Adept, ii, 279 Adrenaline, synthetic, ii, 269 Adrian’s antidote, 288; dropsy cure, 299 Adulteration, early methods of detecting, 210 Adust, ii, 279 Advertisement, early, 141 Ægyptiacum 16; ii, 52 Aërated cod-liver oil, ii, 167 Æsculapius, Greek physician, 7; portraits, 8; death, 8; descendants, 10; temples, 11, 79 Æthiops. _See_ Ethiops Aetius, medical writer, 215 Aggregatives, ii, 279 Ague, cures, 50; ii, 133 Agyrtoi, 93 Alabaster, ii, 279 Albucasis of Cordova, 110, 329 Album Græcum, ii, 10 Album Rhasis, ii, 279 Alchemy, invention, 4. _See also_ Chemistry Alcohol, constitution, 330; formula, ii, 270; etymology, 103, 326; early references, 328, 329; synthesis, 330; ii, 271 Alcohol of Mars, 327 Alcohol of sulphur, 327 Aldehyde, preparation, ii, 271 Alembic, etymology, ii, 279 Alembroth salt, 243, 417; etymology, ii, 279 Alexander of Tralles, 216; Hiera, ii, 141 Alexandria library, 88, 98 Alexandrinus, Nicolas, 219 Alexipharmic, ii, 279 Alexiteria, ii, 279 Alfred the Great, letter to, 114, 131 Alga nostoch, 375 Algaroth’s powder, 381 Algarotti, note on, 381 Alhandal, ii, 279 Alkahest, Glauber’s 264; ii, 279 Alkali, etymology, ii, 280 Alkalies, early knowledge of, 324; Black on, 324 Alkalised ethiops, 351 Alkaloids, discovery of, 274; ii, 243; synthesis, ii, 265 Alkekengi, ii, 280 Alkermes, Arabic derivation, 103 Al-Koh’l, 326 Alkool, ii, 280 Allicola, 360 All-flower-water, ii, 8 Almond tree, Biblical reference, 75 Alœdarium, ii, 280 Aloes, as pigment, 95; tincture, ii, 37; elixir, ii, 57; notes on, ii, 86; picture of, ii, 87; ii, 88; books on, ii, 88; decoction, ii, 176 Aloes wood, Biblical references, 63 Alquimesci oil, 110 Aludels, ii, 280 Aluka, 70 Alum, early uses, 331; first factories, 332; discovered in Yorkshire, 333; composition investigated, 333; symbol, ii, 309 Aluminium, first made, 333 Amalgam, ii, 280 Amalgama Jovis, 425 Amaranth, meaning of, 22 Ambix, 328 Ambrosia, identity of, 22 Ambrosial elixir, 26 Amen, 6 Ammon, 6 Ammonia, made from bones, 263; history, 334; etymology, 334; composition, 337 Ammoniacum, etymology, 334 Ammoniated Tincture of Quinine, origin of, ii, 153 Ammonium acetate solution, 132 Amphide salts, 326 Amphora, ii, 280 Amulets for preventing disease, 162. _See also_ Charms Anæsthetic, mysterious, ii, 254 Anæsthetics, discovery, ii, 248 Analeptica, ii, 280 Anderson, Dr. P., portrait, ii, 168; publication, ii, 168; invents pills, ii, 169