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 Dropsy cured by touch, 299

Drug, etymology, ii, 287

Drug-inspection, 138; ii, 17

Drug-trade, development, 138

Drugs as charms, ii, 75; in Ebers's papyrus, 40; in Bible, 53; mentioned by Hippocrates, 77

Dschondisabour, medical college at, 101, 103

Dublin Pharmacopœias, ii, 69

Dudaim, identity of, 20, 49

Duke of Portland's powder, 215, 309; ii, 125

Dumas, French chemist, 286; theory of substitution, ii, 259

Dumeril, French physician, 276

Duncan and Flockhart's chloroform, ii, 253

Dutch Drops, origin of, ii, 176

Dysentery, ipecacuanha as remedy, ii, 114

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Ear-ache, early remedies, 45, 130

Earl of Warwick's powder, 308, 383, 420

Earthworms as remedy, ii, 11, ii, 12

Eaton's styptick, ii, 163

Eau des Carmes, origin, ii, 178; formula, ii, 179 Divine de Fernel, 414 de Luce, 338; inventor, 339 de Lusse, 339 Medicinale d'Husson, ii, 67, ii, 182 de la Reine d'Hongrie, 297

Ebers' papyrus, 36; described, 37; photograph, 41; date, 48

Ebn-Izak, translator of Greek works, 105

Ecclesiasticus, author, 47; medical aphorisms, 47

Eclegma, ii, 288

Ecussons, ii, 288

Edinburgh Pharmacopœias, ii, 69

Edulcorate, ii, 288

Edward the Confessor treats scrofula, 299, 300

Elements, old theories, 174

Elemi ointment, origin, ii, 133

Egrea, daughter of Æsculapius, 11

Egypt, medicine in, 34, 46; conquest, 98

Egyptiacum. See Ægyptiacum

Egyptian papyri, medical, 36

Electron, as poison test, ii, 231

Electrum, 40

Electuarium de Gemmis, ii, 35 Electuary, etymology, ii, 288 of Alexander of Tralles, 216

Elemi ointment, invention, ii, 133

Elixir of Alves, origin, ii, 57 etymology, ii, 288 of Garus, ii, 57 of Long Life, 390 Proprietatis, ii, 57 of vitriol, 375

Elizabeth, Queen, medical knowledge, 295

Emeralds, used in medicine, ii, 34

Emetic cups, 385

Emetic tartar, preparation, 380; invention, 382; uses, 383

Emetine, discovery of, ii, 248

Empedocles, theory of elements, 174

Empirics, old sect, 89; leader of, 217

Emplastra, ii, 289

Emplastrum Commune, ii, 129 vigonium, 410

Empyreal gas, 269

Emulsion, etymology, ii, 289

Enchrista, ii, 289

Enema, ii, 290

Enoch, book of, 4

Ens, ii, 290

Epidaurus, temple of, 11

Epilepsy, remedies, 134, 166, 200, 214 charm, 247, 294, 307

Epithema, ii, 290

Epithemation, ii, 290

Epsom, medicinal springs, 340 salts, introduction, 340

Erfurt discovers aniline, ii, 263

Errhines, ii, 290

Erythræa Centaurium, 25

Erzalaum, 427

Essenes practise medicine, 50

Essential oils, prepared by Paracelsus, 246

Ether, early references, 347; first made, 347; investigated, 347; old names, 348; chemical nature, 348; as anæsthetic, ii, 249; preparation, ii, 271

Ethiops Antimoniale, 351 gommeux, 350 magnesium, 350 Martial, 350, 398; ii, 311 Mineral, 350 origin of, 350 saccharine, 350

Ethiopic pills, 351

Everlasting pills, 381

Excreta, used in medicine, 40; ii, 5, ii, 7, ii, 8, ii, 9