Chronicles of Pharmacy, Vol. 2 (of 2)Wootton, A. C.
History
Chronicles of Pharmacy, Vol. 2 (of 2)
Wootton, A. C.
Pharmacy -- History
Anderson’s Scots Pills, origin of, ii, 168;
formulæ, ii, 169
Andreas, author, 182
Andromachus’s theriakon, 90; ii, 20; ii, 42
Anethon in Bible, 71
Anglicanus’s “Compendium of Medicine,” 132
Aniline, discovery of, ii, 263
Animal magnetism, 199
medicines, 89, 127; ii, 1; ii, 2
oil, ii, 25
Animals, mythical, 26
Aniseed, magical plant, 18
oil, use of, 247
Anne, Queen, cures by touch, 301
Anodyne necklaces, ii, 170
Anointing oil, 38, 50, 55;
formula, 59
Anointment, ii, 280
Antidotary, meaning, ii, 280
of Nicolas Prepositus, 116
of Nicolas Myrepsus, 219
Antidote, meaning, ii, 281
Antidotos ex duobus, 215, 310
Antidotum Acharistos, 220
Antidotum Adrianum, 288
Andromachus, 292
Mithridatum, 289;
absurdities of, 290;
Galen on, 292
Podagrica, 310
Pythagoras, 18
Anthony, Francis, panacea of, 391;
epitaph, 393
Anthropomorphon, 20
Antifebrin, discovery, ii, 273
Anti-hecticum poterii, 425
Antimony, introduction, 224, 226, 227;
used by Paracelsus, 243;
early use in medicine, 376;
etymology, 377;
alchemists, researches on, 379;
compounds of, 227, 378, 380;
controversy, 383;
symbol, ii, 309
Antimony cups, 385
sulphide, 326, 378, 382
Antipyrin, discovery, ii, 274
Antiseptic vinegar, ii, 56
Apollo, god of medicine, 6;
portrait, 7;
banished from Olympia, 8;
Apollo and Daphne myth, 9, 33
Apotheca, meaning, 117
Apothecary, Biblical mention, 50
Apothecary’s duty defined, 155
Apothecary, picture of, ii, 81
in “Romeo and Juliet,” ii, 77
versions, ii, 78; ii, 79; ii, 80
Apothecaries’ Jewish Guild, 51
become physicians, 152
charges, 149, 150
curriculum, 122
during the Plague, 149
early references, 142
oath, 122
Shakespearian references, ii, 70; ii, 71; ii, 77
Society, arms, 9, 31;
motto, 10;
incorporation, 144, 256;
drug-inspection, ii, 17;
weights as metaphor, ii, 71.
_See also_ Chemists _and_ Pharmacists
Apothek, derivation, 95
Apoplexy, remedy, 133
Apozem of Epsom Salts, 345
Apozems, meaning, ii, 281; ii, 299
Aqua aluminosa, 346
ardens, 223, 328
arthritica, ii, 8
kali Puri, 325
Luccana, 339
Lulliana, 348
mirabilis, ii, 281
Omnium Florum, ii, 8
Phagadænica, 414
Aqua Sancti Luciæ, 339
Temperata, 348
Tufania, ii, 235
Vitæ, early use, 223, 329;
Rhazes on, 107;
Shakespearian reference, ii, 75;
symbol, ii, 309;
Hibernorum, ii, 65.
_See also_ alcohol
vini, 329
Aquetta di Napoli, ii, 235
Aquila Alba, 419; ii, 281
Arab pharmacy, 97
Arabic names in pharmacy, 103
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