Salt, etymology of, 325 of the Holy Apostles, 220 of many virtues, 369 of Mars, 398 of St. Luke, 220 of tartar, 326, 371, 372 of wisdom, 417; ii, 279 of wormwood, 326. _See also_ Sal _and_ Sel Saltpetre, _See_ nitre Salpêtrière Asylum, why so-called, 359 “Sardonic grin,” origin of expression, ii, 226 Sarsaparilla, introduction, ii, 118; medical use, ii, 118; etymology, ii, 119; decoctions, ii, 154 Savory’s Seidlitz Powders, ii, 156; ii, 167 Saxifrage as remedy, 184 Saxon pharmacy, 124 Scammony powder, 308 Schacht’s liquor bismuthi, 387 Scheele, biography, 266; statue, 267; investigations, 268; pharmacy, 269; medallion, 276 Schönbein discovers pyroxylin, 340 Schwalbach mineral springs, 403 Schwanberg’s fever powder, ii, 191 Scorpion grass, 184 Scrofula, etymology, 299; cramprings for, 303; burnt sponge for, 353. _See also_ King’s Evil Scruple sign, origin, ii, 300 Scutum, ii, 298 Sea-sickness, early remedy, 126 Seba, naturalist, 278 Seed of gold, 389 Seguin discovers morphine, ii, 244 Seidlitz powders, origin, ii, 156; patent, ii, 167 Seignette’s salt, 372; ii, 197 Sel de Duobus, 371; ii, 198 Essentiel de quinquina, ii, 246 Narcotique de Derosne, ii, 244 de Seignette, 372; ii, 197 Seneca oil, 359 Senna, introduction, 105, 218 Seplasia, 94 Seplasiarii, 94 Serapion of Alexandria (or The Elder), 109; epilepsy remedy, 166, 217 The Younger, 110 Serenus, Roman physician, 164 Sertürner discovers morphine, ii, 244 Serullas, French chemist, 282 “Seven metals,” ii, 304 Sévigné, Marquise de, portrait, 192 Shakespearian references, 20, 30; ii, 70 Sheba, Queen of, 54 Sheben, identity, 42 Shekel, ancient weight, 59 Signatures, doctrine of, 183 “Signet star of philosophy,” 225 Silphion, introduction, 16 Silver, medical uses, 422; symbol, ii, 306, 307, 310 nitrate, first use, 105, 423; made into sticks, 424 Simpson, J. G., uses anæsthetics, ii, 251; portrait, ii, 253 Sinapisms, ii, 298 Singleton’s eye ointment, ii, 126, 199 Skin, as a charm, 173 Skull oil, 247 Skulls, medical uses, 248; ii, 5, 6 Sleep promoting, 128, 138 Sloane, Sir Hans, edits P.L. 1721, ii, 65 Small-pox, first mention, 104; early treatment, 130, 169, 186; ii, 130 Smegma, ii, 298 Snails as remedy, ii, 11 Snake-venom antidotes, 112; immunity, ii, 239 Soap, Biblical reference, 70, 324 Soap liniment, origin of, ii, 150 Society of apothecaries. _See_ Apothecaries’ Society Soda tartarata, ii, 197 Sodium carbonate, Biblical reference, 70 Solar elixir, ii, 311 Solecism, derivation, 207