Chronicles of Pharmacy, Vol. 1 (of 2)

Name: Chronicles of Pharmacy, Vol. 1 (of 2)
Author: A. C. Wootton

by A. C. Wootton

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CHRONICLES OF PHARMACY
PREFACE
PUBLISHERS’ NOTE
CONTENTS
ILLUSTRATIONS
ERRATA VOL. I
MYTHS OF PHARMACY
THE INVENTORS OF MEDICINE
Hermes.
Bacchus, Ammon, and Zoroaster.
Apollo.
Æsculapius.
The Sons of Æsculapius.
The Daughters of Æsculapius
Prometheus.
Melampus.
Glaucus.
Chiron.
Achilles.
Aristes.
Medea.
Morpheus.
Pythagoras.
THE PATRON SAINTS OF PHARMACY.
FABLES OF PLANT MEDICINES.
Amaranth, Ambrosia, and Athanasia.
Myrrh.
Nepenthe.
Belladonna.
Centaury.
Mint.
Dittany.
MYTHICAL ANIMALS.
The Phœnix.
The Unicorn
The Dragon
THE SCIENCE OF MYTHOLOGY
II PHARMACY IN THE TIME OF THE PHARAOHS
III PHARMACY IN THE BIBLE
Medicines of the Jews.
The Apothecary
Pharmacy, Disgraceful.
DRUGS NAMED IN THE BIBLE.
Balm of Gilead
Incense.
Olive Oil.
Manna.
Bdellium.
Aloes Wood.
Myrrh.
Wormwood.
Hyssop.
Juniper.
Jonah’s Gourd.
The Wild Gourds
The Horse Leech
Nitre
Mustard Seeds
Vinegar.
Anethon.
Saffron
Pomegranates
The Poultice of Figs
Spikenard
Eastern Imagery
IV THE PHARMACY OF HIPPOCRATES.
Hippocrates.
V FROM HIPPOCRATES TO GALEN.
Pharmacy in the Roman Empire.
VI ARAB PHARMACY.
VII FROM THE ARABS TO THE EUROPEANS
VIII PHARMACY IN GREAT BRITAIN.
British Pharmacy in Saxon England.
Cress, Watercress (Nasturtium officinale).
Maythe (Anthemis nobilis).
Poppy (Papaver somniferum).
A Professed Translation.
Various Leechdoms.
Helias to Alfred.
Early English Medical Practice.
The Early English Drug Trade.
Bucklersbury.
A Chemist’s Advertisement in the Seventeenth Century.
The English Apothecaries.
Incorporation of the Apothecaries.
Contest between the Physicians and Apothecaries.
The Apothecaries Win.
The Apothecaries and the Chemists and Druggists.
IX MAGIC AND MEDICINE
Egyptian, Jewish, and Arabic Magic.
The Abracadabra Mystery.
Greek and Roman Magic.
English Folk-Lore Superstitions.
Transferring Diseases.
Witches’ Powers.
The Universal Tendency.
X DOGMAS AND DELUSIONS.
Elements and Phlogiston.
Humours and Degrees.
The Rosicrucians.
The Doctrine of Signatures
Metals and Precious Stones.
Sympathetic Remedies.
Animal Magnetism.
The Treatment of Itch.
XI MASTERS IN PHARMACY
Dioscorides.
Galen.
Oribasius.
Aetius.
Alexander of Tralles.
Mesuë and Serapion.
Nicolas Myrepsus.
Raymond Lully.
Frascator.
Basil Valentine.
Paracelsus: His Career.
His Character.
His Mysticism.
His Chemical and Pharmaceutical Innovations.
His Pharmacy.
Portraits of Paracelsus.
Nicholas Culpepper.
Turquet de Mayerne.
Van Helmont.
Glauber
Goulard.
Scheele.
A Pharmaceutical Pantheon.
XII ROYAL AND NOBLE PHARMACISTS.
Classical Legends.
Mithridatium.
A Pharmaceutical Pope.
Henry VIII (of England)
Queen Elizabeth of England
The Queen of Hungary’s Water.
The Royal Touch.—The King’s Evil.
Cramp Rings.
The Earl of Warwick’s Powder.
Duke of Portland’s Gout Powder.
Sir Walter Raleigh’s Great Cordial.
Tar Water as a Panacea.
Kings Buy Secret Remedies.
Nouffer’s Tapeworm Cure.
Bestucheff’s Tincture and La Mothe’s Golden Drops.
XIII CHEMICAL CONTRIBUTIONS TO PHARMACY
Acids, Alkalies, and Salts.
Alcohol.
Alum.
Ammonia.
Spiritus Ammoniæ Aromaticus
Bromine.
Collodion.
Epsom Salts.
Ether.
Spirit of Nitrous Ether.
Ethiops.
Iodine
Lithium.
Magnesia.
Nitre
Petroleum.
Phosphorus.
The Hypophosphites.
Sal Prunella
Sal Gemmæ.
Spirit of Salt.
Tartar.
Vitriol.
XIV MEDICINES FROM THE METALS
ANTIMONY.
The Etymology of Antimony.
Al-Kohol.
Alchemical Hopes of Antimony.
Antimonial Compounds.
Kermes Mineral.
Emetic Tartar.
Antimony Controversy.
Antimony Cups (Pocula Emetica)
BISMUTH.
GOLD.
Aurum Potabile.
Aurum Fulminans
IRON.
LEAD.
QUICKSILVER
Arabs used Mercury Medicinally.
Mercury prescribed internally.
Frictions and Fumigations.
Mercury a Remedy for Syphilis.
Vigo’s Plaster.
The First Mercurial Pills.
The Treatment of Syphilis.
Red Precipitate.
Other Mercurial Precipitates.
Calomel.
Quicksilver Girdles,
Basilic Powder
Corrosive Sublimate.
Cinnabar.
“Killing” Mercury.
SILVER.
TIN.
ZINC.
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