Jaso, daughter of Æsculapius, 11 Jesuits’ bark, ii, 97. _See also_ Cinchona drops, ii, 135 Jews, belief in charms, 160; medicines of, 48; object to bitter flavours, 48, 64 John of Gaddesden, 134; small-pox cure, 169, 186 John xxi, medical author, 294 Johnson, Dr., touched for scrofula, 301 Johnson’s Golden Ointment, ii, 199 Jonah’s gourd, 66 Julep, etymology, 103; ii, 291 Juniper, Biblical reference, 65 Jussieu, French botanist, 284 K Kadolikoi, 95 Kakhal, 327 Katapotia, 86; ii, 283, ii, 291 Kekulé’s structural formulas, ii, 261; portrait, ii, 262 Kermes, etymology, ii, 50; what it is, ii, 50; uses, ii, 51 Mineral, invention, 381; medicinal uses, 381 Kesebt, identity of, 42 Ketorah, meaning of, 55 Kik, Gerard’s reference, 67 Kiki, ii, 90 King’s Evil, cured by touch, 298; Shakespearian reference, ii, 72. _See also_ Scrofula Kohol, 378 Kopopoloi, 95 Koran as Arab literature, 98 Kousso, introduction, ii, 115; tapeworm, remedy, ii, 115 Krabadin, earliest pharmacopœia, 103 Kunckel’s, portrait, 362; Bologna stone, 363; luminous pills, 365 Kurella, Dr., note on, ii, 148 Kyanol, ii, 263 Kyphi, sacred perfume, 45 L La Mère Thecle’s ointment, 407 La Mothe’s Golden Drops, 321, 404 La Voisin, poisoner, ii, 236 Lac Virginis, ii, 136; ii, 292 Ladanum, Biblical reference, 64 Lana philosophica, 427 Lancaster Black Drop, ii, 145 Lang, Andrew on mythology, 33 Lapis Bezoar Occidentale, ii, 15; Infernalis, 424; ii, 292; Medicamentosus, ii, 292; Mirabilis, ii, 292 Laser. _See_ Silphion Laudanum, Paracelsus’s, 243; Shakespearian reference, ii, 75; invention, ii, 142; recipes, ii, 142; etymology, ii, 143; various kinds, ii, 144 Laugier, French chemist, 282 Laune, Gideon de, 144; biography, 146; pills, 147 Lavoisier, French chemist, 281 Lavoisier defines salts, 326 Le Febre’s “great cordial,” 312; Baume de Vie, ii, 176 Lead, medical use, 406; preparations, 406; Goulard uses, 407; symbol, ii, 307, ii, 310 Lead plaster. _See_ Diachylon Lead solution, discovery, 265 Lebonah, meaning of, 55 Ledger, C., obtains cinchona seeds, ii, 105; annuity, ii, 107; portrait, ii, 107 Leechdoms, Saxon, 124 Leeches, Biblical mention, 70; first use of, ii, 139 Lemery, French pharmacist, 280; works, 281; Crocus Martis, 350; tincture of gold, 395 Lemnian earth, ii, 53; source, ii, 53; uses, ii, 54 Lenitive electuary, origin, ii, 146 Lepidus marinus, poison, ii, 226, ii, 227 Leucomaines, discovery, ii, 242 Levingstern, Epsom apothecary, 341