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 La Voisin, poisoner, ii, 236

Lac Virginis, ii, 136; ii, 292

Ladanum, Biblical reference, 64

Lana philosophica, 427

Lancaster Black Drop, ii, 145

Lang, Andrew on mythology, 33

Lapis Bezoar Occidentale, ii, 15 Infernalis, 424; ii. 292 Medicamentosus, ii, 292 Mirabilis, ii, 292

Laser. See Silphion

Laudanum, Paracelsus's, 243; Shakespearian reference, ii, 75; invention, ii, 142; recipes, ii, 142; etymology, ii, 143; various kinds, ii, 144

Laugier, French chemist, 282

Laune, Gideon de, 144; biography, 146; pills, 147

Lavoisier, French chemist, 281

Lavoisier defines salts, 326

Le Febre's "great cordial," 312; Baume de Vie, ii, 176

Lead, medical use, 406; preparations, 406; Goulard uses, 407; symbol, ii, 307, ii, 310

Lead plaster. See Diachylon

Lead solution, discovery, 265

Lebonah, meaning of, 55

Ledger, C., obtains cinchona seeds, ii, 105; annuity, ii, 107; portrait, ii, 107

Leechdoms, Saxon, 124

Leeches, Biblical mention, 70; first use of, ii, 139

Lemery, French pharmacist, 280; works, 281; Crocus Martis, 350; tincture of gold, 395

Lemnian earth, ii, 53; source, ii, 53; uses, ii, 54

Lenitive electuary, origin, ii, 146

Lepidus marinus, poison, ii, 226, ii, 227

Leucomaines, discovery, ii, 242

Levingstern, Epsom apothecary, 341

Libanos, meaning, 55

Liebig, portrait, 283; mistake of, 339

Lign-aloes, Biblical reference, 63

Lilium, Paracelsus's, 244

Limbeck, 328; etymology, ii, 279

Lime water, efficacy, 356

Linamentum, ii, 290

Linimentum camphoræ compositæ, origin, ii, 210, ii, 214

Lion, medical, use, ii, 12

Liquor Bismuthi, introduction, 387 Cranii Humani, ii, 5

Lisbon Diet Drink, ii, 155 Lisle's Powder for Fevers, ii, 191

Litharge, 406

Lithargyrum Argenti, 406 Auri, 406

Lithium discovery, 353; uses, 353

Liver complaint, ancient diagnosis, 39; old remedy, 288

Lixivium, 324 Saponarium, 325 Tartari, 372

Lizards' blood, 39

Locatelli's balsam, 32; ii, 159

Locusta, poisoner, ii, 224

Lohn's writing board, 163

London Pharmacopœia, the first, 103, 133; compiler, 146, 218, 256; criticised, 290, 418; formulæ, ii, 38, ii, 39, ii, 40, ii, 41; how prepared, ii, 60; contents, ii, 61; title-page, ii, 63; translation, ii, 67; formulæ, ii, 146

Long, Dr., ether anæsthetist, ii, 249

Long, St. John, biography, ii, 192; portrait, ii, 193; income, ii, 194; death, ii, 195

Long's Liniment, ii, 192, ii, 196

Looch, origin of word, ii, 292

Lozenges, ii, 299

Luban, meaning of, 56

Luce, Lille pharmacist, 339

Lully, Raymond, biography, 221; portrait, 222; on aqua vitæ, 329

Luminous pills, 365

Lunar caustic, ii, 311

Luna fixata, 428.

Lupus Metallorum, 379

Lydgate, note on, ii, 286

M

Maceration, ii, 292

Machaon, son of Æsculapius, 11

Macquer, French chemist, 277; arsenical salt, 277

Madder, used by Saxons, 126

Magdaleo, meaning of, ii, 292

Magic and medicine, 2, 157

Magistery of Bismuth, ii, 293 of Human skull, ii, 6 meaning of, ii, 293 of Saturn, 407

Magma, ii, 293

Magnes Arsenicalis, ii, 293

Magnesia, medical use, 354; preparation, 354; etymology, 354; confused with manganese, 355; in mineral springs, 355; Black, on, 356 of Gold, 355