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 Copper sulphate, early use, 108

Coral, use in medicine, 247; ii, 32

Cordova, 98; view of, 99

Cornachino's powder, 420

Corrosive sublimate, introduction, 105; for itch, 108; concession, 148; as syphilis remedy, 414; medical use, 421

Cos, temple of, 11

Cosmas, patron saint of pharmacy, 19

"Cotta contra Antonium," 391

Cough, old remedies, 90, 128

"Council of Ten" as poisoners, ii, 228

Coursus de Gangeland, 142

Courtois discovers iodine, 351

Cow-dung as a medicine, ii, 8

Crabs'-claws' powder, ii, 19

Crabs' eyes, 356

Cramp rings, 172, 294; antiquity of, 305; origin, 306; consecration, 306

Cream of tartar, investigated, 268, 371

Cress, use in medicine, 125

Crocomagma, ii, 285

Crocus Martis, 350, 398, ii, 284, ii, 285 meaning of, ii, 285 metallorum, ii, 285 veneris, ii, 285

Crollius, medical writer, 183, 185

Crucible, meaning, ii, 285

Cubebs, history, ii, 108; medicinal uses, ii, 108; ingredient in Mithridate, ii, 108; re-introduced, ii, 108

Cucupha, ii, 285

Cucurbit, ii, 285

Culpepper, Nicholas, 251; criticises P.L., 251; portrait, 252; house, 253; career, 253

Cusinier's syrup, ii, 155

Cyathus, meaning, ii, 285

D

Daffy, Rev. T., invents elixir, ii, 172

Damien, patron saint of pharmacy, 19

Damocrates, 91; Mithridatum, ii, 38; ii, 39

Dante, connection with pharmacy, 279

Daphnine, discovery of, ii, 245

Darsini, 219

David, King, electuary, 220

Davy, Sir Humphry, portrait, 284 Decocta, invention, ii, 285

Decoctum Aloes Co., origin, ii, 176

"Degrees" in diagnosis, 179

Deliquium, ii, 286

Demons as cause of disease, 158

Danaus's Collyrium, 215

Dephlogisticated air, 269

Derosne's salt, ii, 244

Despumation, ii, 286

Devil's claw, 57

D'Husson's Eau Medicinale, ii, 182; price, ii, 184; composition, ii, 184

Dia, meaning, ii, 286

Diabetes, papyrus remedy, 43

Diachylon plaster, invention, 91; ii, 127; first formula, ii, 128; etymology, ii, 128; ii, 286, 406

Diacodium, inventor, 90; etymology, ii, 287

Dia-kodion, origin, ii, 116

Diapente, etymology, ii, 287

Diaphoretic vitriol, 374

Diarrhœa, old remedies, 43, 294

Diascordium, 223; formula, ii, 41; ii, 287

Diatesseron, 310

Diet, Hippocrates on, 87; Aetius on, 215; Alexander of Trailles on, 217

Digby, Sir Kenelm, tooth-ache cure, 168; biography, 193; portrait, 194; tincture of gold, 395.

Digitalis, origin of name, ii, 109; medical history, ii, 109; book on, ii, 110

Dill, Biblical reference, 71; used by Saxons, 126

Dioscorides, 90; biography, 206 writings, 208, 209

Dippel's oil, ii, 25; uses, ii, 26

Diseases, transferring, 170

Distillation, antiquity of, 327

Distilled waters, 328

Distillers' Company, 148

Dittany, uses, 26

Dover, T., biography, ii, 129; "Ancient Physician's Legacy," ii, 131

Dover's powder, first official, ii, 67; ii, 115; origin, ii, 129; original formula, ii, 132

Drachm sign, origin, ii, 300

Draco Mitigatus, 419, 420

Dragon's blood, origin, 31

Dragon tree, figure of, 32

Dragons, Biblical references, 33

Drink cures, old, 130; ii, 12

Dropaxes, ii, 282; ii, 287