C Caffeine, discovery, ii, 247; synthesis, ii, 268 Caius, Dr., ii, 71 Calamus draconis fruit, 31 Calatippe, ii, 17 Calomel, introduction, 146, 257, 418; etymology, 419 Calx Jovis, 425; ii, 283 Lunæ, ii, 283 meaning of, ii, 283 Mercurii, ii, 283 Saturnii, ii, 283 Camphor, use in medicine, 109; synthetic, ii, 269 Canterbury bells as remedy, 184 Cantharides as gout remedy, 216 Capers, use in East, 74 Caput mortuum, ii, 283 Carbonic acid gas, discovered, 259 Cardinal’s powder, ii, 97 Carduus Benedictus, Shakespearian reference, ii, 73 Carminative, etymology, ii, 283 Spirit of Sylvius, 337 Cassia, introduction of, 105 Castor oil, used by Dioscorides, 210; notes on, ii, 89; picture of plant, ii, 90; early uses, ii, 90; treatise on, ii, 92; etymology, ii, 93. _See also_ Ricinus. Castorum, early use, 217 Cat, medicinal use, ii, 13 Cataplasm, etymology, ii, 283 Catholica, meaning of, ii, 283 Caustic potash formulæ, 325 Caventou discovers quinine, 274. _See also_ Pelletier Celsus, on Egyptian medicine, 35; writings, 90 Centaurs, fable, 15 Centaury, etymology, 14; figure of, 25 Ceratum, ii, 127 de Lapide calaminari, ii, 158 lithargyri, 400 Cerates, meaning of, ii, 283 Cereirsiæ, ii, 283 Ceruse, ii, 284. _See also_ White lead. of antimony, ii, 284 Chamberlain’s restorative pills, 421 Chamberlen’s necklaces, ii, 170 Chamomile, use in medicine, 125 Chambre ardente enquiry, ii, 236 Chaptal, French chemist, 281 Charas, French chemist, 279 Charms, dragon’s blood as, 32; use of, 157, 171. _See also_ Talismans Charles II, prescription for, ii, 6; ii, 182 Chaucer on physicians, 133 Chelbanah, 56 Chelsea Pensioner, origin, ii, 123; formula, ii, 124 Chemistry, Patin on, 243; Boerhaave’s definition, 323; debt of pharmacy to, 323 Chemists and Druggists origin, 154. _See also_ Apothecaries _and_ Pharmacists Chenopodium Botrys, old name, 22 Chloral hydrate, preparation, ii, 272 Chloric ether, ii, 252 Chlorine, discovery, 269 Chloroform anæsthesia, discovery of, ii, 251; ii, 272 Cholera, Heraclides’s remedy, 89 Chinchon, Countess of, ii, 94; ii, 102 Ching’s Worm Lozenges, ii, 166 Chin-Nong herbal, 287 Chiron, knowledge of simples, 14 Christ, meaning of, 60 Chromium, discovery, 271 Churchill, Dr., introduces hypophosphites, 307 Cibus Celestus, ii, 31 Cinchona, discovery of, ii, 93; how its virtues were discovered, ii, 94; first used in Europe, ii, 95; opposition to using, ii, 95; Talbor employs, ii, 97; tincture of, ii, 100; derivation of word, ii, 102; introduction, ii, 104