Part 51

Cat, medicinal use, ii, 13

Cataplasm, etymology, ii, 283

Catholica, meaning of, ii, 283

Caustic potash formulæ, 325

Caventou discovers quinine, 274. See also Pelletier

Celsus, on Egyptian medicine, 35; writings, 90

Centaurs, fable, 15

Centaury, etymology, 14; figure of, 25

Ceratum, ii, 127 de Lapide calaminari, ii, 158 lithargyri, 400

Cerates, meaning of, ii, 283

Cereirsiæ, ii, 283

Ceruse, ii, 284. See also White lead. of antimony, ii, 284

Chamberlain’s restorative pills, 421

Chamberlen’s necklaces, ii, 170

Chamomile, use in medicine, 125

Chambre ardente enquiry, ii, 236

Chaptal, French chemist, 281

Charas, French chemist, 279

Charms, dragon’s blood as, 32; use of, 157, 171. See also Talismans

Charles II, prescription for, ii, 6; ii, 182

Chaucer on physicians, 133

Chelbanah, 56

Chelsea Pensioner, origin, ii, 123; formula, ii, 124

Chemistry, Patin on, 243; Boerhaave’s definition, 323; debt of pharmacy to, 323

Chemists and Druggists origin, 154. See also Apothecaries and Pharmacists

Chenopodium Botrys, old name, 22

Chloral hydrate, preparation, ii, 272

Chloric ether, ii, 252