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 Hydrochloric acid. See Spirit of salt

Hydrocyanic acid. See Prussic acid

Hydrophobia, poem on, 224

Hygeia, daughter of Æsculapius, 11

Hyoscyamus, etymology, ii, 276. See also Henbane

Hypnotic Powder of Jacobi, 350

Hypophosphites, medical use, 367

Hyssop, Biblical reference, 64; Dioscorides on, 209

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Icy Noctiluca, 365

Incense, 38, 50; etymology, 55; Biblical formula, 55, 57; Catholic formula, 58

Infant's skin as a charm, 173

Infusions, introduction of, ii, 290

Infusum Gentianæ Co., origin, ii, 291

Insane root, 21; Shakespearian reference, ii, 72

Iodine discovery, 351

Iodoform, first prepared, 353

Ipecacuanha, history, ii, 114; medical use, ii, 114; dose, ii, 115

Iron citrate, introduction, 405 iodide, 405 perchloride as secret remedy, 322 phosphate, 405 reduced by hydrogen, 404

Iron, as remedy, 12, 187, 217, 397; varieties, 398; in the blood, 398; Sydenham and Willis on, 399; pharmaceutical preparations, 402, 403, 404, 405; symbol, ii, 307; ii, 310 sulphate, medical use, 108 syrups, various, 405 tincture, 404

Isis founder of medicine, 2, 34; invocation to, 38 tears, name for Vervain, 35.

Isotheos, ancient nostrum, 215

Israelite medicine, 46

Itch, treatment, 130, 201 history, 202 theories, 203 cause, 204 van Helmont contracts, 258, 420

Ivy, called Osiris, 35

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Jacobi's powder, 350

Jamblicus, writings of, 5 James Dr., portrait, ii, 187

James's analeptic pills, ii, 165; ii, 189

James's powder, first official, ii, 67; patent, ii, 164; origin, ii, 187; ii, 191; patent, ii, 188; imitations, ii, 190

Jaso, daughter of Æsculapius, 11

Jesuits' bark, ii, 97. See also Cinchona drops, ii, 135

Jews, belief in charms, 160; medicines of, 48; object to bitter flavours, 48, 64

John of Gaddesden, 134; small-pox cure, 169, 186

John xxi, medical author, 294

Johnson, Dr., touched for scrofula, 301

Johnson's Golden Ointment, ii, 199

Jonah's gourd, 66

Julep, etymology, 103; ii, 291

Juniper, Biblical reference, 65

Jussieu, French botanist, 284

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Kadolikoi, 95

Kakhal, 327

Katapotia, 86; ii, 283, ii, 291

Kekulé's structural formulas, ii, 261; portrait, ii, 262

Kermes, etymology, ii, 50; what it is, ii, 50; uses, ii, 51 Mineral, invention, 381; medicinal uses, 381

Kesebt, identity of, 42

Ketorah, meaning of, 55

Kik, Gerard's reference, 67

Kiki, ii, 90

King's Evil, cured by touch, 298; Shakespearian reference, ii, 72. See also Scrofula

Kohol, 378

Kopopoloi, 95

Koran as Arab literature, 98

Kousso, introduction, ii, 115; tapeworm, remedy, ii, 115

Krabadin, earliest pharmacopœia, 103

Kunckel's, portrait, 362; Bologna stone, 363; luminous pills, 365

Kurella, Dr., note on, ii, 148

Kyanol, ii, 263

Kyphi, sacred perfume, 45

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La Mère Thecle's ointment, 407

La Mothe's Golden Drops, 321, 404