Part 41

Abraxas, mystic word, 165

Absorbent ethiops, 351

Abtinas, incense makers, 57

Acetabulum, ii, 278

Acetanilide, discovery, ii, 273

Acetic acid, synthetic, ii, 271. See also Pyroligneous acid

Acetum Philosophicum, ii, 279

Achillea milfoil, virtues discovered, 16

Achilles, medical discoveries, 16

Acids, how first made, 323

Acidum causticum, 325

Acidum Pingue, 325 (For other acids see specific names.)

Aconite, discovery, ii, 221; as poison, ii, 223

Acopa, 91; ii, 279; ii, 290

Adders. See Vipers

Adept, ii, 279

Adrenaline, synthetic, ii, 269

Adrian’s antidote, 288; dropsy cure, 299

Adulteration, early methods of detecting, 210

Adust, ii, 279

Advertisement, early, 141

Ægyptiacum 16; ii, 52

Aërated cod-liver oil, ii, 167

Æsculapius, Greek physician, 7; portraits, 8; death, 8; descendants, 10; temples, 11, 79

Æthiops. See Ethiops

Aetius, medical writer, 215

Aggregatives, ii, 279

Ague, cures, 50; ii, 133