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 Aloes wood, Biblical references, 63

Alquimesci oil, 110

Aludels, ii, 280

Aluka, 70

Alum, early uses, 331; first factories, 332; discovered in Yorkshire, 333; composition investigated, 333; symbol, ii, 309

Aluminium, first made, 333

Amalgam, ii, 280

Amalgama Jovis, 425

Amaranth, meaning of, 22

Ambix, 328

Ambrosia, identity of, 22

Ambrosial elixir, 26

Amen, 6

Ammon, 6

Ammonia, made from bones, 263; history, 334; etymology, 334; composition, 337

Ammoniacum, etymology, 334

Ammoniated Tincture of Quinine, origin of, ii, 153

Ammonium acetate solution, 132

Amphide salts, 326

Amphora, ii, 280

Amulets for preventing disease, 162. See also Charms

Anæsthetic, mysterious, ii, 254

Anæsthetics, discovery, ii, 248

Analeptica, ii, 280

Anderson, Dr. P., portrait, ii, 168; publication, ii, 168; invents pills, ii, 169

Anderson's Scots Pills, origin of, ii, 168; formulæ, ii, 169

Andreas, author, 182

Andromachus's theriakon, 90; ii, 20; ii, 42

Anethon in Bible, 71

Anglicanus's "Compendium of Medicine," 132

Aniline, discovery of, ii, 263

Animal magnetism, 199 medicines, 89, 127; ii, 1; ii, 2 oil, ii, 25

Animals, mythical, 26

Aniseed, magical plant, 18 oil, use of, 247

Anne, Queen, cures by touch, 301

Anodyne necklaces, ii, 170

Anointing oil, 38, 50, 55; formula, 59

Anointment, ii, 280

Antidotary, meaning, ii, 280 of Nicolas Prepositus, 116 of Nicolas Myrepsus, 219

Antidote, meaning, ii, 281

Antidotos ex duobus, 215, 310 Antidotum Acharistos, 220

Antidotum Adrianum, 288 Andromachus, 292 Mithridatum, 289; absurdities of, 290; Galen on, 292 Podagrica, 310 Pythagoras, 18

Anthony, Francis, panacea of, 391; epitaph, 393

Antifebrin, discovery, ii, 273

Anti-hecticum poterii, 425

Antimony, introduction, 224, 226, 227; used by Paracelsus, 243; early use in medicine, 376; etymology, 377; alchemists, researches on, 379; compounds of, 227, 378, 380; controversy, 383; symbol, ii, 309

Antimony cups, 385 sulphide, 326, 378, 382

Antipyrin, discovery, ii, 274

Anthropomorphon, 20

Antiseptic vinegar, ii, 56

Apollo, god of medicine, 6; portrait, 7; banished from Olympia, 8; Apollo and Daphne myth, 9, 33

Apotheca, meaning, 117

Apothecary, Biblical mention, 50

Apothecary's duty defined, 155

Apothecary, picture of, ii, 81 in "Romeo and Juliet," ii, 77 versions, ii, 78; ii, 79; ii, 80

Apothecaries' Jewish Guild, 51 become physicians, 152 charges, 149, 150 curriculum, 122 during the Plague, 149 early references, 142 oath, 122 Shakespearian references, ii, 70; ii, 71; ii, 77

Society, arms, 9, 31; motto, 10; incorporation, 144, 256; drug-inspection, ii, 17; weights as metaphor, ii, 71. See also Chemists and Pharmacists

Apothek, derivation, 95

Apoplexy, remedy, 133

Apozem of Epsom Salts, 345

Apozems, meaning, ii, 281; ii, 299

Aqua aluminosa, 346 ardens, 223, 328 arthritica, ii, 8 kali Puri, 325 Luccana, 339 Lulliana, 348 mirabilis, ii, 281 Omnium Florum, ii, 8 Phagadænica, 414