Part 47

Balard, discovers bromine, 273, 339

Balm, etymology, ii, 281

Balm of Gilead, 49, 53; Galen on, 213; in mithridatum, 293; ii, 281

Balneum Mariæ, ii, 282

Balsam Arcœi, ii, 133

Balsam of bats, 257 etymology, ii, 281 of sulphur, 360; ii, 58

Barbadoes tar, 360

Barbarossa’s mercurial pills, 411

Barley water, Hippocrates recommends, 87

Barytes, discovery, 269

Basilic powder, 420

Basilicon ointment, origin, ii, 282

Basilides, note on, 165

Bateman’s pectoral drops, ii, 163

Baths, varieties, ii, 282

Baume du Chevalier de Saint Victor, ii, 136 du Commandeur de Permes, ii, 136 de Fioraventi, ii, 173 Tranquille, ii, 175 de Vie, ii, 176

Baumé, French chemist, 281

Bayen, French pharmacist, 276

Bdellium, identity of, 62

Bears’ grease, use of, ii, 12

Beer, medicinal, ii, 283

Bell’s “Historical Sketch of the Progress of Pharmacy,” 150, 156

Belladonna, etymology, 24; old names, 25; uses, 25

Belloste’s mercurial pills, 412

Benjamin, etymology, ii, 269

Benzoic acid, synthetic, ii, 268

Benzoyl, discovery, ii, 257

Berkeley, Bishop, portrait, 315; devises tar water, 316; publications, 316