Ferruginous waters, effect of, 403 Fever, Rhazes’s treatment, 106; charm for, 107; cinchona for, ii, 95 Fig poultice, 46, 73 Fig tree in Bible, 73 Flies in ointment, quotation, 51 Fioraventi’s Balsam, ii, 173 “Fire-air,” 269 Fire-stone, 360 Fistula paste, Ward’s, ii, 214 “Fixed air,” 357 Flake’s anti-hæmorrhoidal ointment, 425 Flores martis, 398 zinci, 427 Flos cœlorum, 375 Flückiger and Hanbury’s “Pharmacographia,” ii, 86 Fluoric acid, discovery, 268 Folk-lore, superstitious, 168 Ford’s Balsam of Horehound, ii, 167 Forget-me-not, old name, 185 Formic acid, synthetic, ii, 257 Fourcroy, French chemist, 285 Four officinal capitals, ii, 37 Four Thieves’ Vinegar, ii, 56 Fowler’s Solution of Arsenic, ii, 133; original recipe, ii, 134 Fowler, T., biography, ii, 133; publication, ii, 134 Fox, medical uses, 127 Foxes’ lungs, as remedy, ii, 1; ii, 11 Fox-glove. _See_ Digitalis France, pharmacy ordinances, 121 Frankincense, source, 56 Frankland’s theory of valency, ii, 260 Frascator, Jerome, biography, 223 Frederick II, pharmacy edict, 117 French disease, 413. _See also_ syphilis Friar’s Balsam, origin of, ii, 135 Frier’s Drops, ii, 136; ii, 165 Fritzsche’s aniline, ii, 263 Furies, propitiating, 167 G Galbanum, Biblical reference, 56 Gallitzenstein, 427 Galvani’s experiments, ii, 167 Gale’s Spa Elixir, ii, 165 Galen, theory of humours, 178; biography, 210; infallibility, 210; bust, 211; portrait, 211; influenced by dreams, 212; medical fame, 214; works, 214; criticised, 216 Galen’s ceratum lithargyri, 406 cold cream, ii, 65; ii, 127 confection, ii, 42 Hiera, ii, 139 pil. cochia, ii, 152 Garth’s “Dispensary,” 151 Garus’s elixir, ii, 57 Gas, invention of word, 260; ii, 290 “Gas sylvestre,” 260, 357 Gascoyne’s powder, ii, 19 Gay-Lussac, French chemist, 284 Geber, chemical discoveries, 102, 105 Gentian, discovery of, 288 Gentius, King of Illyria, 288 Geoffrey, French physician, 278 Gerard’s Herbal quoted, 67 Gerhardt, French chemist, 283 Germany, pharmacy ordinances, 120 Gilead, Balm of. _See_ Balm of Gilead Gilead, where situated, 54 Gilla vitrioli, 374; ii, 290 Girandeau, syphilis remedy, 415; prosecuted, 416 Glaser’s sal Polychrest, 371; makes silver nitrate sticks, 424 Glauber, biography, 260; chemical discoveries, 261; bust, 262; invents Kermes mineral, 381; Kermes, secret purchased, 319; discovers spirit of salt, 369 Glauber’s salts, discovery, 261 Glaucus, restored to life, 13 Glucinium, discovery, 271 Glycerin, discovery, 270 Glyster, ii, 290