Part 69

Lupus Metallorum, 379

Lydgate, note on, ii, 286

Maceration, ii, 292

Machaon, son of Æsculapius, 11

Macquer, French chemist, 277; arsenical salt, 277

Madder, used by Saxons, 126

Magdaleo, meaning of, ii, 292

Magic and medicine, 2, 157

Magistery of Bismuth, ii, 293 of Human skull, ii, 6 meaning of, ii, 293 of Saturn, 407

Magma, ii, 293

Magnes Arsenicalis, ii, 293

Magnesia, medical use, 354; preparation, 354; etymology, 354; confused with manganese, 355; in mineral springs, 355; Black, on, 356 of Gold, 355

Magnesian stone, 354

Magnesium, preparation, 357

Magnets as cures, 199

Magnus, Albertus, describes caustic potash, 325

Magog identified with Prometheus, 12

Maimonides, Jewish scholar, 111; remedies for poison, ii, 34

Malagmata, 91; ii, 294

Malascation, meaning of, ii, 294

Male fern, tapeworm remedy, 320, 321

Mallows, Biblical plant, 65

Man, parts of, used in medicine, ii, 4

Mandrake, legends, 19; as sterility remedy, 20, 48; ancient uses of, 21

Mandragora, legends of, 19; Shakespearian reference, ii, 75; on battle-field, ii, 225

Manhu, derivation of manna, 60

Manica Hypocratis, ii, 294

Manipulus, ii, 294