INDEX.
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- 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;
- 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.
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- 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;
- 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.
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- 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).
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- 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).
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- 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.