Part 65

Incense, 38, 50; etymology, 55; Biblical formula, 55, 57; Catholic formula, 58

Infant’s skin as a charm, 173

Infusions, introduction of, ii, 290

Infusum Gentianæ Co., origin, ii, 291

Insane root, 21; Shakespearian reference, ii, 72

Iodine discovery, 351

Iodoform, first prepared, 353

Ipecacuanha, history, ii, 114; medical use, ii, 114; dose, ii, 115

Iron citrate, introduction, 405 iodide, 405 perchloride as secret remedy, 322 phosphate, 405 reduced by hydrogen, 404

Iron, as remedy, 12, 187, 217, 397; varieties, 398; in the blood, 398; Sydenham and Willis on, 399; pharmaceutical preparations, 402, 403, 404, 405; symbol, ii, 307; ii, 310 sulphate, medical use, 108 syrups, various, 405 tincture, 404

Isis founder of medicine, 2, 34; invocation to, 38 tears, name for Vervain, 35

Isotheos, ancient nostrum, 215

Israelite medicine, 46

Itch, treatment, 130, 201 history, 202 theories, 203 cause, 204 van Helmont contracts, 258, 420

Ivy, called Osiris, 35

Jacobi’s powder, 350

Jamblicus, writings of, 5

James Dr., portrait, ii, 187

James’s analeptic pills, ii, 165; ii, 189

James’s powder, first official, ii, 67; patent, ii, 164; origin, ii, 187; ii, 191; patent, ii, 188; imitations, ii, 190

Jaso, daughter of Æsculapius, 11

Jesuits’ bark, ii, 97. See also Cinchona drops, ii, 135

Jews, belief in charms, 160; medicines of, 48; object to bitter flavours, 48, 64

John of Gaddesden, 134; small-pox cure, 169, 186

John xxi, medical author, 294

Johnson, Dr., touched for scrofula, 301

Johnson’s Golden Ointment, ii, 199

Jonah’s gourd, 66