Chronicles of Pharmacy Vol. II, by A. C. Wootton

Daffy, Rev. T., invents elixir, ii, 172
Damien, patron saint of pharmacy, 19
Damocrates, 91;
Mithridatum, ii, 38; ii, 39
Dante, connection with pharmacy, 279
Daphnine, discovery of, ii, 245
Darsini, 219
David, King, electuary, 220
Davy, Sir Humphry, portrait, 284
Decocta, invention, ii, 285
Decoctum Aloes Co., origin, ii, 176
“Degrees” in diagnosis, 179
Deliquium, ii, 286
Demons as cause of disease, 158
Danaus’s Collyrium, 215
Dephlogisticated air, 269
Derosne’s salt, ii, 244
Despumation, ii, 286
Devil’s claw, 57
D’Husson’s Eau Medicinale, ii, 182;
price, ii, 184;
composition, ii, 184
Dia, meaning, ii, 286
Diabetes, papyrus remedy, 43
Diachylon plaster, invention, 91; ii, 127;
first formula, ii, 128;
etymology, ii, 128; ii, 286, 406
Diacodium, inventor, 90;
etymology, ii, 287
Dia-kodion, origin, ii, 116
Diapente, etymology, ii, 287
Diaphoretic vitriol, 374
Diarrhœa, old remedies, 43, 294
Diascordium, 223;
formula, ii, 41; ii, 287
Diatesseron, 310
Diet, Hippocrates on, 87;
Aetius on, 215;
Alexander of Trailles on, 217
Digby, Sir Kenelm, toothache cure, 168;
biography, 193;
portrait, 194;
tincture of gold, 395
Digitalis, origin of name, ii, 109;
medical history, ii, 109;
book on, ii, 110
Dill, Biblical reference, 71;
used by Saxons, 126
Dioscorides, 90;
biography, 206;
writings, 208, 209
Dippel’s oil, ii, 25;
uses, ii, 26
Diseases, transferring, 170
Distillation, antiquity of, 327
Distilled waters, 328
Distillers’ Company, 148
Dittany, uses, 26
Dover, T., biography, ii, 129;
“Ancient Physician’s Legacy,” ii, 131
Dover’s powder, first official, ii, 67; ii, 115;
origin, ii, 129;
original formula, ii, 132
Drachm sign, origin, ii, 300
Draco Mitigatus, 419, 420
Dragon’s blood, origin, 31
Dragon tree, figure of, 32
Dragons, Biblical references, 33
Drink cures, old, 130; ii, 12
Dropaxes, ii, 282; ii, 287
Dropsy cured by touch, 299
Drug, etymology, ii, 287
Drug-inspection, 138; ii, 17
Drug-trade, development, 138
Drugs as charms, ii, 75;
in Ebers’s papyrus, 40;
in Bible, 53;
mentioned by Hippocrates, 77
Dschondisabour, medical college at, 101, 103
Dublin Pharmacopœias, ii, 69
Dudaim, identity of, 20, 49
Duke of Portland’s powder, 215, 309; ii, 125
Dumas, French chemist, 286;
theory of substitution, ii, 259
Dumeril, French physician, 276
Duncan and Flockhart’s chloroform, ii, 253
Dutch Drops, origin of, ii, 176
Dysentery, ipecacuanha as remedy, ii, 114

Ear-ache, early remedies, 45, 130
Earl of Warwick’s powder, 308, 383, 420
Earthworms as remedy, ii, 11, ii, 12
Eaton’s styptick, ii, 163
Eau des Carmes, origin, ii, 178;
formula, ii, 179
Divine de Fernel, 414
de Luce, 338;
inventor, 339
de Lusse, 339
Medicinale d’Husson, ii, 67, ii, 182
de la Reine d’Hongrie, 297
Ebers’ papyrus, 36;
described, 37;
photograph, 41;
date, 48
Ebn-Izak, translator of Greek works, 105
Ecclesiasticus, author, 47;
medical aphorisms, 47
Eclegma, ii, 288
Ecussons, ii, 288
Edinburgh Pharmacopœias, ii, 69
Edulcorate, ii, 288
Edward the Confessor treats scrofula, 299, 300
Elements, old theories, 174
Elemi ointment, origin, ii, 133
Egrea, daughter of Æsculapius, 11
Egypt, medicine in, 34, 46;
conquest, 98
Egyptiacum. See Ægyptiacum
Egyptian papyri, medical, 36
Electron, as poison test, ii, 231
Electrum, 40
Electuarium de Gemmis, ii, 35
Electuary, etymology, ii, 288
of Alexander of Tralles, 216
Elemi ointment, invention, ii, 133
Elixir of Alves, origin, ii, 57
etymology, ii, 288
of Garus, ii, 57
of Long Life, 390
Proprietatis, ii, 57
of vitriol, 375
Elizabeth, Queen, medical knowledge, 295
Emeralds, used in medicine, ii, 34
Emetic cups, 385
Emetic tartar, preparation, 380;
invention, 382;
uses, 383
Emetine, discovery of, ii, 248
Empedocles, theory of elements, 174
Empirics, old sect, 89;
leader of, 217
Emplastra, ii, 289
Emplastrum Commune, ii, 129
vigonium, 410
Empyreal gas, 269
Emulsion, etymology, ii, 289
Enchrista, ii, 289
Enema, ii, 290
Enoch, book of, 4
Ens, ii, 290
Epidaurus, temple of, 11
Epilepsy, remedies, 134, 166, 200, 214
charm, 247, 294, 307
Epithema, ii, 290
Epithemation, ii, 290
Epsom, medicinal springs, 340
salts, introduction, 340
Erfurt discovers aniline, ii, 263
Errhines, ii, 290
Erythræa Centaurium, 25
Erzalaum, 427
Essenes practise medicine, 50
Essential oils, prepared by Paracelsus, 246
Ether, early references, 347;
first made, 347;
investigated, 347;
old names, 348;
chemical nature, 348;
as anæsthetic, ii, 249;
preparation, ii, 271
Ethiops Antimoniale, 351
gommeux, 350
magnesium, 350
Martial, 350, 398; ii, 311
Mineral, 350
origin of, 350
saccharine, 350
Ethiopic pills, 351
Everlasting pills, 381
Excreta, used in medicine, 40; ii, 5, ii, 7, ii, 8, ii, 9
Exili, poisoner, ii, 230, ii, 233
Extract of Saturn, 265; ii, 311
Eyes, remedies for, 185

Face wrinkles, papyrus prescription, 44
Fæx vini, 371
“Fakhiliteh,” Arab treatise, 112
Fat, human, medical uses, ii, 7
Ferdinand of Austria, plague powder, ii, 35;
invents antidote, ii, 229
Fennel, used by Saxons, 126
Fernel, Paris physician, 415
Ferruginous waters, effect of, 403
Fever, Rhazes’s treatment, 106;
charm for, 107;
cinchona for, ii, 95
Fig poultice, 46, 73
Fig tree in Bible, 73
Flies in ointment, quotation, 51
Fioraventi’s Balsam, ii, 173
“Fire-air,” 269
Fire-stone, 360
Fistula paste, Ward’s, ii, 214
“Fixed air,” 357
Flake’s anti-hæmorrhoidal ointment, 425
Flores martis, 398
zinci, 427
Flos cœlorum, 375
Flückiger and Hanbury’s “Pharmacographia,” ii, 86
Fluoric acid, discovery, 268
Folk-lore, superstitious, 168
Ford’s Balsam of Horehound, ii, 167
Forget-me-not, old name, 185
Formic acid, synthetic, ii, 257
Fourcroy, French chemist, 285
Four officinal capitals, ii, 37
Four Thieves’ Vinegar, ii, 56
Fowler’s Solution of Arsenic, ii, 133;
original recipe, ii, 134
Fowler, T., biography, ii, 133;
publication, ii, 134
Fox, medical uses, 127
Foxes’ lungs, as remedy, ii, 1; ii, 11
Fox-glove. See Digitalis
France, pharmacy ordinances, 121
Frankincense, source, 56
Frankland’s theory of valency, ii, 260
Frascator, Jerome, biography, 223
Frederick II, pharmacy edict, 117
French disease, 413.
See also Syphilis
Friar’s Balsam, origin of, ii, 135
Frier’s Drops, ii, 136; ii, 165
Fritzsche’s aniline, ii, 263
Furies, propitiating, 167

Galbanum, Biblical reference, 56
Gallitzenstein, 427
Galvani’s experiments, ii, 167
Gale’s Spa Elixir, ii, 165
Galen, theory of humours, 178;
biography, 210;
infallibility, 210;
bust, 211;
portrait, 211;
influenced by dreams, 212;
medical fame, 214;
works, 214;
criticised, 216
Galen’s ceratum lithargyri, 406
cold cream, ii, 65; ii, 127
confection, ii, 42
Hiera, ii, 139
pil. cochia, ii, 152
Garth’s “Dispensary,” 151
Garus’s elixir, ii, 57
Gas, invention of word, 260; ii, 290
“Gas sylvestre,” 260, 357
Gascoyne’s powder, ii, 19
Gay-Lussac, French chemist, 284
Geber, chemical discoveries, 102, 105
Gentian, discovery of, 288
Gentius, King of Illyria, 288
Geoffrey, French physician, 278
Gerard’s Herbal quoted, 67
Gerhardt, French chemist, 283
Germany, pharmacy ordinances, 120
Gilead, Balm of. See Balm of Gilead
Gilead, where situated, 54
Gilla vitrioli, 374; ii, 290
Girandeau, syphilis remedy, 415;
prosecuted, 416
Glaser’s sal Polychrest, 371;
makes silver nitrate sticks, 424
Glauber, biography, 260;
chemical discoveries, 261;
bust, 262;
invents Kermes mineral, 381;
Kermes, secret purchased, 319;
discovers spirit of salt, 369
Glauber’s salts, discovery, 261
Glaucus, restored to life, 13
Glucinium, discovery, 271
Glycerin, discovery, 270
Glyster, ii, 290
Godbold’s Vegetable Balsam, ii, 166
Goddard, Dr. J., note on, ii, 180
Goddard’s Drops, secret purchased, 319, 337;
origin, ii, 179;
uses, ii, 179
Godfrey’s Cordial, ii, 177
Gold, medicinal uses, 388;
for covering pills, 389;
cure for syphilis, 395;
symbol, ii, 306; ii, 307; ii, 310.
See also Aurum
Gold leaf, use of, 388
Golden Drops, 321
“Golden Water,” 329
Goose grease as remedy, ii, 12
Gout, remedies for, 129, 136, 167, 172, 215, 216, 217, 353; ii, 183
powder, Mayerne’s, 257;
Duke of Portland’s, 215, 309
Gourd, Biblical plant, 66, 69
Goulard, biography, 264;
discoveries, 265
Goulard’s extract, 265
Greeks, drugs used by, 77
Green precipitate, 417
Green vitriol, 372, 427
Gregory, Dr. Jas., portrait, ii, 137;
publication, ii, 138
Gregory’s Powder, origin of, ii, 137;
prescription for, ii, 138
Grew, Nehemiah, on Epsom salts, 342;
portrait, 343
Griffith’s mixture, 403
Grocers’ Guild, 139, 147
Grubourt, French pharmacist, 282
Guaiacum, syphilis cure, 414;
history, ii, 111;
medical uses, ii, 112;
preparation, ii, 113
Gutteta, ii, 290
Gwynne’s “Aurum non aurum,” 391

Haarlem oil, origin, ii, 176
Hair oil, papyrus formula, 42
Hall, Dr., Shakespeare’s son-in-law, ii, 76
Haloid salts, 326
Ham, originator of medicine, 6
Hamech, a purgative, 203
Hammon, 6
Hammoniacus salt, 334
Hanckwitz advertisement, 141;
makes phosphorus, 365
Hartman’s “Book of Chymicall Secrets,” 196
Headache Essence, Ward’s, ii, 214
Headache, early remedies, 41, 42, 44, 129
Heartburn tablets, 388
Hebenon, Shakespearian reference, ii, 83
Heberden, Dr. W., portrait, 291
Helbanah, 56
Helias’s letter to Alfred the Great, 114, 131
“Hell-stone,” 424
Hellebore as medicine, 12;
used by Paracelsus, 246
Helvetius’s pills, 32;
ipecacuanha secret, 319
Helvetius employs alum, 331;
French physician, ii, 114
Hemlock, Biblical reference, 64
Henbane, etymology, ii, 276;
toothache remedy, 168, 185.
See also Hyoscyamus.
Henry VIII, medical knowledge, 294;
plaster for ulcers, 295;
Halford on, 295
Henry’s patent, 345
Heracleus honey as poison, ii, 226
Heraclides, 89
Herbalists earliest doctors, 1
Herbs, symbolical names, 35;
used by Saxons, 124
Hermes, Greek god, 4;
works of, 5, 162;
Egyptian, 157; ii, 305
Hermodactyls, gout remedy, 217; ii, 183
Hezekiah’s boil, treatment, 46, 73
Hezob, 64
Hhawi, Rhazes’s book, 106
Hiera Diacolocynthidis, ii, 141
Hiera Picra, origin, ii, 138;
antiquity, ii, 139;
first formula, ii, 139;
other recipes, ii, 140, 141
Hin, ancient measure, 59
Hippocrates, drugs mentioned by, 77;
biography, 84;
portrait, 85;
as pharmacist, 91;
doctrines, 100, 101, 178;
theory of cures, 183;
theories attacked, 217
Hippocrates’s sleeve, ii, 294
Hoffmann’s anodyne, 348; ii, 67
Hofmann, A. W. von, researches, ii, 263;
portrait, ii, 264
“Holland oil,” ii, 255
Homberg’s weather figures, 364;
narcotic salt, 374
Homologues, discovery, ii, 259
Honey, medical uses, 245; ii, 30;
preparations, ii, 31
Hooper’s Female Pills, ii, 163
Horehound, early use, 210
Horse leech, Biblical mention, 70
Horus, discoverer of medicine, 3
Houel, founder of Paris School of Pharmacy, 285
Hoy’s salt, 345
Humours, doctrine of, 178
Hungary Powder, ii, 35
Hungary, Queen of, invents rosemary water, 296;
origin of formula, 298
Huxham, J., biography, ii, 100;
portrait, ii, 101;
“Essay on Fevers,” ii, 101
Huxham’s tincture, ii, 67; ii, 100, 102
Hyacinth confection, ii, 34
Hydrargyrum, derivation, 408
Hydrochloric acid. See Spirit of salt
Hydrocyanic acid. See Prussic acid
Hydrophobia, poem on, 224
Hygeia, daughter of Æsculapius, 11
Hyoscyamus, etymology, ii, 276.
See also Henbane
Hypnotic Powder of Jacobi, 350
Hypophosphites, medical use, 367
Hyssop, Biblical reference, 64;
Dioscorides on, 209

Icy Noctiluca, 365
Incense, 38, 50;
etymology, 55;
Biblical formula, 55, 57;
Catholic formula, 58
Infant’s skin as a charm, 173
Infusions, introduction of, ii, 290
Infusum Gentianæ Co., origin, ii, 291
Insane root, 21;
Shakespearian reference, ii, 72
Iodine discovery, 351
Iodoform, first prepared, 353
Ipecacuanha, history, ii, 114;
medical use, ii, 114;
dose, ii, 115
Iron citrate, introduction, 405
iodide, 405
perchloride as secret remedy, 322
phosphate, 405
reduced by hydrogen, 404
Iron, as remedy, 12, 187, 217, 397;
varieties, 398;
in the blood, 398;
Sydenham and Willis on, 399;
pharmaceutical preparations, 402, 403, 404, 405;
symbol, ii, 307; ii, 310
sulphate, medical use, 108
syrups, various, 405
tincture, 404
Isis founder of medicine, 2, 34;
invocation to, 38
tears, name for Vervain, 35
Isotheos, ancient nostrum, 215
Israelite medicine, 46
Itch, treatment, 130, 201
history, 202
theories, 203
cause, 204
van Helmont contracts, 258, 420
Ivy, called Osiris, 35