Part 72

Mirfield’s “Breviarium Bartholomei,” 135

Mistura Ferri Composita, 403

Mithridates the Great, biography, 289; medical discoveries, 289; death, 290

Mithridatum, 91; inventor, 289; absurdities, 290; Galen on, 292; number of ingredients, 293; formulæ, ii, 20, 38, 39

Mohammed, influence of, 97; death, 104

Monoceros, mythical animal, 28

Monopolies abolished, ii, 161

Moore’s “History of the Study of Medicine,” 135

Morbus Gallicus, 413. See also Syphilis

Morella furiosum lethale, 25

Morgan, Hugo, Queen Elizabeth’s apothecary, 298; makes theriaca, ii, 44

Morpheus, how represented, 17

Morphine, discovery, ii, 244

Morphium, etymology, 18

Morton, W. T. G., uses ether in dentistry, ii, 250

Mosaic gold, 396, 424

Moses identified with Hermes, 4

Moss from skull, as remedy, 191

Mother’s ointment, 407

Moult, London chemist, 345

Moxa, meaning of, ii, 295

Mullein, used by Saxons, 126

Mummies, medical use, ii, 23; opinions on, ii, 24

Murray’s aërated cod-liver oil, ii, 167

Mustard for scorpion bites, 18 seeds, Biblical reference, 71

Mynsicht’s publications, 375; elixir of vitriol, 375; invents emetic tartar, 382; powder of Saturn, 407

Myrepsus, Nicolas, 219; ointment, 427

Myrepsus, 95; ii, 296