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 Sodium carbonate, Biblical reference, 70

Solar elixir, ii, 311

Solecism, derivation, 207

Solomon's treatise on medicine, 49; magical secrets, 159 The Hebrew, 157

Soluble mercury, 418

"Solvent mineral," ii, 135

Somnus, god of sleep, 17

"Sons of God" legend, 3

Sorbito, ii, 299

Sorcery, identified with pharmacy, 52; held in esteem, 160

Sparadrap, ii, 299 de Vigo, 411

Specificum purgans, 244, 371

Spermaceti, medical use, ii, 28; derivation, ii, 29; Shakespearian reference, ii, 74

Spicerers' Guild, 139

Spiders, medical use, ii, 14

Spielman's Vermifuge Electuary, 426

Spikenard, value, 73; Biblical reference, 73; ointment, 73, 74

Spirit of nitrous ether, origin, 349; early formulæ, 349 of salt, Valentine describes, 228; discovery, 263, 369; medical uses, 369; properties, 370 of tartar, 372 of vitriol, 373, 374 of wine. See Alcohol.

Spiritus Ætheris Co., origin, 348 Ætheris Nitrosi. See Spirit of Nitrous Ether Ammoniæ Succinatus, 338 Ammoniæ Aromaticus, 335, 337 Mundi, 361 Nitri Dulcis. See Spirit of Nitrous Ether Salis Marini Glauberi. See Spirit of Salt Volatilis Oleosus, 335, 337 Vini Ethereus. See Ether Vitrioli Antepilepticus Paracelsi, 347

Spilsbury's Anti-scorbutic Drops, ii, 166

"Spot Ward," ii, 213

Spruce Dr., obtains cinchona seeds, ii, 105

Squill called Eye of Typhon, 35; vinegar, 18

Stacte, identity, 56, 63

Stahl's theory of the elements, 175; portrait, 176

Starcraft, Saxon, 124

Starkey's Pills, origin, ii, 154 Stationarii, 118

Steer's opodeldoc, ii, 150

Stephens's Cure for stone, 319; ii, 199; recipe, ii, 200

Sterling, derivation, 138

Stibium, See Antimony

Stimmi, 378

Stoughton's Cordial Elixir, ii, 162

Stramonium, history, ii, 119; introduction, ii, 120

Structural formulæ, ii, 261

Strychnine, discovery, ii, 248

Strychnos manikon, 25

Sublimation dulce, 419

Suffumenta, ii, 299

Suffumigia, ii, 299

Substitution theory, ii, 259

Sugar, arabic derivation, 103; a rarity, ii, 30

Sulphonal, preparation, ii, 272

Sulphur, symbol, ii, 309

Sulphuric acid, 373

Sun-stone, 361

Supplantalia, ii, 299

Suppositories, ii, 299

Swammerdam, Dutch anatomist, 285

Swediaur's pilula ferri, 351

Sweet spirit of nitre, See Spirit of Nitrous Ether

Sydenham, on iron, 399; portrait, 400; laudanum, ii, 143

Sylvius's Carminative Spirit, 337 salt, 336

Sympathetic egg, 190 ointment, 188, 189, 190; ii, 6 powder, 191 remedies, 187

Symbols, alchemical, ii, 304, ii, 308, ii, 309

Synthetic Remedies, ii, 256

Syphilis, book on, 224; Valentine's reference, 229; treatment, 243; mercury as cure, 409; origin, 413; early treatment, 413; guaiacum as cure, 414, ii, 112

Syrup, derivation, 103; ii, 299

T

Takkum gum, 53

Talbor's Tincture of Bark, 319

Talbor R., employs cinchona, 319; ii, 97 process, ii, 99

Talismans worn by Arabs, 163; universality, 171. See also Charms

Talmud, medicine in, 49

Tamarinds, introduction, 105, 218