Part 57

Earl of Warwick’s powder, 308, 383, 420

Earthworms as remedy, ii, 11, ii, 12

Eaton’s styptick, ii, 163

Eau des Carmes, origin, ii, 178; formula, ii, 179 Divine de Fernel, 414 de Luce, 338; inventor, 339 de Lusse, 339 Medicinale d’Husson, ii, 67, ii, 182 de la Reine d’Hongrie, 297

Ebers’ papyrus, 36; described, 37; photograph, 41; date, 48

Ebn-Izak, translator of Greek works, 105

Ecclesiasticus, author, 47; medical aphorisms, 47

Eclegma, ii, 288

Ecussons, ii, 288

Edinburgh Pharmacopœias, ii, 69

Edulcorate, ii, 288

Edward the Confessor treats scrofula, 299, 300

Elements, old theories, 174

Elemi ointment, origin, ii, 133

Egrea, daughter of Æsculapius, 11

Egypt, medicine in, 34, 46; conquest, 98

Egyptiacum. See Ægyptiacum

Egyptian papyri, medical, 36

Electron, as poison test, ii, 231

Electrum, 40

Electuarium de Gemmis, ii, 35

Electuary, etymology, ii, 288 of Alexander of Tralles, 216

Elemi ointment, invention, ii, 133

Elixir of Alves, origin, ii, 57 etymology, ii, 288 of Garus, ii, 57 of Long Life, 390 Proprietatis, ii, 57 of vitriol, 375

Elizabeth, Queen, medical knowledge, 295

Emeralds, used in medicine, ii, 34

Emetic cups, 385

Emetic tartar, preparation, 380; invention, 382; uses, 383