botanical affinities, [41].
• Ague, the celebrated Dutch remedy for the, [166].
• Air, its state in relation to moisture an important consideration in the cure of asthma, [105];
  • its power of conducting heat affected by moisture, [106].
• Alcohol, its poisonous effects upon a rabbit, [131].
• ——, whether absorbed into the circulation or not, still remains a question, [77].
• ——, large doses of, act directly sedative, [77].
• Ale, the supposed lithonthryptic properties of, [121] (note.)
• Alexander Trallianus, his prescription for a gout medicine, [32].
• —— ——, his just notions on the subject of medicinal combination, [63].
• Alexandrian library, the lamentable consequence of its destruction, [45].
• —— ——, burnt by the Caliph Omar, the cotemporary and companion of Mahomet, [46] (note.)
• Alexipharmics, Alexiterials, Counter-poisons, or Antidotes, true meaning of the terms, [125].
• Alkali, original signification of the term, [38].
• ——, Volatile, discovered by Basil Valentine, [49].
• Alkalies, distinction between the vegetable and mineral first established by Avicenna, [48].
• ——, fixed, formerly supposed to vary according to the plants from which they were produced, [52].
• ——, their agency as diuretics considered, [96].
• ——, the great utility of in calculus, often independent of their chemical agency, [123].
• Alkaline salts, how conveyed to the kidneys, [68].
• Almond, the wild parent of the peach, [61].
• Aloes, the chemical and medicinal influence of Alkalies upon, [178].
• ——, their insolubility determines their specific action upon the intestines, [172].
• Aloëtic preparations well calculated to correct the consequences of Opium, [162].
• Alterative medicines lose their efficacy by acting violently as evacuants, [161].
• Alternation of similar remedies recommended by Dr. Chapman, [149].
• Alvine evacuation suspends the process of intestinal absorption, [94].
• Alum, first used by Van Helmont in the cure of Uterine hemorrhage, [50];
  • why advantageously combined with Nutmeg, [161].
• Ambergris, the odour of increased by Musk, [155] (note.)
• Ambiguity of Nomenclature, a fertile source of error, [36].
• Ammonia lends its volatility to certain bodies with which it is combined, [155] (note.)
• Ammoniaco-magnesian phosphate, how formed in the urine, by the decomposition of that fluid, [122].
• Amulets, the early origin of, [9];
  • Galen’s testimony respecting, [7].
• Amulets of Arsenic used in the plague of London, [26];
  • their use prohibited by the Emperor Caracalla by a public edict, [8].
• Amylum, Starch, derivation of the word, [38] (note.)
• Analogy, a powerful instrument in the hands of the medical philosopher, [6];
  • the numerous fallacies to which it is exposed, [6].
• An Analytical inquiry into the more remarkable causes which have, in different ages and countries, operated in producing the revolutions that characterise the history of medicinal substances, [3].
• Analysis of the objects of medicinal combination, [146].
• Analysis of vegetables by the French academicians;
  • its unsatisfactory nature, [52].
• Anasarca, sometimes cured by diaphoretics, [101].
• Ancient charms, frequently chaunted, [7].
• Ancient empirics, reason why their labours proved so barren, [6].
• Andes, a journey over them furnishes a good illustration of the effect of heat and cold upon the animal body, [5].
• Antacids, remarks upon the action of, [114];
  • under what circumstances they may be advantageously administered in conjunction with tonics, [166].
• Anthelmintics, their modus operandi considered, [138].
• Anthemis Nobilis, essentially changed by cultivation, [60].
• Antidotes, derivation and meaning of the term, [125].
• Antidotum Mithridatium, the history of, [28].
• Anti-hectic mixture of Dr. Griffith, the composition of the, [85].
• Antilithics and Lithonthryptics, definition of, [115];
  • —belong to the class of vital as well as chemical agents, [115].
• Antimonial Remedies, the unjust prejudices against, [51];
  • proscribed by the Supreme Council of Paris, [51].
• Antimony, a case related by Dr. James, wherein it occasioned salivation, [188];
  • a conjecture respecting the origin of the term, [48].
• Antimony and Opium accelerate the effects of Mercury upon the system, [152].
• Antimony, experiments concerning, by Basil Valentine, [48];
  • restored to public favour by a French decree, [51];
  • its sudorific powers increased by Opium, [153].
• Antiseptics, origin of remedies so called, [75].
• Antispasmodics, how they differ from Narcotics, [78];
  • must be considered as both absolute and relative agents, [78];
  • may be frequently combined with Tonics, or Narcotics, [164].
• Antispasmodics, definition of, [78].
• ΑΝΤΙΘΗΡΙΑΚΑ, by W. Heberden, M. D., [38] (note.)
• Antionius Musa cured Augustus by the cold bath, [30].
• Apoplexy, use of suppositories in producing counter-irritation in a paroxysm of, [197];
  • the supposed powers of Sternutatories in preventing an attack of, [109].
• Apothecaries’ Hall, the ingenious machinery at, [52] (note.)
• Arabians, the improvement of the Materia Medica greatly indebted to their zeal and industry, [46].
• Archæal remedies introduced by Stahl, [22].
• Argonauts, the golden fleece of the, a chemical allegory, [45];
  • one of them cured by the rust of iron, [8].
• Aristides, the unhappy dupe and victim of quackery, [20] (note.)
• Arnoldus de Villa Nova invented Tinctures, [48].
• Aromatics Oriental, introduced into practice by the Arabians, [46];
  • definition of the term, [81].
• Aromatic and Tonic qualities often found in conjunction, [81].
• Aroma, M. Robiquet’s important experiments respecting, [155] (note.)
• Arsenic, and other corrosive poisons require very different antidotes, [129].
• Arsenic, Amulets of, used in the plague of London, [27];
  • in its metallic state quite inactive, [170].
• Arsenic, derivation of the term, [37].
• Art, importance of discriminating its operations from those of Nature, [34].
• ——, the processes of, may be often improved by imitating those of Nature, [146].
• Artichoke, Jerusalem, origin and meaning of the term, [38].
• Ascarides, cured by Suppositories, [197].
• Asclepiades, the, a company of empirics, [20].
• Asclepiades used the Trumpet in the cure of Sciatica, [8] (note.)
• Ashes of a Witch, a superstitious remedy against Witchcraft, [26] (note.)
• Asia, East Indiaman, its crew, how cured of dropsy, [97].
• Assafœtida, its specific controul over spasm, [78];
  • the virtues of vary according to station and soil, [57].
• Assarum formerly confounded with the Baccharis, [39].
• Assara-bacca, origin of the term, [39].
• Astral influence, the supposed powers of, [10].
• Astringents must be considered as relative agents, [82];
  • definition of the term, [81];
  • a combination of with Tonics, frequently indicated in passive hemorrhage, [165];
  • they act through the sympathetic medium of the primæ viæ, [82];
  • for what purpose they should be combined with narcotics and absorbents, [165];
  • when they should be conjoined with diaphoretics, [165].
  • Astringent poisons, [128].
• Astringency, no chemical test exists for, [81].
• Astruc, his practice of premising a course of Mercury with venesection, [155] (note.)
• Athenian Poison, doubts respecting its nature, [37].
• Attenuant medicines, how supposed to act, [23].
• Avicenna, the first person who describes the process of distillation, [47].
• Avicenna’s alarm at the internal use of iron, [24].
• Augustus restored to health by the cold bath, [31].
• Azote, contained in alimentary substances, and supposed by Majendie to give origin to the Lithic acid, [117].
• B
• Bacon, Roger, the father of chemistry in England, [48].
• Bacon, Lord, believed in the power of charms and amulets, [13];
  • his opinion concerning mythological fables, [44].
• Bagdat, its connection with India facilitated the introduction of oriental aromatics into medicine, [46].
• Baker, Sir George, the remarks of respecting the combinations of Bark with other medicines, [166].
• Baldwin, Dr. found the wild parent of the potatoe plant at Monte Video, [80] (note.)
• Bark, its virtues discovered by accident, but confirmed by reason, [8];
  • the original meaning of the term, [37];
  • its adulteration mentioned by Sydenham, [61];
  • its combination with Rhubarb recommended by Dr. Mead, [165];
  • its combination with Muriate of Ammonia recommended by Boerhaave, [165].
• Bark and Steel, not equivalent tonics as some have considered, [151].
• —— Peruvian, a new alkaline body detected in it, and called Cinchonia, [172].
• Barry’s extracts made in vacuo;
  • his discovery of Phosphoric acid in a variety of cultivated vegetables, [118] (note.)
• Baryta, its modus operandi as a poison considered, [136].
• Base, meaning of the epithet as applied to metals, [46].
• Base of vegetable salts eliminated by the digestive process, [97].
• Basil Valentine, the father of metallic medicine, [48].
• “Basilica Medica,” Calomel first mentioned in, [51].
• Basis of a medicinal formula, its object, [178];
  • its efficacy increased by uniting it with some medicine which may render the system susceptible of its action, [152];
  • the action of, promoted by combination, [146].
• Bath, hot and cold, mechanical notions respecting their operation and effects, [22].
• Bathing wisely considered as an act of religion, [18].
• Bath, the use of the, prohibited by certain Priestesses in Greece, [31] (note.)
• Beer how preserved by hops, [167].
• Beguin describes Calomel under the name of Draco Mitigatus, in his “Tirocinium Chemicum,” [51].
• Belladonna, its sympathetic influence upon the Iris, by contact with the cornea, [69].
• Benediction bestowed on those who sneeze, the supposed origin of the, [109].
• Berkley’s “Siris” happily ridiculed by Reeve, [27] (note).
• Berries of Juniper, unless bruised, will not yield their virtues to any menstruum, [184].
• Berthollet’s important law of affinity highly useful to the physician, [182].
• Besnier expelled the faculty of medicine, for having administered Antimony, [51].
• Bezoar, often administered in conjunction with active remedies, and has thus acquired unjust credit, [63];
  • derivation of the term, [63] (note).
• Bezoardics, a name given to a certain tribe of medicinal substances, [63] (note).
• Bi-chloride of Mercury, the new name for corrosive sublimate, [40].
• Bile, the, undergoes decomposition in certain states of disease, [112] (note).
• Bischoff introduces Gelatin, as a remedy, into Germany, [56] (note).
• Bitter extractive, its necessity as an alimentary stimulant in an inverse ratio with the nutritive power of the ingesta, [79];
  • important use of to man, [79];
  • passes through the alimentary canal without undergoing any change, [80];
  • essential to the digestive powers of herbivorous quadrupeds, [79].
• —— Principles, how supposed to enter the circulation, [68].
• Bitterness in plants, what it indicates, [42].
• ——, Galen’s notion respecting the cause of, [21];
  • does not exclusively reside in any peculiar principle, [79] (note).
• “Black Drop,” an unscientific attempt to imitate it attended with explosion!, [181].
• Black Wash, upon what its efficacy depends, [171].
• Blackall, Dr. his important remarks on Diuretics, [150];
  • his valuable work on dropsy, [96].
• Blair, Dr. opinion of, concerning the botanical knowledge of the Ancients, [41] (note).
• Blane, Sir Gilbert, his definition of the term “Sympathy,” [68] (note);
  • his attempt to explain the sialogogue powers of Mercury, [108];
  • his ingenious hypothesis respecting the fœtid breath of salivated persons, [152], (note);
  • his remarks on medicinal activity, [67].
• “Blistering Point” of Dr. Rush, [110].
• Blisters first proposed by Archigenes and Aretæus, [46].
• Blisters, the primary and secondary effects of considered, [110];
  • cure inflammation, through the influence of “contiguous sympathy,” [110].
• Blood Stone, or Heliotrope, its supposed powers, [26].
• Blood, viscidity of the, a supposed cause of disease, [22];
  • the red globules of, formerly supposed to depend upon iron, [23].
• —— of a Gladiator, an ancient remedy in Epilepsy, [16].
• —— of the Goat, curious conceit respecting, [47] (note).
• Blood-vessels divided, substances enter, [70].
• Bodies undergo decompositions in the stomach, independent of their ordinary affinities, [55].
• Boerhaave, a passage in, recommended to the attention of Professor Brande, [57];
  • Boerhaave, Kaw, treatment of epileptics in the poor-house at Haerlem, [16].
• Boorde, Dr. Andrew, the origin of Merry Andrews, [33] (note).
• Boracic acid, increases the purgative powers of Cream of Tartar, and why, [173].
• Botanical science, its progress and uses, [41];
  • its importance in reforming our nomenclature, [39].
• Boyle recommends as a powerful remedy the thigh bone of an executed criminal, [13].
• Bracing and Relaxing, import of the terms, as applied to medicines, [22].
• Brain, odour of alcohol recognised in the, [77];
  • its influence not directly necessary to the action of the heart, [131].
• Brande, Mr. Professor, his attack upon the English Universities answered, [53];
  • his opinion respecting the red globules of the blood confirmed by Vauquelin, [23] (note).
• ——, Mr. E. his case of obstruction from the habitual use of magnesia, [93];
  • his account of an unscientific combination having produced mischief, [181].
• Bread, crumb of, its value as a vehicle for pills, [195].
• Breda, celebrated siege of, epidemic during, cured by inspiring confidence, [16].
• Bride-cake, origin of the custom of, [148].
• Bree, Dr. his practice of combining Diaphoretics and Tonics, [164].
• Brodie, Mr. his enlightened views respecting the operation of poisons, [131].
• Brown, Dr. John, his system noticed, [24].
• Brown Bread acts mechanically, and promotes the peristaltic motions of the primæ viæ, [89].
• Buffon, his opinion concerning the origin of wheat, [60].
• C
• Cabbage, the cultivated offspring of the Colewort, [61].
• Cabinet of Materia Medica in possession of the College of Physicians, [3] (note).
• Cactus Opuntia, or Indian fig, reddens the urine, [68] (note).
• Cæsalpinus, the father of botanical system, [41] (note).
• Caloric, latent state of, symbolically represented by Vulcan, [45];
  • free, symbolically represented by Vesta, [45].
• Calomel, speculations respecting the origin of the term, [40] (note).
• —— and Antimony are mutually changed by combination with each other, [169].
• Culpepper, Turner, and Lovel, the three Astrological herbarists of the seventeenth century, [13].
• Camboge, why liable to affect the stomach, [172].
• Cambridge, its discipline vindicated against the aspersions of Professor Brande, [53].
• Camphor, of Arabian origin, [46];
  • propriety of administering it in a state of minute division, [190] (note).
• Caracalla issues an edict against the use of amulets, [8].
• Carbonic acid gas, its effects in increasing the powers of cathartic medicines experienced, [155].
• Cardinal de Lugo, a Spanish Jesuit, intercedes with the Pope, and obtains his countenance and support for the Peruvian bark, [31].
• Carlisle, Sir Anthony, detects gin in the brain, [77].
• Castalian Fountain, its prophetic nature considered, [15].
• Castille, John, King of, poisoned by medicated boots, [130] (note).
• Castor Oil, origin of the name, [39].
• Catamenia, the suppression of, may depend upon very different causes, and require very different remedies, [91].
• Cataplasmata Poultices, calculated to fulfil several indications, as Stimulants—Antiseptics—Sedatives—Refrigerants—Emollients, [205].
• Catharsis suspends the process of alimentary absorption, [90].
• Cathartic medicines, observations respecting their abuse, [91].
• Carthartics, definition of, [88].
  • —Classed under two divisions, viz. Laxatives and Purgatives, [88].
• Cato, the Censor, his incantation for the reduction of a dislocated limb, [17].
• Cattle ruminate less in wet seasons, and why, [58].
• Cayenne pepper and opium used by the French as a restorative, [77] (note).
• Celery, its origin from the Apium graveoleus, [61].
• Cerussa, less active than the precipitate produced by the decomposition of the sub-acetate of lead, [171].
• Chaldeans and Babylonians exposed their sick in the markets, in order that they might obtain the advice of travellers, [8].
• Chamomile, flowers of, changed by cultivation, [41].
• Chapman, Dr. his assertion respecting the operation of Kino and Columba refuted, [169];
  • his opinion respecting Combination confirmed, [149].
• Charms for stopping a hemorrhage, [17].
• Cheltenham water a natural combination of an instructive character, [164].
• Chemists, the manufacturing, errors daily committed by, [155];
  • —the sect of, and their false theories, [23].
• Chemistry, importance of, in reforming medical nomenclature, [39];
  • —not alluded to in the medical writers of Greece or Rome, [45].
• Chemical Nomenclature, the fallacies of, [40];
  • Chemical Science, the antiquity of, examined, [44];
  • the application and misapplication of, considered, [44];
  • Chemical action, the advantages obtained by it in the formation of new remedies, [171];
  • Chemical doctrines, influence of, upon the popularity of certain remedies, [74];
  • Chemical Remedies, reflections concerning their operation upon living bodies, [112];
  • Chemical hypothesis to explain the operation of iron as a tonic, [23].
• Cherry-brandy, remarks upon the supposed efficacy of, [63] (note).
• Chifletius, the phillippic of, against the bark, [31].
• Chinese Mandarin, his absurd treatment by twelve physicians, [178].
• Chorea and Hysteria cured by purgatives, [90].
• Cicuta, the term not indicative of any particular plant in ancient authors, [37].
• Circulation, how influenced by nausea, [86];
  • —through what avenues foreign substances enter it, [68].
• Citois attributes the epidemic of Poitou to the appearance of a new Star, [10] (note).
• Citrate of Potass acts upon the urinary organs like an uncombined alkali, [94].
• Clarified Glue, substituted for bark in the cure of fevers!, [56].
• Clarke, Dr. his gas blow-pipe, [54] (note).
• Classification of medicinal bodies, [72];
  • —extreme difficulty of the subject, and why, [70].
• Climate, the influence of upon medicinal plants, [57].
• Cloves, their qualities entirely changed by vegetable developement, [62].
• Clysters, Enemata, calculated to fulfil several important indications, [200].
• “Codex Medicamentarius Parisiensis,” [27];
  • remarks on the extravagant nomenclature which it exhibits, [40].
• Colchester Oysters of a green colour, and why, [44].
• Colchicum, a caution respecting its panegyric, [21];
  • its vinous infusion acts more violently when acid is present, [162];
  • its virtues changed during the progress of its growth, [62];
  • its bitter principle separated by the assimilative functions, and transmitted to the kidneys, [68].
• Cold Water, a general application to gun-shot wounds, [15].
• Cold, the external application of, proves diaphoretic, and why, [99].
• Colewort, the parent of the cabbage tribe, [61].
• College of Physicians of London, their first Pharmacopœia, [52] (note).
• Colocynth, remarks respecting the solubility of, [172];
  • the drastic properties of, mitigated by camphor, [161].
• Colour of Flowers, how modified by cold, [58].
• Colour, taste, and smell of plants, indicate their virtues, [42];
  • indications of, erroneously appreciated by Linnæus, [42].
• Columella, his statement respecting the deleterious properties of the peach, [61].
• Collyrium of Danaus, [19].
• Combination of medicines, a fatal source of medical fallacy, [62].
• Combinations of Nature afford instructions for the arrangements of Art, [145].
• Compound medicines, divisible into two classes, [180].
• Concentration may diminish, instead of increase, the powers of a medicinal substance, [172].
• Consecutive Phœnomena in cases of poisoning are always to be attended to, [137].
• Constituens the, in a medicinal formula, what, [179].
• Contagion, the matter of, modified in activity by the degree of moisture in the atmosphere, [275] (note).
• Controversy between the Galenical and Chemical sects, [51].
• Conticiri introduces gelatin, as a remedy into Italy, [56] (note).
• Contiguous Sympathy of Hunter explained, [69].
• Contra Indication, a momentous error in the Art of Prescribing, [166].
• Cooke, Dr. his observation on the absorption of alcohol, [77].
• Copaiba, Balsam of, an improper constituent for pill-masses, and why, [194].
• Coral, remarks on the superstitious use of, as an amulet, [13] (note).
• Cordus, Valerius, first composed a Pharmacopœia, [52] (note).
• Correcting the operation of a medicine, an object of scientific combination, [110].
• Corrigens the, in a medicinal formula, what, [178].
• Corrosive Sublimate, the manner in which it destroys life considered, [129];
  • the acrid action of, mitigated by mucilaginous drinks, [161];
  • observations upon the term, [40].
• Corrosive or Escharotic poisons, the enumeration of, [129].
• “Contoriæ,” the natural family of, medicinal remarks upon the, [41].
• Coventry, the member for, his exceptionable conduct, [33] (note).
• Coughs, humid of old Persons, cured by sulphate of zinc & myrrh, [165];
  • aggravated by the transition from frost to thaw, [106].
• “Counterblaste to Tobacco,” by King James the first, [29] (note).
• Crab, the wild parent of the golden pippin, [61].
• Cream of Tartar, rendered more purgative by Boracic Acid, and why, [173];
  • how it derives a characteristic action from its insolubility, [173];
  • its origin in the fermented juice of the grape accounted for, [183] (note);
  • proposed by Mr. Brande as a remedy for calculus, and objected to by the author, [123].
• Credulity, definition of, [19];
  • more mischievous than superstition, [19].
• Crichton, Sir Alexander, his observations upon simplicity of Prescription, [64];
  • his experience in the utility of Tar fumigation, [202].
• Crollius, his work on Signatures referred to, [26].
• Cromwell, Oliver, fell a victim to an intermittent, through the timidity of his physician, [24].
• Cruciform Plants, their medicinal characters, [41];
  • degenerate within the tropics, [58].
• Crucible, derivation of the term, [12] (note).
• Cullen’s classification of the Materia Medica, [72];
  • founded on an hypothetical basis, [74];
  • —his theory of the operation of narcotics, [76].
• Culture, the influence of upon medicinal plants, [57].
• Cumæan Sibyll, supposed by Darwin to have taken the juice of the Cherry-laurel, [4].
• Cure, by sympathy, attended to by the poets, [14].
• Currie, Dr. his judicious advice respecting the period at which opium should be administered in fevers, [187].
• “Currus Triumphalis Antimonii,” by Basil Valentine, [48].
• Cutaneous discharge materially modified by the state of the atmosphere, [98] (note).
• Cytisus Laburnum, the seeds of, violently emetic, [41].
• D
• Darwin, Dr. his interpretation of the fable of Proserpine, [44].
• Datura, gloomy aspect of, indicates its poisonous nature, [42];
  • Davy, Sir H. his experiments have shewn that vegetable astringents pass unchanged through the body, [82], [182];
  • his researches into the nutritive value of grass, [79];
  • his opinion concerning the allegorical interpretation of the Arabian Nights’ Entertainment, [47].
• Davy, Dr. John, undertakes a series of experiments with Kino and Calumba, at the request of the author, [169];
  • his experiments on the specific gravity of the blood after venesection, [140].
• Debility, the result of a change in the tension of the fibres of the body, [78].
• Decoction frequently destroys the efficacy of medicinal bodies, [184].
• Delivery expedited by nauseous medicines, [16] (note).
• Demulcents, their supposed mode of operation, [139].
• Deposites mechanical, from the urine, divisible into three classes, [113].
• Derry-down, Druidical origin of the chorus of, [13].
• Design of the Pharmacologia, [3].
• Developement of active elements one of the objects of Pharmaceutic chemistry, [171].
• Devotion to authority, the mischievous tendency of, [27].
• Diaphoretics, definition of, [98];
  • a new classification of proposed, [99];
  • when combined with tonics offer resources in continued fever, [164];
  • may cure dropsy, [101].
• Diaphoresis, frequently follows nausea, [86].
• Diarrhœa checked by remedies of a different nature, [82].
• Dictator, his election and duties, during a pestilence in Rome, [16].
• Diest’s absurd preparation of opium, [28].
• Diet and Habits, the importance of changing them in disease considered, [157];
  • important practical remarks upon, [158].
• Diet Vegetable, the supposed refrigerating effect of, explained, [113].
• Diffusible and permanent stimulants, [75].
• Digby, Sir Kenelm, the “Sympathetic Powder” of, [14].
• Digestion, sometimes quickened by the operation of an emetic, [86];
  • how materially it is affected by mental disturbance, [158];
  • imperfect, diseases arising from, how treated by the author, [159].
• Digestive Functions, their influence upon certain remedies, [68].
• Digitalis and Potass, although not similar as diuretics, are compatible with each other, [163].
• Digitalis, Dr. Withering’s observation respecting its accumulation in the system 188;
  • its utility exaggerated, [21];
  • why it acts as a sorbefacient, [96].
• Digitalis and Mercury, dissimilar as diuretics, [150].
• Digitalis and Verbascum, although medicinally opposed to each other, belong to the same natural family, [41].
• Diluents, their extensive use in the cure of disease, [139].
• Dionysius of Mytilene, his explanation of the Golden Fleece of the Argonauts, [45].
• Dioscorides, many of his plants not to be recognised in the present day, [36];
  • —the Commentary of Mathiolus upon, passed through seventeen editions!, [36] (note).
• Dirigens of ancient authors, [179] (note).
• Discoveries in Materia Medica, rarely more than the revival of ancient practices, [31].
• Disease, its type and character altered by climate and season, [57].
• Dispensatories of London and Edinburgh, their merits, [52] (note).
• Dispensatory of Wecker contains several preparations in which the magnet is an ingredient, [24] (note).
• Distention, the stimulus of, increases the efficacy of emetics, [155].
• Distillation, the operation of not noticed by Hippocrates or Galen, [45].
• Division, the mechanical state of, modifies the operation of medicinal bodies, [174].
• Diuretics, new views respecting their modus operandi, [92];
  • definition of, [92];
  • how to be managed with respect to dilution, [175];
  • Tabular arrangement of, [92].
• Diuresis occasioned by diminishing arterial action, [96].
• Dose of a powder, rules respecting the, [189].
• Doses of medicines are specific with respect to each substance, [184];
  • in Italy, [59].
• Doses, when excessive, rather produce a local than a general effect, [185].
• Draco Mitigatus, calomel described under this name, by Beguin in 1608, [51].
• Draughts, how they differ from mixtures, [199];
  • when to be preferred, [199].
• Dropsy, a case of cured by well fermented bread, [97];
  • may be occasionally cured by venesection, [96];
  • Dr. Blackall’s ingenious work on, [150].
• Duhamel’s cases of dropsy cured by sweating, [101] (note).
• Drummond, Sir William, his opinions concerning certain allegories, [44].
• Dryden’s allusion to cures by sympathy, [14].
• “Dry vomit of Marriott,” of what it consisted, [134] (note).
• Dubois, Mr. his report of the progress of vaccination in the east, [15].
• Dugald Stewart’s remark respecting scepticism, [21].
• Dunning, the celebrated barrister, how affected by a blister, [110] (note).
• Dyspepsia of sedentary person, how cured by the author, [159].
• E
• Early origin of Amulets, [7].
• —— history of the Materia Medica involved in fable, [7].
• Ear-rings, buried by Jacob, were Amulets, [7].
• Ear, the bitter secretion of the, protects it from insects, [138] (note).
• Earth of Lemnos, only dug on a particular day, [12].
• “Eaton’s Styptic,” of what composed, [83] (note).
• “Eau Medicinale,” the active ingredient of, known to the ancients, [32].
• Eberle, Dr. of Philadelphia, how he accounts for the fact of Nauseants expediting mercurial salivation, [156] (note);
  • his theory objected to, (ibid.).
• Echo, beautifully allegorized as the daughter of air and earth, [44] (note).
• Edward the Confessor, first touched for the evil, [16] (note).
• Effervescence, a caution respecting the administration of a remedy in the state of, worthy attention, [177].
• Efficacy of Hemlock, exaggerated by Stöerck, [21].
• Egypt, the ancient physicians of, obliged to prescribe according to a fixed code, [180].
• “Elatin,” a new vegetable principle discovered by the author, [38].
• Elaterium forms with soap an active suppository, [197];
  • value of as a hydragogue, [97];
  • contains two principles of activity, [153];
  • meaning of the term according to Hippocrates, [38].
• Electricity, lately employed as a Lithonthryptic, [124].
• Electuaria, electuaries, definition of, [198];
  • general rules to be observed in selecting and prescribing this form of medicine, [198].
• “Electuarium Opiatum Polupharmacum” of the Codex Parisien, [27];
  • Electuary of the Queen of Colein, [47] (note).
• Elixir universal, a belief in its efficacy entertained by Roger Bacon, [48].
• Emetics, various uses of, in the cure of disease, [86];
  • the activity of, why occasionally increased by Narcotics, [152];
  • quickened in their action by venesection, [156];
  • in what cases they may prove dangerous, [87];
  • definition of, [83];
  • practical precaution respecting, [85].
• “Emetin,” a new principle developed from Ipecacuan, [172].
• Emmenagogues, definition of, [91];
  • can only be relative agents, [91].
• Emollients, definition of, [141].
• Empirics, ancient sect of, their labours barren, and why, [6].
• Emplastrum Nigrum of Augsburg, [24] (note).
• Emplastra, plasters, great importance of in the cure of local as well constitutional affections, [207].
• Emplastrum Divinum Nicolai, [24] (note).
• Enemata, Clysters, calculated to fulfil five great indications, [200].
• England falsely called the Paradise of Quacks, [19].
• English hops, why superior to those of foreign growth as preservatives of beer, [168] (note).
• Epidemics, arrested in their progress by moral impressions, [16].
• Epispastics, the definition of, [109];
  • the modus operandi of, considered, [110];
  • see Blisters, [110].
• Erasistratus protests against medicinal combination, [63].
• Errhines, or Sternutatories, definition and use of, [108];
  • Dr. Cullen’s testimony respecting their value, [109].
• Errors, chemical and pharmaceutical, which may be committed in writing prescriptions, [180].
• Erythric acid, how obtained from Lithic acid, [117].
• Escharotics, definition of, [137];
  • the operation of is generally chemical, [138].
• Essences of Dioscorides and Galen, were simple extracts, [45].
• Essential oils, certain of them enter the circulation, [68].
• Esculapius, Temple of, remedies first recorded there, [8].
• Ether instantly relieves vertigo, and why, [69];
  • the production of from Alcohol first noticed by Basil Valentine, [49].
• Evacuants, why classed as local stimulants, [83].
• Euphrasia, or eye-bright, its supposed virtues derived from the doctrine of signatures, [25], [27] (note).
• Excrements of insects, a popular remedy in Italy, [11].
• Exhalation from the lungs, modified by certain medicines, [102].
• Expectorants, definition of, [101];
  • a new classification of proposed, [102];
  • under what circumstances they may be usefully associated with stimulants, [166].
• Experience, false application of the term, [6].
• Experiments with different medicines on inferior animals, the great importance of 69. (note).
• Experiment and Observation, Professor Leslie’s definition of, [4] (note).
• Experimental mode of investigation allegorized in the fable of Proteus, [45].
• Extemporaneous Formulæ, the nature and necessity of, [180].
• External remedies, divisible into two classes, [203];
  • how they act on the constitution, [204].
• Extract of Logwood, why not to be administered in the form of pill, [196] (note).
• Extract, meaning of the term, [38].
• Eye-lids, ancient custom of astringing the, [49].
• Eye of Typhon, the ancient name of Squill, [9].
• F
• Fables of Antiquity, supposed meaning of the, [44].
• Factitious Bezoars, [63] (note).
• Fallacies to which medicinal experiments are liable, [6].
• Fashion gives names to diseases, and reputation to remedies, [33].
• Fear, the agency of, in increasing the effects of absorption illustrated, [156].
• “Febrifugi Peruviani Vindiciæ,” by Sturmius, [24] (note).
• Fecula, original meaning of the term, [38].
• Fibres, a due tension of essential to life, [78].
• Fleece, the Golden, a chemical allegory, [45].
• Flesh, human, in epilepsy, [16].
• Flooding, after child-birth, how to be treated, [83].
• Florentine Quack, illustrative story of the, [34] (note).
• Flowers, the strong scent of, affect pregnant women, [58] (note);
  • the perfume of, why most sensible in the evening, [175] (note).
• Fluids of the body, few medicines act upon the, [74].
• Food, green colour of, disgusting to some, [43].
• Fordyce, Dr. his valuable paper on the combination of medicines, [64];
  • his combination of Camboge and Aloes, [173];
  • his important views respecting the vital energies of the stomach, [112] (note).
• Form of a remedy, how to impart a convenient, agreeable, and efficacious one, [178].
• Formula, a scientific one may contain two corrigents, [162].
• —— Medicinal, consists of four parts, [178].
• Formulæ, in illustration of the subject of Medicinal Combination, [209].
• Fourcroy, the theory of, respecting aroma, [155] (note);
  • his mechanical explanation of the operation of Mercury, [22].
• Fox’s Lungs, a specific for Asthma, and why, [25].
• Fritze, Professor, his remarks on the effects of a diet of mucilage, [80].
• G
• Galbanum, its specific control over spasm, [78].
• Galen’s celebrated hypothesis respecting the virtues of medicines, [21].
• Gallic acid strikes a black colour with the salts of iron, [82].
• Gar fish, or sea needle, not poisonous, [43].
• Garlic, its modus operandi as an expectorant considered, [102].
• Gascoigne’s powder and ball, [63] (note).
• Gastric chemistry, its singular powers illustrated, [56];
  • its laws very imperfectly understood, [182].
• Gaubius, his observation respecting the influence of pulverization upon the specific effects of a plant, [191].
• Gay-Lussac’s opinion respecting the composition of Tartar Emetic, [40].
• Geber, the earliest alchemist on record, [47].
• Gelatin, substituted for Peruvian bark, in the cure of fevers, [56].
• General Stimulants, what classes are comprehended under the head of, [76].
• Gerard, his remarks on the Potatoe, [38] (note).
• Gibberish, origin and meaning of the term, [47].
• Gin, odour of, detected in the brain, [77].
• Gin drinkers liable to become fat, [141].
• Gingerbread why less disposed to mouldiness than plain bread, [177] (note).
• Gladiator, the warm blood of, in Epilepsy, [16].
• Glauber recommends Muriatic Acid in sea scurvy, [33];
  • his apparatus for distilling acids, [33].
• Globules red, of the blood, a distinct animal principle, [23] (note).
• Glue, clarified, why substituted for Peruvian bark in the cure of fevers, [56].
• Gluten, its proportion in wheat varies in different climates, [58].
• Goat, the blood of, conceit respecting its lithonthryptic virtues explained, [47] (note).
• Golden Fleece of the Argonauts, a chemical allegory, [45].
• Governing Power of the stomach, meaning of the term as employed by Dr. Fordyce, [112].
• Gout, Portland powder for the, [32] (note).
• Grafting, extraordinary changes produced by, [60].
• Grasses, coarse texture of in moist situations a wise provision, [89].
• Greatracks, Valentine, wonderful cures of, [17].
• Greek Physicians, their complicated prescriptions, [63].
• Griffith’s mixture, the supposed unchemical nature of, refuted, [55].
• Guaiacum, how it acts in exciting diaphoresis, [100];
  • loses its anti-arthritic virtues by purging, [161].
• Gum, indigestible nature of considered, [80].
• H
• Haerlem, Boerhaave’s treatment of the epileptics in the poor-house at, [16].
• Halford, Sir Henry, his practice of combining Henbane and Colocynth judicious, [161].
• Halitus, or watery vapours, their uses, [203].
• Halliday, Dr. of Moscow, his letters to the author on the subject of the Eau Medicinale, [59].
• Hamilton, Dr. his valuable remarks on purgatives, [90];
  • his observations respecting the time of the day at which purgatives should be administered in fevers, [187].
• Harmattan, a wind characterised by excessive dryness, opposes the propagation of epidemics, [175] (note).
• Harrison, Dr. his attempt to emulate the effects of Bark, by medicinal combination, [167];
  • Dr. Richard, his modification of Majendie’s theory with regard to the act of vomiting, [84];
  • his communications to the author respecting the influence of climate upon the efficacy of medicines, [59].
• Healing by the first intention, practice of suggested by superstition, [15].
• Heat destroys the virtues of many vegetables, [191] (note);
  • its stimulus acts as a diaphoretic, [99].
• Heat, cold, moisture, and dryness, Galen’s notion respecting, [21].
• Hellebore used as a purge by Melampus, [8].
• Heliotrope or blood-stone, its supposed powers, [26].
• Helvetius’s Styptic, of what composed, [83] (note);
  • introduces Ipecacuan into practice, [28].
• Hemlock, doubtful whether the modern plant of that name is the one used at the Athenian executions, [37];
  • its powers exaggerated by Stöerck, [21].
• Hemorrhage, why sometimes stopped by a nauseating medicine, [69];
  • great skill required in the treatment of, [83].
• Henbane, a remedy for nephritic irritation, [166].
• Henry IV, poisoned by medicated gloves, [125].
• Herbage, less nutritive in cold and wet seasons, [58].
• Herba Britannica of Dioscorides and Pliny, unknown, [37].
• Herbena, herbs employed in the rites of sacrifice, [37].
• Herbivorous quadrupeds, on the necessity of bitter to, [79].
• Hermodactyllus, supposed to be a species of colchicum, [32].
• Hindoo “ordeal of rice,” physiologically reasonable, [157] (note).
• Hippocrates, his opinion respecting the benefit to be derived from emetics, [86];
  • advice to his son Thessalus, [10] (note).
• Historical Introduction, [3].
• Hoffman, his advice to suspend the administration of remedies during a protracted disease, [150].
• Homer’s Allegory accounts for the plague of the Grecian camp, [44] (note.)
• Honey of Cane, the Arabian title for sugar, [46].
• Honey, superstitious opinions respecting, [11].
• Hop, upon what its superiority as an ingredient in malt liquors depends, [167];
  • the English, why superior, as a preservative of beer, to that of foreign growth, [168] (note).
• Horncastle dispensary, ague cured in the, by a combination of bitter and astringent roots, [167].
• Horse-flesh, a remedy in epilepsy, [16].
• Horse the, when debilitated, is easily destroyed by Opium, [69] (note);
  • very easily affected by diuretics, and why, [95].
• Hortus Gramineus Woburnensis, experiments of Mr. Sinclair recorded in the, [79].
• Human flesh a remedy in epilepsy, [16].
• Humoral Asthma, the pathology of examined, [104].
• —— Pathology, its influence upon medical opinions, [74].
• Hunter, Dr. his remarks on the vital powers of the stomach, [56].
• Hutchison, Mr. Copland, his opinion concerning the comparative rarity of Calculus amongst seamen, [121].
• Huxham, the complexity of his prescriptions, [64].
• Hydragogues, Cholagogues, &c. opinion respecting, [90].
• —— modus operandi explained, [90].
• Hydromancy, its incidental utility, [15].
• Hydrophobia, the hairs of the rabid animal formerly supposed to be an antidote to, [26].
• Hypnotics, synonymous with Soporifics and Narcotics, [76].
• Hyoscyamus, gloomy aspect of, indicative of its poisonous qualities, [42].
• I
• Iatropa Manihot, its leaves esculent, its root poisonous, [42].
• Identity of bodies formerly considered different, established by Chemistry, [52].
• Idiosyncrasies, several remarkable instances of related, [188].
• Incantation, origin of the term, [7] (note).
• Inhalations, an important class of remedies, [202].
• Indian fig, when eaten renders the urine of a bloody colour, [68] (note).
• Indians, American, their expedient to retard the solution of tobacco, [176].
• Ink, its mouldiness prevented by cloves, [177] (note).
• Inoculation in India, Turkey, and Wales, first practised from a superstitious belief, [15].
• Insects destroyed by vegetable bitters, [188] (note).
• Intestinal absorption suspended by Catharsis, [90].
• Intervals between each dose of a medicine, how to be regulated, [188].
• Interesting report from Mr. Dubois, a Missionary in India, on the practice of vaccination, [15].
• Introduction, Historical, to the Pharmacologia, [3].
• Intoxicating tea of the Siberians, [59].
• Ipecacuan, why a dose of diminishes the force of the circulation, [69];
  • how it operates in arresting hemorrhage, [69].
• Ipecacuan, a new principle (Emeta) discovered in, [172];
  • introduced into practice by Helvetius under the patronage of Louis XIV, [28].
• Ireland, its population increased by the introduction of Potatoes, [30] (note).
• Iron, its virtues explained upon mechanical principles, [22];
  • rust of, a very ancient remedy, [8];
  • the sulphate of, its virtues first described by Basil Valentine, [49].
• Ischia, the celebrated baths in the island of, [59].
• Issues, [111].
• J
• Jalap, the purgative operation of increased by Ipecacuan, [153].
• James I, King, his counter-blaste to tobacco, [29].
• James, Dr. his fever powder of Italian origin, [32].
• Jerusalem Artichoke, origin of the term, [38].
• Jews, their practice of applying astringents to the eye-brows, [49].
• John of Gaddesden, his extraordinary treatment of the son of Edward the First, [26].
• Johnson, Dr. Samuel, his definition of Physic, [4] (note).
• Julius Cæsar, the soldiers of, cured by an unknown plant, [37].
• Jupiter, the astrological symbol of, prefixed to receipts, [12].
• —— and Juno, by whose union the vernal showers were said to have been produced, interpretation of the fable by Dr. Darwin, [44].
• Jezebel, her custom of painting the eye-brows, [49].
• K
• Kermes Mineral, the secret of its preparation purchased by the French government, [51].
• Kidd, Dr. his reply to Mr. Brande’s charge against the University of Oxford, [53].
• Kidneys stimulated by alkaline salts, [92] (note).
• Kino and Calumba, experiments respecting their operation by Dr. John Davy, [169].
• Knight, Andrew, Esq. his conjecture respecting the Tuberes of Pliny, [61].
• L
• La Legerie communicates the secret of Kermes Mineral to the French government for a sum of money, [51].
• Lacteals, the natural sensibility of, altered by Mercury, [152] (note).
• Lactuca Sativa, its sedative powers known to the ancients, [9].
• Langelott’s Laudanum, [32].
• Lapis Œtites, or eagle stone, supposed virtues of, [25].
• Lathyrus Stativus, supposed deadly properties of the seeds of, [41].
• Lavender, the odour of increased by Musk, [155] (note).
• Laudanum Cydoniatum of Van Helmont, [32].
• Laurel water used by the Dutch in consumptions, [32].
• Laxatives and Purgatives, distinction between, [89].
• Lead, the Acetate of, rendered inefficacious by conjunction with Sulphuric salts, [181].
• Lectures delivered before the Royal College of Physicians, [1].
• Lectures, Chemical, high importance of those delivered at Cambridge, [54].
• Leguminous plants, Linnæus’s observation upon, [41].
• Lemnos, celebrated earth of, described by Galen, [12].
• Lemon, its different parts possess different virtues, [42].
• Lentor and viscidity of the blood, a supposed cause of disease, [22].
• Lettuce, it soporific powers recommended by Galen, [9].
• Leopold, Archduke of Austria, the failure of the bark in the cure of, [31].
• Leyden, memorable fever of, a lamentable illustration of ultra-chemical doctrines, [23].
• Libavius, his opinion of Paracelsus, [50].
• Lichen Islandicus, its bitterness useful, [80].
• Limestone, the operation of burning to quick-lime accelerated by a moist atmosphere, [176] (note).
• Lime water, its lithonthryptic agency considered, [123].
• Linnæus, his system corresponds in a surprising manner with the natural properties of plants, [42].
• ——, Ray, and Virey, their observation respecting the influence of pulverization upon the medicinal activity of a plant, [174].
• Linseed, mischievous tendency of, when used as a sole article of diet, [80].
• Lithate of Ammonia constantly present in urine, [117].
• Lithic acid, Majendie’s theory respecting the formation of, [117];
  • generated by the action of the kidneys, and constantly present in healthy urine, [117].
• —— —— Diathesis, Dr. Philip’s views respecting the, [121].
• Lithonthryptics, the great advantage of combining them with Opium in cases of calculous irritation, [166].
• Lithonthryptic powers of Galvanic Electricity, [124].
• Living fibre, medicines act upon the, [75].
• Liquorice, why objectionable as an envelope of pills, [96] (note).
• Liquor Ammoniæ Acetatis, why decomposed by Magnesia, [183].
• Local stimulants, [83];
  • meaning of the term, [83].
• London College of Physicians, their first Pharmacopœia, [52] (note).
• Lotions, Embrocations, Liniments, Fomentations, Collyria, &c., [204].
• Louis XIV introduced the potatoe into general cultivation, [30].
• Luridæ, the dark and gloomy aspect of the, indicates their poisonous properties, [42].
• Lymphatics, medicines enter the circulation through the, [70].
• M
• Macbride, Dr. his unsuccessful attempt to improve the art of tanning by the introduction of lime-water, affords an important lesson to the Pharmaceutist, [182] (note).
• Maccaroni of Italy, why so superior to that made in other countries, [58].
• MacCulloch, Dr. his observations upon the effects of Perfumes in preventing mouldiness, [177];
  • on the sweetness of pure and impure sugar, [154].
• Mace and Nutmeg of Arabian origin, [46].
• Macer’s Herbal abounds with the superstitions of the middle ages, [12].
• Macleod, Dr. his observation respecting the Sialogogue power of Hydro-cyanic acid, [108].
• Magistral Formulæ, the nature and necessity of, [180].
• Magisterium of Ludovicus, a preparation of Opium, [32].
• Maglia, the name given to the wild potatoe by the Indians, [80] (note).
• Magnesia, its use in mitigating the severity of Colchicum explained, [162].
• ——, the carbonate of, proposed by Mr. Hatchett as a remedy in the Lithic diathesis, [123].
• Magnenus, his signature of Tobacco, [25].
• Magnes Arsenicalis, Formula for, by Angelus Sala, [26].
• Magnet, its use as an antidote to iron, [24];
  • formerly entered into the composition of certain Plaisters, [24] (note).
• Mah-ry Umma, a mischievous deity, supposed by the Indians to occasion the natural small-pox, [15].
• Majendie, his important views upon the mechanism of absorption, [87] (note);
  • his views respecting vomiting, [84].
• Male Fern, its anthelmintic properties known to Galen, [31];
  • retailed as a secret nostrum in France, the secret of which was known to Louis XV, [31].
• Malt Liquors, the utility of the bitter in, [79].
• Manna, of Arabian origin, [46].
• Manufacturing Chemists, the errors daily committed by, [154] (note).
• Marcellus killed by the cold bath, [31].
• Marcet, Dr. his views respecting the treatment of calculus, [115].
• Marshes, animals in the, defended from disease by the ingestion of bitter plants, [80].
• Masticatories, or acrid Sialogogues, the nature and operation of considered, [106].
• Materia Medica, its early history involved in fable, [7];
  • its progressive improvements slow and unequal, [4];
  • composed of a motley group of substances, [3];
  • how its progress has been influenced, by caprice, prejudice, superstition and knavery, [4];
  • the arrangement of by Cullen, Murray, and Young, [72].
• May Apple, its different parts possess different virtues, [42].
• Mayerne, Sir Theodore, absurd and disgusting remedies of, [13].
• Mead, Dr. recommended Melampodium as an Emmenagogue, [91] (note);
  • his practice of combining alkalies with opium judicious, [161];
  • his opinion concerning the nature of the Athenian poison, [37] (note).
• Mechanical deposites from the urine divisible into three classes, [118];
  • mechanical remedies, considerations respecting, [138];
  • mechanical action of certain expectorants, [105];
  • mechanical purgatives, [89];
  • mechanical theory, some account of the, [22].
• Medical Boards of the present day, [20].
• Medicinal Substances, certain ones enter the circulation, [68];
  • Combination, the extent of limited by several circumstances, [149];
  • medicinal prescription, its perfection defined in three words, [178];
  • similarity, conventional acceptation of the term, [138];
  • incompatibility, meaning of the term, [70];
  • medicinal bodies, on the operation of, [67];
  • definition of, [67];
  • medicinal combination, on the theory and art of, [145].
• Medicines corrected in their operation by mechanically separating, or chemically neutralizing the offending ingredient, [160];
  • by adding to them some substance capable of guarding the stomach, or system, against their deleterious effects, [161];
  • their effects modified by the age of the patient, and various other circumstances, [186];
  • substituted for each other, v.;
  • cardinal virtues of, according to Galen, [21];
  • calculated to produce the same ultimate result, by different modes of operation, may be combined, [163];
  • their operations modified by the state of vital susceptibility of the patient, [5];
  • are frequently but relative agents, [67];
  • may act through the instrumentality of the nerves, [70];
  • conveyed to distant parts of the body by absorption, [6];
  • the ignorant preparation of, [61];
  • their fraudulent adulteration, [61];
  • differ only from poisons in their dose, [184].
• Melampodium recommended as an emmenagogue by Dr. Mead, [91] (note).
• Melampus of Argos administered rust of iron, [8].
• Menyanthes Trifoliata, a cure for the rot in sheep, [80] (note).
• Mercurial salivation known in the twelfth century, [49].
• —— ointment, a true chemical compound, [170].
• Mercury, the only constitutional sialogogue, [106];
  • its operation as a sialogogue attempted to be explained, [107];
  • supposed to act from its weight, [107];
  • its power of entering the lacteals, [68];
  • its efficacy increased by antimony and opium, [152];
  • a case wherein its effects were suddenly developed by fear, [156];
  • a powerful stimulant, [155] (note).
• Merriman, Dr. an interesting case, in illustration of the influence of the mind upon the digestive organs, communicated by him to the author, [158].
• Merry Andrews, their origin, [33] (note).
• Metals, a query respecting their peculiar smell, [155] (note);
  • why named after the planets, [12];
  • all of them inert unless in a state of combination, [170].
• Methodic Sect, founded by Themison, [22].
• Miraculous gift attributed by Herodotus to the Priestesses of Helen, explained, [18].
• Missletoe, Druidical superstitions respecting the, [11] (note).
• Mistura Ferri composita, composition of, [55].
• Misturæ, Mixtures, general rules to be observed in selecting and prescribing this form of medicine, [199].
• Mithridate, its history and composition, [27] (note).
• Miner, after inanition, killed by stimulants, [6] (note).
• Mineral waters, the virtues of discovered by Hydromancy, [15];
  • sometimes prove diuretic, the reasons why, and how prevented, [95] (note).
• Mineral Acids, first described by Avicenna, [48].
• Milman, Sir Francis, his valuable remarks on the importance of diluents in dropsy, [175].
• Milner, Dr. his synthetic proof of the composition of nitrous acid, [54] (note).
• Mixture and Chemical Combination, an essential distinction between, [170].
• Modus Operandi of Medicines, a new classification in illustration of the, [70].
• Moisture and Dryness, its effects upon vegetable productions, [58].
• Molasses, why sweeter than pure sugar, [154].
• Molina, his observations on the potatoe, [80] (note).
• Monardes, his belief in the efficacy of the Bezoar explained, [63].
• Morley’s remedies for Scrofula, [17].
• Morphia, a new principle developed from opium, [172].
• Morton’s Pyretologia contains an account of Oliver Cromwell’s death, [24].
• Mouldiness prevented by Perfumes, [177].
• Mountain Ash, an object of Druidical veneration, [14].
• Mulberry, contains two colouring principles, [44].
• Muriatic Acid recommended by Glauber in sea scurvy, [33].
• Murray, principles of arrangement adopted in his Apparatus Medicaminum, [41] (note).
• Murray’s arrangement of the Materia Medica, [74].
• Music, an ancient remedy, [7] (note).
• Musk, of Arabian origin, [46];
  • its specific controul over spasm, [78];
  • the odour of increased by exposure to the atmosphere of privies, [155] (note).
• Mustacea of the Romans gave origin to the modern bride-cake, [148] (note).
• Mustard, the unbruised seeds of commended by Dr. Mead in ascites, [184].
• Mythological Fables, antiquity of chemistry deduced from the, [44].
• N
• Naples, experiments at, with Hyoscyamus, [59].
• Narcotics, synonymous with Sedatives, Hypnotics, and Soporifics, [76];
  • assume the character of Astringents, [82];
  • their operation increases vascular action, [76];
  • their superior efficacy in Italy, [59];
  • how they differ from ordinary stimulants, [76];
  • Cullen’s theory respecting, [76];
  • their stimulant operation denied, [76].
• Narcotico-acrid Poisons, [128];
  • an ill-defined class, [129].
• Narcotic Poisons, [128].
• Narcotic odour, a distinct indication, [42].
• Natural Compounds, may be regarded as the prescriptions of Nature, [145].
• Natural Family of Plants, often contain species of very different medicinal virtues, [41].
• Nausea, origin and cause of, [85].
• Nauseating Emetics,
  • why to be avoided in certain cases of poisoning, [134];
  • why they prove diaphoretic, [87];
  • doses of antimony increase the effects of mercury, [152].
• Nauseous remedies supposed to expedite delivery, [16] (note).
• Necklace of Pæony, for the cure of epilepsy, [17].
• Nechepsus, his amulet for the stomach, [7].
• Nepenthe of Helen was probably opium, [8].
• Nerves, the media through which certain medicines act upon the body, [70].
• Nestor’s Cataplasm, [9].
• New arrangement of diuretic medicines, [92].
• Nicolaus, his powder for the stone, [47] (note).
• Nicostratus, Cholical antidote of, [19].
• Nitrate of Silver, its successful effect in Epilepsy, [59];
  • its bitterness connected with its virtues, [80];
  • rendered inert by muriatic salts, [175].
• Nitric acid, its power of producing ptyalism denied, [108].
• Nomenclature medical, reformed by Botany and Chemistry, [39].
• Nostrum, Definition and meaning of the term, [19] (note).
• Nostrums, a multitude of collected by Ætius, [19].
• Nouffleur, Madame, her receipt, [31].
• Nuremburg, the first Pharmacopœia published at, [52] (note).
• Nutmeg corrects the operation of alum, [161].
• Nutmeg and Mace of Arabian origin, [46].
• Nutriment, deficiency of in plants, how compensated for by nature, [58].
• Nutritive, and Medicinal powers of plants often opposed to each other, [58].
• O
• Objections to Cullen’s arrangement of medicines, of a fatal nature, [74].
• Observation, analogy and experiment, form the only true basis of research, [5];
  • Professor Leslie’s definition of, [5] (note).
• Obstacles to the progress of the Materia Medica, [6].
• Officinal preparations, the nature and necessity of, [180].
• Old men, the humid coughs of, cured by Sulphate of zinc, [104].
• Oliver Cromwell fell a victim to an intermittent, [24].
• Operation of medicinal bodies, on the, [67].
• Operation of two medicines in one formula, [163].
• Opiologia of Wedelius contains many formulæ which have been perverted to empirical uses, [32].
• Opium, remarks upon the best mode of correcting its operation, and obviating its deleterious effects, [136];
  • has extensive powers as a Corrigent, [137];
  • whether absorbed into the circulation, [77];
  • modern preparations of derived from ancient receipts, [32];
  • primitive import of the term, [37];
  • its powers vary with the climate, [58];
  • known in early ages, [8];
  • stimulating effects of, [77];
  • Galen’s hypothesis concerning, [22].
• Oporinus, his opinion of his master Paracelsus, [50].
• Orange, the Prince of, his success in curing an Epidemic at Breda, [16].
• Oribasius, his just notions respecting medicinal combination, [63].
• Order, a general rule for that of the ingredients of a medicinal formula, [179].
• Origin of Amulets of very ancient date, [7].
• Organs of sense, sensibility of, changed by artificial habits and cultivation, [43].
• —— of the body, how excited into action by the administration of particular remedies, [70].
• Oswald Crollius, first mentions calomel, [51].
• Otho Tachenius, embraced the doctrines of Van Helmont, [50].
• Oxygen, how far it may be considered the source of animal heat, [114].
• Oysters, the green colour of, explained, [44] (note).
• P
• Paley’s remark on the influence of habit, [27].
• Panacea Glauberiana, the secret of its preparation purchased by the French Government, [51].
• Paracelsus, some account of his character and doctrines, [49];
  • his false reasoning, [50] (note).
• Paris, Supreme Council of, proscribe antimonial remedies, [51].
• Particular forms of remedies, and the general principles upon which they should be constructed, [190].
• Passive hemorrhage, to be treated by a combination of astringents and tonics, [165].
• Peach, its deleterious properties, when first introduced into the Roman empire from Persia, explained, [61];
  • its kernel, the supposed efficacy of, [61].
• Pearl, compound powders of, [22].
• Percival, Dr. the judicious observations of respecting diet, commended, [157].
• Perfumes, their extraordinary effects at Rome, [58];
  • vegetable, Savages insensible of, [43];
  • prevent mouldiness, [177].
• Pericles pronounced insane for wearing an amulet, [7].
• Peruvian Bark, prejudices respecting, [24];
  • the adulteration of brought it into discredit, [61].
• Pestilence at Rome, superstitious ceremony during the, [16].
• Peter Lord, his exposition of his father’s will, [33].
• Petiver, the medico-botanical researches of, [41] (note).
• Petro de Maharncourt, an inventor of the supposed Universal Elixir, [48].
• Pharmacopœia, how its import differs from that of Pharmacologia, ii;
  • original institution of, [52] (note);
  • why an object of abuse, [53].
• Philippic of Chifletius against the Peruvian Bark, [31].
• Phillips, Mr. his attack upon the London Pharmacopœia noticed, [54].
• Philosopher’s Stone, Arabian conceit respecting the, [46].
• Philosophy of History, definition of the term, [4].
• Phosphoric Salts, the origin and history of, as they occur in urine, [118].
• Physiognomy Botanical, its utility, [42].
• Pills containing calomel, should not be enveloped in magnesia, and why, [196].
• Pilulæ e Styrace of the Dublin College, a very scientific combination, [194].
• Pilulæ, rules respecting their formation into masses, [194].
• Pimento, the berries of, lose their aromatic warmth in coming to maturity, [62].
• Pink and Lateritious sediments in urine, Dr. Prout’s opinion respecting the nature of, [117] (note).
• Plague of London, superstitious belief respecting the origin of the, [10] (note);
  • in Egypt, most common after the inundation of the Nile, [175] (note).
• Plaister containing soap and muriate of ammonia, the chemical theory of its operation considered, [171].
• Planetary influence on the virtues of plants, [11].
• Plants medicinal, influenced by soil, culture, climate, and season, [57];
  • the sensible properties of, have a relation to their medicinal properties, [41];
  • the virtues of, discoverable by botanical characters, [41].
• Pliny, his aphorism respecting poisons paraphrased by Linnæus, [184].
• Plum, the cultivated offspring of the sloe, [61].
• Plumbum, a generic term among the ancients, [48].
• Podalirius employed venesection, [8].
• Podophyllum Peltatum, the different parts of possess different virtues, [42].
• Poculum Absinthiatum, its supposed antidotal powers, [79].
• Poisons secret and slow, [125];
  • absurd notion respecting their possessing a mutual attraction for each other, [26];
  • differ essentially from each other, [127];
  • the classification of, according to their physiological action attempted, [131];
  • a belief in the mechanical operation of, not founded in truth, [126];
  • have ever been the objects of extravagant credulity, [125].
• Poisoning, in cases of, there are three important indications of cure, [134].
• Poitou, colic of, supposed to have arisen from the appearance of a new star, [10] (note).
• Poly-pharmacy of our predecessors, the influence of the, on the practitioners of the present day, [64];
  • of ancient physicians, the mischievous influence of, upon modern practice, [64].
• Pope Innocent the Tenth countenances the use of the bark, [31].
• Pope Clement VII. poisoned by fumes of a taper, [126] (note).
• Poppies supposed to relieve the head, and why, [25].
• Porsenna’s stipulation with the Romans not to employ iron, except in agriculture, the reason of, [24].
• Portland, Duke of, his powder for the gout, [32].
• Potatoe, the wild parent of the, found at Monte Video, [80] (note);
  • loses its bitterness by cultivation, [79];
  • its various useful applications enumerated, [30];
  • mentioned by Gerard, [38] (note);
  • extraordinary and romantic history of the, [30];
  • introduced into favour by Louis XIV. 30;
  • origin of the name, [38];
  • the effect of its introduction into Ireland, [30] (note).
• Potassium, curious anecdote connected with the discovery of, [43] (note).
• Poultice, Yeast, its modus operandi explained, [171].
• Powder of Nicolaus, [47] (note).
• Powders, individually dry, become liquid by being rubbed together, [192].
• Powders, Compound, canons respecting, [191].
• Powell, Dr. his observations upon compound medicines, [64].
• Practice of Physic, perverted by superstition, [10].
• Precious Stones, an Arabian superstition respecting, [10];
  • their introduction into medicine, [10].
• Prescriptions ancient, their complicated nature, [63].
• Prescribing, on the theory and art of, [143].
• Prescott, Miss, persons of the first respectability became the dupes of, [13].
• Prevost and Dumas, their experiments upon the effects of Electricity on Calculi, [124].
• Priests of the American Indians intoxicated by tobacco, [9].
• Priests of Esculapius, artifices of the, [8] (note).
• Priesthood, Pagan, addicted to the use of narcotics, [9];
  • their characteristic cunning, [18].
• Primary operation of a remedy, meaning of the term, [68].
• Pringle, Sir John, his experiments on the effects of salt, when used in different quantities, [185];
  • his opinion respecting the combination of alkalies and bitters, [153].
• Proserpine, the fable of, a chemical allegory, [41].
• Proteus, the fable of, an allegory, [45].
• Prout, Dr. his valuable researches into the history of Gravel and Calculus, [115].
• Prussic Acid, proposed by Majendie for the cure of phthisis, [32].
• Ptyalism excited by mercury, and hydro-cyanic acid, [107]–8.
• Pulmonary exhalation, how modified by certain expectorants, [103].
• Pulveres, general principles for their administration, [190].
• Pulverization, how it assists the operation of a medicinal substance, [190].
• Pulvis Helvetii, philosophy of its combination, [192].
• Pulvis ipecacuanhæ Compositus, the operation of it affords a striking illustration of the advantages of medicinal combination, [168].
• Purgatives differ essentially from each other, [89];
  • combined with antispasmodics, [164];
  • to be considered as Absolute Agents, [68];
  • their effects increasing the action of various medicines, [156];
  • their several modes of operation explained by Lord Bacon, [42] (note);
  • may act by three different modes, [92];
  • act as Emmenagogues, [92];
  • combined with tonics, [164];
  • combined with mercurial alteratives, [164].
• Purgatives and Laxatives, essential difference between, [88].
• Purpuric Acid, a curious modification of the Lithic, discovered by Dr. Prout, [117].
• Putrid exhalations recognised by the Savage at a considerable distance, [43].
• Pyramus and Thisbe, the fable of, curiously illustrated by a late chemical discovery, [44].
• Pyretologia of Morton, account of Cromwell’s death in, [24].
• Q
• Quackery countenanced by the member for Coventry, [33] (note).
• Quadrupeds Herbivorous, require bitter food, [79].
• Qualities Cardinal, which distinguish all bodies, [21].
• R
• Rachitis, a disease of the assimilative functions, [118] (note).
• Rabbit, its insusceptibility of the powers of opium explained, [69] (note).
• Raleigh, Sir Walter, said to have introduced smoaking tobacco, [29] (note.)
• Ranting Peters, a new name for Merry Andrews, [33] (note).
• Rape Oil, its proposed improvement by Rozier, [57].
• Rawleigh’s Confection and Pearl Cordial, [33].
• Ray, his attempt to enumerate the virtues of plants from experience, completely failed, [6].
• Ray, Linnæus, and Virey, the observation of, respecting the influence of pulverization upon the medicinal activity of plants, [174].
• Recipe, astrological origin of the symbol that is prefixed to prescriptions, [12].
• Refrigerants, definition of, [113];
  • the ingenious chemical theory proposed for explaining their effects, [113].
• Relative and Absolute remedies, meaning of the terms, [68].
• Relaxing and Bracing, import of the terms as applied to Medicines, [22].
• Religious Ceremonials often intended to preserve useful customs, [18].
• Remedies, the immediate impression of on the body, [68];
  • of a disgusting nature, how they may operate, [16];
  • nature of many ancient ones now unknown, [8];
  • how classed by the Methodic Sect, [22];
  • discovered by accident, [8];
  • those that act mechanically considered, [138];
  • those of external application, [203].
• Remedy, how to obtain by combination a new and active one, not afforded by any single substance, [168].
• Resinous Purgatives, why apt to gripe, and how to be corrected, [173].
• Reviewers, their unworthy flattery, [20] (note).
• Review, a respectable medical one much wanted, [21] (note).
• Revolutions of the Materia Medica, prominent causes of the, [9].
• Revolutionary history of the Materia Medica, [3].
• Rhases and Avicenna were the first to introduce pharmaceutical preparations, [47].
• Rhododendron, the properties of liable to vary with the soil, [57];
  • its efficacy in Russia, [59].
• Rhubarb, of Arabian origin, [46];
  • its effects upon the urine when internally administered, [68] (note);
  • its watery infusion rendered purgative by the addition of Calumba, [154];
  • combines within itself the double property of a purgative and astringent, [168].
• Ricotia Ægyptiaca, how made to flower, [57].
• Roasted Swallow, its efficacy believed by Vogel, [6].
• Roasted Toad, its powers as a remedy in Gout, believed by Vogel, [6];
  • a receipt for the preparation of, [6] (note).
• Roger Bacon, excommunicated and imprisoned by the Pope for witchcraft, [48].
• ——, the father of Chemistry in England, [48].
• Roman custom of erecting altars near the dead body, [18].
• Rome, extraordinary effects of perfumes at, [58].
• Rose Beads, or Rose Pearls, from Turkey, imported into Europe through Austria—nature of their composition, [196] (note).
• Rot in Sheep, cured by the Menyanthes Trifoliata, [80] (note).
• Rousseau’s observation respecting Scepticism, [21].
• Routine, a devotion to, the great bane of philosophy, [27].
• Royal touch, cures performed by, [16].
• Rozier, his proposal for the improvement of Rape Oil, [57].
• Rubefacients, in what they differ from blisters, [109].
• Rust of the Spear of Telephus, a cure for the wounds it inflicted, [15].
• Russia Leather, why not subject to mouldiness, [177] (note).
• S
• Saline Cathartics, a mixture of, more efficacious than an equivalent dose of any single one, [173];
  • increased in force by carbonic acid, [158];
  • Salts, the proper stimuli of the urinary organs, [93] (note);
  • Saline bodies into which vegetable acids enter, are decomposed in transitu, when taken internally, [94].
• Saliva, its secretion influenced by passions of the mind, [158] (note).
• Salivation by Mercury, why attended with a fœtid breath, [152] (note);
  • known in the twelfth century, [49].
• Saltness, Galen’s notions respecting the cause of, [21].
• Salts, Alkaline, when taken may be detected in the urine, [68].
• Salt, Culinary, operates very differently in different quantities, [185].
• Salts, certain of them pass into the circulation, and undergo decomposition in transitu, [94].
• Sandy soil, strongly smelling plants become inodorous in a, [57].
• Saracens, their treaty with the Greek Emperors, respecting the literary works of the ancients, [46] (note).
• Scammonia Convolvulus, the root alone contains any virtue, [42].
• Scepticism, mischievous tendency of, in physic, [21];
  • definition of the word, [20].
• Schroeder, his chemico-medical Pharmacopœia, [96] (note).
• Scribonius Largus, his writings afford ample evidence of the empirical spirit of those days, [20].
• Sea Needle, the green bones of, not poisonous, [43].
• Seamen, the extraordinary immunity of from calculous disorders, [121].
• Season, the influence of upon medicinal plants, [57].
• Secondary operation of a remedy, meaning of the term, [68].
• —— Diuresis to be distinguished from the result of a primary action on the kidneys, [95] (note).
• Sedatives, meaning of the term, [76].
• Sedentary persons, their mistaken notions respecting diet and exercise, [159].
• Sediments of health, meaning of the expression, according to Dr. Prout, [118].
• Seeds, hot and cold, origin of the epithets, [22].
• Seguin, the experiments of, relative to the astringent principle of vegetables, [153];
  • his curious error respecting the tonic principle of Peruvian bark, [56].
• Senna, why apt to gripe, [173];
  • its composition changed by transplantation, [153];
  • of Arabian origin, [46];
  • undergoes a remarkable change by transplantation into the south of France, [153];
  • its fruit and pods contain no bitter, [153].
• Sennertus, his interesting history of surgical superstitions, [17] (note).
• Septic poisons, species of enumerated, [128].
• Setons, the modus operandi, [111].
• Sheep die, if deprived of bitter food, [79].
• Sialogogues, definition of, [106];
  • comprehend two orders of medicines, [106].
• Siberians, their remedies for rheumatism, [60].
• Signatures, the doctrine of, [24].
• Similarity, as applied to medicinal operation, conventional meaning of the term, [150]—70—147 (note).
• Simons, William, Esq. his laudable zeal in improving the pharmaceutic machinery at Apothecaries’ Hall, [52] (note).
• Simple and living solids, Cullen’s distinction between the, [75].
• Simplicity always a desideratum in a medicinal formula, [178].
• Sinapisms in frequent use with the Greeks and Romans, [46].
• Sinbad the sailor, his adventures on the desert island, a beautiful allegory, [47].
• Sinclair, Mr. his very interesting experiments on the necessity of bitter extractive to herbivorous quadrupeds, [79].
• Single flowers, how changed by cultivation, [60].
• Slare, Dr. his pamphlet in vindication of sugar, [24] (note).
• Sloe, the wild parent of the plum, [61].
• Small Pox, supposed by the Indians to be a visitation of their goddess Mah-ry Umma, [15].
• Smell, taste, and colour of plants indicate their virtues, [42].
• Smithson, Mr. his curious discovery of two colouring principles in the Mulberry, [44].
• Smoking tobacco introduced by Sir Walter Raleigh, [29] (note).
• Sneezing, a case of apoplexy produced by, related by Morgagni, [109].
• Snow, Mrs. Elizabeth Woodcock buried in the, for eight days, [6] (note).
• Snuff, the Pope’s decree of excommunication against all those who should take it, [29] (note);
  • custom of mixing together its different varieties, accounted for, [148].
• Soap, when combined with Aloes, performs the duty of the corrigens and the adjuvans, [179];
  • its value as a constituent in pills, [195];
  • restored to the Extract: Colocynth: Comp: in the new Pharmacopœia, [55] (note).
• Socrates and Phocion poisoned by Cicuta, [37].
• Soil, its influence upon medicinal plants, [57].
• Solanum Tuberosum, extract of, an anodyne, [30].
• Solids, simple and living, how distinguished by Cullen, [75].
• Solomon’s ring for the cure of Epilepsy, [7] (note).
• Solution of poisonous substances in the stomach should be avoided, [135].
• Solubility of a body influences its effects upon the organ of taste, [43];
  • solubility of a purgative determines its specific action, [172];
  • solubility of a medicinal body, how it may be modified by mechanical and chemical expedients, [173].
• ——, its great importance in reference to the activity of a medicinal substance, [172].
• Soporifics, synonymous with Narcotics and Hypnotics, [76].
• Soranus, his superstitious belief in the virtues of honey, [11].
• Southern countries, some vegetables more energetic in, than in northern ones, [58].
• Spalding, Mr. the celebrated diver, his observation respecting the comparative influence of vegetable and animal diet, [113].
• Spasm, connected with the most opposite states of the system, [78].
• Spasmodic action controlled by certain medicines, [78].
• Spleen, schirrus of, said to be cured by iron, and why, [22].
• Squil, its bitter principle separated by the assimilative functions, and transmitted to the kidneys, [68];
  • its powers invalidated by alkalies, [153] (note);
  • its action directed to the kidneys by calomel, [152];
  • its action as an expectorant often requires the aid of a diaphoretic, [152];
  • loses its diuretic virtues by purging, [161].
• —— and Digitalis, dissimilar as Diuretics, [150].
• ——, or sea onion, administered in dropsy by the Egyptians, [9].
• Stahl’s Ideal System, mischievous tendency of, [22].
• Steam Laboratory at Apothecaries’ Hall, [52] (note).
• Steel medicines accelerated in their operation by purgatives, [157].
• Steller’s testimony with respect to the liability of the Rhododendron to vary in its virtues, [57].
• Stephens, Mrs. her remedy for the stone, [34];
  • Parliamentary reward to, [34] (note).
• Stimmi, or Stibium of the ancients, whether the Antimony of the present day, [49].
• Stimulants, local, comprehend evacuants, [83];
  • general, what classes are comprehended under the division of, [75].
• Stimulant operation of Narcotics denied, [76].
• Stoll and Warren, Drs. their judicious treatment of Cholica Pictonum, [164].
• Stomach, it exercises a universal sympathy and control over every organ of the body, [69];
  • a certain chemical condition of it sometimes opposes medicinal action, [162];
  • in what its powers consist, [56];
  • has a chemical code of its own, [55].
• Stone, Sarah, her cases of Midwifery, [16] (note).
• Strabo’s explanation of the fable of the golden fleece, [45].
• Sturmius, his anecdote respecting the scarcity of bark, [24] (note).
• Styptic, Eaton’s, [83] (note);
  • of Helvetius, ibid.;
  • nature of styptics as remedies, ibid.
• Substances not affecting the body in health, whether they can be active remedies in disease, [67];
  • substances chemically compatible, may be medicinally inconsistent with each other, [55];
  • suitable for pills, [193];
  • not adapted for pill-masses, [193].
• Substantive and adjective constituents, meaning of the terms, [154] (note).
• Substitution of one medicine for another, a common but mischievous practice, v.
• Sudorifics, see Diaphoretics.
• Suffitus, or dry fumes, their uses in the cure of disease, [202].
• Sugar, the sweetness of, modified by vegetable extractive, [154];
  • absurd prejudices respecting, [24].
• —— and Sugar Candy of Arabian origin, [46].
• Sugared Plums, sold to children, contain plaister of Paris, [193] (note).
• Sulphate of Zinc,
  • the combination of with Myrrh, a valuable remedy in the humid coughs of old persons, [165];
  • an excellent remedy in humoral asthma, [104];
  • as an emetic, case of death from, [85].
• ——————, or Sulphate of Copper, why to be preferred to Antimony as emetics in certain cases of poisoning, [134].
• Sulphate of Potass, the medicinal action of, modified by its insolubility, [94];
  • affords an excellent example of the powers of combination in destroying the identity of the ingredients, [169].
• —————— Magnesia, rarely diuretic, and why, [95].
• Sulphur, its agency in producing odour, [155] (note).
• Superstition, a prominent source of error in physic, [10].
• Superstitious practices have sometimes led to useful results, [14].
• Suppositoria, Suppositories, the nature of, [197];
  • calculated to fulfil two great indications, [197].
• Swallow roasted, esteemed as a remedy by Vogel, [6].
• Sweet Potatoe, alluded to by Shakespeare, [38].
• Swiss Peasants delight in bitter beverage, [79].
• Sydenham’s case of poisoning by corrosive sublimate cured by diluents, [135] (note);
  • his observation respecting the practice of combining bark with other medicines, has less of reason than of severity, [166];
  • his extraordinary treatment of a hypochondriac, [36].
• Sylvius de la Boe succeeded Van Helmont, [50];
  • consigns two-thirds of the population of Leyden to an untimely grave, [23].
• Sympathy, conventional meaning of the term, [68] (note).
• Sympathetic Powder of Sir Kenelm Digby, [14].
• Syncope, produced at Rome by perfumes, [58].
• Synoptical view of Murray’s arrangement of the Materia Medica, [74].
• Syrup of Roses, underhanded substitution in the preparation of it, Pref.
• Syrups, Juleps, and Conserves, introduced by the Arabian Physicians, [46].
• T
• Tables of chemical affinity may lead the practitioner into error, and why, [183].
• Tabular view of diuretics, arranged according to their supposed modes of operation, [93];
  • Cullen’s arrangement of the Materia Medica, [72].
• Tannin generally exists in combination with Gallic acid, [82] (note);
  • present in grasses of aftermath crops, [82];
  • does not enter the circulation, [82];
  • is the vegetable principle of astringency, [82];
  • but is increased in effect by Gallic acid, [153].
• Tar water, epidemical madness respecting, [27] (note).
• Tartar soluble, remarks on the operation of, [173].
• Tartarized Antimony, the term defended, [40].
• Tartrate of Potass, a solution of, decomposed by a current of Carbonic acid passing through it, [183] (note);
  • decomposed by all sub-acid vegetables, [183].
• Taste, colour, and smell of plants indicate their virtues, [42].
• Tea, the general introduction of, in England, owing to the eulogy of Queen Katharine, [29].
• Tea and turtle soup, whether their admixture in the stomach may not form leather, [182] (note).
• Telephus, the rust of the spear of, a cure for the wounds it inflicted, [15].
• Temple, Sir William, his aphorism respecting diet more facetious than philosophical, [158].
• Temples, ancient, dedicated to health, and in airy situations, [39].
• Tench, curious mistake respecting the medicinal use of the, [11] (note).
• Tension of fibres, the necessity of the, [78].
• Terms new, proposed by the author to explain the operation of certain native combinations, [159] (note).
• Thaddæus of Florence, not the inventor of Tinctures, [48].
• Thaw after a hard frost, aggravates certain coughs, and why, [105].
• Thebaic Tincture, derivation of the term, [9] (note).
• Themison, the ill success of his practice recorded by Juvenal, [22] (note).
• Theories false, mischievous influence of, [21].
• Theriaca Andromachi, the great celebrity of, [27].
• Theriaca, Heberden’s remarks upon, [28] (note).
• Thessalus, the Roman empiric, described by Galen, [20].
• Thirst, the irritation of, keeps up febrile action, [140].
• Thoracic Duct, medicines enter into the circulation through its branches, [70].
• Time of the day at which remedies are to be administered, forms a subject of interest, [187].
• Tin, formerly called Plumbum Album, [48].
• Tinctures invented by Arnoldus de Villa Nova, [48].
• Tirocinium Chemicum, calomel described in, [51].
• Toad roasted, its supposed powers in allaying the pains of the gout, [6];
  • Receipt for baking it alive, [6] (note).
• Tobacco, its nauseating operation explained, [85];
  • romantic history of, [29];
  • its essential oil acts very differently from the infusion of its leaves, [132] (note);
  • its Signatures, [25].
• Tonics, vegetable, their effects modified by alkalies, and other solvents, [174].
• ——, in what cases their combination with purgatives becomes eligible, [164];
  • reasons for combining them with diffusible stimulants, [165];
  • are absolute or relative in their operation, [78];
  • they frequently require the aid of Diaphoretics to modify
• their powers, [164];
  • their operation in healthy and debilitated habits, [78];
  • are vital agents, [78];
  • definition of, [78].
• —— Topical Refrigerants, [110].
• Tormentil in pastures said to prevent the rot in sheep, [80] (note).
• Tournefort, his mode of ascertaining medicinal properties in vegetables, [23].
• Tortosa, his opinion respecting the solubility of Opium in the stomach questioned, [136] (note).
• Transition from diffusible stimulants to tonics imperceptible, [81].
• Treacle, its powers in preserving vegetable powders, [195].
• Triple Salts, their formation often affords apparent exceptions to the usual law of affinity, [183].
• Trochisci—Lozenges, observations respecting their modus operandi, [197].
• Trumpet the, used by Asclepiades in the cure of Sciatica, [7] (note).
• Tuberes of Pliny, Knight’s conjectures respecting, [61].
• Turmeric, an ancient remedy for Jaundice, [25].
• Turner, Culpepper, and Lovel, properly denominated the Astrological Herbalists, [13].
• Turner, Mr. why he escaped from the dose of arsenic administered to him, in yeast dumplings, [195].
• Turnips, yellow, contain little, or no bitter principle, [79].
• Turpentine, oil of, acts on the kidneys only when given in small doses, [95].
• V
• Vaccination, superstitious notions entertained respecting it in the East, [15].
• Van Helmont, his chemical zeal, [50];
  • his chemical doctrines espoused by Sylvius de la Boe, [50];
  • his mischievous doctrines, [100].
• Van-Swieten, his opinion respecting the effect of sneezing in loading the vessels of the head, [109].
• Valentine, Basil, the father of Metallic Medicine, [48].
• Valerian, its antispasmodic virtues, [78].
• Valisnieri, his observations upon combination, [147].
• Vapours, a fashionable disorder in the reign of Queen Anne, [33].
• Variable activity of a medicine, a fact not to be overlooked by the practitioner, [187].
• Vegetable analysis, the great improvements in, [52].
• Vegetable acids rarely the vehicle of poisons, [136] (note);
  • undergo decomposition in the digestive organs, [94].
• —— astringents, whether they may not be incompatible with lime water, [182].
• Vegetable diet, the supposed refrigerating effect of, explained, [113].
• —— diuretics, generally bitter, [94].
• —— eaters, less affected by vegetable poisons than carnivorous animals, and why, [69] (note).
• Vehicle of a remedy, how to be selected, [176].
• Vena Portarum, one of the avenues through which medicinal substances enter the circulation, [70].
• Venesection increases the effects of Cathartics, [156];
  • of Mercury, [156];
  • when it ought to be avoided in cases of poisoning, and why, [137];
  • frequently promotes vomiting and why, [85];
  • a remedy of very early origin, [8];
  • may act as a tonic, [78].
• Verbena, a word of general import (quasi Herbena), [37].
• Verdegris, the virulent effects of increased by vinegar, [136].
• Vertigo, instantly relieved by ether, and why, [69].
• Vervain, Morley’s recommendation of, [17];
  • druidical superstitions respecting it, [11] (note).
• Vienna Gout Decoction, [32] (note).
• Views, Synoptical, of the arrangement of the Materia Medica, according to Cullen, Murray, and Young, [72], [73], [74].
• Vinegar of Wood described by Glauber, [33].
• Vine twigs, a fixed alkali procured from, recommended by Basil Valentine in the gravel, [49].
• Villerobel relates that the bark remained for seven years in Spain before any trial of its efficacy was instituted, [31].
• Virgil, his allusion to the anti-narcotic influence of vegetable acids, [136].
• Virey, his observations upon the growth of plants, [57].
• ——, Ray, and Linnæus, their observation respecting the influence of pulverization upon the medicinal activity of a plant, [174].
• Vis Medicatrix, its supposed agency, [76].
• Viscus Quercinus, or Missletoe, druidical history of the, [13].
• Vitriol, original meaning of the term, [37].
• Vogel, believed in the efficacy of roasted toad, [6];
  • his attempt to class medicines according to their virtues, [6].
• Voltaire’s illustrative fable of the Voluptuary Ogul, [35].
• Vomiting, why it cannot be excited during profound intoxication, [84];
  • phenomena and pathology of, [83];
  • not effected by the stomach alone, [84].
• U
• Ulysses, hæmorrhage of, cured by a charm, [17].
• Ultra-Chemistry, its mischievous tendency in medicine considered, [56].
• Umbelliferæ, medicinal analogies between their species, [41].
• Unseasonable collection of vegetable remedies, a great source of fallacy, [62].
• Uranus, discovery of that planet, by Herschel, [5].
• Urea, the nature and habitudes of, considered, [116];
  • Dr. Prout’s opinion regarding the origin of, [116].
• Urinary organs stimulated by saline bodies, [93] (note).
• —— calculi, a tabular view of the different species of, [120].
• Urine, analysis of, by Berzelius, [116];
  • its colour changed by the administration of rhubarb, and Indian fig, [68] (note).
• —— of the husband, supposed to expedite labour pains, [16] (note).
• W
• Warburton, Dr. his error respecting the origin of amulets, [7].
• Warren’s Blacking described in the Hecuba of Euripides, [33] (note).
• Warm bath, mechanical notions respecting its operation and effects, [22].
• Water, the potation of, promotes the action of the kidneys, [94];
  • sometimes sufficient to form vegetable powders into masses of pill, [196];
  • whether decomposed by the digestive organs, [141].
• Waters of plants, formerly meant simple decoctions, [46].
• Waters, mineral, a probable cause of their activity as remedies, [185].
• Watering places, observations upon their efficacy, [35].
• Watson, Bishop, his eloquent appeal on the importance of chemical science, [54].
• Wedelius, his Opiologia, [32].
• Wecker’s Dispensatory contains several preparations in which the magnet is an ingredient, [24] (note).
• Wells, Dr. his opinion respecting the colouring matter of the blood, [25] (note).
• Wesley, John, medical credulity of, [35];
  • cured by sulphur and supplication, [36].
• Wheat, the relative proportions of Gluten in, vary in different countries, [58].
• Willis, Dr. his prejudice against sugar, [24].
• Wine glass, to be estimated as containing f ℥ iss, [199].
• Wiseman’s history of cures by the royal touch, [16].
• Witch, the ashes of, a remedy against witchcraft, [26] (note).
• Woulf’s apparatus originally described by Glauber, [33].
• Wormwood, formerly supposed to be an antidote to drunkenness, [79].
• Wood, vinegar obtained from, by Glauber, [33].
• Woodcock, Elizabeth, buried in the snow for eight days, [6] (note).
• Worms, four species of, generated in the human body, [138] (note).
• Wounds inflicted by iron instruments formerly supposed to be fatal, [23].
• Y
• Yeast poultice, its modus operandi explained, [171].
• Yellow turnips contain little or no bitter principle, [79].
• Yellow fever, errors respecting the use of mercury in the, [34].
• Young, Dr. his rule for apportioning doses according to different ages, [189];
  • his arrangement of the Materia Medica, [73].
• Z
• Zealanders supported, during a scarcity, by Linseed, [80].
• Zinc, the acetate of, to be preferred to the sulphate as an ophthalmic application, [170];
  • sulphate of, an excellent remedy in humoral asthma, [104].

INDEX
TO THE
PATENT MEDICINES, AND NOSTRUMS,
DESCRIBED IN THIS WORK.

“Arcana revelata fœtent.”—Boerh:

“Nullum Ego cognosco remedium nisi quod Tempestivo usu fiat tale.”—Ibid.