Oenomeli, ii, 296 Oesypus, ii, 296 Oil of Ants, ii, 14 Bricks, how prepared, ii, 55; medical uses, ii, 55 Eggs, prepared by Paracelsus, 247 Harts’ horns, ii, 25 Peter, 360 Puppies, ii, 11 Tartar, preparing, 132; uses of, 247, 372; ii, 286 Vitriol, 373 Wax, ii, 31 Wine, discovery, 263 Ointments, ii, 296. _See also_ Unguentum Old age, Ecclesiastes symbolism, 76 Oleum Benedictum, ii, 55 Divinum, ii, 55 Dulce Paracelsi, 348 Philosophorum, ii, 55 Sanctum, ii, 55 Vitrioli Dulce, 347; ii, 271. _See also_ Oil of Wine Olibanum, source, 56 Olive oil, uses, 58 Onguent de la Mère, 407 Onions as remedy, 49, 50 Onycha in Bible, 57 Opiates, ii, 296 Opium used by Paracelsus, 243; history, ii, 116; medical uses, ii, 117; active principle, ii, 243 Opobalsamum, 53 Opodeldoc, origin, ii, 148; derivation, ii, 148; originally a plaster, ii, 149 Oribasius, medical author, 214 Origanum Dictamnus, 26 Orthrine, ii, 258 Osiris, illustration, 3; name for ivy, 35 Ounce sign, origin, ii, 300 Oxalic acid, synthetic, ii, 257 Oxycroceum, ii, 297 Oxygen, discovery, 269; why so called, 324 Oxymels, ii, 31 P Pachius’s Hiera, ii, 140 Palma Christi, 68; ii, 89, ii, 92 Palsy Drops, ii, 146 Panacea, daughter of Æsculapius, 11 Holsatica, 371 Mercurialis, 419 Panchrest, ii, 297 Panchymagogon, 419; ii, 297 Pandects of Physic, 104 Pantopoloi, 95 Papyri, medical and pharmaceutical, 36 Papyrus Ebers, 36; described, 37; photograph, 40; prescriptions in, 41, 42; date, 48 Paracelsus, theory of elements, 174; “sympathetic ointment,” 188, 190; biography, 230; education, 232; boastfulness, 233; epitaph, 236; character, 237; Browning’s poem on, 239; Butler on, 240; mysticism, 240; chemical observations, 241; drugs used by, 243; portraits, 247, 248, 249, 250; “Archidoxa Medicinæ,” 390; “Catholicon,” 414; “Zebethum Occidentale,” ii, 9 Paré’s experiment, ii, 229 Paregoric Elixir, origin, ii, 151; formula for, ii, 151; etymology, ii, 151 Paris, apothecary edicts, 122 Paris School of Pharmacy, 270, 285 Parmentier, biography, 272 Pastilli, ii, 299 Patent Medicines, origin of, ii, 161 Patents, why granted, ii, 161 Pearls, use of, in medicine, ii, 33 Pectoral Powder, ii, 148 Pedilavium, ii, 297 Pelican, ii, 297 Pelletier, discovers quinine, 274; ii, 247; portrait, 275; discovers other alkaloids, ii, 248 Pelouze, French pharmacist, 283 Peon, identified with Apollo, 7 Peony, use by Saxons, 126; promotes dentition, ii, 171