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 Old age, Ecclesiastes symbolism, 76

Oleum Benedictum, ii, 55 Divinum, ii, 55 Dulce Paracelsi, 348 Philosophorum, ii, 55 Sanctum, ii, 55 Vitrioli Dulce, 347; ii, 271. See also Oil of Wine

Olibanum, source, 56

Olive oil, uses, 58

Onguent de la Mère, 407

Onions as remedy, 49, 50

Onycha in Bible, 57

Opiates, ii, 296

Opium used by Paracelsus, 243; history, ii, 116; medical uses, ii, 117; active principle, ii, 243

Opobalsamum, 53

Opodeldoc, origin, ii, 148; derivation, ii, 148; originally a plaster, ii, 149

Oribasius, medical author, 214

Origanum Dictamnus, 26

Orthrine, ii, 258

Osiris, illustration, 3; name for ivy, 35

Ounce sign, origin, ii, 300

Oxalic acid, synthetic, ii, 257

Oxycroceum, ii, 297

Oxygen, discovery, 269; why so called, 324

Oxymels, ii, 31

P

Pachius's Hiera, ii, 140

Palma Christi, 68; ii, 89, ii, 92

Palsy Drops, ii, 146

Panacea, daughter of Æsculapius, 11 Holsatica, 371 Mercurialis, 419

Panchrest, ii, 297

Panchymagogon, 419; ii, 297

Pandects of Physic, 104

Pantopoloi, 95

Papyri, medical and pharmaceutical, 36

Papyrus Ebers, 36; described, 37; photograph, 40; prescriptions in, 41, 42; date, 48

Paracelsus, theory of elements, 174; "sympathetic ointment," 188, 190; biography, 230; education, 232; boastfulness, 233; epitaph, 236; character, 237; Browning's poem on, 239; Butler on, 240; mysticism, 240; chemical observations, 241; drugs used by, 243; portraits, 247, 248, 249, 250; "Archidoxa Medicinæ," 390; "Catholicon," 414; "Zebethum Occidentale," ii, 9

Paré's experiment, ii, 229

Paregoric Elixir, origin, ii, 151; formula for, ii, 151; etymology, ii, 151

Paris, apothecary edicts, 122

Paris School of Pharmacy, 270, 285

Parmentier, biography, 272

Pastilli, ii, 299

Patent Medicines, origin of, ii, 161

Patents, why granted, ii, 161

Pearls, use of, in medicine, ii, 33

Pectoral Powder, ii, 148

Pedilavium, ii, 297

Pelican, ii, 297

Pelletier, discovers quinine, 274; ii, 247; portrait, 275; discovers other alkaloids, ii, 248

Pelouze, French pharmacist, 283

Peon, identified with Apollo, 7

Peony, use by Saxons, 126; promotes dentition, ii, 171

Pepperers' Guild, 139

Perfume, sacred, 45

Perfumer, Biblical reference, 50

Percapt, ii, 297

Periodeutes, 93, 94

Perkins's Metallic Tractors, 201; ii, 166

Perkin, W. H. discovers mauve, ii, 263

Peroxide of hydrogen, inventor, 282

Peruvian bark. See Cinchona

Pessary, ii, 297

Peter of Spain, medical author, 294

Petra Philosophale, ii, 174

Petroleum, medical uses, 131; early use, 359; synonyms, 360; medical use, 360 Barbadense, 360

Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain, foundation, 156

Pharmacies, State controlled, 103, 104

Pharmacist, the first, 12

Pharmacists, royal and noble, 287. See also Apothecaries and Chemists

Pharmacopeus, 93

Pharmacopœia, the earliest, 103; history of, ii, 59

Pharmacopolis, 92

Pharmacopoloi, 93

Pharmacotribæ, 95

Pharmacy Acts, various, 156