Hippocrates, drugs mentioned by, 77; biography, 84; portrait, 85; as pharmacist, 91; doctrines, 100, 101, 178; theory of cures, 183; theories attacked, 217 Hippocrates’s sleeve, ii, 294 Hoffmann’s anodyne, 348; ii, 67 Hofmann, A. W. von, researches, ii, 263; portrait, ii, 264 “Holland oil,” ii, 255 Homberg’s weather figures, 364; narcotic salt, 374 Homologues, discovery, ii, 259 Honey, medical uses, 245; ii, 30; preparations, ii, 31 Hooper’s Female Pills, ii, 163 Horehound, early use, 210 Horse leech, Biblical mention, 70 Horus, discoverer of medicine, 3 Houel, founder of Paris School of Pharmacy, 285 Hoy’s salt, 345 Humours, doctrine of, 178 Hungary Powder, ii, 35 Hungary, Queen of, invents rosemary water, 296; origin of formula, 298 Huxham, J., biography, ii, 100; portrait, ii, 101; “Essay on Fevers,” ii, 101 Huxham’s tincture, ii, 67; ii, 100, 102 Hyacinth confection, ii, 34 Hydrargyrum, derivation, 408 Hydrochloric acid. _See_ Spirit of salt Hydrocyanic acid. _See_ Prussic acid Hydrophobia, poem on, 224 Hygeia, daughter of Æsculapius, 11 Hyoscyamus, etymology, ii, 276. _See also_ Henbane Hypnotic Powder of Jacobi, 350 Hypophosphites, medical use, 367 Hyssop, Biblical reference, 64; Dioscorides on, 209 I Icy Noctiluca, 365 Incense, 38, 50; etymology, 55; Biblical formula, 55, 57; Catholic formula, 58 Infant’s skin as a charm, 173 Infusions, introduction of, ii, 290 Infusum Gentianæ Co., origin, ii, 291 Insane root, 21; Shakespearian reference, ii, 72 Iodine discovery, 351 Iodoform, first prepared, 353 Ipecacuanha, history, ii, 114; medical use, ii, 114; dose, ii, 115 Iron citrate, introduction, 405 iodide, 405 perchloride as secret remedy, 322 phosphate, 405 reduced by hydrogen, 404 Iron, as remedy, 12, 187, 217, 397; varieties, 398; in the blood, 398; Sydenham and Willis on, 399; pharmaceutical preparations, 402, 403, 404, 405; symbol, ii, 307; ii, 310 sulphate, medical use, 108 syrups, various, 405 tincture, 404 Isis founder of medicine, 2, 34; invocation to, 38 tears, name for Vervain, 35 Isotheos, ancient nostrum, 215 Israelite medicine, 46 Itch, treatment, 130, 201 history, 202 theories, 203 cause, 204 van Helmont contracts, 258, 420 Ivy, called Osiris, 35 J Jacobi’s powder, 350 Jamblicus, writings of, 5 James Dr., portrait, ii, 187 James’s analeptic pills, ii, 165; ii, 189 James’s powder, first official, ii, 67; patent, ii, 164; origin, ii, 187; ii, 191; patent, ii, 188; imitations, ii, 190