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 Pharmacy, myths, 1; origin, 1; patron saints, 19; in Pharaoh's time, 34; in the Bible, 46; old use of word, 52; identity with sorcery, 52; Hippocrates on, 86; separation from medicine, 91; Arabian, 97; in East, 100; in Northern Europe, 115; edict to regulate, 117; Beckmann on, 118; concessions, origin, 119; in Saxon England, 124; animal substances in, ii, 1; Shakespearian reference, ii, 70; progress in 19th century, ii, 243

Pharmaka, use by Homer, 52

Pharmakeia, 52, 92

Pharmakeuein, 93

Pharmakoi, use of, 52

Pharmakon, 93

Phenacetin, discovery, ii, 273

Phillips, P. L., critic, ii, 68

Philon, 91

Philonium, inventor, 91; formulæ, ii, 39, ii, 40, ii, 41

Philosopher's stone, 106, 363

Philosophic egg, 379

Phlogiston theory, 176

Phœnix, as alchemists sign, 26; legends of, 27; Biblical references, 27; longevity, 27

Phosphor paste, 368

Phosphorus, Hanckwitz's advertisement, 142; etymology, 360; discovery, 363; made in London, 365; medical use, 365; prepared from bones, 365; dose, 367; solubility, 368; symbol, ii, 309

Phthisis, Rhazes's treatment, 106

Phylacteries, protect from evil, 161

Physicians, as priests, 35; Biblical references, 46; Pope on, 148; fees, 151; Valentine on, 227

Pigmentarii, 94

Pike's itch ointment, ii, 165

Pil cocciæ, origin, ii, 292

Pil cochiæ, origin, ii, 152, ii, 292

Pil Rufi, origin, ii, 140

Pills, gilding introduced, 109; origin, ii, 292, ii, 297; silvering introduced, 109, 423

Pilula saponis composita, origin, ii, 153

Pilulæ Communes, ii, 140 Ethiopicæ, ii, 153 Lunares, 423 Pacificæ, ii, 154 Perpetuæ, 381 Pestilentiales, ii, 140

Piperine, synthetic, ii, 266 Pissaeleum, 328

Pitt's "Crafts and Frauds of Physic Exposed," 149

Plague remedy, 224

Planets, as aids to prescribing, 187

Plantain, Shakespearian reference, ii, 74

Plasters, Aetius on, 215

Pleurisy, old remedy, 81

Pliny, death, 90

Plough, inventor, 288

Plummer, Dr. A., note on, ii, 153 Æthiops Medicinalis, 382 pills, 351; origin, ii, 153 powder, 382

Pocula Emetica, 385

Podalirus, son of Æsculapius, 11

Poisoners, famous, ii, 230

Poison, antidotes, ii, 34, ii, 49, ii, 221, ii, 237, ii, 289 origin of word, ii, 297 register introduced, 123

Poisoning, delayed, ii, 223 detecting. See Toxicology punishment, ii, 230

Poisons, in Bible, ii, 222; history of, ii, 220; used in Rome, ii, 223; in ancient times, ii, 225; in Middle Ages, ii, 227

Polychrest, 369, 371; ii, 198, ii, 297

Polyidus, magician, 13

Pomatum, ii, 298

Pomegranates, Biblical reference, 72

Pompholyx, 209, 407, 427

Poppy, in Saxon times, 126; as remedy, 184; Shakespearian reference, ii, 75

Poppies, syrup, origin, ii, 116

Populeum, ii, 298

Porta, medical author, 183

Portland powder, 215, 309; ii, 125

Posca, 71

Potassium nitrate. See Nitre sulphate, synonyms, 371

Potato, popularising, 273

Potio Laxativa Viennensis, ii, 121

Potion Noire Anglaise, ii, 122

Poudre des Chartres, secret purchased, 319, 381

Poultice, papyrus formula, 40; etymology, ii, 298

Powder de Gutteta, ii, 6 of Projection, 379 Saturn, 407

Precious stones, medical use, ii, 32

Precipitatus per se, 416

Prepositus's Antidotary, 116

Prescribing by chemists, limitation, 155