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 Aqua Sancti Luciæ, 339 Temperata, 348 Tufania, ii, 235 Vitæ, early use, 223, 329; Rhazes on, 107; Shakespearian reference, ii, 75; symbol, ii, 309; Hibernorum, ii, 65. See also alcohol vini, 329

Aquetta di Napoli, ii, 235

Aquila Alba, 419; ii, 281

Arab pharmacy, 97

Arabic names in pharmacy, 103

Arcanum Corallinum, 249 duplicatum, 355, 371; ii, 281 meaning of, 249; ii, 281 Tartari, ii, 281 Vitrioli, 398

Arcœus invents elemi ointment, ii, 133

Areometer, invention, 281

Arfwedson discovers lithium, 353

Argentum vivum, 408

Argile, 333

Archidoxa Medicinæ of Paracelsus, 390

Archigenes's Hiera, ii, 139

Aristes, medical discoveries, 16

Arithmetic, invention, 4

Armoniac, 334

Arnold of Villa Nova, 329

Arquebusade water, ii, 56

Arrow-poisoning, antiquity of, ii, 222

Arsenic, early use, 108; eaten in Styria, ii, 238; Marsh's test, ii, 241; symbol, ii, 309

Assassin, origin of word, ii, 226

Asclepiades, 79

Asparagin, isolation of, 275

Asphalt used in embalming, 359

Astronomy. See Starcraft

Athanasia, identity of, 22

Athanor, ii, 281

Atropa, sister of the Fates, 24

Atropine, discovery, ii, 248; synthetic, ii, 266

Attalus cultivates medicinal plants, 288

Aurum fulminans, 396 musivum, 424 Potabile, Anthony's formula, 392; Glauber's formula, 389, 390, 393; other recipes, 394, 395, 396; Shakespearian reference, ii, 74 vitæ, 414

Avenzoar of Seville, 110

Averrhoes of Cordova, 110 Avicenna's doctrines, 102; formulas, 103; biography, 108; writings, 109; portrait, 108; influence of, 117; introduces silvering pills, 423

B

Baaras, identity of, 21

Bacchus, ancient god, 5

Bacon, Roger, writings, 132; on aurum potabile, 390

Bagdad, foundation of, 100

Bain-Marie, ii, 282

Baktischwah, Persian physician, 104

Balanites Egyptiaca gum, 53

Balanoi, ii, 299

Balard, discovers bromine, 273, 339

Balm, etymology, ii, 281

Balm of Gilead, 49, 53; Galen on, 213; in mithridatum, 293; ii, 281

Balneum Mariæ, ii, 282

Balsam Arcœi, ii, 133

Balsam of bats, 257 etymology, ii, 281 of sulphur, 360; ii, 58

Barbadoes tar, 360

Barbarossa's mercurial pills, 411

Barley water, Hippocrates recommends, 87

Barytes, discovery, 269

Basilic powder, 420

Basilicon ointment, origin, ii, 282

Basilides, note on, 165

Bateman's pectoral drops, ii, 163

Baths, varieties, ii, 282

Baume du Chevalier de Saint Victor, ii, 136 du Commandeur de Permes, ii, 136 de Fioraventi, ii, 173 Tranquille, ii, 175 de Vie, ii, 176

Baumé, French chemist, 281

Bayen, French pharmacist, 276

Bdellium, identity of, 62

Bears' grease, use of, ii, 12

Beer, medicinal, ii, 283

Bell's "Historical Sketch of the Progress of Pharmacy," 150, 156

Belladonna, etymology, 24; old names, 25; uses, 25

Belloste's mercurial pills, 412

Benjamin, etymology, ii, 269

Benzoic acid, synthetic, ii, 268

Benzoyl, discovery, ii, 257

Berkeley, Bishop, portrait, 315; devises tar water, 316; publications, 316