INDEX
Reading edition
A
Ablathanabla, 166
Abracadabra mystery, 164
Abraxas, mystic word, 165
Absorbent ethiops, 351
Abtinas, incense makers, 57
Acetabulum, ii, 278
Acetanilide, discovery, ii, 273
Acetic acid, synthetic, ii, 271. See also Pyroligneous acid
Acetum Philosophicum, ii, 279
Achillea milfoil, virtues discovered, 16
Achilles, medical discoveries, 16
Acids, how first made, 323
Acidum causticum, 325
Acidum Pingue, 325
(For other acids see specific names.)
Aconite, discovery, ii, 221;
as poison, ii, 223
Acopa, 91; ii, 279; ii, 290
Adders. See Vipers
Adept, ii, 279
Adrenaline, synthetic, ii, 269
Adrian’s antidote, 288;
dropsy cure, 299
Adulteration, early methods of detecting, 210
Adust, ii, 279
Advertisement, early, 141
Ægyptiacum 16; ii, 52
Aërated cod-liver oil, ii, 167
Æsculapius, Greek physician, 7;
portraits, 8;
death, 8;
descendants, 10;
temples, 11, 79
Æthiops. See Ethiops
Aetius, medical writer, 215
Aggregatives, ii, 279
Ague, cures, 50; ii, 133
Agyrtoi, 93
Alabaster, ii, 279
Albucasis of Cordova, 110, 329
Album Græcum, ii, 10
Album Rhasis, ii, 279
Alchemy, invention, 4.
See also Chemistry
Alcohol, constitution, 330;
formula, ii, 270;
etymology, 103, 326;
early references, 328, 329;
synthesis, 330; ii, 271
Alcohol of Mars, 327
Alcohol of sulphur, 327
Aldehyde, preparation, ii, 271
Alembic, etymology, ii, 279
Alembroth salt, 243, 417;
etymology, ii, 279
Alexander of Tralles, 216;
Hiera, ii, 141
Alexandria library, 88, 98
Alexandrinus, Nicolas, 219
Alexipharmic, ii, 279
Alexiteria, ii, 279
Alfred the Great, letter to, 114, 131
Alga nostoch, 375
Algaroth’s powder, 381
Algarotti, note on, 381
Alhandal, ii, 279
Alkahest, Glauber’s 264; ii, 279
Alkali, etymology, ii, 280
Alkalies, early knowledge of, 324;
Black on, 324
Alkalised ethiops, 351
Alkaloids, discovery of, 274; ii, 243;
synthesis, ii, 265
Alkekengi, ii, 280
Alkermes, Arabic derivation, 103
Al-Koh’l, 326
Alkool, ii, 280
Allicola, 360
All-flower-water, ii, 8
Almond tree, Biblical reference, 75
Alœdarium, ii, 280
Aloes, as pigment, 95;
tincture, ii, 37;
elixir, ii, 57;
notes on, ii, 86;
picture of, ii, 87; ii, 88;
books on, ii, 88;
decoction, ii, 176
Aloes wood, Biblical references, 63
Alquimesci oil, 110
Aludels, ii, 280
Aluka, 70
Alum, early uses, 331;
first factories, 332;
discovered in Yorkshire, 333;
composition investigated, 333;
symbol, ii, 309
Aluminium, first made, 333
Amalgam, ii, 280
Amalgama Jovis, 425
Amaranth, meaning of, 22
Ambix, 328
Ambrosia, identity of, 22
Ambrosial elixir, 26
Amen, 6
Ammon, 6
Ammonia, made from bones, 263;
history, 334;
etymology, 334;
composition, 337
Ammoniacum, etymology, 334
Ammoniated Tincture of Quinine, origin of, ii, 153
Ammonium acetate solution, 132
Amphide salts, 326
Amphora, ii, 280
Amulets for preventing disease, 162.
See also Charms
Anæsthetic, mysterious, ii, 254
Anæsthetics, discovery, ii, 248
Analeptica, ii, 280
Anderson, Dr. P., portrait, ii, 168;
publication, ii, 168;
invents pills, ii, 169
Anderson’s Scots Pills, origin of, ii, 168;
formulæ, ii, 169
Andreas, author, 182
Andromachus’s theriakon, 90; ii, 20; ii, 42
Anethon in Bible, 71
Anglicanus’s “Compendium of Medicine,” 132
Aniline, discovery of, ii, 263
Animal magnetism, 199
medicines, 89, 127; ii, 1; ii, 2
oil, ii, 25
Animals, mythical, 26
Aniseed, magical plant, 18
oil, use of, 247
Anne, Queen, cures by touch, 301
Anodyne necklaces, ii, 170
Anointing oil, 38, 50, 55;
formula, 59
Anointment, ii, 280
Antidotary, meaning, ii, 280
of Nicolas Prepositus, 116
of Nicolas Myrepsus, 219
Antidote, meaning, ii, 281
Antidotos ex duobus, 215, 310
Antidotum Acharistos, 220
Antidotum Adrianum, 288
Andromachus, 292
Mithridatum, 289;
absurdities of, 290;
Galen on, 292
Podagrica, 310
Pythagoras, 18
Anthony, Francis, panacea of, 391;
epitaph, 393
Anthropomorphon, 20
Antifebrin, discovery, ii, 273
Anti-hecticum poterii, 425
Antimony, introduction, 224, 226, 227;
used by Paracelsus, 243;
early use in medicine, 376;
etymology, 377;
alchemists, researches on, 379;
compounds of, 227, 378, 380;
controversy, 383;
symbol, ii, 309
Antimony cups, 385
sulphide, 326, 378, 382
Antipyrin, discovery, ii, 274
Antiseptic vinegar, ii, 56
Apollo, god of medicine, 6;
portrait, 7;
banished from Olympia, 8;
Apollo and Daphne myth, 9, 33
Apotheca, meaning, 117
Apothecary, Biblical mention, 50
Apothecary’s duty defined, 155
Apothecary, picture of, ii, 81
in “Romeo and Juliet,” ii, 77
versions, ii, 78; ii, 79; ii, 80
Apothecaries’ Jewish Guild, 51
become physicians, 152
charges, 149, 150
curriculum, 122
during the Plague, 149
early references, 142
oath, 122
Shakespearian references, ii, 70; ii, 71; ii, 77
Society, arms, 9, 31;
motto, 10;
incorporation, 144, 256;
drug-inspection, ii, 17;
weights as metaphor, ii, 71.
See also Chemists and Pharmacists
Apothek, derivation, 95
Apoplexy, remedy, 133
Apozem of Epsom Salts, 345
Apozems, meaning, ii, 281; ii, 299
Aqua aluminosa, 346
ardens, 223, 328
arthritica, ii, 8
kali Puri, 325
Luccana, 339
Lulliana, 348
mirabilis, ii, 281
Omnium Florum, ii, 8
Phagadænica, 414
Aqua Sancti Luciæ, 339
Temperata, 348
Tufania, ii, 235
Vitæ, early use, 223, 329;
Rhazes on, 107;
Shakespearian reference, ii, 75;
symbol, ii, 309;
Hibernorum, ii, 65.
See also Alcohol
vini, 329
Aquetta di Napoli, ii, 235
Aquila Alba, 419; ii, 281
Arab pharmacy, 97
Arabic names in pharmacy, 103
Arcanum Corallinum, 249
duplicatum, 355, 371; ii, 281
meaning of, 249; ii, 281
Tartari, ii, 281
Vitrioli, 398
Arcœus invents elemi ointment, ii, 133
Areometer, invention, 281
Arfwedson discovers lithium, 353
Argentum vivum, 408
Argile, 333
Archidoxa Medicinæ of Paracelsus, 390
Archigenes’s Hiera, ii, 139
Aristes, medical discoveries, 16
Arithmetic, invention, 4
Armoniac, 334
Arnold of Villa Nova, 329
Arquebusade water, ii, 56
Arrow-poisoning, antiquity of, ii, 222
Arsenic, early use, 108;
eaten in Styria, ii, 238;
Marsh’s test, ii, 241;
symbol, ii, 309
Assassin, origin of word, ii, 226
Asclepiades, 79
Asparagin, isolation of, 275
Asphalt used in embalming, 359
Astronomy. See Starcraft
Athanasia, identity of, 22
Athanor, ii, 281
Atropa, sister of the Fates, 24
Atropine, discovery, ii, 248;
synthetic, ii, 266
Attalus cultivates medicinal plants, 288
Aurum fulminans, 396
musivum, 424
Potabile, Anthony’s formula, 392;
Glauber’s formula, 389, 390, 393;
other recipes, 394, 395, 396;
Shakespearian reference, ii, 74
vitæ, 414
Avenzoar of Seville, 110
Averrhoes of Cordova, 110
Avicenna’s doctrines, 102;
formulas, 103;
biography, 108;
writings, 109;
portrait, 108;
influence of, 117;
introduces silvering pills, 423
B
Baaras, identity of, 21
Bacchus, ancient god, 5
Bacon, Roger, writings, 132;
on aurum potabile, 390
Bagdad, foundation of, 100
Bain-Marie, ii, 282
Baktischwah, Persian physician, 104
Balanites Egyptiaca gum, 53
Balanoi, ii, 299
Balard, discovers bromine, 273, 339
Balm, etymology, ii, 281
Balm of Gilead, 49, 53;
Galen on, 213;
in mithridatum, 293; ii, 281
Balneum Mariæ, ii, 282
Balsam Arcœi, ii, 133
Balsam of bats, 257
etymology, ii, 281
of sulphur, 360; ii, 58
Barbadoes tar, 360
Barbarossa’s mercurial pills, 411
Barley water, Hippocrates recommends, 87
Barytes, discovery, 269
Basilic powder, 420
Basilicon ointment, origin, ii, 282
Basilides, note on, 165
Bateman’s pectoral drops, ii, 163
Baths, varieties, ii, 282
Baume du Chevalier de Saint Victor, ii, 136
du Commandeur de Permes, ii, 136
de Fioraventi, ii, 173
Tranquille, ii, 175
de Vie, ii, 176
Baumé, French chemist, 281
Bayen, French pharmacist, 276
Bdellium, identity of, 62
Bears’ grease, use of, ii, 12
Beer, medicinal, ii, 283
Bell’s “Historical Sketch of the Progress of Pharmacy,” 150, 156
Belladonna, etymology, 24;
old names, 25;
uses, 25
Belloste’s mercurial pills, 412
Benjamin, etymology, ii, 269
Benzoic acid, synthetic, ii, 268
Benzoyl, discovery, ii, 257
Berkeley, Bishop, portrait, 315;
devises tar water, 316;
publications, 316
Bernard, Claude, 285
of Gordon, 135
Berthelot’s “History of Alchemy,” 114
Berthollet, French Chemist, 281
Besen, meaning of, ii, 281
Bestucheff’s Tincture, 321;
secret purchased, 322;
formula, 404
Betton’s British Oils, 359; ii, 164
Bezoar Germanosum, ii, 15
stones, first mention, 111;
use in medicine, ii, 15;
source, ii, 15;
price, ii, 16; ii, 18;
as charms, ii, 16;
fallacy of, ii, 18;
as antidote, ii, 221
Bezoardic powder, ii, 19
Bezoards, ii, 282
Bible, pharmacy in, 46
drugs mentioned in, 53
poisons in, ii, 222
Biblical references, 27, 29, 33, 46, 53; ii, 222
Biliousness remedies, 161, 167
Bindo, A., Earl of Rochester’s pseudonym, ii, 204
Birthwort as remedy, 184
Bismuth, first mention, 386;
regarded as poisonous, 387;
liquor, 388;
lozenges, 388;
oxychloride, 387
Bitter flavours, Jewish objection to, 48, 64
Bitter Purging Salts, 345
Bitumen of Judæa, in embalming, 359
Black, Joseph, on alkalies, 324;
portrait, 357;
on alkaline earths, 356
Black draught, origin of, ii, 121
drop, invention of, ii, 145
precipitate, 418
wash, introduction, 146, 257
Bladder wort as remedy, 184
Blanc de fard, 386
Blatta Byzantina, 57
Blaud, Dr., French physician, ii, 122
Blaud’s pills, original formula, ii, 122
Bleeding, old cure for, 172
Blindness, cures, 81, 82, 298
Blisters, introduced, ii, 282
Blood root as remedy, 184
Blue vitriol, 373
Bodega, derivation, 95
Boils, Biblical remedy, 46, 73;
cure for, 170
Bole armeniæ, medical uses, 216
Bologna sun-stone, 361
Bolus, meaning of, ii, 282
Bombast See Paracelsus
Borax, early use, 108
Borith, 324
Botanologoi, 95
Boulduc, French apothecary, 281
Boules de Mars, 402
de Nancy, 402
Boutique, derivation, 95
Bovins’s remedy, 374
Boyle investigates phosphorus, 365
Boyle’s “Hell,” 417
Boyveau-Laffecteur’s rob, 415
Brandt discovers phosphorus, 363
Brass, 426
Brass-alum, 427
“Breviarium Bartholomei,” 135
Brinvilliers, poisoner, ii, 232
British oils, 359; ii, 164
British Pharmacopœia, animal substances in, ii, 4;
editions, ii, 69
Brockenden’s compressed drugs, ii, 167
Bromine, discoverer, 273;
isolation, 339
Brongniart, French pharmacist, 276
Broom, Biblical plant, 65
Brugnatelli’s Poudre Vermifuge, 426
Bucklersbury, drug trade centre, 140
Burchell’s necklaces, ii, 171
Burghley’s gout preventive, 172
Bulleyn’s electuarium de Gemmis, ii, 35
Burnt sponge for scrofula, 353
Burt’s “Heartburn Tablets,” 388
Butter of antimony, 380
Byfield’s sal oleosum volatile, ii, 162
C
Caffeine, discovery, ii, 247;
synthesis, ii, 268
Caius, Dr., ii, 71
Calamus draconis fruit, 31
Calatippe, ii, 17
Calomel, introduction, 146, 257, 418;
etymology, 419
Calx Jovis, 425; ii, 283
Lunæ, ii, 283
meaning of, ii, 283
Mercurii, ii, 283
Saturnii, ii, 283
Camphor, use in medicine, 109;
synthetic, ii, 269
Canterbury bells as remedy, 184
Cantharides as gout remedy, 216
Capers, use in East, 74
Caput mortuum, ii, 283
Carbonic acid gas, discovered, 259
Cardinal’s powder, ii, 97
Carduus Benedictus, Shakespearian reference, ii, 73
Carminative, etymology, ii, 283
Spirit of Sylvius, 337
Cassia, introduction of, 105
Castor oil, used by Dioscorides, 210;
notes on, ii, 89;
picture of plant, ii, 90;
early uses, ii, 90;
treatise on, ii, 92;
etymology, ii, 93.
See also Ricinus.
Castorum, early use, 217
Cat, medicinal use, ii, 13
Cataplasm, etymology, ii, 283
Catholica, meaning of, ii, 283
Caustic potash formulæ, 325
Caventou discovers quinine, 274.
See also Pelletier
Celsus, on Egyptian medicine, 35;
writings, 90
Centaurs, fable, 15
Centaury, etymology, 14;
figure of, 25
Ceratum, ii, 127
de Lapide calaminari, ii, 158
lithargyri, 400
Cerates, meaning of, ii, 283
Cereirsiæ, ii, 283
Ceruse, ii, 284. See also White lead.
of antimony, ii, 284
Chamberlain’s restorative pills, 421
Chamberlen’s necklaces, ii, 170
Chamomile, use in medicine, 125
Chambre ardente enquiry, ii, 236
Chaptal, French chemist, 281
Charas, French chemist, 279
Charms, dragon’s blood as, 32;
use of, 157, 171.
See also Talismans
Charles II, prescription for, ii, 6; ii, 182
Chaucer on physicians, 133
Chelbanah, 56
Chelsea Pensioner, origin, ii, 123;
formula, ii, 124
Chemistry, Patin on, 243;
Boerhaave’s definition, 323;
debt of pharmacy to, 323
Chemists and Druggists origin, 154.
See also Apothecaries and Pharmacists
Chenopodium Botrys, old name, 22
Chloral hydrate, preparation, ii, 272
Chloric ether, ii, 252
Chlorine, discovery, 269
Chloroform anæsthesia, discovery of, ii, 251; ii, 272
Cholera, Heraclides’s remedy, 89
Chinchon, Countess of, ii, 94; ii, 102
Ching’s Worm Lozenges, ii, 166
Chin-Nong herbal, 287
Chiron, knowledge of simples, 14
Christ, meaning of, 60
Chromium, discovery, 271
Churchill, Dr., introduces hypophosphites, 307
Cibus Celestus, ii, 31
Cinchona, discovery of, ii, 93;
how its virtues were discovered, ii, 94;
first used in Europe, ii, 95;
opposition to using, ii, 95;
Talbor employs, ii, 97;
tincture of, ii, 100;
derivation of word, ii, 102;
introduction, ii, 104
Cinchonidine, discovery, ii, 247
Cinchonine, discovery, ii, 247
Cinnabar as panacea, 421;
confused with minium, 408
Circe, invention of poisons, ii, 221
Circulatores, 93
Circumforanei, 93
Citrine ointment, origin, ii, 125
Clement of Alexandria, writings, 37
“Closed ring” theory, ii, 261
Clyster, ii, 290
Cobwebs, for bleeding, ii, 73
Cocaine, synthetic, ii, 266
Cochineal insects, patent, ii, 162
Cochleare, meaning of, ii, 284
Codeine, discovery, 276; ii, 248
Coffee, introduction, 284
Cohal, 327
Cohobation, meaning of, ii, 284
Colcothar, ii, 284
Colchicum, virtues discovered, 17;
introduction, ii, 182; ii, 221
wine, ii, 67
Cold cream, ii, 65; ii, 127
Collier de Morand, ii, 171
Collodion, discovery, 340
Collutories, ii, 284
Collyrium, ii, 284
Colical antidote of Nicostratus, 215
Colocynth, Biblical reference, 69
Comfrey, used by Saxons, 126
Commander’s Balsam, ii, 135
Compound liquorice powder, origin, ii, 148
soap pills, origin of, ii, 153
Confectio Anti-Epileptica, 248
piperis, origin of, ii, 210; ii, 214
Raleighana, 312, 313, 314
Confection of Alkermes, ii, 51
of Mithridates, 290
of opium, origin of, ii, 40
Confectionarii, 117
Coniine, synthetic, ii, 266
Conserves, ii, 285
Copper, Valentine’s method of preparing, 228;
symbol, ii, 307; ii, 310
Copper sulphate, early use, 108
Coral, use in medicine, 247; ii, 32
Cordova, 98;
view of, 99
Cornachino’s powder, 420
Corrosive sublimate, introduction, 105;
for itch, 108;
concession, 148;
as syphilis remedy, 414;
medical use, 421
Cos, temple of, 11
Cosmas, patron saint of pharmacy, 19
“Cotta contra Antonium,” 391
Cough, old remedies, 90, 128
“Council of Ten” as poisoners, ii, 228
Coursus de Gangeland, 142
Courtois discovers iodine, 351
Cow-dung as a medicine, ii, 8
Crabs’-claws’ powder, ii, 19
Crabs’ eyes, 356
Cramp rings, 172, 294;
antiquity of, 305;
origin, 306;
consecration, 306
Cream of tartar, investigated, 268, 371
Cress, use in medicine, 125
Crocomagma, ii, 285
Crocus Martis, 350, 398, ii, 284, ii, 285
meaning of, ii, 285
metallorum, ii, 285
veneris, ii, 285
Crollius, medical writer, 183, 185
Crucible, meaning, ii, 285
Cubebs, history, ii, 108;
medicinal uses, ii, 108;
ingredient in Mithridate, ii, 108;
re-introduced, ii, 108
Cucupha, ii, 285
Cucurbit, ii, 285
Culpepper, Nicholas, 251;
criticises P.L., 251;
portrait, 252;
house, 253;
career, 253
Cusinier’s syrup, ii, 155
Cyathus, meaning, ii, 285
D
Daffy, Rev. T., invents elixir, ii, 172
Damien, patron saint of pharmacy, 19
Damocrates, 91;
Mithridatum, ii, 38; ii, 39
Dante, connection with pharmacy, 279
Daphnine, discovery of, ii, 245
Darsini, 219
David, King, electuary, 220
Davy, Sir Humphry, portrait, 284
Decocta, invention, ii, 285
Decoctum Aloes Co., origin, ii, 176
“Degrees” in diagnosis, 179
Deliquium, ii, 286
Demons as cause of disease, 158
Danaus’s Collyrium, 215
Dephlogisticated air, 269
Derosne’s salt, ii, 244
Despumation, ii, 286
Devil’s claw, 57
D’Husson’s Eau Medicinale, ii, 182;
price, ii, 184;
composition, ii, 184
Dia, meaning, ii, 286
Diabetes, papyrus remedy, 43
Diachylon plaster, invention, 91; ii, 127;
first formula, ii, 128;
etymology, ii, 128; ii, 286, 406
Diacodium, inventor, 90;
etymology, ii, 287
Dia-kodion, origin, ii, 116
Diapente, etymology, ii, 287
Diaphoretic vitriol, 374
Diarrhœa, old remedies, 43, 294
Diascordium, 223;
formula, ii, 41; ii, 287
Diatesseron, 310
Diet, Hippocrates on, 87;
Aetius on, 215;
Alexander of Trailles on, 217
Digby, Sir Kenelm, toothache cure, 168;
biography, 193;
portrait, 194;
tincture of gold, 395
Digitalis, origin of name, ii, 109;
medical history, ii, 109;
book on, ii, 110
Dill, Biblical reference, 71;
used by Saxons, 126
Dioscorides, 90;
biography, 206;
writings, 208, 209
Dippel’s oil, ii, 25;
uses, ii, 26
Diseases, transferring, 170
Distillation, antiquity of, 327
Distilled waters, 328
Distillers’ Company, 148
Dittany, uses, 26
Dover, T., biography, ii, 129;
“Ancient Physician’s Legacy,” ii, 131
Dover’s powder, first official, ii, 67; ii, 115;
origin, ii, 129;
original formula, ii, 132
Drachm sign, origin, ii, 300
Draco Mitigatus, 419, 420
Dragon’s blood, origin, 31
Dragon tree, figure of, 32
Dragons, Biblical references, 33
Drink cures, old, 130; ii, 12
Dropaxes, ii, 282; ii, 287
Dropsy cured by touch, 299
Drug, etymology, ii, 287
Drug-inspection, 138; ii, 17
Drug-trade, development, 138
Drugs as charms, ii, 75;
in Ebers’s papyrus, 40;
in Bible, 53;
mentioned by Hippocrates, 77
Dschondisabour, medical college at, 101, 103
Dublin Pharmacopœias, ii, 69
Dudaim, identity of, 20, 49
Duke of Portland’s powder, 215, 309; ii, 125
Dumas, French chemist, 286;
theory of substitution, ii, 259
Dumeril, French physician, 276
Duncan and Flockhart’s chloroform, ii, 253
Dutch Drops, origin of, ii, 176
Dysentery, ipecacuanha as remedy, ii, 114
E
Ear-ache, early remedies, 45, 130
Earl of Warwick’s powder, 308, 383, 420
Earthworms as remedy, ii, 11, ii, 12
Eaton’s styptick, ii, 163
Eau des Carmes, origin, ii, 178;
formula, ii, 179
Divine de Fernel, 414
de Luce, 338;
inventor, 339
de Lusse, 339
Medicinale d’Husson, ii, 67, ii, 182
de la Reine d’Hongrie, 297
Ebers’ papyrus, 36;
described, 37;
photograph, 41;
date, 48
Ebn-Izak, translator of Greek works, 105
Ecclesiasticus, author, 47;
medical aphorisms, 47
Eclegma, ii, 288
Ecussons, ii, 288
Edinburgh Pharmacopœias, ii, 69
Edulcorate, ii, 288
Edward the Confessor treats scrofula, 299, 300
Elements, old theories, 174
Elemi ointment, origin, ii, 133
Egrea, daughter of Æsculapius, 11
Egypt, medicine in, 34, 46;
conquest, 98
Egyptiacum. See Ægyptiacum
Egyptian papyri, medical, 36
Electron, as poison test, ii, 231
Electrum, 40
Electuarium de Gemmis, ii, 35
Electuary, etymology, ii, 288
of Alexander of Tralles, 216
Elemi ointment, invention, ii, 133
Elixir of Alves, origin, ii, 57
etymology, ii, 288
of Garus, ii, 57
of Long Life, 390
Proprietatis, ii, 57
of vitriol, 375
Elizabeth, Queen, medical knowledge, 295
Emeralds, used in medicine, ii, 34
Emetic cups, 385
Emetic tartar, preparation, 380;
invention, 382;
uses, 383
Emetine, discovery of, ii, 248
Empedocles, theory of elements, 174
Empirics, old sect, 89;
leader of, 217
Emplastra, ii, 289
Emplastrum Commune, ii, 129
vigonium, 410
Empyreal gas, 269
Emulsion, etymology, ii, 289
Enchrista, ii, 289
Enema, ii, 290
Enoch, book of, 4
Ens, ii, 290
Epidaurus, temple of, 11
Epilepsy, remedies, 134, 166, 200, 214
charm, 247, 294, 307
Epithema, ii, 290
Epithemation, ii, 290
Epsom, medicinal springs, 340
salts, introduction, 340
Erfurt discovers aniline, ii, 263
Errhines, ii, 290
Erythræa Centaurium, 25
Erzalaum, 427
Essenes practise medicine, 50
Essential oils, prepared by Paracelsus, 246
Ether, early references, 347;
first made, 347;
investigated, 347;
old names, 348;
chemical nature, 348;
as anæsthetic, ii, 249;
preparation, ii, 271
Ethiops Antimoniale, 351
gommeux, 350
magnesium, 350
Martial, 350, 398; ii, 311
Mineral, 350
origin of, 350
saccharine, 350
Ethiopic pills, 351
Everlasting pills, 381
Excreta, used in medicine, 40; ii, 5, ii, 7, ii, 8, ii, 9
Exili, poisoner, ii, 230, ii, 233
Extract of Saturn, 265; ii, 311
Eyes, remedies for, 185
F
Face wrinkles, papyrus prescription, 44
Fæx vini, 371
“Fakhiliteh,” Arab treatise, 112
Fat, human, medical uses, ii, 7
Ferdinand of Austria, plague powder, ii, 35;
invents antidote, ii, 229
Fennel, used by Saxons, 126
Fernel, Paris physician, 415
Ferruginous waters, effect of, 403
Fever, Rhazes’s treatment, 106;
charm for, 107;
cinchona for, ii, 95
Fig poultice, 46, 73
Fig tree in Bible, 73
Flies in ointment, quotation, 51
Fioraventi’s Balsam, ii, 173
“Fire-air,” 269
Fire-stone, 360
Fistula paste, Ward’s, ii, 214
“Fixed air,” 357
Flake’s anti-hæmorrhoidal ointment, 425
Flores martis, 398
zinci, 427
Flos cœlorum, 375
Flückiger and Hanbury’s “Pharmacographia,” ii, 86
Fluoric acid, discovery, 268
Folk-lore, superstitious, 168
Ford’s Balsam of Horehound, ii, 167
Forget-me-not, old name, 185
Formic acid, synthetic, ii, 257
Fourcroy, French chemist, 285
Four officinal capitals, ii, 37
Four Thieves’ Vinegar, ii, 56
Fowler’s Solution of Arsenic, ii, 133;
original recipe, ii, 134
Fowler, T., biography, ii, 133;
publication, ii, 134
Fox, medical uses, 127
Foxes’ lungs, as remedy, ii, 1; ii, 11
Fox-glove. See Digitalis
France, pharmacy ordinances, 121
Frankincense, source, 56
Frankland’s theory of valency, ii, 260
Frascator, Jerome, biography, 223
Frederick II, pharmacy edict, 117
French disease, 413.
See also Syphilis
Friar’s Balsam, origin of, ii, 135
Frier’s Drops, ii, 136; ii, 165
Fritzsche’s aniline, ii, 263
Furies, propitiating, 167
G
Galbanum, Biblical reference, 56
Gallitzenstein, 427
Galvani’s experiments, ii, 167
Gale’s Spa Elixir, ii, 165
Galen, theory of humours, 178;
biography, 210;
infallibility, 210;
bust, 211;
portrait, 211;
influenced by dreams, 212;
medical fame, 214;
works, 214;
criticised, 216
Galen’s ceratum lithargyri, 406
cold cream, ii, 65; ii, 127
confection, ii, 42
Hiera, ii, 139
pil. cochia, ii, 152
Garth’s “Dispensary,” 151
Garus’s elixir, ii, 57
Gas, invention of word, 260; ii, 290
“Gas sylvestre,” 260, 357
Gascoyne’s powder, ii, 19
Gay-Lussac, French chemist, 284
Geber, chemical discoveries, 102, 105
Gentian, discovery of, 288
Gentius, King of Illyria, 288
Geoffrey, French physician, 278
Gerard’s Herbal quoted, 67
Gerhardt, French chemist, 283
Germany, pharmacy ordinances, 120
Gilead, Balm of. See Balm of Gilead
Gilead, where situated, 54
Gilla vitrioli, 374; ii, 290
Girandeau, syphilis remedy, 415;
prosecuted, 416
Glaser’s sal Polychrest, 371;
makes silver nitrate sticks, 424
Glauber, biography, 260;
chemical discoveries, 261;
bust, 262;
invents Kermes mineral, 381;
Kermes, secret purchased, 319;
discovers spirit of salt, 369
Glauber’s salts, discovery, 261
Glaucus, restored to life, 13
Glucinium, discovery, 271
Glycerin, discovery, 270
Glyster, ii, 290
Godbold’s Vegetable Balsam, ii, 166
Goddard, Dr. J., note on, ii, 180
Goddard’s Drops, secret purchased, 319, 337;
origin, ii, 179;
uses, ii, 179
Godfrey’s Cordial, ii, 177
Gold, medicinal uses, 388;
for covering pills, 389;
cure for syphilis, 395;
symbol, ii, 306; ii, 307; ii, 310.
See also Aurum
Gold leaf, use of, 388
Golden Drops, 321
“Golden Water,” 329
Goose grease as remedy, ii, 12
Gout, remedies for, 129, 136, 167, 172, 215, 216, 217, 353; ii, 183
powder, Mayerne’s, 257;
Duke of Portland’s, 215, 309
Gourd, Biblical plant, 66, 69
Goulard, biography, 264;
discoveries, 265
Goulard’s extract, 265
Greeks, drugs used by, 77
Green precipitate, 417
Green vitriol, 372, 427
Gregory, Dr. Jas., portrait, ii, 137;
publication, ii, 138
Gregory’s Powder, origin of, ii, 137;
prescription for, ii, 138
Grew, Nehemiah, on Epsom salts, 342;
portrait, 343
Griffith’s mixture, 403
Grocers’ Guild, 139, 147
Grubourt, French pharmacist, 282
Guaiacum, syphilis cure, 414;
history, ii, 111;
medical uses, ii, 112;
preparation, ii, 113
Gutteta, ii, 290
Gwynne’s “Aurum non aurum,” 391
H
Haarlem oil, origin, ii, 176
Hair oil, papyrus formula, 42
Hall, Dr., Shakespeare’s son-in-law, ii, 76
Haloid salts, 326
Ham, originator of medicine, 6
Hamech, a purgative, 203
Hammon, 6
Hammoniacus salt, 334
Hanckwitz advertisement, 141;
makes phosphorus, 365
Hartman’s “Book of Chymicall Secrets,” 196
Headache Essence, Ward’s, ii, 214
Headache, early remedies, 41, 42, 44, 129
Heartburn tablets, 388
Hebenon, Shakespearian reference, ii, 83
Heberden, Dr. W., portrait, 291
Helbanah, 56
Helias’s letter to Alfred the Great, 114, 131
“Hell-stone,” 424
Hellebore as medicine, 12;
used by Paracelsus, 246
Helvetius’s pills, 32;
ipecacuanha secret, 319
Helvetius employs alum, 331;
French physician, ii, 114
Hemlock, Biblical reference, 64
Henbane, etymology, ii, 276;
toothache remedy, 168, 185.
See also Hyoscyamus.
Henry VIII, medical knowledge, 294;
plaster for ulcers, 295;
Halford on, 295
Henry’s patent, 345
Heracleus honey as poison, ii, 226
Heraclides, 89
Herbalists earliest doctors, 1
Herbs, symbolical names, 35;
used by Saxons, 124
Hermes, Greek god, 4;
works of, 5, 162;
Egyptian, 157; ii, 305
Hermodactyls, gout remedy, 217; ii, 183
Hezekiah’s boil, treatment, 46, 73
Hezob, 64
Hhawi, Rhazes’s book, 106
Hiera Diacolocynthidis, ii, 141
Hiera Picra, origin, ii, 138;
antiquity, ii, 139;
first formula, ii, 139;
other recipes, ii, 140, 141
Hin, ancient measure, 59
Hippocrates, drugs mentioned by, 77;
biography, 84;
portrait, 85;
as pharmacist, 91;
doctrines, 100, 101, 178;
theory of cures, 183;
theories attacked, 217
Hippocrates’s sleeve, ii, 294
Hoffmann’s anodyne, 348; ii, 67
Hofmann, A. W. von, researches, ii, 263;
portrait, ii, 264
“Holland oil,” ii, 255
Homberg’s weather figures, 364;
narcotic salt, 374
Homologues, discovery, ii, 259
Honey, medical uses, 245; ii, 30;
preparations, ii, 31
Hooper’s Female Pills, ii, 163
Horehound, early use, 210
Horse leech, Biblical mention, 70
Horus, discoverer of medicine, 3
Houel, founder of Paris School of Pharmacy, 285
Hoy’s salt, 345
Humours, doctrine of, 178
Hungary Powder, ii, 35
Hungary, Queen of, invents rosemary water, 296;
origin of formula, 298
Huxham, J., biography, ii, 100;
portrait, ii, 101;
“Essay on Fevers,” ii, 101
Huxham’s tincture, ii, 67; ii, 100, 102
Hyacinth confection, ii, 34
Hydrargyrum, derivation, 408
Hydrochloric acid. See Spirit of salt
Hydrocyanic acid. See Prussic acid
Hydrophobia, poem on, 224
Hygeia, daughter of Æsculapius, 11
Hyoscyamus, etymology, ii, 276.
See also Henbane
Hypnotic Powder of Jacobi, 350
Hypophosphites, medical use, 367
Hyssop, Biblical reference, 64;
Dioscorides on, 209
I
Icy Noctiluca, 365
Incense, 38, 50;
etymology, 55;
Biblical formula, 55, 57;
Catholic formula, 58
Infant’s skin as a charm, 173
Infusions, introduction of, ii, 290
Infusum Gentianæ Co., origin, ii, 291
Insane root, 21;
Shakespearian reference, ii, 72
Iodine discovery, 351
Iodoform, first prepared, 353
Ipecacuanha, history, ii, 114;
medical use, ii, 114;
dose, ii, 115
Iron citrate, introduction, 405
iodide, 405
perchloride as secret remedy, 322
phosphate, 405
reduced by hydrogen, 404
Iron, as remedy, 12, 187, 217, 397;
varieties, 398;
in the blood, 398;
Sydenham and Willis on, 399;
pharmaceutical preparations, 402, 403, 404, 405;
symbol, ii, 307; ii, 310
sulphate, medical use, 108
syrups, various, 405
tincture, 404
Isis founder of medicine, 2, 34;
invocation to, 38
tears, name for Vervain, 35
Isotheos, ancient nostrum, 215
Israelite medicine, 46
Itch, treatment, 130, 201
history, 202
theories, 203
cause, 204
van Helmont contracts, 258, 420
Ivy, called Osiris, 35
J
Jacobi’s powder, 350
Jamblicus, writings of, 5
James Dr., portrait, ii, 187
James’s analeptic pills, ii, 165; ii, 189
James’s powder, first official, ii, 67;
patent, ii, 164;
origin, ii, 187; ii, 191;
patent, ii, 188;
imitations, ii, 190
Jaso, daughter of Æsculapius, 11
Jesuits’ bark, ii, 97.
See also Cinchona drops, ii, 135
Jews, belief in charms, 160;
medicines of, 48;
object to bitter flavours, 48, 64
John of Gaddesden, 134;
small-pox cure, 169, 186
John xxi, medical author, 294
Johnson, Dr., touched for scrofula, 301
Johnson’s Golden Ointment, ii, 199
Jonah’s gourd, 66
Julep, etymology, 103; ii, 291
Juniper, Biblical reference, 65
Jussieu, French botanist, 284
K
Kadolikoi, 95
Kakhal, 327
Katapotia, 86; ii, 283, ii, 291
Kekulé’s structural formulas, ii, 261;
portrait, ii, 262
Kermes, etymology, ii, 50;
what it is, ii, 50;
uses, ii, 51
Mineral, invention, 381;
medicinal uses, 381
Kesebt, identity of, 42
Ketorah, meaning of, 55
Kik, Gerard’s reference, 67
Kiki, ii, 90
King’s Evil, cured by touch, 298;
Shakespearian reference, ii, 72.
See also Scrofula
Kohol, 378
Kopopoloi, 95
Koran as Arab literature, 98
Kousso, introduction, ii, 115;
tapeworm, remedy, ii, 115
Krabadin, earliest pharmacopœia, 103
Kunckel’s, portrait, 362;
Bologna stone, 363;
luminous pills, 365
Kurella, Dr., note on, ii, 148
Kyanol, ii, 263
Kyphi, sacred perfume, 45
L
La Mère Thecle’s ointment, 407
La Mothe’s Golden Drops, 321, 404
La Voisin, poisoner, ii, 236
Lac Virginis, ii, 136; ii, 292
Ladanum, Biblical reference, 64
Lana philosophica, 427
Lancaster Black Drop, ii, 145
Lang, Andrew on mythology, 33
Lapis Bezoar Occidentale, ii, 15;
Infernalis, 424; ii, 292;
Medicamentosus, ii, 292;
Mirabilis, ii, 292
Laser. See Silphion
Laudanum, Paracelsus’s, 243;
Shakespearian reference, ii, 75;
invention, ii, 142;
recipes, ii, 142;
etymology, ii, 143;
various kinds, ii, 144
Laugier, French chemist, 282
Laune, Gideon de, 144;
biography, 146;
pills, 147
Lavoisier, French chemist, 281
Lavoisier defines salts, 326
Le Febre’s “great cordial,” 312;
Baume de Vie, ii, 176
Lead, medical use, 406;
preparations, 406;
Goulard uses, 407;
symbol, ii, 307, ii, 310
Lead plaster. See Diachylon
Lead solution, discovery, 265
Lebonah, meaning of, 55
Ledger, C., obtains cinchona seeds, ii, 105;
annuity, ii, 107;
portrait, ii, 107
Leechdoms, Saxon, 124
Leeches, Biblical mention, 70;
first use of, ii, 139
Lemery, French pharmacist, 280;
works, 281;
Crocus Martis, 350;
tincture of gold, 395
Lemnian earth, ii, 53;
source, ii, 53;
uses, ii, 54
Lenitive electuary, origin, ii, 146
Lepidus marinus, poison, ii, 226, ii, 227
Leucomaines, discovery, ii, 242
Levingstern, Epsom apothecary, 341
Libanos, meaning, 55
Liebig, portrait, 283;
mistake of, 339
Lign aloes, Biblical reference, 63
Lilium, Paracelsus’s, 244
Limbeck, 328;
etymology, ii, 279
Lime water, efficacy, 356
Linamentum, ii, 290
Linimentum camphoræ compositæ, origin, ii, 210, ii, 214
Lion, medical, use, ii, 12
Liquor Bismuthi, introduction, 387
Cranii Humani, ii, 5
Lisbon Diet Drink, ii, 155
Lisle’s Powder for Fevers, ii, 191
Litharge, 406
Lithargyrum Argenti, 406
Auri, 406
Lithium discovery, 353;
uses, 353
Liver complaint, ancient diagnosis, 39;
old remedy, 288
Lixivium, 324
Saponarium, 325
Tartari, 372
Lizards’ blood, 39
Locatelli’s balsam, 32; ii, 159
Locusta, poisoner, ii, 224
Lohn’s writing board, 163
London Pharmacopœia, the first, 103, 133;
compiler, 146, 218, 256;
criticised, 290, 418;
formulæ, ii, 38, ii, 39, ii, 40, ii, 41;
how prepared, ii, 60;
contents, ii, 61;
title-page, ii, 63;
translation, ii, 67;
formulæ, ii, 146
Long, Dr., ether anæsthetist, ii, 249
Long, St. John, biography, ii, 192;
portrait, ii, 193;
income, ii, 194;
death, ii, 195
Long’s Liniment, ii, 192, ii, 196
Looch, origin of word, ii, 292
Lozenges, ii, 299
Luban, meaning of, 56
Luce, Lille, pharmacist, 339
Lully, Raymond, biography, 221;
portrait, 222;
on aqua vitæ, 329
Luminous pills, 365
Lunar caustic, ii, 311
Luna fixata, 428
Lupus Metallorum, 379
Lydgate, note on, ii, 286
M
Maceration, ii, 292
Machaon, son of Æsculapius, 11
Macquer, French chemist, 277;
arsenical salt, 277
Madder, used by Saxons, 126
Magdaleo, meaning of, ii, 292
Magic and medicine, 2, 157
Magistery of Bismuth, ii, 293
of Human skull, ii, 6
meaning of, ii, 293
of Saturn, 407
Magma, ii, 293
Magnes Arsenicalis, ii, 293
Magnesia, medical use, 354;
preparation, 354;
etymology, 354;
confused with manganese, 355;
in mineral springs, 355;
Black, on, 356
of Gold, 355
Magnesian stone, 354
Magnesium, preparation, 357
Magnets as cures, 199
Magnus, Albertus, describes caustic potash, 325
Magog identified with Prometheus, 12
Maimonides, Jewish scholar, 111;
remedies for poison, ii, 34
Malagmata, 91; ii, 294
Malascation, meaning of, ii, 294
Male fern, tapeworm remedy, 320, 321
Mallows, Biblical plant, 65
Man, parts of, used in medicine, ii, 4
Mandrake, legends, 19;
as sterility remedy, 20, 48;
ancient uses of, 21
Mandragora, legends of, 19;
Shakespearian reference, ii, 75;
on battle-field, ii, 225
Manhu, derivation of manna, 60
Manica Hypocratis, ii, 294
Manipulus, ii, 294
Manna, Biblical, 60;
sources, 61;
Avicenna, uses, 109
Manna metallorum, 419
Manus Christi, meaning of, ii, 294
Manus Dei, meaning of, ii, 294
Marcquis’s “Aloe Morbifuga,” ii, 89
Markham, Sir C., introduces cinchona into India, ii, 102;
on derivation of cinchona, ii, 103;
“Peruvian Bark,” ii, 105
Marmalades, origin of, ii, 294
Marsh’s arsenic test, ii, 241
Martial Regulus of Antimony, 379
Masticatories, meaning of, ii, 294
Matrass, ii, 294
Matthews’s Pills, origin of, ii, 154
Mauve, discovery, ii, 263
May dew for the complexion, 173
Mayerne, Sir Theodore de, 144;
portrait, 145;
biography, 146, 255;
impeached, 384;
introduces calomel, 418;
anti-epileptic powder, ii, 6;
writes preface to P. L., ii, 61;
burlesqued, ii, 71
Maythe, use in medicine, 125
Measures, signs for, ii, 300
Meat, putrid, in medicine, 39
Meconic acid, discovery, ii, 245
Medea, medical discoveries, 17;
inventor of poisons, ii, 221
Medea oil, 359
Medical aphorisms in Talmud, 50
treatises in verse, 137
Medicamentarii, 92
Medicamentum ad annum, 310; ii, 177
Medicina, 95
Medicine, origin of, 2;
associated with magic, 2;
traditional founder, 2;
god of, 6;
as a science, 88;
separation from pharmacy, 91;
and magic, 157
Medicines, charges for, 149, 150
from metals, 376
Megillat-Sammanin, treatise on pharmacology, 49
Megrims diagnosis, 128;
early remedy, 129
Mel Egyptiacum, ii, 52
Helleboratum, Culpepper, on, 251
Melampus, medicinal discoveries, 12, 13;
uses iron as remedy, 397
Mellites, ii, 294
Menecrates, 91;
originator of diachylon, ii, 127; ii, 129
Mensis Philosophicus, ii, 294
Menstruum, meaning of, ii, 294
Mentha, legend of, 26
Mercury, ancient god, 4;
medical use, 243;
origin of name, 408;
used by Arabs, 409;
medical uses, 409;
as syphilis cure, 409, 410;
“killing,” 421;
symbol for, ii, 305, ii, 306, ii, 310.
See also Corrosive Sublimate, Red Precipitate, Calomel, and Quicksilver
Mercurial ointment, 132, 410, 421
pills, early formulæ, 411, 412, 421
Mesué, the elder, 101, 105, 217, 218
Mesué, the younger, 110, 217, 218
Mesué’s unguentum tripharmacum, 406
Mesmer, note on, 201;
animal magnetism, ii, 167
Messiah, meaning of, 60
Metalepsy, ii, 259
Metallic Tractors, 201; ii, 166
Metals in Ebers’s papyrus, 40;
as remedies, 186;
symbols, ii, 304
Metasyncretics, ii, 282
Methel nut, ii, 119
Midas, punishment of, 7
Midwifery, anæsthetics in, ii, 251
Migmatopoloi, 95
Mindererus’s spirit, invention, 338;
first official, ii, 67
Mindererus, old physician, 338;
biography, ii, 88;
“Aloedarium,” ii, 88
Mineral bezoar, 380
“Mineral Solution,” ii, 135
Mint, origin of, 26
Mirfield’s “Breviarium Bartholomei,” 135
Mistura Ferri Composita, 403
Mithridates the Great, biography, 289;
medical discoveries, 289;
death, 290
Mithridatum, 91;
inventor, 289;
absurdities, 290;
Galen on, 292;
number of ingredients, 293;
formulæ, ii, 20, 38, 39
Mohammed, influence of, 97;
death, 104
Monoceros, mythical animal, 28
Monopolies abolished, ii, 161
Moore’s “History of the Study of Medicine,” 135
Morbus Gallicus, 413.
See also Syphilis
Morella furiosum lethale, 25
Morgan, Hugo, Queen Elizabeth’s apothecary, 298;
makes theriaca, ii, 44
Morpheus, how represented, 17
Morphine, discovery, ii, 244
Morphium, etymology, 18
Morton, W. T. G., uses ether in dentistry, ii, 250
Mosaic gold, 396, 424
Moses identified with Hermes, 4
Moss from skull, as remedy, 191
Mother’s ointment, 407
Moult, London chemist, 345
Moxa, meaning of, ii, 295
Mullein, used by Saxons, 126
Mummies, medical use, ii, 23;
opinions on, ii, 24
Murray’s aërated cod-liver oil, ii, 167
Mustard for scorpion bites, 18
seeds, Biblical reference, 71
Mynsicht’s publications, 375;
elixir of vitriol, 375;
invents emetic tartar, 382;
powder of Saturn, 407
Myrepsus, Nicolas, 219;
ointment, 427
Myrepsus, 95; ii, 296
Myrophecia, 95
Myropolia, 95
Myrrh, origin, 23;
Biblical references, 63
Myrrha, legend of, 22
Mythology, science of, 33
N
Naphtha, legend, 359
Narceine, discovery, ii, 248
Narcotine, discovery, ii, 244
Nardos pitike, meaning, 73
Nardostachys, 74
Narwhal horn, 28
Nasalia, ii, 290
Nataph, meaning of, 56
Necklaces, medical uses, 214
Nectarion, identity of, 24
“Negro Cæsar’s Cure for Poison,” ii, 237
Nepenthe, etymology, 23;
identity, 24
Nettleton, Dr. T., originates citrine ointment, ii, 126
Newbery, maker of James’s Powder, ii, 188
Newton, Sir Isaac, connection with pharmacy, 279
Nicandor’s treatise on poisons, ii, 226
Nicotine, discovery, ii, 245;
synthetic, ii, 266
Nihil album, 427
Nitre, Biblical reference, 70;
medical use, 108;
manufacture in France, 352, 353, 359;
early references, 358;
symbol, ii, 309
Nitric acid, first use in medicine, 105
Nitrous oxide gas, discovery, ii, 249
Nitrum fixum, 371
Noctiluca, ii, 296
Nostrums, ancient, 215
Nouffer’s Tapeworm Cure, secret purchased, 319;
origin, 320
Nuremberg ordinance, 120;
old pharmacy, 120
Nychthemeron, ii, 296
O
Obolos, ii, 296
Oenelaion, ii, 296
Oenogala, ii, 296
Oenomeli, ii, 296
Oesypus, ii, 296
Oil of Ants, ii, 14
Bricks, how prepared, ii, 55;
medical uses, ii, 55
Eggs, prepared by Paracelsus, 247
Harts’ horns, ii, 25
Peter, 360
Puppies, ii, 11
Tartar, preparing, 132;
uses of, 247, 372; ii, 286
Vitriol, 373
Wax, ii, 31
Wine, discovery, 263
Ointments, ii, 296.
See also Unguentum
Old age, Ecclesiastes symbolism, 76
Oleum Benedictum, ii, 55
Divinum, ii, 55
Dulce Paracelsi, 348
Philosophorum, ii, 55
Sanctum, ii, 55
Vitrioli Dulce, 347; ii, 271.
See also Oil of Wine
Olibanum, source, 56
Olive oil, uses, 58
Onguent de la Mère, 407
Onions as remedy, 49, 50
Onycha in Bible, 57
Opiates, ii, 296
Opium used by Paracelsus, 243;
history, ii, 116;
medical uses, ii, 117;
active principle, ii, 243
Opobalsamum, 53
Opodeldoc, origin, ii, 148;
derivation, ii, 148;
originally a plaster, ii, 149
Oribasius, medical author, 214
Origanum Dictamnus, 26
Orthrine, ii, 258
Osiris, illustration, 3;
name for ivy, 35
Ounce sign, origin, ii, 300
Oxalic acid, synthetic, ii, 257
Oxycroceum, ii, 297
Oxygen, discovery, 269;
why so called, 324
Oxymels, ii, 31
P
Pachius’s Hiera, ii, 140
Palma Christi, 68; ii, 89, ii, 92
Palsy Drops, ii, 146
Panacea, daughter of Æsculapius, 11
Holsatica, 371
Mercurialis, 419
Panchrest, ii, 297
Panchymagogon, 419; ii, 297
Pandects of Physic, 104
Pantopoloi, 95
Papyri, medical and pharmaceutical, 36
Papyrus Ebers, 36;
described, 37;
photograph, 40;
prescriptions in, 41, 42;
date, 48
Paracelsus, theory of elements, 174;
“sympathetic ointment,” 188, 190;
biography, 230;
education, 232;
boastfulness, 233;
epitaph, 236;
character, 237;
Browning’s poem on, 239;
Butler on, 240;
mysticism, 240;
chemical observations, 241;
drugs used by, 243;
portraits, 247, 248, 249, 250;
“Archidoxa Medicinæ,” 390;
“Catholicon,” 414;
“Zebethum Occidentale,” ii, 9
Paré’s experiment, ii, 229
Paregoric Elixir, origin, ii, 151;
formula for, ii, 151;
etymology, ii, 151
Paris, apothecary edicts, 122
Paris School of Pharmacy, 270, 285
Parmentier, biography, 272
Pastilli, ii, 299
Patent Medicines, origin of, ii, 161
Patents, why granted, ii, 161
Pearls, use of, in medicine, ii, 33
Pectoral Powder, ii, 148
Pedilavium, ii, 297
Pelican, ii, 297
Pelletier, discovers quinine, 274; ii, 247;
portrait, 275;
discovers other alkaloids, ii, 248
Pelouze, French pharmacist, 283
Peon, identified with Apollo, 7
Peony, use by Saxons, 126;
promotes dentition, ii, 171
Pepperers’ Guild, 139
Perfume, sacred, 45
Perfumer, Biblical reference, 50
Percapt, ii, 297
Periodeutes, 93, 94
Perkins’s Metallic Tractors, 201; ii, 166
Perkin, W. H. discovers mauve, ii, 263
Peroxide of hydrogen, inventor, 282
Peruvian bark. See Cinchona
Pessary, ii, 297
Peter of Spain, medical author, 294
Petra Philosophale, ii, 174
Petroleum, medical uses, 131;
early use, 359;
synonyms, 360;
medical use, 360;
Barbadense, 360
Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain, foundation, 156
Pharmacies, State controlled, 103, 104
Pharmacist, the first, 12
Pharmacists, royal and noble, 287.
See also Apothecaries and Chemists
Pharmacopeus, 93
Pharmacopœia, the earliest, 103;
history of, ii, 59
Pharmacopolis, 92
Pharmacopoloi, 93
Pharmacotribæ, 95
Pharmacy Acts, various, 156
Pharmacy, myths, 1;
origin, 1;
patron saints, 19;
in Pharaoh’s time, 34;
in the Bible, 46;
old use of word, 52;
identity with sorcery, 52;
Hippocrates on, 86;
separation from medicine, 91;
Arabian, 97;
in East, 100;
in Northern Europe, 115;
edict to regulate, 117;
Beckmann on, 118;
concessions, origin, 119;
in Saxon England, 124;
animal substances in, ii, 1;
Shakespearian reference, ii, 70;
progress in 19th century, ii, 243
Pharmaka, use by Homer, 52
Pharmakeia, 52, 92
Pharmakeuein, 93
Pharmakoi, use of, 52
Pharmakon, 93
Phenacetin, discovery, ii, 273
Phillips, P. L., critic, ii, 68
Philon, 91
Philonium, inventor, 91;
formulæ, ii, 39, ii, 40, ii, 41
Philosopher’s stone, 106, 363
Philosophic egg, 379
Phlogiston theory, 176
Phœnix, as alchemists sign, 26;
legends of, 27;
Biblical references, 27;
longevity, 27
Phosphor paste, 368
Phosphorus, Hanckwitz’s advertisement, 142;
etymology, 360;
discovery, 363;
made in London, 365;
medical use, 365;
prepared from bones, 365;
dose, 367;
solubility, 368;
symbol, ii, 309
Phthisis, Rhazes’s treatment, 106
Phylacteries, protect from evil, 161
Physicians, as priests, 35;
Biblical references, 46;
Pope on, 148;
fees, 151;
Valentine on, 227
Pigmentarii, 94
Pike’s itch ointment, ii, 165
Pil cocciæ, origin, ii, 292
Pil cochiæ, origin, ii, 152, ii, 292
Pil Rufi, origin, ii, 140
Pills, gilding introduced, 109;
origin, ii, 292, ii, 297;
silvering introduced, 109, 423
Pilula saponis composita, origin, ii, 153
Pilulæ Communes, ii, 140
Ethiopicæ, ii, 153
Lunares, 423
Pacificæ, ii, 154
Perpetuæ, 381
Pestilentiales, ii, 140
Piperine, synthetic, ii, 266
Pissaeleum, 328
Pitt’s “Crafts and Frauds of Physic Exposed,” 149
Plague remedy, 224
Planets, as aids to prescribing, 187
Plantain, Shakespearian reference, ii, 74
Plasters, Aetius on, 215
Pleurisy, old remedy, 81
Pliny, death, 90
Plough, inventor, 288
Plummer, Dr. A., note on, ii, 153
Æthiops Medicinalis, 382
pills, 351;
origin, ii, 153
powder, 382
Pocula Emetica, 385
Podalirus, son of Æsculapius, 11
Poisoners, famous, ii, 230
Poison, antidotes, ii, 34, ii, 49, ii, 221, ii, 237, ii, 289
origin of word, ii, 297
register introduced, 123
Poisoning, delayed, ii, 223
detecting. See Toxicology
punishment, ii, 230
Poisons, in Bible, ii, 222;
history of, ii, 220;
used in Rome, ii, 223;
in ancient times, ii, 225;
in Middle Ages, ii, 227
Polychrest, 369, 371; ii, 198, ii, 297
Polyidus, magician, 13
Pomatum, ii, 298
Pomegranates, Biblical reference, 72
Pompholyx, 209, 407, 427
Poppy, in Saxon times, 126;
as remedy, 184;
Shakespearian reference, ii, 75
Poppies, syrup, origin, ii, 116
Populeum, ii, 298
Porta, medical author, 183
Portland powder, 215, 309; ii, 125
Posca, 71
Potassium nitrate. See Nitre sulphate, synonyms, 371
Potato, popularising, 273
Potio Laxativa Viennensis, ii, 121
Potion Noire Anglaise, ii, 122
Poudre des Chartres, secret purchased, 319, 381
Poultice, papyrus formula, 40;
etymology, ii, 298
Powder de Gutteta, ii, 6
of Projection, 379
Saturn, 407
Precious stones, medical use, ii, 32
Precipitatus per se, 416
Prepositus’s Antidotary, 116
Prescribing by chemists, limitation, 155
Prescriptions on papyri, 36, 41;
from “Don Juan,” ii, 59;
origin, ii, 304
Priestley discovers oxygen, 270
Primum Ens Sanguinis, ii, 7
Proine, ii, 258
Prometheus, the first pharmacist, 12
Propomata, ii, 298
Prosdita, ii, 299
Prussian blue, discovery, ii, 27, ii, 28
Prussic acid, discovery, 270
Psilothrum, ii, 298
Ptisans, ii, 299
Ptomaines, discovery, ii, 242
Pulvis Cornacchini, 309
Principis Mirandolæ, 310
Scammoniæ co., origin, 308
Pyroligneous acid, made by Glauber, 263
Pyroxylin, discovery, 340
Pythagoras antidote, 18
Q
Quack doctor’s harangue, ii, 204
Quackery in ninth century, 107
Quakers’ Black Drop, ii, 145
Quassia, introduction, ii, 117;
etymology, ii, 118
Quevenne’s iron, 404
Quicksilver, first mention, 408;
bottles for, 408;
girdles, 420.
See also Mercury
Quinodine, discovery, ii, 247
Quinine, discovery, 274; ii, 246;
synthetic, ii, 264, ii, 265
Quinsy, Hippocrates’s treatment, 86
Quintessences, prepared by Paracelsus, 246; ii, 243
R
Ra’s ointment, 43
Rakach, meaning of, 52
Raleigh’s Great Cordial, 310, 312
Raleigh, Sir Walter, portrait, 311;
medical knowledge, 311;
confection, 312
“Rational” formulæ, ii, 261
Read, Queen Anne’s oculist, ii, 14
“Receptarium Antidotarii,” 218
Recipe sign, origin, ii, 302
Red bottle, ii, 217
cloth as small-pox cure, 169, 186
precipitate, introduction, 105;
used by Paracelsus, 243, 249;
early references, 416;
preparation, 416
Reduced iron, 404
Re’em, identity of, 29
Regenerated tartar, 371
Regulus of Antimony, 379
Renandot’s mercurial pills, 412
Rhazes, chemical writer, 105, 106;
ointment, 407;
pil cochiæ, ii, 152
Rheumatism, early treatment, 136
Rhizotomoi, 95
Rhubarb, first mention, 216
Ricinus, Biblical plant, 67;
origin, ii, 92;
in papyrus, 41.
See also Castor oil
Ridge’s Food, patent, ii, 167
Rocha alum, 331
Roche’s Embrocation, patent, ii, 166
Rochelle salt, 372;
first official, ii, 67; ii, 197
Rochester, Earl, as quack, ii, 203
Rock oil, 360.
See also Petroleum
“Romeo and Juliet,” origin, ii, 77
“Rosa Anglicana,” 134
Rose water, Arabic origin, 103;
early mention, 328
Rosemary, derivation, 296;
properties, 296;
Queen of Hungary uses, 297
Rosencreutz, 181
Rosetta stone, 35
Rosh, meaning, ii, 222
Rosicrucians, 181
Rouelle, French chemist, 277
Rousseau’s laudanum, ii, 144
Royal College of Physicians, incorporation, 143;
dispensaries, 151, 156;
prosecute an apothecary, 154;
origin, ii, 60
Royal touch cures disease, 298;
ceremony described, 304
Rufus pill, invention, ii, 140
Runge’s researches, ii, 263
Runstall’s Black Drop, ii, 145
S
Sabor-Ebn-Sahel’s Pharmacopœia, 103
Saffron, called blood of Throth, 35;
derivation, 72;
Biblical reference, 72
St. John’s Wort, charm, 172
“Sal Admirabile,” 261
Sal Alembroth, 243, 417;
etymology, ii, 279;
ammoniac, discovery, 6;
Glauber makes, 263;
early reference, 334
Sal ammoniacum factitium, 336
de Duobus, 371; ii, 198; ii, 281
Enixon, 261
fixum, 335; ii, 298
Fossile, 369
Gemmæ, 369
Jovis, 425; ii, 311
Polychrestum, 369;
Glaser’s, 371; ii, 198;
Seignette’s, ii, 197; ii, 297
Prunella, how prepared, 368;
why so-called, 369
Purgatorius, 220
sacerdotale, 220
sapientiæ, 417; ii, 279
viperum, 208
volatile oleosum, 336.
See also Salt and Sel
Salamanders’ Blood, ii, 298
Salerno Medical School, 115;
dissolved, 117
Salia, ii, 298
Salicylic acid, synthetic, ii, 269
Salmon, W., note on, ii, 179; ii, 180
Salol, discovery, ii, 274
Salsa, ii, 119
Salt, etymology of, 325
of the Holy Apostles, 220
of many virtues, 369
of Mars, 398
of St. Luke, 220
of tartar, 326, 371, 372
of wisdom, 417; ii, 279
of wormwood, 326.
See also Sal and Sel
Saltpetre, See nitre
Salpêtrière Asylum, why so-called, 359
“Sardonic grin,” origin of expression, ii, 226
Sarsaparilla, introduction, ii, 118;
medical use, ii, 118;
etymology, ii, 119;
decoctions, ii, 154
Savory’s Seidlitz Powders, ii, 156; ii, 167
Saxifrage as remedy, 184
Saxon pharmacy, 124
Scammony powder, 308
Schacht’s liquor bismuthi, 387
Scheele, biography, 266;
statue, 267;
investigations, 268;
pharmacy, 269;
medallion, 276
Schönbein discovers pyroxylin, 340
Schwalbach mineral springs, 403
Schwanberg’s fever powder, ii, 191
Scorpion grass, 184
Scrofula, etymology, 299;
cramprings for, 303;
burnt sponge for, 353.
See also King’s Evil
Scruple sign, origin, ii, 300
Scutum, ii, 298
Sea-sickness, early remedy, 126
Seba, naturalist, 278
Seed of gold, 389
Seguin discovers morphine, ii, 244
Seidlitz powders, origin, ii, 156;
patent, ii, 167
Seignette’s salt, 372; ii, 197
Sel de Duobus, 371; ii, 198
Essentiel de quinquina, ii, 246
Narcotique de Derosne, ii, 244
de Seignette, 372; ii, 197
Seneca oil, 359
Senna, introduction, 105, 218
Seplasia, 94
Seplasiarii, 94
Serapion of Alexandria (or The Elder), 109;
epilepsy remedy, 166, 217
The Younger, 110
Serenus, Roman physician, 164
Sertürner discovers morphine, ii, 244
Serullas, French chemist, 282
“Seven metals,” ii, 304
Sévigné, Marquise de, portrait, 192
Shakespearian references, 20, 30; ii, 70
Sheba, Queen of, 54
Sheben, identity, 42
Shekel, ancient weight, 59
Signatures, doctrine of, 183
“Signet star of philosophy,” 225
Silphion, introduction, 16
Silver, medical uses, 422;
symbol, ii, 306, 307, 310
nitrate, first use, 105, 423;
made into sticks, 424
Simpson, J. G., uses anæsthetics, ii, 251;
portrait, ii, 253
Sinapisms, ii, 298
Singleton’s eye ointment, ii, 126, 199
Skin, as a charm, 173
Skull oil, 247
Skulls, medical uses, 248; ii, 5, 6
Sleep promoting, 128, 138
Sloane, Sir Hans, edits P.L. 1721, ii, 65
Small-pox, first mention, 104;
early treatment, 130, 169, 186; ii, 130
Smegma, ii, 298
Snails as remedy, ii, 11
Snake-venom antidotes, 112;
immunity, ii, 239
Soap, Biblical reference, 70, 324
Soap liniment, origin of, ii, 150
Society of apothecaries. See Apothecaries’ Society
Soda tartarata, ii, 197
Sodium carbonate, Biblical reference, 70
Solar elixir, ii, 311
Solecism, derivation, 207
Solomon’s treatise on medicine, 49;
magical secrets, 159
The Hebrew, 157
Soluble mercury, 418
“Solvent mineral,” ii, 135
Somnus, god of sleep, 17
“Sons of God” legend, 3
Sorbito, ii, 299
Sorcery, identified with pharmacy, 52;
held in esteem, 160
Sparadrap, ii, 299
de Vigo, 411
Specificum purgans, 244, 371
Spermaceti, medical use, ii, 28;
derivation, ii, 29;
Shakespearian reference, ii, 74
Spicerers’ Guild, 139
Spiders, medical use, ii, 14
Spielman’s Vermifuge Electuary, 426
Spikenard, value, 73;
Biblical reference, 73;
ointment, 73, 74
Spirit of nitrous ether, origin, 349;
early formulæ, 349
of salt, Valentine describes, 228;
discovery, 263, 369;
medical uses, 369;
properties, 370
of tartar, 372
of vitriol, 373, 374
of wine. See Alcohol.
Spiritus Ætheris Co., origin, 348
Ætheris Nitrosi. See Spirit of Nitrous Ether
Ammoniæ Succinatus, 338
Ammoniæ Aromaticus, 335, 337
Mundi, 361
Nitri Dulcis. See Spirit of Nitrous Ether
Salis Marini Glauberi. See Spirit of Salt
Volatilis Oleosus, 335, 337
Vini Ethereus. See Ether
Vitrioli Antepilepticus Paracelsi, 347
Spilsbury’s Anti-scorbutic Drops, ii, 166
“Spot Ward,” ii, 213
Spruce Dr., obtains cinchona seeds, ii, 105
Squill called Eye of Typhon, 35;
vinegar, 18
Stacte, identity, 56, 63
Stahl’s theory of the elements, 175;
portrait, 176
Starcraft, Saxon, 124
Starkey’s Pills, origin, ii, 154
Stationarii, 118
Steer’s opodeldoc, ii, 150
Stephens’s Cure for stone, 319; ii, 199;
recipe, ii, 200
Sterling, derivation, 138
Stibium, See Antimony
Stimmi, 378
Stoughton’s Cordial Elixir, ii, 162
Stramonium, history, ii, 119;
introduction, ii, 120
Structural formulæ, ii, 261
Strychnine, discovery, ii, 248
Strychnos manikon, 25
Sublimation dulce, 419
Suffumenta, ii, 299
Suffumigia, ii, 299
Substitution theory, ii, 259
Sugar, arabic derivation, 103;
a rarity, ii, 30
Sulphonal, preparation, ii, 272
Sulphur, symbol, ii, 309
Sulphuric acid, 373
Sun-stone, 361
Supplantalia, ii, 299
Suppositories, ii, 299
Swammerdam, Dutch anatomist, 285
Swediaur’s pilula ferri, 351
Sweet spirit of nitre, See Spirit of Nitrous Ether
Sydenham, on iron, 399;
portrait, 400;
laudanum, ii, 143
Sylvius’s Carminative Spirit, 337
salt, 336
Sympathetic egg, 190
ointment, 188, 189, 190; ii, 6
powder, 191
remedies, 187
Symbols, alchemical, ii, 304, ii, 308, ii, 309
Synthetic Remedies, ii, 256
Syphilis, book on, 224;
Valentine’s reference, 229;
treatment, 243;
mercury as cure, 409;
origin, 413;
early treatment, 413;
guaiacum as cure, 414, ii, 112
Syrup, derivation, 103; ii, 299
T
Takkum gum, 53
Talbor’s Tincture of Bark, 319
Talbor R., employs cinchona, 319; ii, 97
process, ii, 99
Talismans worn by Arabs, 163;
universality, 171.
See also Charms
Talmud, medicine in, 49
Tamarinds, introduction, 105, 218
Tansy, origin, 22
Tapeworm remedy, Nouffer’s, 320;
Kousso, ii, 115
Tar water, invention, 316;
opinions, 318
Tartar etymology, 370
preparations, 371, 372
Tartaric acid, discovery, 268
Tartarised iron, 402
Tartarum tartarisatus, 373
Tartarus, mythical hell, 370
Tartre Stibié, 384
Tartre Stygié, 384
“Tasteless Ague Drops,” ii, 133
Temperature, doctrine of, 180
Terra Germanica, ii, 54
Livonica, ii, 55
Mellitea, ii, 54
Portugallica, ii, 54
Samia, ii, 54
Sicula, ii, 54
Sigillata, Galen on, 213; ii, 53;
how prepared, ii, 54;
uses, ii, 54
Strigensis, ii, 54
Terres damnées, ii, 283
Tetragonon, 87, 376
Tetrapharmacum, 310
Theine, discovery, ii, 248
Themison, Roman physician, 90;
uses leeches, ii, 139;
Hiera, ii, 139
Thénard, French chemist, 282
Theriaca, medical uses, 131;
absurdities, 290;
origin, 292;
formulæ, ii, 38, 39;
invention, ii, 42;
virtues, ii, 43;
history, ii, 48;
ceremony, ii, 44, ii, 45, ii, 46, ii, 46;
esteemed, ii, 47;
as poison antidote, ii, 221
Theriakon, Andromachus’s, 90
Thistles as remedy, 184
Thoth, inventor of medicine, 4, 38; ii, 305
blood, 35
Thurneyssen’s “Magistery of the Sun,” 390
Thus, derivation, 56
Thuti, See Thoth
Thymiana, meaning, 55
Tilly’s Dutch Drops, ii, 176
Tin as vermifuge, 424;
medical compounds, 424;
symbol, ii, 307, ii, 310
oxide as nail polish, 426
salts, used by Paracelsus, 245
Tinctura Aloes Co., origin, ii, 57
Benzoin Co., origin, ii, 135
Lavandulæ Co., origin, ii, 146
Lunæ, 423
Tinctura Metallorum, 244
solis, etc., 390
Tonica Nervina Bestucheffi, 321, 322, 404
Tisanes, ii, 299
Tofano, poisoner, ii, 235
Tooth-ache, early remedy, 130
cause, 168
charms, 161, 168
Tooth-extraction, anæsthetics in, ii, 249
Toxicology, rise of, ii, 240
Tranquille, note on, ii, 175
Traumatic Balsam, ii, 135
Trefoil as remedy, 184
Trismegistus, Hermes’s surname, 5
“Triumphal Chariot of Antimony,” 224
Troches, etymology, ii, 299
Trochiscus trigonus, 87
Tsora, meaning, 53
Turbith mineral, Paracelsus uses, 243;
why so called, 417
Turlington’s Drops, ii, 135
Turner’s Cerate, origin, ii, 157;
formula, ii, 158
Turner, Dr., note on, ii, 157;
publications, ii, 158
Turpentine as remedy, 50
Tutty, ii, 159
Typhon’s eye, 35
U
Uisage-beatha, old Irish drink, 329
Unguentum Ægyptiacum, ii, 52
Arcœi, ii, 133
Desiccativum Rubrum, ii, 160
Diapomphologos, 407, 427; ii, 160
Nutritum, 407; ii, 160; ii, 296
Refrigerans, ii, 65; ii, 127
Rosatum, ii, 160
Saturninum, 407
Sympatheticum, 188, 189, 190
Tetrapharmacum, ii, 282
Tripharmacum, 406
Ungius odorata, 57
Unicorn, Biblical references, 29;
in Royal Arms, 30;
Shakespearian references, 30;
Scottish pound, 30;
Apothecary’s sign, 31
Unicorn’s horn, 29, 30
“Universal medicine,” Geber’s claim, 106
“Universal panacea,” 414
“Universal remedy,” 132, 374
“Universal solvent,” Glauber’s, 264
Urus, identity, 29
Usquebagh, ii, 65
V
Valenciennes, naturalist, 282
Valency, theory, ii, 260
Valentine, Basil, 181, 224;
portrait, 225;
identity, 228;
works, 228
Valangin’s solution, ii, 135
Van Helmont on weapon salve, 191;
biography, 257;
portrait, 258;
contracts itch, 258;
discovers carbonic acid, 259;
physiology, 260;
employs alum, 331
Van Swieten’s solution, 421;
anæsthetic story, ii, 254
Vauquelin, biography, 271;
portrait, 272;
discovers narcotine, ii, 244;
discovers daphnine and nicotine, ii, 245
Vegetable ethiops, 351
vitriol, 375
“Vegeto-Mineral Water,” Goulard’s 265
Venice treacle. See Theriaca
Venom antidotes, Arabian, 112; ii, 239
Venus uses dittany, 26
Veratrine, discovery, ii, 248
Vervain, 35;
used by Saxons, 126
Verdigris ointment, 16; ii, 52
Vigo, John de, biography, 410;
plaster, 411
Vinegar, Biblical references, 64, 65, 71
Vinum Millepedarum, ii, 11
Vipers, medicinal uses, 90; ii, 19;
Charas on, 280; ii, 20;
de Sévigné on, ii, 21;
Quincy on, ii, 22;
preparations, ii, 22
Vis Coriaria, ii, 246
Vitriol, early use, 372;
kinds, 373;
etymology, 373;
medical uses, 373, 398;
preparations, 374;
symbols, ii, 309.
See also Oil of Vitriol and Spirit of Vitriol
Vitriol of Mars, 373
Venus, 373; ii, 311
Vitriolated tartar, 371
Vitriolum Camphoratum, 374
Vocabulary, pharmaceutical, ii, 278
“Volatile gold,” 396
Vulnerarii, 92
W
Walnuts as remedy, 185
Want’s Tincture of Colchicum, ii, 186
Warburg, Dr. Carl, biography, ii, 206;
poverty, ii, 207
Warburg’s Tincture, history, ii, 206;
formula, ii, 207
Ward, Joshua, biography, ii, 208;
portrait, ii, 209;
recipes, ii, 211, 213
Ward’s paste, ii, 67
Warts, remedies, 169
transferring, 170, 172.
See also Wort-cunning
Watercress, medical use, 125
Weapon salve. See Sympathetic Ointment
Weights, ancient, 44, 59
signs for, ii, 300
Wellcome Research Laboratory (Khartoum), 162
Wells, H., uses nitrous oxide gas, ii, 249;
portrait, ii, 250
Whisky, early use, 329
White lead ointment, 288, 406
White vitriol, 373, 426
Whitworth doctors, ii, 215;
cures, ii, 216
Whooping-cough, transferring, 170
Wiener, Frank, ii, 121
Willis, Dr., portrait, 401
Willis’s Preparation of Steel, 400, 401
Witches’ powers, 171
Withering, Dr. W., biography, ii, 110;
on digitalis, ii, 110
Wohler’s discovery, ii, 257;
portrait, ii, 258
“Wolf of Metals,” 379
Wondreton, poisoner, ii, 227
Woodcock’s Wind Pills, ii, 167
Wool fat used by Dioscorides, 210
Words, origin of, 33
Worms, early remedy, 42, 43, 245
Wormwood, Biblical reference, 64
Wort-cunning, Saxon, 124
Wound Balsam, ii, 135
Writing, invention, 4
Z
Zebethum Occidentale, ii, 9
Zinc, early references, 426;
alloys, 426;
composition, 427;
preparations, 427;
symbol, ii, 309
oxide, synonyms, 427
sulphate. See White Vitriol
Zoroaster, inventor of medicine, 6, 157
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