Part 55

Decocta, invention, ii, 285

Decoctum Aloes Co., origin, ii, 176

“Degrees” in diagnosis, 179

Deliquium, ii, 286

Demons as cause of disease, 158

Danaus’s Collyrium, 215

Dephlogisticated air, 269

Derosne’s salt, ii, 244

Despumation, ii, 286

Devil’s claw, 57

D’Husson’s Eau Medicinale, ii, 182; price, ii, 184; composition, ii, 184

Dia, meaning, ii, 286

Diabetes, papyrus remedy, 43

Diachylon plaster, invention, 91; ii, 127; first formula, ii, 128; etymology, ii, 128; ii, 286, 406

Diacodium, inventor, 90; etymology, ii, 287

Dia-kodion, origin, ii, 116

Diapente, etymology, ii, 287

Diaphoretic vitriol, 374

Diarrhœa, old remedies, 43, 294

Diascordium, 223; formula, ii, 41; ii, 287

Diatesseron, 310

Diet, Hippocrates on, 87; Aetius on, 215; Alexander of Trailles on, 217

Digby, Sir Kenelm, toothache cure, 168; biography, 193; portrait, 194; tincture of gold, 395

Digitalis, origin of name, ii, 109; medical history, ii, 109; book on, ii, 110

Dill, Biblical reference, 71; used by Saxons, 126

Dioscorides, 90; biography, 206; writings, 208, 209

Dippel’s oil, ii, 25; uses, ii, 26

Diseases, transferring, 170