Part 2

IV. THE PHARMACY OF HIPPOCRATES 77

V. FROM HIPPOCRATES TO GALEN 88

VI. ARAB PHARMACY 97

VII. FROM THE ARABS TO THE EUROPEANS 113

VIII. PHARMACY IN GREAT BRITAIN 124

IX. MAGIC AND MEDICINE 157

X. DOGMAS AND DELUSIONS 174

XI. MASTERS IN PHARMACY 206

XII. ROYAL AND NOBLE PHARMACISTS 287

XIII. CHEMICAL CONTRIBUTIONS TO PHARMACY 323

XIV. MEDICINES FROM THE METALS 376

ILLUSTRATIONS

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Isis 3

Osiris 3

Apollo 7

Æsculapius 8

Arms of the Society of Apothecaries 10

Chiron the Centaur 15

Achillea Milfoil 16

Centaury 25

Phœnix 26

Unicorn 28

Dragon 31

The Dragon Tree 32

Papyrus Ebers 41

Hippocrates 85