Chapter XI: Part 11

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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FOOTNOTES:

[1] The historical part of Dr. Tschirch’s great work on Pharmakognosie is in course of publication while the proofs of this book are being read. It promises to be very thorough and modern in regard to drugs.

[2] Labdanum or ladanum is a resinous substance which exudes from the leaves and branches of a shrub found in the Isle of Candy--_Cistus creticus_ of Linnæus. It was formerly collected by combing the beards of goats which fed on these leaves. A commoner kind was brought from Spain. It was an ingredient in an anti-hysteric nerve cordial called Theriaque Cœleste. It was also combined in a plaster designed to cure rupture.

[3] The footman story is also told of the owner of Murray’s Specific for Gout, of whom it was probably true.

[4] Synthetic cocaine and other artificial alkaloids differ from the natural products only in being without action on polarised light.

[5] John Lydgate, a monk of Bury, born 1370, left some amusing poems, very valuable on account of the insight they give into the customs of his period. One of them is an application to the Duke of Gloucester for money. Lydgate says he is dressed in black “’cause my purs was falle in grete rerage”; while his “guttes were out shake, Only for lak of plate and coyngnage.” So he “sought lechis for a restauratif, In whom I fonde no consolacione, To a poticary for confortatyf, Drugge nor dya was none in Bury towne.”

Transcriber’s Note:

1. Obvious printers’, spelling and punctuation errors have been silently
corrected.

2. Errata have been silently corrected.

3. Some hyphenated and non-hyphenated versions of the same words have
been retained as in the original.

4. Italics are shown as _xxx_.

5. Subscripts are represented with underscore and brackets, e.g. CH_{4}
for methane.