CHRONICLES OF PHARMACY [Illustration] MACMILLAN AND CO., LIMITED LONDON . BOMBAY . CALCUTTA MELBOURNE THE MACMILLAN COMPANY NEW YORK . BOSTON . CHICAGO ATLANTA . SAN FRANCISCO THE MACMILLAN CO. OF CANADA. LTD. TORONTO CHRONICLES OF PHARMACY BY A. C. WOOTTON VOL. II MACMILLAN AND CO., LIMITED ST. MARTIN’S STREET, LONDON 1910 RICHARD CLAY AND SONS, LIMITED, BREAD STREET HILL, E.C., AND BUNGAY, SUFFOLK. PRINTED IN GREAT BRITAIN CONTENTS VOL. II CHAPTER PAGE XV. ANIMALS IN PHARMACY 1 XVI. REMINISCENCES OF ANCIENT PHARMACY 32 XVII. PHARMACOPŒIAS 59 XVIII. SHAKESPEARE’S PHARMACY 70 XIX. SOME NOTED DRUGS 86 XX. FAMILIAR MEDICINES AND SOME NOTES OF THEIR HISTORIES 121 XXI. NOTED NOSTRUMS 161 XXII. POISONS IN HISTORY 220 XXIII. PHARMACY IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY 243 XXIV. NAMES AND SYMBOLS 276 INDEX 313 ILLUSTRATIONS VOL. II PAGE Preparation of Theriaca 45 Lemnian earth seals 54 Title-page of London Pharmacopœia 63 The Apothecary 81 Aloe in Flower 87 Aloe at Chelsea 88 Castor oil plant 90 Dr. Huxham 101 Charles Ledger 107 William Withering, M.D. 110 Preparation of Guaiacum Remedies 113 Dr. James Gregory 137 Dr. Gregory’s Prescription 138 Patrick Anderson, M.D. 168 Dr. James 187