Cinchonidine, discovery, ii, 247 Cinchonine, discovery, ii, 247 Cinnabar as panacea, 421; confused with minium, 408 Circe, invention of poisons, ii, 221 Circulatores, 93 Circumforanei, 93 Citrine ointment, origin, ii, 125 Clement of Alexandria, writings, 37 “Closed ring” theory, ii, 261 Clyster, ii, 290 Cobwebs, for bleeding, ii, 73 Cocaine, synthetic, ii, 266 Cochineal insects, patent, ii, 162 Cochleare, meaning of, ii, 284 Codeine, discovery, 276; ii, 248 Coffee, introduction, 284 Cohal, 327 Cohobation, meaning of, ii, 284 Colcothar, ii, 284 Colchicum, virtues discovered, 17; introduction, ii, 182; ii, 221 wine, ii, 67 Cold cream, ii, 65; ii, 127 Collier de Morand, ii, 171 Collodion, discovery, 340 Collutories, ii, 284 Collyrium, ii, 284 Colical antidote of Nicostratus, 215 Colocynth, Biblical reference, 69 Comfrey, used by Saxons, 126 Commander’s Balsam, ii, 135 Compound liquorice powder, origin, ii, 148 soap pills, origin of, ii, 153 Confectio Anti-Epileptica, 248 piperis, origin of, ii, 210; ii, 214 Raleighana, 312, 313, 314 Confection of Alkermes, ii, 51 of Mithridates, 290 of opium, origin of, ii, 40 Confectionarii, 117 Coniine, synthetic, ii, 266 Conserves, ii, 285 Copper, Valentine’s method of preparing, 228; symbol, ii, 307; ii, 310 Copper sulphate, early use, 108 Coral, use in medicine, 247; ii, 32 Cordova, 98; view of, 99 Cornachino’s powder, 420 Corrosive sublimate, introduction, 105; for itch, 108; concession, 148; as syphilis remedy, 414; medical use, 421 Cos, temple of, 11 Cosmas, patron saint of pharmacy, 19 “Cotta contra Antonium,” 391 Cough, old remedies, 90, 128 “Council of Ten” as poisoners, ii, 228 Coursus de Gangeland, 142 Courtois discovers iodine, 351 Cow-dung as a medicine, ii, 8 Crabs’-claws’ powder, ii, 19 Crabs’ eyes, 356 Cramp rings, 172, 294; antiquity of, 305; origin, 306; consecration, 306 Cream of tartar, investigated, 268, 371 Cress, use in medicine, 125 Crocomagma, ii, 285 Crocus Martis, 350, 398, ii, 284, ii, 285 meaning of, ii, 285 metallorum, ii, 285 veneris, ii, 285 Crollius, medical writer, 183, 185 Crucible, meaning, ii, 285 Cubebs, history, ii, 108; medicinal uses, ii, 108; ingredient in Mithridate, ii, 108; re-introduced, ii, 108 Cucupha, ii, 285 Cucurbit, ii, 285 Culpepper, Nicholas, 251; criticises P.L., 251; portrait, 252; house, 253; career, 253 Cusinier’s syrup, ii, 155 Cyathus, meaning, ii, 285 D Daffy, Rev. T., invents elixir, ii, 172 Damien, patron saint of pharmacy, 19